Event 3: Kings for Chess Queen

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em

Carmine Napolitano (Waxham, NC) opens for 2,300 in the highjack, the button calls (11k behind), and Jennifer Shahade (Philadelphia, PA) reraises all in for 18k.

Napolitano goes in the tank and eventually folds, the button calls.

Button: JJ
Shahade: KK

Shahade's pocket kings hold as the two-time American Women’s Chess Champion gets a much needed double up.

Napolitano says he folded pocket 8s and, with two 8s on the board, would have hit quads.
The a few hands later Napolitano hits a big hand and takes his stack to 80k.

Level 9 (500, 1k, 100 ante) is in the books and players are on a 15 minute break to color-up the green (25) chips. When play resumes levels will be 40 minutes long.