Annette Aces a Double Up
Level 5
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
With about 75,000 in the pot on the turn, and the board reading , Annette Obrestad slid in the rest of her chips, moving all-in for 84,500. Paul Phua, her only opponent in the hand thought for a few moments, asked for a count and decided to make the call.
Obrestad immediately revealed , which was well ahead of the of Phua. Holding the ace of spades, Obrestad was in great shape to double up, and that's just what she did when the hit on the river.
Obrestad is around her starting stack of 244,500.