Dever Enjoying the Friendly Confines

Cathy Dever is a Borgata regular who has accumulated $135,984 in live earnings, with the bulk of her cashes coming right here in the friendly confines of the Borgata Poker Room.

Today, Dever has survived through the money bubble despite riding a short stack all day, and after clashing with the tournament's overwhelming chip leader Eric Afriat, she can stick around to enjoy this experience a little longer.

By making the money in the WPT World Championship - something many of the game's greatest players failed to do on Day 3 - Dever has already earned more than she ever has before for a live cash, but she has her sights set on something special. A recent double just might give her the momentum she needs to reach another goal: the final table.

Dever got her last 142,000 into the middle by three-bet shoving, coming over the top of Curt Kohlberg's open to 24,000, and Afriat's flat. Kohlberg got out of the way but Afriat called her down with while saying "I'll give you action."

Action was right, as Dever held and made top set on the flop. The sweat continued though, with Afriat flopping an open-ended straight draw, but the turn () and river () missed his hand, sending the pot to the Borgata's newest local hero.