Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:03 PM Local Time
It was the last hand of Level 22, and some of the crowd had already begun shuffling in their seats to hit the halls. The table folded around to Kami Chisholm in the small blind and she completed, and it seemed like it would be a fairly benign, level-ending hand.
Sidsel Boesen bumped it up to 35,000 from the big blind, and it still didn't appear all that special. Then Chisholm surprisingly announced she was shoving all in for around 450,000 total, and Boesen couldn't call any faster.
Chisholm
Boesen
Oof! Suddenly it looked like one of our players wouldn't be returning after the break.
The flop came , and Chisholm was already out of her seat. The turn was the , meaning Chisholm was still drawing live. But she had already walked away from the table when the hit. Chisholm is out, and Boesen moves way up around the one-million chip mark and into the chip lead.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:01 PM Local Time
Kami Chisholm raised to 45,000 under the gun and was called by Allison Whalen in the big blind.
The flop came and Whalen led out for 100,000. Chisholm made the call and the two saw the hit the turn.
Whalen immediately pushed all in for 303,000. Chisholm thought about it but decided to fold. Chisholm dropped to around 460,000 while Whalen is up to around 615,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:56 PM Local Time
After Kami Chisholm stormed out to that huge chip lead early on, a rash of all-in bets and eliminations at the end of Level 21 and start of Level 22 has evened things out a bit.
Currently Timmi Derosa enjoys the chip lead. When that fact was announced a moment ago, she called out to her fiancé Lee Watkinson sitting in the bleachers.
"Did you hear that, honey?" she asked.
Watkinson nodded with a smile that he had.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:55 PM Local Time
Sidsel Boesen raised to 45,000 on the button and was called by Vanessa Hellebuyck from the big blind.
The flop came and Hellebuyck bet out 100,000. Boesen folded and Hellebuyck added to her stack.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:52 PM Local Time
Vanessa Hellebuyck raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Sidsel Boesen who reraised to 130,000 from the big blind. Hellebuyck made the call.
The flop came . Boesen didn't hesitate, betting 140,000, and Hellebuyck thought a few moments before folding.
Hellebuyck is still around the 700,000-chip mark, giving up the chip lead she briefly held to Timmi Derosa. Meanwhile Boesen is at about 630,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:47 PM Local Time
Vanessa Hellebuyck raised to 40,000 from the button and was reraised to 120,000 by Allison Whalen from the small blind. Hellebuyck made the call and the two saw a flop of .
Whalen led out for 100,000 only to have Hellebuyck move all in over the top. Whalen quickly folded and there is now a new chip leader with around 840,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:43 PM Local Time
Sidsel Boesen opened with a raise to 45,000 from the button, and Vanessa Hellebuyck called from the big blind. Both checked the flop and the turn. The river brought the and a bet of 100,000 from Hellebuyck. Boesen thought a moment, then made the call.
Hellebuyck showed for aces up, and Boesen mucked. Hellebuyck moves up to about 600,000 on that one, and Boesen slips back to just above 500,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:39 PM Local Time
Kami Chisholm limped from the small blind only to have Sidsel Boesen move all in from the big blind.
Chisholm made the call and showed while Boesen turned over . The crowd let out an "ah" when the flop came .
Chisholm had picked up a straight draw, which she hit when the hit the turn. She was in the lead but Boesen had a flush draw heading into the river.
The crowd erupted in a mixture of cheers and jeers when the hit the river, giving Boesen a double up to around 650,000 and putting a dent in Chisholm's big stack.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:32 PM Local Time
A short-stacked Holly Hodge pushed all in for 111,000 and won the blinds and antes. On the next hand she pushed all in again -- this time for 156,000 -- and it folded around to Timmi Derosa in the small blind who called. Vanessa Hellebuyck folded from the big blind.
Hodge showed , while Timmi Derosa showed . The flop came , taking one of Hodge's outs away. And the on the turn meant no river card could save her.
Hodge is out in sixth place, while Derosa is now up around 880,000 and challenging Kami Chisholm for the chip lead.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:29 PM Local Time
La Sengphet was in early position and pushed all in for her last 82,000. Allison Whalen then rereaised all in from the button and forced both blinds out.
