Merdinger Finds a Triple
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
After a few preflop raises, there was a three-way all in right near our reporting desk moments ago. Jane Stanton Hitchcock had both of her opponents covered and held the dominant hand with 
. Maureen Merdinger had the smallest stack and 
, while a third player was stuck in the middle and also well behind with 
.
Merdinger was resigned to her fate, gathering her things to leave, but Hitchcock told her she would hit. She was right - the dealer fanned a flop of 
.
The turn and river bricked off 
, 
respectively, and Merdinger tripled to around the starting stack of 25,000. Hitchcock won a small side pot, and now has around 65,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |