Down, But Not Out

Almira Skripchenko is closing in on the felt, a clash with her immediate neighbor leaving her with just a bowl of rice. After raising it up preflop, Skripchenko proceeded to check-raise the {7-Hearts}

only for her opponent to push all in for a 8,050 more. With several thousand already in the pot, Skripchenko decided to take a punt with her flush draw, and duly called with {A-Hearts}

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"Billions of blistering blue barnacles! (well, it was actually a more hardcore and unrepeatable expletive than that)" said her opponent as he revealed {8-Hearts}