11-14-2008 17:00 UTC+8

Ellis Runs Good

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Natasha Ellis

On the last hand before the break, Tasha Ellis, Dennis Huntly and a third player were all involved in a preflop raising war. Ellis started the action with a raise to 625 that Huntly called. The player in the big blind then reraised to 2,025. Ellis debated her options before putting in a third raise to 5,000 straight. That raise agonized Huntly, but he eventually folded what he later said was ace-queen. The big blind had only 2,000 more behind his initial raise and shipped those chips in. His {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{K-Clubs}

were no match for Ellis' {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

when the board came {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{8-Diamonds}

{4-Spades}

. Ellis added another 5,000 chips to her tournament-leading chip stack.

Tags: Dennis Huntly Tasha Ellis