Trishelle Has a Rack (of Chips) & Knows How to Use It

Feb 21, 2010

Trishelle Cannatella has been playing really well this tournament, adjusting her style to fit the blind structure and the weak spots in the field. She’s built up a pretty large chipstack, and she’s been using it to pressure the weaker players to pick up even more chips.

In the most recent hand, with the board showing [Jc7c6h4s] on the turn and a little more than 250,000 already in the pot, Trishelle bet 120,000 from the small blind. Otis "Shox" Hincks tanked for more than a minute from the big blind with Trishelle staring comfortably at him most of the time. Hincks eventually raised to 300,000.

Trishelle quickly moved all in with a smile and a wave of her hands, and Hincks let out a big breath, seemingly unsure of where he stood. Hincks folded, and a few other players teased him about it.

One of the players said, "It’s that smirk of hers. I’m afraid of it." Trishelle smiled and asked, "I’m not allowed to smile?"

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