Costner Gives His Girlfriend Something To Cheer About

Gabe Costner calls a bet of 18,000 from Ed Jatho out of the big blind. The players go to a heads-up flop and take the board of {8-Clubs}

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Costner checks over to Jatho. Jatho strings out five gray chips across the betting line. Costner's girlfriend, Claudia Crawford, can't bear to watch as she turns her back to the action. She mentions that she's more nervous than he is about the tournament. Just as she says that, Costner announces that he is all in and moves his chip stack around his cards and into the middle. Crawford covers her face with her hands as she can't watch.

Jatho thinks before calling and the heads from the crowd snap towards table 15.

Coster: {A-Hearts}

Jatho:

The turn brings the {4-Hearts}

and gives Costner some additional outs. With his girlfriend pacing back and forth on the rail, the dealer slaps the most beautiful card in the deck on the table, the {A-Spades}