Wendy Freedman Ascends into the Chip Lead with Rivered Straight
May 9, 2019
James Morrison limps under the gun and Connie Bruce calls in the cutoff. Wendy Freedman calls on the button, while Maxwell Young completes the small blind and the big blind checks his option.
The flop lands 
and the big blind leads out for 1,000. Morrison folds, but both Bruce and Freedman call, while Young mucks.
The turn is the 
and the big blind checks to Bruce who elects to bet 2,000. Freedman calls, and the big blind folds.
The river falls the 
and Bruce tosses in 5,000 and Freedman quickly calls.
Bruce tables her 
for trips, but it is Freedman’s 
for a straight that will earn her the pot.
@WPT