Sengphet:
Whalen:
The flop of was no help to Sengphet. The on the turn gave her a few more outs but the on the river sent Sengphet home in seventh place. She will take home $22,728 for her efforts.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:22 PM Local Time
The table folded around to La Sengphen who pushed all in with her stack of 245,000, then Vanessa Hellebuyck pushed all in herself with her last 168,000 from the button. The blinds got out, and both players showed their hands.
Sengphen held , and Hellebuyck . The community cards came , and Hellebuyck's queens held.
A huge roar from Hellebuyck's cheering section followed, settling into a raucous chant of "Va-ness-a! Va-ness-a! Va-ness-a!"
"It appears we've found the crowd favorite," cracked Robbie Thompson, our TD.
Hellebuyck bumps up to 384,000, while Sengphet is now the table's short stack with just 85,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:14 PM Local Time
Sidsel Boesen raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and was called by La Sengphet from the small blind.
The flop came and Sengphet checked. Boesen moved all in for 271,000 and Sengphet folded.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:10 PM Local Time
Timmi Derosa opened with a raise to 50,000 from middle position, and the table folded around to Bonnie Overfield who reraised all in for 352,000 from the big blind. Derosa instantly called.
Bad news for Overfield. She tabled , but Derosa had picked up pocket rockets once again -- .
The flop came , pairing Overfield's king. But the turn was the and the river the , and Overfield is out in eighth.
With that hand Derosa chips up over 760,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:01 PM Local Time
Sidsel Boesen raised to 36,000 under the gun and Loren Watterworth moved all in for 48,000 total. Action folded back to Boesen and she made the call for 12,000 more.
Watterworth:
Boesen:
The flop came out , giving Boesen a commanding lead. The on the turn left Watterworth drawing dead. The on the river made it official and Watterworth was eliminated in ninth place for $13,688.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:57 PM Local Time
Kami Chisholm opened with a raise to 37,000, and Sidsel Boesen -- sitting to Chisholm's left -- pushed all in for 113,000 total. It folded back around to Chisholm who made the call. The players tabled their hands:
Chisholm
Boesen
The flop came , and Boesen had paired her ace. The turn was the and the river , and Boesen doubled to just over 250,000. Chisholm, meanwhile, is still comfortably out in front with about 970,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:51 PM Local Time
Allison Whalen was under the gun and she decided to limp. Action folded to Holly Hodge in the big blind and she checked her option.
The flop came and Hodge checked. Whalen bet 30,000 and took down the pot.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:50 PM Local Time
It has been a tough hour-and-a-half of poker for Sidsel Boesen. She was the chip leader when we began play today. But following a few laydowns and that double-up for Allison Whalen, Boesen found herself down at the bottom of the counts with less than 100,000.
She's trying to do something about it, though. Just now she open-raised all in from the hijack seat with her last 85,000, and won the blinds and antes. She's still short with about 110,000, with only Loren Watterworth with fewer chips than her at the moment.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:42 PM Local Time
Allison Whalen raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and was reraised to 110,000 by Sidsel Boesen in the small blind.
Whalen then moved all in for 155,000 more and Boesen called.
Boesen:
Whalen:
Whalen was way ahead as the board ran out . Whalen doubled to around 544,000 while Boesen, who started the day as chip leader, was left with a little under 100,000.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:30 PM Local Time
Lee Watkinson has arrived to support his fiancée, Timmi Derosa. Watkinson, of course, has some significant final table experience of his own, having multiple WPT final tables, a WSOP bracelet (2006, $10,000 pot-limit Omaha), and perhaps most memorably, a WSOP Main Event final table appearance in 2007 when he finished eighth.
Derosa is in second place at the moment with 415,000, but like everyone else at the table is looking way up to Kami Chisholm and her 1,000,000-plus chip stack.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:24 PM Local Time
Allison Whalen raised to 40,000 and was reraised by Kami Chisholm to 100,000. Both blinds released and Whalen decided to fold.