Valerie Zaklama Shoves with Aces

Photo:  Valerie Zaklama

A player raises from the cutoff to 13,000, Valerie Zaklama moves all in from the big blind, and her opponent folds. Zaklama shows as she takes the pot.

Valerie Zaklama  –  98,000  (16 bb)

Zaklama isn’t a poker player, and was only here to support her husband Pascal. But Zaklama went to the Doyle Brunson book signing, and inside of her copy of the book was a non-transferable seat into this event.

Zaklama isn’t a complete novice at poker; she’s played a couple of ladies events and some home games. But she hasn’t played poker in over a year. But she’s made Day 2 of the biggest event in World Poker Tour history, so regardless of how she finishes, she’ll have a heck of a story to tell.

Read more about Zaklama’s surprise entry into this event by clicking here.