Sidsel Boesen raised to 50,000 on the button and was called by Vanessa Hellebuyck from the big blind.
The flop came and Hellebuyck bet out 90,000. Boesen called and the two saw the hit the turn. Hellebuyck bet out 150,000 and this time Boesen opted to fold. Hellebuyck was over 1.5 million with the win while Boesen dropped to 883,000
Now that we are down to three-handed, the cheering sections for our final three players have been distinguished fairly readily. Each has a significant bank of supporters here, although in terms of decibels Vanessa Hellebuyck's section is probably leading at this point.
As is their lady, who with the big knockout hand versus Allison Whalen just now is up around the 1.4 million-chip mark.
But both Sidsel Boesen and Timmi Derosa are battling to change that. Derosa is also hoping to get her cheering section to become a little more competitive, too, having just now delivered some instructions to them to get a little more vocal.
Allison Whalen opened by pushing all in from the cutoff for approximately 550,000. Sidsel Boesen folded from the button, and Timmi Derosa folded from the small blind. Then Vanessa Hellebuyck quickly called.
Whalen turned over , and Hellebuyck tabled ! Another player wakes up in the big blind with pocket rockets!
The board came , and Whalen shook hands with her competitors as she left.
Action has resumed at our now four-handed final table.
In one of the first hands back, Sidsel Boesen opened for 50,000 from the cutoff, then Timmi Derosa pushed all in over the top from the button. The blinds got out, and Boesen folded, too.
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.
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.