A player opened to 1,200, Nancy Birnbaum three-bet to 4,100 on his direct left, and the action folded back to the opener, who four-bet all in for around 35,000. Birnbaum called, putting herself at risk.
Birnbaum:
Opponent:
The aces held as the board ran out , and Birnbaum doubled to around 70,000 chips.
Couldn't get much going in 1B, lost the min with K9 against 55 on 995 then withered from there, 66 < QQ for the rest. GL buds still inFebruary 23 2013
Three players saw a flop of , including David Diaz, Joey Brown, and Rex Clinkscales. The trio checked, and the turn brought the . Diaz led out for 2,200, Brown folded, and Clinkscales raised to 5,025. Diaz called.
The completed the board, and Diaz checked. Clinkscales checked behind. Diaz tabled for a busted flush draw, and Clinkscales showed for a turned straight.
He raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 40,000 chips, while Diaz slipped to around 60,000.
David Diaz made it 1,000 from the cutoff and received calls from both the small and big blinds. The flop was and there were two checks to Diaz. He continued for 1,700 and the small blind called. The big blind got out of the way and the duo saw the strike the turn. Another check prompted 3,500 from Diaz and he received yet another call.
The rivered and Diaz's opponent sat thinking for a moment.
"All-in," he said.
"Call!" snapped back Diaz, showing for the nut straight. Unfortunately for Diaz, his opponent also rolled up and the two were forced to chop the pot.