"I Had King-Jack"

Shari Elder of Omaha's Elder Jewelers is quietly grinding over at Table 33. A couple days ago, Elder finished runner-up to Mark Fink (who survived Day 1a) in the $200 pot-limit Omaha event here in Council Bluffs. Thanks to a four-way chop, Edler took home $3,113 for that performance. Obviously she's looking to add more to that haul, but she's gotten off to a slow start here on Day 1b.

In a recent hand, the player in the hijack opened for 800 and his neighbor in the cutoff called. Elder came along from the button, Nick Trimble called from the small blind, and after the player in the big put in the chips, five players took a flop of .

Four checks saw Elder bet a paltry 400, Trimble called, and the cutoff did the same after the two players in between folded. After the dealer burned and turned the , Trimble checked and the cutoff fired out 3,700. That did the trick as both Elder and Trimble released their hands.