Georgina James opened the button to 1,600 and got a call from Susan O'Connor in the small blind. Marta Porter raised to 6,800 from the big blind and James folded. O'Connor called and the players went heads-up to the flop.
The board came A♦9♥4♣ and O'Connor checked. Porter bet 3,000 and O'Connor raised to 8,000.
Porter called taking the players to a 5♥ turn. O'Connor checked again and Porter bet 12,000. O'Connor made a swift call.
The K♠ river was checked down and O'Connor showed A♠Q♥ for top pair. Porter mucked and was left short after the hand.
Action was followed from the 3♥6♠Q♥ flop with Lynne Beaumont in a middle position with 10,500 chips already in the middle. Scarlett Hostein also had 10,500 chips in the middle. Bernadette Daley had just moved all in from the small blind for around 32,000 and action was on Soraya Estrada in the big blind.
Estrada moved her remaining 16,000 stack into the middle. Beaumont folded and Hostein called, covering both the other players stacks.
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Gemma Thomas opened under the gun to 2,000 and got a call from Solli in an early position. Saxby moved all in for her remaining 5,000 chips and Silva Montini called from the cutoff. Thomas and Solli also called.
The 9♣4♣10♦ flop was checked to Montini who bet 8,000. Only Solli made the call.
The 3♦ turn saw Solli check and Montini tank-check.
When the Q♠ came on the river, Solli moved 50,000 into the middle, forcing Montini all in if she called.
Montini took around two-minutes to fold, leaving Solli and Saxby to flip.
Kelly Saxby: Ax3x
Christina Solli: K♠4♠
Solli took the pot and eliminated Saxby having beat her bottom pair with a pair of fours.
