Russel Avoids Becoming the Bubble Girl

Mike Summers opened for 3,400 under the gun only to have Vicki Summers, who has been quiet at the final table this far, move all in for 43,600 from the cutoff. John Kostelac seemed interested in the small blind, but ultimately folded his cards, which prompted Bradley Yazici to move all in from the big. Summers folded and Russel seemed to know she was in trouble.

Russel:
Yacizi:

Russel was behind, but she was drawing to two live cards. The flop was dry as could be, and the door seemed to be closing on Russel.

"Give me a queen or jack," she pleaded. The dealer didn't listen and turned the . "Oh no, give me a queen," a resigned Russel tried one more time.

This time the dealer obliged an put out the on the river. Russel let out a little cheer while Kostelac cussed and said he had folded .

"I knew I should have went with it," he said. Indeed, if he had Russel would have been eliminated on the bubble and he would be sitting with three times as many cgips in front of him.