Lauren Robers: A Queen Amongst Kings
Niveau 12
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
On Saturday night, Lauren Roberts battled her way through the final table of Event #3 of the U.S. Poker Open that included the likes of Koray Aldemir, Stephen Chidwick, Brandon Adams and Sean Winter.
Roberts outlasted 91 entries to claim the $218,400 first prize and made personal and poker history. The win was her first live tournament triumph and her USPO victory was the first by a woman.
She spoke to Poker Central's Remko Rinkema about the victory, which you can read by clicking here.
and action checked through to the 
on the turn. There, Cappello put out a bet of 15,000. Kenney folded while Greenberg and Hunichen both called. 
and Cappello decided to just move all in for 120,000. Greenberg folded as did Hunichen after a few seconds so Cappello raked in the pot.
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and Winter was in good shape to secure a double up. A 
on the turn gave Bonomo a few more outs to take down Winter and the 
and Peters took down the pot with his turned flush.
and Yu was unable to catch up. With that he was eliminated while Hernanzed took down the pot and chipped up to about 620,000.