partypoker Qualifier Kristen Bicknell Doubles to Stay Alive thru the Dinner Break

Troy Quenneville raises from the button to 10,500, Yale Lu reraises from the small blind to 30,000, and partypoker qualifier Kristen Bicknell (pictured) thinks for a while before folding the big blind, leaving herself just 16,500. Quenneville folds as well, and Lu takes the pot.

Yale Lu  –  120,000  (24 bb)
Kristen Bicknell  –  16,500  (3 bb)

The next hand, it folds to Bicknell in the small blind, and she moves all in for 16,000. Josef Snejberg calls from the big blind with , and Bicknell turns over . Bicknell needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Bicknell pairs her four on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kristen Bicknell  –  35,500  (7 bb)
Josef Snejberg  –  615,000  (123 bb)

Bicknell won another pot before the dinner break to head to dinner with about 45K.

Kristen Bicknell  –  45,000  (9 bb)