Kristy Arnett was all in when we got to her table. It appeared she shoved her last 16,000 or so in from the button with and got called by a player in the small blind who had . The board ran out , and Arnett headed for the exits.
Estelle Denis opened to 3,800 from middle position, and the cutoff made it 9,000. The small blind four-bet to 18,000, and Denis moved all in for her total stack of 30,300. The next player folded, and the small blind called, putting Denis at risk.
Denis:
Small blind:
The board came , and Denis was down to her final card. The fell on the river, giving her a pair of aces for the win, and she collected the double-up.
On the turn of a board with 41,000 already in the middle, John O'Shea bet 25,000 out of the big blind, and the player on the button was left to act. He had just 22,500 behind, so a call would put him at risk, a fact that came along with more consideration. Eventually, the button folded, and O'Shea claimed the pot without showdown.
Jackie Glazier is also still in the Orange section. Three ways on the turn of a board, there was a bet of 6,700 by a player from early position, and Glazier, in the cutoff, was the only caller. The river was checked through, and Glazier's won the pot against for a busted flush draw.
Yaxi Zhu, whose only WSOP cash was a final table last year's Ladies Event for $10,292, is up to 281,000. She has close to $500,000 in tournament winnings, mostly in and around Asia.
Mustapha Kanit is also getting up there with 240,000 chips. The Italian has 11 WSOP cashes for just over $600,000, with over $9 million in total earning. He is number one on Italy's all-time money list.
Sonny Franco is near the top of today's field, approaching 600,000 chips.
A player in middle position made it 5,600 to go, and Tom Cannuli three-bet to 11,700 from the button. The opener called after the blinds folded, and Cannuli checked back the flop. The opener bet 8,500 on the turn, and Cannuli called. Both players checked the , and the middle player showed down . Cannuli had and took the pot.
Parker Talbot (under the gun) and Nick Petrangelo (early position) each committed 10,500 to see a flop of . Talbot check-called 8,000 from Petrangelo, the turn fell, and Talbot check-called another 18,000. The river was the , and Talbot checked. Petrangelo shoved for about 52,000 effective, and Talbot tanked for about two minutes before he folded.
With a board of and over 50,000 in the pot already, Kevin Schulz was first to act. He decided to move all in with a covering stack. He was facing off against an opponent who had 78,600 behind. The player dropped into the tank and thought for about a minute and a half before he finally released his cards.
"Show one," a player at the table said.
"There's always a price," Schulz responded.
"Come on, man. It'll help your image. You're starting to look like a nit."
"There's always a price," Schulz repeated.
"Set of deuces?" the player who was in the pot against Schulz asked. Schulz just smiled and took in the pot.
In the last hand of the level before the break, Joe Cada was all in for his last 32,300 on a board showing . His opponent eventually called to put him at risk. Cada showed for a straight, beating the of his opponent, who had rivered two pair.
Cada's table was one of a few to break during the level, so he will have a completely new one at which to try his luck with his newly acquired chips.