Hand #36: Kathy Stahl More Than Triples Up Thru Lisa Costello

Photo:  Kathy Stahl celebrates her straight on the river with an energetic fist-pump.

HAND #36  –  Ada Lang raises from the cutoff to 175,000, Kathy Stahl moves all in from the button for 200,000, and Lisa Costello moves all in over the top from the small blind for about 2.1 million. Lang folds.

Stahl turns over , and she needs to improve to stay alive against Costello’s .

The board comes , and Stahl catches a runner-runner eight-high straight to win the pot and nearly quadruple her chip stack.

Kathy Stahl  –  735,000  (9 bb)
Lisa Costello  –  1,890,000  (24 bb)