Isle Open Championship (Day 2): Carey Pickus Eliminated, Nancy Birnbaum The "Last Lady Standing"

2017 Isle Open | Event #21
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship| $500,000 GTD
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)
Total Event #21 Entries: 404
Event #21 Players Remaining: 41

Carey Pickus (Atherton, CA), just as she watches Nissim Vaknin spike a king on the flop to eliminate her.

Carey Pickus (Atherton, CA) and Nancy Birnbaum were the last two ladies in the field, but they were going in different directions.  While Nancy was hovering around the chip average (295,000), Carey was doing her best to double-up, as she was grinding a sub-ten big blind stack for the past few hours.  With action folding around to Pickus in the small blind, she would shove for just over ten big blinds, with Nissim Vaknin calling her from the big blind.

"You want the chips, well here's your chance," Pickus said, just before turning over her Q♠ Q♦.  While she was well ahead of Nissim's K♦ 10♦, her reaction when seeing his hand, was one of displeasure. Carey stood up just as the K♣ 3♦ 8♦ flop fell, shaking her head as the runout brought her no help.  Pickus would earn $2,749 for her 42nd place finish, and has already jumped in the Event #22 field ($570 No Limit Hold'em).

Nissim Gozlan - 360,000 (60bb)

Carey Pickus - Eliminated in 42nd Place ($2,749)