A monster hand developed late on the closing desk of the Commerce Casino $600 ‘Housewarming’ match on Sunday night time, the primary occasion of the World Series of Poker Circuit sequence presently underway on the Los Angeles property.
Christina “baby shark” Gollins had picked up A-Ok throughout short-handed play, and because the brief stack, was trying to get her chips within the center for a double up. Instead, she was pressured to make a decisive laydown, which in the end allowed her to remain alive and are available again for the match title.
Watch the total hand beneath from the livestream, that includes PokerGO commentators Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks.
The Hand
The large subject of 1,483 gamers had been whittled down to simply three, every with their eyes on a six-figure payout and gold ring, together with a seat into subsequent week’s season-ending _Tournament of Champions. With blinds at 150,000-300,000 with a 300,000 huge blind ante, Gollins raised from the button to 700,000 with A
Ok
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John Solis, who was second in chips, then wakened with Ok
Ok
behind her within the small blind and put in a three-bet to 1,700,000. Weigiang Zhao then seemed down at Q Q, and opted to four-bet shove, masking each gamers.
At this level within the hand, Solis had a 56.7% likelihood to win with Zhao at 17.8% and Gollins at 24.9%, based on the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator. Despite sitting with among the finest palms in maintain’em, Gollins wasted little time earlier than throwing her hand away, avoiding almost-certain catastrophe.
“This is going to be the best fold of my fucking life,” she stated confidently earlier than rapidly eliminating her hand.
Solis known as off for the final of his 10 million and was in nice form to double into the chip lead, nonetheless the seller produced a board of 6 Q 6 2 6. Zhao made a full home and it was a painful exit for Solis who took house $49,839 in his first profession stay match money.
Gollins had not solely managed to keep away from going broke, she had laddered as much as lock up second-place cash. But she wasn’t completed but.
Facing a 4:1 chip deficit heasd-up, Gollins picked off a bluff try after which slowly grinded her approach into the lead. Zhao made his closing stand with A 7, solely to run into Gollins’ dominating A 8. The board ran out A 5 3 8 J to provide Gollins two pair and the title.
Zhao earned $70,272 for his runner-up end, which coincidentally got here on his birthday, however it was Gollins who scored the career-best $105,444. This was Gollins second ring, having gained her first on the Bicycle Casino again in 2021. She now has greater than $700,000 in match cashes.
The championship ring motion on the Commerce Casino continues by way of May 24, culminating with the WSOP Tournament of Champions.
*Winner picture by Commerce Casino / Kieroglyphics
