In a blind verses blind battle, Siriwan Sukmekerd got it all in preflop with Haixia Zhang and was in a world of trouble when their hands were turned over.
Sukmekerd:
Zhang:
The fives were unable to catch up to the aces on the board of , and once the dealer counted out their stacks, Sukmekerd was still alive but left with only 6,000 in chips — two big blinds.
Sitting in the small blind the next hand, there was nothing to do but get it in with Stacey Sullivan in the big blind, and once ahead she needed help.
Sukmekerd:
Sullivan:
The flop just about sealed the deal on its own, as it came down , giving Sullivan two pairs. The turn was the , allowing the tiniest glimmer of hope for trips. But the river was the and Sukmekerd was eliminated in 13th place for a prize of $7,322.
Sherry Dixon and Siriwan Sukmekerd got it all in preflop, forcing Dixon to confront the possibility of elimination.
Dixon:
Sukmekerd:
Dixon was ahead with her nines, and the flop of was looking alright for her. The turn of was looking safe for her too. But when the fell on the river, her nines were counterfeited and both players were playing the two pairs on the board. Sukmekerd's ace kicker made hers the better hand and Dixon was eliminated from this tournament in a most unfortunate fashion. She finished in 14th place and earned $7,322.
Facing a raise from Xuan Liu, Heidi Rhodes three-bet all in preflop and was called. Rhodes was the shorter-stacked player by far and was at risk of elimination.
Rhodes:
Liu:
The board was not friendly for Rhodes, as it ran out . Both players held ace-high, but Liu's queen kicker won her the pot and busted Rhodes from this event. She finished in 15th Place and has earned $7,322.
We missed the action as there were two all ins on the final two tables but witnessed Charlet Molique standing up from the table and Mikiyo Aoki stacking up chips.
Molique had and was tabled in front of Aoki. The board read and Molique was sent to the payout booth.
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Kendra Wray got things started with a raise to 12,000 from the hijack and Richele Johnston came along with a call in the big blind to go to a flop of . Johnston led out for 12,000 and Wray made the call. The dealer flipped over on the turn and both players checked. The river card was the and Johnston bet 15,000. Wray made the call and turned up for a rivered flush. Johnston revealed before throwing her cards away.