Team Pazol Beats Cancer, Makes the Money, and Doubles
Naomi Pazol and Sarah Howell of Team Pazol are both cancer survivors and told PokerNews they are ecstatic about making the money after riding a short stack.
A few minutes after getting in the money, Pazol open-shoved in early position and the next player to act re-shoved with a slightly bigger stack. Everyone else folded, including the big blind who folded ![]()
face-up.
Naomi Pazol: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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Pazol paired her nine on the flop of ![]()
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, and the
on the turn gave her a flush draw. The river brought the
to give the flush to Pazol, who shot out of her chair and high-fived her partner on the rail, who is sporting a shirt with the words "Courage is My Superpower" and a pink ribbon on it.

| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |