Two Princesses Battle over Kings
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Vicky Coren and Sofia Lovgren were deep in battle and many chips had made it into the middle before a 
flop fanned out.
As in her hand against Michel Abecassis earlier Coren was out of position and went into defensive mode. She check-called a 1,800 bet on the flop, a 2,600 bet on the 
turn and a 5,200 bet on the river after saying, “I can beat ace-queen. I can beat a bluff.”
When Lovgren’s river bet was called she opened 
. Coren went, “Oooh, nice hand” and opened 
for the same hand!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,800 | -2,700 |
|
19,600 | -10,400 |
flop. Kitai check-called a bet of 3,500 before both players checked the 
turn. Kitai then led out on the 
river for 6,500 and Feenstra called.
, no good against Feenstra's 
.
, and Barbault made a small stab with a bet of 6,000. Neuville thought for a while, then put his remaining chips all in — more than 20,000. Jazzar then tanked a bit before declaring he was all in as well, and Barbault got out.
and Jazzar 
then fell on the turn, providing more outs for Jazzar to catch Neuville. And the river delivered one of them, coming 
to give Jazzar a backdoor straight.
versus Riehl's 
to pair Riehl, but Neuville still had a chance at a gutshot straight. But the turn was the 
and river the 
and Kolkowicz instantly shoved for 4,800 effective. Sarwer seemed confused but shrugged his shoulders and made the call all in with 
hitting one of Kolkowicz's five outs.
