Hands #23-27: Sanders Picks Off Booker's Bluff
Hand #23: From the hijack, Zach Seymour moved all in for 225,000. Everyone folded and Seymour took down the pot.
Hand #24: From the small blind, Jodie Sanders raised to 30,000. Tom Booker folded in the big blind and Sanders took down the pot.
Hand #25: From the button, Sanders opened to 25,000. In the small blind, Booker three-bet, making it 55,000. The big blind folded while Sanders called.
The flop was and Booker led out with a bet of 50,000. Sanders called. On the turn, Booker led again, this time betting out 75,000. Sanders called again.
Booker led out for a third time on the river, betting 100,000. Sanders dropped into the tank thinking for nearly two minutes before he finally settled on a call.
"Good call," Booker said showing .
An excited Sanders turned up his for a pair of eights and that earned him the massive pot, leaving Booker as the short stack in the tournament.
Hand #26: Jordan Hufty received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #27: Hufty limped in from the small blind and Katie Kopp checked her option in the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked. Hufty bet 14,000 on the turn, and that was enough to earn him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jodie Sanders |
900,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Tom Booker |
90,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |