Chips Before Dinner for ElkY
In the final hand before the break, Bertrand Grospellier opened for 900 from early position, Thomas Bichon called behind, and Karine Nogueira called as well from the big blind.
The flop came . Nogueira checked, Grospellier bet 1,825, Bichon folded, and Nogueira called. The turn brought the and a couple of checks from both players.
All of the other tables had finished their hands and players had left for dinner, leaving just Nogueira -- a.k.a., "LadyKorias" -- and ElkY continuing to play. The river was the . Nogueira checked, and Grospellier pushed out a bet of 4,400. Nogueira gathered chips to call, then with wince let her hand go.
After being on fumes for a long stretch, Grospellier goes to the break with a stack of about 20,000. Nogueira has about 40,000.