Obrestad's Stack Takes a Whack
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Yakoub opened the pot with a raise to 1,600 and Obrestad made the call from the button.
The flop came
and Yakoub passed the first option to Obrestad who bet what appeared to be 3,250 (she'd tossed in an oversized chip and some change and the amount she announced was inaudible from where we were standing). Yakoub then quickly check-raised to 7,000 and Obrestad hesitated for a moment before making the call.The turn brought the
and Yakoub hit the gas, firing a 10,000 bet. Obrestad made another slow, but deliberate call, sending the action to the river: 
.Yakoub checked 5th Street, sending Obrestad into the tank. When she emerged, she dropped a calculated 22,125 bet into the middle and Yakoub snap-called with a pocket pair of tens. Obrestad mucked as quickly as Yakoub had made the call, leaving her short-stacked (relative to the average), but certainly not dead with about 30 big blinds.
The hand appears to have hoisted Yakoub into the tournament chip lead for Day 1b. He's now sitting with 107,000 in chips.