button in SafariTan Takes Down Masterson
Lisa Tan opened to 60,000 from the cutoff, and Honglian Ye called on the button. Sheila Masterson was in the big blind and moved all in for her last 285,000. Tan rejammed for 610,000. Ye checked her hand, but decided to get out of the way and mucked.
Sheila Masterson: Q♦J♥
Lisa Tan: K♦8♦
Masterson missed on the 9♠9♣7♣ flop, and the K♣ turn saw Tan get further ahead, but there were still a few straight outs for Masterson.
As the 8♠ river fell, Masterson left the table, having been eliminated just after the first break of the day. After the hand, the players were talking, with Masterson asking Ye, "You had me beat right?"
Ye responded, "I had you both beat." She continued to talk to Tan and said, "I called on the button because I was trapping you."
Tan took some time to cool down after the hand and remarked, "That's a lot of chips..." as she counted out her new stack.