Wrong Start For the Defending Champion

It wasn't the very first hand at her table, but it was the first one 2017 WSOP Ladies Event winner Heidi May played today — and it was a big one.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, May in the big blind called a raise from April Facey in the small blind who had lost a few chips from her starting stack just prior to this hand. The flop came and May called another bet, this time for 1,000.

Things heated up on the turn , as Facey announced all in, putting May into a difficult decision. "Not on the first hand," said May, before she ended up calling with .

Facey showed , and after the river brought no help to the defending champion, May fell down to 800 chips right after the tournament started.