More Love for the Lady

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Our lone lady, Joanne Monteavaro got things started with an early-position raise to 9,000. Action passed all the way around the table to the blinds, where a player moved his whole stack in -- a total of 42,900. This sent Monteavaro deep into the tank and she asked the table to give her a minute.

"This would be a bad call," she said, "but there's 60 thousand in the pot." She continued to debate her decision as she cut out the calling chips from her stack. She leaned back in her chair fingering the chips before standing up to get a different perspective of the table. "This would be a bad call," she repeated. "But maybe I'm tired." Finally, she splashed the chips into the pot with a not-so-sure, "I call."

Showdown:
Monteavaro: {A-Spades}

Opponent:

With a nearly 100,000-chip pot up for grabs, the dealer burned a card and spread out the flop. Right in the door came the {A-Hearts}

, followed by the {J-Hearts}

and the

.

Talk about crushing the flop.

Left drawing extremely thin, the all-in player saw his final two cards of this tournament, as the turn and river came {6-Spades}

and

respectively. Monteavaro looked almost upset as she shook her head and offered a conciliatory, "Nice hand," to her opponent. "Bad call," she reiterated.

Her "bad call" turned to gold for her though, as she eliminates the 38th-place finisher from the field. With that sizable pot, Monteavaro has become a force to be reckoned with, sitting now on a stack of just over 160,000.

With that elimination, we are now just one knockout away from the conclusion of Day 1.

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