Saved By the Chop; Tara Schwartz Narrowly Escapes Busting Out to Aylar Lie
Dec 7, 2023
Photo: Tara Schwartz
Tara Schwartz raises from the small blind to 65,000, and Aylar Lie calls from the big blind.
The flop comes 
, Schwartz bets 55,000, and Lie calls.
The turn card is the 
, and Schwartz moves all in for 335,000. Lie asks for a count and tanks for a while before she calls with 
for a pair of jacks.
Schwartz turns over 
for a pair of jacks with a lower kicker, and she needs to improve to stay alive.
The river card is — the 
.
Both players make the same hand — two pair, jacks and fives, with a ten kicker — and it’s a chopped pot to save Schwartz from elimination.
Aylar Lie – 1,410,000 (56 bb)
Tara Schwartz – 470,000 (19 bb)
Photo: Aylar Lie
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