Isabelle Tremblay's Aces Get Cracked
Isabelle Tremblay, a former NASCAR driver, is here at the Playground Poker Club vying for the first place prize of CA$1,000,000. Since retiring from the NASCAR scene, Tremblay has taken up a new profession on the felts of poker tables.
Tremblay raised from under-the-gun to 24,000 and received three callers. When the dealer spread the flop of , Tremblay fired 75,000 and both players in the small blind and big blind positions called.
The turn landed the and the small blind checked. The big blind moved all in for his remaining 160,000. Tremblay announced call and the small blind would fold. Tremblay tabled for top set, but was in bad shape when her opponent showed for a flush.
The river was the , providing no help to Tremblay as her chip stack dwindles.