With action folded around to Jennifer Loman in the cutoff, she moved all in for around 670,000. The button, Natalie Hof pushed over the top for around 1,400,000. The blinds folded and the ladies flipped over their hands.
Jennifer Loman:
Natalie Hof:
The board ran out and with only a pair of tens for Loman, Hof's kings were good to knock her out of the tournament in tenth place.
Sandy Tran opened to 160,000 and Christina Gollins three-bet to 425,000 in the hijack. It came back to Tran who decided to call.
The flop revealed and Tran checked to Gollins who bet 275,000. After some thinking, Tran made the call and a showed up on the turn. After another check from Tran, Gollins fired 475,000 and it was enough for Tran who let it go.
The players are now on a 15-minute break instead of the originally scheduled 60-minute dinner break. There are currently ten remaining and they will play down to eight-handed before they bag up for the night.
Preflop action had Lynh Nguyen raising to 125,000 from middle position and Sandy Tran calling from the big blind. A came on the flop and Tran check-called Nguyen's 125,000 bet.
The turn was a and once again Tran checked to Nguyen. Nguyen fired out a 175,000 bet and Tran thought about it before calling.
An showed up on the river and they both checked and flipped over their cards. Tran had for a missed open ended straight on the flop. Nguyen had which was good to take down the pot.
In the mid 1980’s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker’s “Big Dance.”
In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.
Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a “relatively” conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, “Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.”
In a blind versus blind situation, Christina Gollins completed her option and Julie Le checked.
They both checked a throughout a board and a came on the river. Gollins sent a chip in the middle for a bet worth 100,000 and Le made the call but mucked her cards when Gollins turned over for two pair.