Battling Like a Warrior
.The pot was a six-way limp-fest and the passiveness continued as all players checked the flop. Mads Andersen put a stop to this after the turn had been dealt with a 1,300 bet, but this was instantly raised up to 4,075 by the player in the next seat.
Philippe Rouas was next to act and after a good deal of thought he moved all in. Andersen moved out of the way to let the other player make the call for most of his chips with
. He was behind to Rouas' 
. The river of
changed nothing, enabling Rouas to get back up to his starting stack of 20,000.
, and Furst led out with a continuation bet of 1,000. Esfandiari called.
. Furst slowed down a little bit, checking over to Esfandiari, who checked behind.
. That was good enough for Furst to fire another 2,000 chips into the middle. Esfandiari thought for a minute, then nodded knowingly. He asked, "Two jacks huh, kid?" as he slipped his cards into the muck, sending a few chips over to his fellow pro.
to double Nguyen up to 22,000.
flop kept her in the lead. The 
on the turn sealed the deal, sending her a much-needed double up. She now sits with 4,500 chips. Healthy, but not wealthy by any means.