5K HR ($5,000)

Monika Zukowic of Poland has the action folded to her on the hijack and opens for 80,000. It gets folded to the bb of Bulgaria’s Thomas Boivin who re-raises all-in. Zukowicz calls for her last 605,000.

Boivin unveils 7♣ 7♠ while Zukowicz turns over A♣ J♣ .

The runout goes: 5♣ 3♥ 8♦ T♣ 7♦ with the set rubbing in the fatal miss from the Polish lady pro as the remaining 15 players now ladder up.

Monika Zukowicz of Poland opens the action from the utg+1 position to 50,000 and gets re-raised all-in from the bb of Romania’s George Mircea Tomescu. Zukowicz commits the rest of her stack worth 551,000 in the call.

Tomescu shows K♥ T♥ and is surprised when his opponent flips over A♥ A♦ .

The runout goes: 5♥ 3♥ 2♣ T♠ (for a minor sweat) and the river is the A♣ .

Tomescu now has less than 200,000 in his holdings while Zukowicz climbs beyond the seven-figure mark for the first time

Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands raises from the hijack to 40,000 and gets a 3-bet shove from Poland’s Monika Zukowicz from the sb for 268,000. Molenaar calls.

Zukowicz shows T♦ T♣ while Molenaar has an under pair in 7♦ 7♣ .

The runout goes: J♥ 8♠ 5♠ 4♦ A♥ as Zukowicz rides on the wave of yet another double-up and her stack is becoming quite significant as it nears the 600,000 mark. Molenaar’s stack has fallen below the seven figure mark anew.

Once again all-in preflop are China’s Qiu Quan and Monika Zukowicz from Poland with the latter now at risk.

Qiu shows K♠ T♥ (the same hand his opponent tried to bust him with earlier) while Zukowicz has A♥ J♦ (now with the statistical edge).

The runout changed nothing: K♦ 4♠ A♦ 6♥ 3♠ as Zukowicz doubles up off of the same player she lost most of her chips to just an orbit prior.

Poland’s Monika Zukowicz and Qiu Quan of China are all-in preflop with the latter’s tournament life on the line he just staked his remaining 182,000 in hopes of a double-up.

Zukowicz shows K♦ T♦ while Qiu has 6♠ 6♣ .

The runout goes: A♦ 5♣ 7♠ 3♠ 2♦ to give Qiu that double-up he needed and the loss sends Zukowicz’s stack to below the ten bb mark.

Dutchman Michel Molenaar opens from the hijack for 35,000 and gets a bb defense from lady pro Monika Zukowicz from Poland.

The flop comes K♦ 2♠ 9♦ as Zulowicz checks. Molenaar CBets for 23,000 and quickly gets called. The turn is the 2♥ and this time, Zukowicz grabs the betting lead for 30,000. Molenaar now becomes the caller. The river is the 6♦ and Zukowicz goes all-in for her remaining 92,000. Molenaar folds.

Current chip-leader Manuel Carvalho of Portugal opens from utg for 21,000 and gets two callers before Poland’s Monika Zukowicz 3-bet shoves for 99,000 from the sb. Carvalho makes the call while the previous callers fold.

Zukowicz shows that she has A♦ Q♠ , dominating Carvalho’s K♠ Q♥ .

The runout goes: 2♠ 3♣ 8♦ Q♦ 5♦ giving the lady from Poland a double up while the chip-leader still stays at the seven-figure chip mark.