Jason Welch opened the pot for 36,000, Maria Ho re-raised, and Welch moved all in... BUT... Welch flipped over his before Ho even had a chance to act. Ho went into the tank for a few minutes before deciding to call for her tournament life with . The flop was , pairing Ho's ace. The turn was the , the river was the and she doubled up to 175,000.
A professional player from the Los Angeles area, Maria Ho is one of only two women remaining in the field. Kelly Jo McGlothlin is the other.
Josh Evans raises to 38,000, Lee Watkinson reraises to 130,000, Evans reraises to 305,000, and Watkinson folds. Evans wins the reraising war to take the pot.
Farry raised to 30K on the button and Binger moved all in from the big blind for his last 300,000. Farry called with which led Binger's . The board did not help Binger and he was knocked out. Farry is now up to 2 million.
Lee Watkinson opened the pot for 40,000 from early position and Kenny Tran re-raised to 150,000 from the button. Watkinson calmly pushed out several towers of orange 5,000 chips, making a third raise to 500,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the fold.
After the hand Tran slipped to 436,000 while Watkinson was up to 1,815,000.
PokerNews grabbed Gus Hansen on break from day 4 of the Main Event to chat about taking things ‘one step at a time’, sizing up his remaining opponents, and about his opponents seemingly staying out of his way.
Jim McCrick moved all in with and Philip Yeh called with . The flop was , pairing Yeh's queen. The turn was the , the river was the , and McCrick headed to the rail.
Ryan Lawrence raised 40,000 and Kevin Kim called. The flop was . Both players checked. The turn was the . Lawrence checked, Kim bet 40,000 and Lawrence check-raised to 120,000. Kim called. The river was the . Lawrence fired out 200,000 and Kim called. Lawrence showed 5-5, while Kim flipped over for a full house.
"I thought he had quads," Kim said. "I was scared."
Han raised to 40,000 and Brandenberg called, and after the Q-7-4 flop Brandenberg moved all-in with and Han called with . The turn was another Queen and the river another Four, and Brandenberg's Main Event came to an end.
On a flop of , Kelly Jo McGlothlin bet 100,000. Cory Carroll asked how much she had behind, and she said "about 400,000." Carroll thought for about three minutes before moving all in, and McGlothlin quickly called, turning over while Carroll showed . The turn was the , the river was the , and McGlothlin doubled through Carroll, taking her stack up to 1,000,000.