During our latest lap around the Amazon Room we were stopped by Rhonda Mcleod, who inquired as to how many women were left in the field. We informed McLeod, who hails from Anchorage, Alaska, that she was among the last three women standing, in addition to Melanie Weisner and La Sengphet.
McLeod, who currently holds a short stack of around 10,000 chips, told us that in addition to making the money, finishing as the top woman in the field is a personal goal.
As we meandered towards Weisner's table to check on her status, we caught a hand that may bolster Mcleod's chances just a bit. Weisner had raised to 3,300 from the button and found one caller in the small blind.
The flop fell and both players tapped the table. When the turn card came the small blind checked once again, and then called Weisner's 3,400 bet. Both players checked the on the river and the small blind showed down . Weisner mucked her hand and took a slight hit, but with her impressive stack she still stands the best chance of earning the Last Woman Standing title.
Our field reporter picked up the action between Robert Cheung and an opponent on a flop that read ; Cheung check-called his opponent's bet of 4,000 before both players checked the turn of the .
However, Cheung then led out on the river and his opponent called, only to muck after Cheung tabled for the overpair.
Also, another quick update on Jeff "The Messenger" Blenkarn - he's now left another note on our table that he's on 46,000 in chips!
On the final hand before the bubble burst, we caught up with a hand involving Melanie Weisner and one opponent. On a flop reading , Weisner check-called a bet of 3,500 from her opponent. Both players checked when the came on the turn. However, the drama started when the completed the board.
Weisner checked, prompting a 6,400 bet from her opponent, who had about 17,000 behind. Weisner tanked for a bit, but then announced she was all in, sending her opponent up out of his chair.
"We're still on the bubble?" he asked. The tournament director said he couldn't answer.
He then fell hard into the tank until eventually the clock was called on him.
"I usually trust my instinct, but I have no idea what to do here," he said, sitting back down.
Eventually he reached the 10 second countdown and failed to declare or make an action. His hand was announced dead.
Weisner then tabled for just king-high and her opponent shot up out of his chair and headed for the door, obviously disgusted at what he saw.
Weisner cracked a wry smile and stacked her chips, which are up to 87,000. And her smile became even wider, because over on table 373, the bubble did indeed burst - we're now officially in the money!
During our last hand of hand-for-hand play, we witnessed a hand which displayed the high-level poker being played every day here at the WSOP.
With the flop reading , Sebastian Ruthenberg fired a bet of 6,500 at an opponent sitting in the cutoff. Ruthernberg's opponent made the call and the dealer revealed the on the river. With the arrival of the scare card, Ruthenberg slowed down and checked to the cutoff, who calmly slid a bet of 10,500 forward.
With the play at nearly every other table halted during hand-for-hand play, Ruthenberg was faced with an extremely tough decision. Making the call would cost him nearly a third of his stack at a time when surrendering chips was highly imprudent. Ruthenberg went deep into the tank while the cutoff simply stared straight ahead.
Eventually, Ruthenberg decided to look his opponent up and called with just the . The player in the cutoff said "I missed, you got it" while dejectedly mucking his hand, and Ruthenberg padded his stack.
The action folded around to the player in the cutoff who raised before Bernard Lee shoved from the button with . The cutoff player called, showing but Lee doubled up after the board was spread to give him the straight.
Lee is now up to 20,000 in chips as we fast approach the bubble.
and both players tapped the table. When the turn card came 
the small blind checked once again, and then called Weisner's 3,400 bet. Both players checked the 
on the river and the small blind showed down 
. Weisner mucked her hand and took a slight hit, but with her impressive stack she still stands the best chance of earning the Last Woman Standing title.![[user135779]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
; Cheung check-called his opponent's bet of 4,000 before both players checked the turn of the 
.
and his opponent called, only to muck after Cheung tabled 
for the overpair.
came on the turn. However, the drama started when the 
for just king-high and her opponent shot up out of his chair and headed for the door, obviously disgusted at what he saw.
, Sebastian Ruthenberg fired a bet of 6,500 at an opponent sitting in the cutoff. Ruthernberg's opponent made the call and the dealer revealed the 
. The player in the cutoff said "I missed, you got it" while dejectedly mucking his hand, and Ruthenberg padded his stack.
but Lee doubled up after the board was spread 
to give him the straight.