Lauren Bunch Eliminated in 17th Place by Chris Read

Photo:  Lauren Bunch

Lauren Bunch completes the small blind to 20,000, Chris Read moves all in from the big blind, and Bunch calls all in for about 220,000 with .

Read turns over , and Bunch needs her hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop comes giving Read a pair of kings to Bunch’s gutshot straight-flush draw.

But the last two cards are bricks, and Read wins the pot with her pair of kings to eliminate Bunch in 17th place.

Chris Read  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Lauren Bunch  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($4,025)

Read was down to just two big blinds earlier this level, after her ace-king failed to improve against another player’s pocket tens in a preflop all-in situation.

But Read has bounced back, and now she heads to the dinner break with 710,000 in chips.

Photo:  Chris Read