2024 World Series of Poker
The ladies are on a 15-minute break and 49 players will return.
Tamao Kobayashi raised to 20,000 from under the gun and action folded to Melanie Kaye who shoved for 103,000 from the button. Kobayashi called and the players flipped thier cards.
Melanie Kaye: J♣J♥
Tamao Kobayashi: 7♠7♥
Kaye was ahead with the bigger pocket pair and the J♦6♥10♦ flop also came her way, giving her the set.
The 2♠ turn and Q♠ river sealed the double for Kaye and left Kobayashi with a short stack after the hand.
In the next hand on the same table, Melanie Kaye raised from the cutoff to 20,000 and got two calls from the blinds, Janet Kanstrup and Kami Hudson.
Three players saw the 9♥2♣6♥ flop. Kanstrup checked and so did Hudson, but Kaye raised to 35,000. Kanstrup called and Hudson folded, taking the players heads-up to the turn.
The 3♦ was turned and Kanstrup checked. Kaye raised to 75,000 and Kanstrup called.
The players checked down the A♣ river and showed their hands. Kaye won the pot with 10♣10♥ and Kanstrup showed K♥J♥.
Jessica Shu moved all in for 60,000 from under the gun and Jennifer Baxter also moved all in with the superior stack for isolation from early position. Everyone else folded.
Jessica Shu: A♠9♣
Jennifer Baxter: K♣K♥
The board favored Baxter with 2♥2♠J♥10♦4♠ and Baxter's two pair won the pot.
Mira Felice shoved all in from the hijack position, prompting Melissa Dube on the button to also go all in. Both blinds folded.
Mira Felice: Q♣10♣
Melissa Dube: K♠Q♠
The board ran out 6♣9♣Q♥A♥3♦, giving Dube the win with a higher kicker, and sending Felice to the rail.
Janet Kanstrup raised pre-flop and got a single call from Shiina Okamoto in the big blind.
Players saw a 3♦Q♥3♣ flop and Okamoto bet 25,000 with Kanstrup making the call.
The 9♠ was turned and Okamoto checked to Kanstrup, who raised to 75,000. Okamoto made the call and went to the river.
The dealer brought the 6♣ river and Okamoto checked. Kanstrup raised to 100,000 and Okamoto called and showed A♣9♣. Kanstrup flipped over A♦5♦ for ace high and Okamoto won the pot with a pair of nines.
Okamoto left the hand with over two million chips, and is currently chip leading with 58 players remaining.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000