Event 13: Nancy Birnbaum Doubles Thru German Gomez to Take a Huge Lead

$400 Black Chip Bounty Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 107

Nancy Birnbaum with Her Dog, Buddy
Nancy Birnbaum with Her Dog, Buddy

In the last hand before the break, German Gomez (small blind) and Nancy Birnbaum played a hand with about 246,000 in the pot on the turn:

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Gomez moved all in for about 900,000, and Birnbaum snap-called all in for 761,000. They turned over their cards:

German Gomez:  9s7d7c6c  (set of sevens, club flush draw, open-ended straight draw)
Nancy Birnbaum:  AsAc9d8s  (set of aces)

The river card was the 4h, and Birnbaum won the pot with her set of aces to double up into a massive chip lead.

Seat 1.  Nancy Birnbaum  –  1,720,000  (108 bb)
Seat 2.  Long Nguyen  –  285,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  German Gomez  –  135,000  (8 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 713,000 (45 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $2,790.