Joseph Cheong raised it to 2,400 under-the-gun and Rachid Ben Cherif in the small blind was the only caller. Both players checked the flop and Ben Cherif checked again on the on the turn. Cheong made it 3,500 and Ben Cherif made the call. The river brought the to the table and Ben Cherif checked. Cheong bet out 8,500 and was soon faced by a raise. Ben Cherif made it 27,700 and Cheong thought about it for a little while. He then threw in three 25,000 chips, making it 83,500 total. Ben Cherif thought about it for a minute or so, and then decided to call. Cheong showed his and that was enough to make Ben Cherif muck his hand.
Kathy Lehne. Photo courtesy of suncoastresources.com.
Thus far just two women have entered the field in Vanessa Selbst and Kathy Lehne. The former, who is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, is a well-known poker pro and needs little introduction. Lehne, on the other hand, may not be a recognizable name among poker fans.
Lehne is actually the founder, President and CEO of SunCoast Resources, which is a petroleum distributor. Lehne founded the company with her savings of $2,000 back in 1985 when she was just 23 years old. Fast forward to 2009 and the company had more than $1.2 billion in revenue, 400 employees and was named No. 12 on 2008's Entrepreneur’s 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies.
“When I started Sun Coast Resources, I was 23 years-old and decided then and there to jump in with the sharks," Lehne said in an interview with ladieswholaunch.com. "It was a leap of faith, but the way I figured it, what in the world did I have to lose versus the prospect of a very large gain? So with a burning desire to start my own company, I invested $2,000. Once you make the final decision to take the entrepreneurial plunge, commit to it 100%.”
Needless to say, we'll be keeping an eye on both ladies as they try to navigate the male-dominated field.
We didn't see the exact preflop action but we're pretty sure Alexey Rybin was short already and got his chips in before the flop. Rybin's was up against Chamath Palihapitiya's . The flop would spell doom for Rybin with . The on the turn and on the river couldn't help him out and Rybin is the first we saw leaving the tournament. "Oh boys, daddy has got some fire power!" Palihapitiya laughed.
Toby Lewis opened for 2,800 from early position and received calls from David Einhorn and Tom "durrrr" Dwan in the cutoff and button respectively. After both blinds folded, the flop came down and Lewis fired out 7,000.
Einhorn quickly folded, Dwan called and the dealer burned and turned the . Lewis thought for about 20 seconds before betting 16,000 and Dwan took about half as long to release his hand.
Despite losing that pot, Dwan is still well above the starting stack and up there in the counts with Lewis.
We witnessed just the river action, but the pot was already pretty big. From the small blind Ben Cherif had bet out 93,000 with | | on the table. His opponent, Don Nguyen in the hijack, had a lot of trouble with this bet - he looked sincerely puzzled what to do. After a minute of two of thinking he made the call. Ben Cherif showed for kings full of fours, Nguyen mucked.
Trevor Pope raised to 2,200 in the hijack seat, Bill Klein called in the cutoff, Daniel Alaei called on the button, and Michael Mizrachi called out of the small blind. The flop fell , and Mizrachi tossed out 5,000 out of the small blind. The action folded to Klein, who raised to 13,000, and Mizrachi called.
The turn was the , Mizrachi checked, and Klein fired out 14,000. Mizrachi called.
The completed the board, Mizrachi checked again, and Klein tossed out 38,000. Mizrachi folded.
flop and Ben Cherif checked again on the 
on the turn. Cheong made it 3,500 and Ben Cherif made the call. The river brought the 
to the table and Ben Cherif checked. Cheong bet out 8,500 and was soon faced by a raise. Ben Cherif made it 27,700 and Cheong thought about it for a little while. He then threw in three 25,000 chips, making it 83,500 total. Ben Cherif thought about it for a minute or so, and then decided to call. Cheong showed his 
and that was enough to make Ben Cherif muck his hand.
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was up against Chamath Palihapitiya's 
. The 
on the turn and 
on the river couldn't help him out and Rybin is the first we saw leaving the tournament. "Oh boys, daddy has got some fire power!" Palihapitiya laughed.
and Lewis fired out 7,000.
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on the table. His opponent, Don Nguyen in the hijack, had a lot of trouble with this bet - he looked sincerely puzzled what to do. After a minute of two of thinking he made the call. Ben Cherif showed 
for kings full of fours, Nguyen mucked.
, Mizrachi checked, and Klein fired out 14,000. Mizrachi called.
completed the board, Mizrachi checked again, and Klein tossed out 38,000. Mizrachi folded.
