Dec 7, 2023
Photo: Rebecca Bolander
In Hand #3 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Alida Veliu raises from the hijack to 16,000, Lauren Bunch calls from the small blind, and Rebecca Bolander moves all in from the big blind for 49,000.
Veliu folds, and Bunch thinks for a while before she calls with . Bolander turns over , and needs it to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Bolander flops a set of queens, Bunch turns a gutshot straight draw, and Bunch rivers a lower set of tens. Bolander wins the pot with a set of queens to double up in chips.
Rebecca Bolander – 122,000 (15 bb)
Lauren Bunch – 140,000 (18 bb)