Victoria Larkin is by far the most experienced player at the final table, as the Syracuse-based tournament grinder has traveled across the country for the last few years, always in search of the next score.

As a young woman playing in the "man's world" that poker has traditionally been, Larkin is accustomed to players discounting her abilities simply because they don't know any better.

Alan Colon thought as much in an earlier hand against Larkin, but he soon found out that good players like her usually have the goods.

The action started when Colon opened for 165,000 from under the gun, and Larkin called from the button along with Esteban Rodriguez from the big blind.

The flop rolled out and both Colon and Rodriguez checked over to Larkin, who paused for a beat before betting 350,000. Rodriguez showed respect and quickly folded his hand, but Colon was stubborn and decided to interrogate Larkin to try and find a read.

"You makin' a move here?" he asked from across the table. "You might be makin' a move on me..."

Eventually, as is true in most long tank-jobs, Colon was merely posturing and his cards soon went sailing into the muck.

"Stop thinking I'm making moves..." said Larkin as she tabled for top pair. "I'm more than capable of making moves, but not at this hour."

With the win, Larkin moved into the chip lead after sitting as the short stack just a few orbits before.

Tags: Alan ColonEsteban RodriguezVictoria Larkin