When play folded around to Brenda Blackburn’s small blind, she slid forward a raise to 70,000. Jean Crete, with only 108,000 chips in front of him in the big blind, announced his all-in. After some deliberation, Brenda realized she had no choice but to commit the extra chips, even with the weak hand she was holding.
Jean:
Brenda:
Brenda managed to catch just enough on the board to sent her opponent to the rail in 17th place, chipping her up to over 1 million in chips.