Lauren Roberts: A Queen Amongst Kings
Niveau 19
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Last 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 David Peters defended his big blind with the 
.
flop and folded when Riess tossed out a continuation-bet.
and Chris Hunichen raised to 125,000 with the 
on the button. Peters responded by moving all in for 815,000 and Hunichen called.
turn and 
river.
flop didn't do Bonomo any favors and neither did the 
and Chris Hunichen called from the cutoff with the 
. It was heads-up action to the 
flop and Bonomo continued for 60,000.
turn and 
river.
flop and then checked his straight on the 
turn.