With the board reading , Kelly Minkin checked in the big blind and her lone opponent in middle position bet 700. Minkin called and the turn was the . Minkin checked again and her opponent bet 2,000. She called again.
On the river, Minkin bet 6,000, enough to put her opponent to an all-in decision as he had just over 5,000. Her opponent went into the tank and, after more than three minutes, he mucked.
Tablemate Josh Turner said, "You should have called. You could have been famous."
Minkin disagreed. "No, they would have written 'so and so eliminated'..."
She is now up close to three times the starting stack.
Barry Greenstein, who has three bracelets, has been spotted in Pavilion and he is up to 17,000 chips, more than twice the starting stack. Fellow bracelet winner Robert Cheung is also in that section and sitting with a healthy stack of 25,000.
Joe Elpayaa, five-time Circuit ring winner Josh Turner, and two-time Circuit ring winner Kennii Nguyen, are also in Pavilion. They have already begun breaking tables from this section and sending players over to Amazon.
Some more familiar names have joined us either late or got moved from one of the other rooms. Notable names like bracelet winner Justin Bonomo, Bart Hanson and Ismael Bojang.
We got to the table to see Justin Bonomo involved in a hand while he was on the button. On the board, we could already see the . The player in the cutoff and Bonomo both checked.
His opponent showed but that couldn't beat Bonomo's .
With the board reading and three players in the pot, the big blind checked, a player in late position bet 1,200, and Nathan Manuel called in the cutoff. The big blind folded and it was heads up.
The turn was the and the first player bet 1,500. This time, Manuel thought briefly and announced a raise of 4,500. His opponent quickly folded and Manuel took it down.
There will be some delay before the next level starts as there are two bracelet ceremonies taking place.
Adrian Mateos, the youngest player ever to win three bracelets at age 22, is receiving his bracelet for winning Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
Doug Polk is receiving his third bracelet today for winning Event #6: $111,111 HIGH ROLLER for ONE DROP No-Limit Hold'em for $3,686,865.