Russel Can't Avoid Becoming the Bubble Girl

Vicki Russel has been quite the character here in the HPO Regional Championship Grantville. As she explained late last night, she was married for 25 years before recently becoming a divorcé. After raising five children, Russel now devotes her time to her businesses and to playing here at the casino, which is just 15 minutes from her house. As she's said multiple times, she is a big fan of the $5/$10 game downstairs. Fittingly, that's where she's headed after being eliminated on the money bubble.

It happened on a flop of when Bradley Yazici bet 6,500 from the under-the-gun position and Russel moved all in for roughly 27,000. Yazici snap-called with the , which was well out in front of Russel's .

"I guess I need another queen," Russel said in reference to a hand earlier on the bubble where she caught a queen on the river to stay alive. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't do it a second time as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river. "Gave it all I had," she said before taking her leave.