Preflop, Patricia Messier raised to 3,600 and Montrealer Carla Sabini (bb) called. The small blind, Brigitte Korak, smiled and raised to 11,000. Patricia pondered before returning her cards to the dealer, while Carla quickly wasted no time before tossing her hand in as well. Brigitte turned over her hole cards 
for the table to see, and raked in preflop winnings.
