After a losing a big pot to Grant Pazarka a few hands ago, Jessie Wheatley was left with a fairly short stack. She waited patiently for a good spot to get her last chips in, until finally she was dealt
. With only 4.5 big blinds to her name, she moved all-in from middle position. Action folded around to Jiachen Gong in the big blind, who couldn’t find a fold for such a good price, even though he only had
.
Jiachen picked up a pair on the
board to knock out his opponent, and bring this Main Event of the TonyBet Winter Festival down to 4 players.
5th place: Jessie Wheatley – $24,500.00