2011 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$192,344
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$949,500
Entries
1,055
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Poker Is So Easy When You Can See The Cards

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We just saw a very interesting development at Black Table #6. We didn't catch all of the action, but this is what happened from the information we gathered.

Action folded around to the player in the small blind, who had the intention of moving all in. However, she grabbed two of her three stacks and pushed them forward, then grabbed her third and slid that forward. This, my friends, is your classic string bet. The problem with this instance was that the big blind had instantly made the call and had already flipped her hand, assuming that her opponent was all in. As it turned out, the big blind had the small blind crushed, with {q-}{j-} vs {q-}{10-}.

The floor was called over, and the ruling was made that the flop would be dealt out, and that the players would "play the hand as if they didn't know the other person's cards." Well the flop came {7-}{6-}{2-}, and understandably, the small blind checked, the big blind pushed, and the small blind happily folded, as she had just caught a big break, and was given a second chance in this tournament.