Before the break, Chris Minton raised to 5,500 from early position and a player in middle position called. The small blind then raised to 17,000 and both players called.
The flop was and after a check from the small blind, Minton bet out 25,000 which got folds from both players and put him just around 200k.
Marcie Michael was just the beneficiary of fortunate run-outs on consecutive all-in hands.
On the first hand, as relayed by her tablemates, Michael called the shove of a short-stack with and was up against . Her opponent flopped two pair on a board before the on the turn gave Michael a better two pair and the knockout.
The next hand, Michael three-bet shoved for 18,500 over an open from early position. Evan Zlock called from the hijack before the original raiser came back with a four-bet to 48,000. Zlock reraised all-in and the early position raiser folded, leaving him heads-up with Michael.
Marcie Michael:
Evan Zlock:
Michael needed help and got it when the flop gave her a set. The on the turn opened possibilities of a chop, but the river came an inconsequential to give Michael a triple-up.
She is up to 61,500 after those two hands, while Zlock, who was awarded the side pot, has 192,000.
The total prize pool is $175,980 and the top 63 players will earn a piece of it. $810 will be the minimum payout and the winner of the event will be taking home $39,013 in addition to the coveted gold bracelet.
A player in early position raised to 7,500 before Ron Baltazar three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff. The original raiser called and they saw a flop of .
The early position player led out for 15,000 before Baltazar raised all in for about 40,000 more. After a quick think, his opponent folded and Baltazar took down the pot to climb to 134,500.