Mortensen Making Moves
Action folded to Carlos Mortensen, and as he often does when that happens, the Matador raised, making it 800 to go. Rebecca Mordoff-Gerin responded by three-betting to 2,200 from the small blind. Mortensen made the call.
The flop came out , and Mordoff-Gerin bet 2,200. Mortensen played with his chips, then tossed out a raise to 5,300. Mordoff-Gerin called, then insta-checked the turn. Mortensen checked behind just as fast. The river fell the , and both players checked again. Mordoff-Gerin showed for top pair, second kicker. Mortensen stared at the board for a minute before releasing his cards, but eventually he flicked them into the muck. Mortensen slipped to 16,000. Mordoff-Gerin is up to 46,000.