Hands #11-15: Short-Stack Michelle Gibson Check-Shoves the Flop

Photo:  Michelle Gibson

HAND #11  –  Everyone folds to Alida Veliu, giving her a walk in the big blind.

HAND #12  –  Chris Read raises from the button to 90,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #13  –  Alida Veliu raises from the button to 90,000, and Michelle Gibson calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Gibson checks, Veliu bets 75,000, and Gibson check-raises all in for 255,000.

Veliu folds, and Gibson shows one card — the for at least one pair — as she takes the pot.

Michelle Gibson  –  570,000  (14 bb)
Alida Veliu  –  965,000  (24 bb)

HAND #14  –  Chris Read raises from the hijack to 85,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #15  –  Michelle Gibson raises from the button to 100,000, taking the blinds and ante.