Shannon Elizabeth has been cleaning house over at her table. She had already eliminated two players at her table when we started to take in the action in this hand.
Sitting in the cutoff, Elizabeth raised to 125. Action then folded to the big blind who three-bet to 350. Elizabeth made another raise, this time to 1,000, and got called by the the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind immediately announced she was all in. Elizabeth snap-called.
Elizabeth:
Big Blind:
The board ran out with the coming on the turn and the following on the river.
With over 17,000 chips in front of her, Elizabeth looks to be our chip leader.
There is much more camaraderie present in this event than we are used to seeing. Over at Table 61, some of the players had to go to the bathroom. In the spirit of fair play, the entire table decided to take a bathroom break together.
A few moments later our first male participant was eliminated. The entire floor stood up in applause as he walked to the rail.
A player in early position had raised to 125 and Nicolle Peppe bumped it up to 350 late position and and got a call from the player in the hijack. The original raiser got out of the way and we were headed to a heads up flop.
The flop came and Peppe threw 600 into the pot, getting a call from her opponent.
Both players checked the on the turn, and Peppe made one more bet of 600 when the came on the river.
After getting a call, Peppe showed . Her opponent mucked and Peppe is now up to about 4,700 chips.
There is little doubt who the most dangerous player in the field is. Bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst is a force to be reckoned with in any tournament she plays. In 2008, she bested a field of 758 to win the $1,500 PLO event.
In April, she won the NAPT Mohegan Sun for $750,000. Take it from us, she dominated that tournament en route to her victory.
When we arrived on the scene there was a board of spread out across the table. The player in the big blind led out with a bet of 400, and Stacey Nutini raised to 800. Both the player in the hijack and the big blind called.
The came on the river. This time the big blind checked and Nutini led out with a bet of 1,150 leaving just 350 behind. The hijack was the only caller as the big blind folded.
Nutini showed for a full house and it was good enough to take down the pot.
This event has a high number of amateur and recreational players, so we were surprised to see that both Tiffany Michelle and Vanessa Rousso had both been seated at Table 8.
We caught up with the action on a . Arnett bet 200 and was raised to 600 by her opponent. Arnett called, leading to the hitting the turn. The chips went into middle and Arnett was way ahead, holding to her opponent's .
Unfortunately for Arnett, the hit the river and her tournament came to an end.
Although strongly discouraged from playing, tournament organizers can't actually ban men from participating in today's event. As a result, there are a few men scattered about the Pavilion in various stages of drag.
Shaun Deeb is one such dude. He showed up in a pink slip, straw hat, and lipstick to match. Word is he's playing like a wild man. Don't worry, we'll send pics.
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and the big blind immediately announced she was all in. Elizabeth snap-called.
coming on the turn and the 
following on the river.
and Peppe threw 600 into the pot, getting a call from her opponent.
on the turn, and Peppe made one more bet of 600 when the 
came on the river.
spread out across the table. The player in the big blind led out with a bet of 400, and Stacey Nutini raised to 800. Both the player in the hijack and the big blind called.
came on the river. This time the big blind checked and Nutini led out with a bet of 1,150 leaving just 350 behind. The hijack was the only caller as the big blind folded.
hitting the turn. The chips went into middle and Arnett was way ahead, holding 
to her opponent's 
.
hit the river and her tournament came to an end.