Suzanne Malavet raised from early position to 1,200 and received calls from Olivia Smith in the cutoff and Katherine Porrello in the big blind. The flop came out with K♦2♣J♦ and everyone checked.
The turn 10♦ was also checked around.
On the turn 8♦, Porrello threw out a 500 chip, Malavet folded, and Smith made the call.
Smith showed A♠9♠ for ace high, and Porello showed 7♦7♥ for a flush.
Quyen Hoang opened to 1,500 in hijack and got called by big blind Danielle Chaput to see the flop. The flop came 8♣3♥9♠.
Hoang continued with 2,500 after a check. Chaput stayed on. Both players checked the 3♣ turn.
On the river 2♦, Chaput decided to lead out with a 5,200 bet. Hoang raised it to 15,000 sending Chaput to think about her options. She eventually conceded both her hand and the pot to Hoang.
Gloria Vasquez limped under the gun and Chia Tseng raised to 1,500 before Britt Wandhofer decided to shove for 11,700 in the small blind. Vasquez chose to call and Tseng let it go:
Britt Wandhofer: A♦K♦ 
Gloria Vasquez: K♣J♣
Wandhofer's hand stayed ahead throughout the board 10♦9♥8♦7♦K♠, improving into the nut flush, and she took down the pot to double up.
Kelly Slay opened to 1,200 in middle position and got called by Shannon Stash to her immediate left and Cynthia Compton in the big blind.
The dealer fanned out 8♦2♠8♥ and after action was checked to her, Stash bet 2,000. Compton called and Slay folded.
On the turn 5♥, Compton check-raised to 9,000 after Stash bet 4,000. Both players checked the river 9♥.
Compton tabled A♣8♠ for trips on the flop while Stash showed 7♣7♦. The dealer awarded the pot to Compton.
Katherine Porrello, raised in early position to 1,200, stating, "I'm not bluffing", relating to previous history at the table.
Regina Cicconi called from the big blind. The flop came out with 7♠10♥4♣, and both players checked.
The turn 7♥ and the river J♣ were both also checked.
Porello admitted, "I have a four", and flipped over A♥4♥, and Cicconi flipped over A♠9♠, and stated, "That's good".
In a heads-up pot, the flop was K♠J♦A♠ when Orathai Nasathaen check-called Marie Thirlwell for 3,000.
Both checked on the 8♣ turn and a Q♠ hit the river. Nasathaen thought about her move for a minute and bet 7,000. Thirlwell decided to call, but mucked when she saw 8♠7♠ in Nasathaen's hand for the flush.
Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.
Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.
Th board 5♣K♣10♥7♠ was already dealt with a pot containing around 22,000. Hannah Thomson checked and Asako Kitamura tanked for some time before announcing all in, putting Thomson at risk. The latter quickly let it go.
Melody Mckee opened to 1,200 and it folded to Natalie Ramos who called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♠Q♥Q♦ and Ramos check-called for 1,200. Both players checked on the K♣ turn.
When the 5♣ hit the river, Ramos sent 4,000 in the middle and Mckee quickly folded.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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