Fireworks on Second Deal of the Day
With the Ladies event just now kicking off, we were stunned to see a huge pot brewing in which more than 45,000 chips were eventually claimed. Here's what went down:
After a few limps into the pot before her, the player on the button raised to 250.
When both blinds came along, Jeanette Sims flatted from early position, as did Olga Petrovskaya in middle position. The five-way flop came down and that's when the action ramped up considerably.
The blinds tapped the table and Sims led out for a overbet of 2,000 into the small pot. This aggressive play folded Petrovskaya and the blinds, but the button player decided to see the turn, which came .
Another big bet and call occurred on fourth street, with Sims wagering 4,000 and the button flatting once more. The river card came down and Sims continued her hyper-aggression by firing out a bet of 11,000, forcing a minute or two of tanking from the button. Eventually though, she opted to look Sims up, which was a bad idea because her series of overbets had disguised a flopped full house with . Sims dragged the massive pot to nearly double her starting stack on just the second hand she saw.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeanette Sims
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46,000 |