The stacks are getting pretty shallow now with the average stack of around 260,000 representing only 25 big blinds and those on a lot less have no room for manoeuvre.
As a result we are a lot of all ins and very little post flop play. Those who get their shoves threw are often showing the rest of the table that they had a legitimate big ace.
Dennis Phillips was all in not too long ago and having failed to get any callers he showed the . What his kicker was, he wasn’t telling.
Marcia Topp was short and had already doubled up once, remaining well below average. She three-bet shoved into the open raise of James Miller and was called by . Topp turned over and the board saw her opponent make quads. Upon leaving the table and wishing everyone best of luck, she said "Main Event here I come."
Deborah Phillips (the other Phillips in the field) has been a quiet yet colourful presence at the table is well placed to make a run for the final few tables. From what we have seen she has been playing fairly tight, so barring any cooers it looks like she is minded to hang on to her chips and implement a considered laddering up strategy.
It was a rough last few levels for Kevin Brown and the former top five stack vanished to all but 104,000. Dan Heimiller raised to 27,000 on the button and then called the three-bet shove of Brown one seat over. Heimiller had versus and the flop provided . Another on the turn gave Heimiller the lead and the river blanked.
Roger Stewart opened the action with a raise to 30,000 and Robert Cramer three-bet to 75,000 on the button, only Stewart made the call. On the flop, Stewart checked and then folded when Cramer moved all in for what looked like 145,000. "I gotta give you credit Sir," he said before mucking his cards.
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It is an old story of the best two starting hands, but a fresh bad beat story for Ji ... Young. He picked up under the gun with a stack of 280,000 and eventually got all of that in pre flop against Michael Wilson on the button. Wilson showed and the showed up in the window. The rest of the board ran out and Young headed to the payout desk.
With that elimination we are also down to the last five tables as well.
. What his kicker was, he wasn’t telling.
. Topp turned over 
and the 
board saw her opponent make quads. Upon leaving the table and wishing everyone best of luck, she said "Main Event here I come."
versus 
and the flop provided 
. Another 
flop, Stewart checked and then folded when Cramer moved all in for what looked like 145,000. "I gotta give you credit Sir," he said before mucking his cards.
and Young headed to the payout desk.
