Louisa Plint raised from a middle position to 11,000. Jen Shahade raised from a late position to 75,000 leaving only a few thousand in chips behind. Plint made the call, which put Shahade at risk of elimination.
Jen Shahade: K♦K♣
Louisa Plint: Q♦Q♠
Shahade was looking for her kings to hold to make it through to day 2.
The low 5♥8♦7♠ flop, 10♣ turn and 4♣ river secured her the double, knocking Plint down in the chip counts.
Nível: 15
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Neena Patel opened the button to 8,000 and Ilze Zolte moved all in for 27,000 from the small blind.
Ilze Zolte: K♦Q♦
Neena Patel: K♠J♥
The K♣3♠9♠A♠8♣ runout kept Zolte ahead and secured her the double.
Mary-Rose McCann opened to 10,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Louisa Plint on the button. Plint raised to 25,000 and McCann moved 75,000 into the middle.
Plint went into the tank and McCann said to Plint 'maybe we have the same hand'.
Plint remarked 'I don't really want to call', to which McCann responded 'then we don't have the same hand'.
Plint folded her hand and McCann showed pocket aces, which put her in the chip lead.
Sveltana Lebeva raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and got two calls from Neena Patel on the button and Ilze Zolte in the big blind.
The A♦Q♦3♠ flop prompted Lebev to raise to 10,000 and only Patel called.
The 10♣ turn saw Patel move all in. Lebeva folded and gave the pot to Patel.
Nível: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The remaining 9 Players are now on a short 15-minute break.
Shortly after Virginia Windsor was eliminated, Cheryl Simmons was all in and at risk for her tournament life against Lisa Roberts.
Cheryl Simmons: A♥A♣
Lisa Roberts: A♦10♦
Once the cards were flipped, Simmons was looking strong.
Her pocket aces held on the 8♥Q♣8♦7♠K♠ runout, and she took a stack off Roberts.
A few hands later, Georgina James was also seen walking away from the tournament area after busting Day 1a.
Action has slowed as players near the bubble for Day 2. Only three players need to be eliminated before player's bag for Day 2.
Ilze Zolte raised to 6,000 from under the gun and got a call from Georgina James in the cutoff.
The A♠5♦8♠ flop was bet by Zolte. She moved 5,000 chips into the middle and James made the call.
Zolte bet 15,000 on the Q♣ turn and James made another call.
The 7♠ river prompted Zolte to move all in, and James took a little time to think before folding her hand.
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