On Friday, Katrina Sheary played Flight 3 of this event and made it through to the end of the day with 38,500 in chips. Heavily pregnant, she went home and put her weary feet up. Yesterday, she went into labour and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy!
Obviously unable to play today, her husband Peter (who was yet to play the event) stepped in to take her place today, and is still in the hunt with just over 100k in chips. With the last pay jump the Sheary's are now guaranteed a minimum of $6,495 to start their new lives together - with a shot at the $275,300 up top!
"I have waited for him for six hours," Sean Giesbrecht said. "He kept shoving into my blinds." Giesbrecht meant Ioannis Makris and the latter just shoved for around 100,000 into the big blind of the American, holding the . Giesbrecht flipped with and improved with the board running out .
Matthew Wakeman doubled up with pocket aces against the pocket tens of Sinan Aydogan, then the latter doubled up with against the of Matt Salsberg. The money went in after the flop and both the turn and river blanked.
After calling a Ferenc Riech bet preflop, and check-calling another on a flop, Matt Salsberg checked the turn.
Riech did so as well, but when Salsberg led for 80,000 on the river, Riech shipped it in over the top. Salsberg pondered the call for his tournament life for all of 15 seconds before folding.