888poker Ambassadors Lovgren and Hof Double
Both Sofia Lovgren and Natalie Hof had been nursing short stacks for quite some time today and scored double-ups just before being moved out of the Pavilion and into the Amazon room. Fellow 888poker ambassador Nicolau Villa-Lobos also bumped up his stack and will be on the move soon, as just nine tables remain.
Lovgren got into a heads-up pot against Yehuda Cohen and checked the river of a board 
from middle position. There was 24,000 in the pot and Yehuda Cohen bet 6,300 before facing the check-raise all in by Lovgren. Cohen asked for a count and the shove was for 33,400 in total.
"Sofia, Sofia. Do you have a full house?" Cohen asked and took another 20 seconds before calling. Lovgren replied, "No, quads," and rolled over 
. There were some players on the table joking, "Oh, just quads," while Lovgren raked in the pot with a smile on her face.
One table over, Hof was also at risk. After a raise to 2,300 and a three-bet to 6,000 by the cutoff, Hof shoved from the button for her last 21,700. The initial raiser folded and the cutoff snap-called with 
. Hof was in desperate shape with 
, but got there with trips kings thanks to a board of 
.
"Teach me how to do it," Greg Mueller joked to her in German and Hof grinned back and said, "Just get it in with the worse hand."
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
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|
92,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
||
|
49,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |