We caught up with the action on a flop, where Maureen Merdinger went all in from the big blind for about 40,000. She was instantly called by her lone opponent - Amanda Sizemore.
Sizemore:
Merdinger:
The turn and river failed to improve Merdinger's hand and she was sent home $7,064 richer.
Xiu Deng has just been eliminated in the space of two hands to bring the field down to 19 players.
Earlier, Amanda Sizemore open-shoved from the UTG +1 position and the action folded around to Deng who snap-called out of the big blind holding , well ahead of Sizemore's .
Sizemore got some help on the flop of and even more when the came down on the turn. To Sizemore's delight, the binked on the river and after the chips were cut down, Deng was left with only 1,000, forcing her all-in on the small blind in the very next hand.
Marina Kolbeshkina then proceeded to open-shove from early position with and the others got out of the way before Deng tabled .
The board ran out and Deng was sent to the cage to collect $5,810 in prize money.
The action folded around to Irina Batorevich who raised all-in from the button with , but she was snapped off from the big blind by Carol Tomlinson who had .
The flop of kept Tomlinson ahead, but Batorevich caught a glimmer of hope on the turn of the . Sadly, the bricked on the river and Batorevich is busto. Tomlinson is now up to 240,000 in chips.
Christy Cranford held the chip lead just a couple of hours ago, but she lost a few big pots and has just been eliminated in another big pot. Karen Fisher came in for a raise to 12,000 in early position, and Cranford called in middle position. Everyone else folded, and they both checked a flop of . The turn came the , and Fisher checked to Cranford, who bet out 12,000. Fisher called, and when the river came the , Fisher instantly moved all in.
Cranford tanked for two minutes, then asked the dealer if she could show her hand to try to get a read on her opponent. The floor was called over, and she was told that she would receive a penalty if she did. Cranford didn't, and after another minute or so, she called and showed . Fisher showed for a rivered pair of kings, and she took down the monster pot to boost her up to 280,000.