DePaula Scores An Early Double Knockout

Event 5
Level 5 (150/300/50)
Total Entries: 134

Kristina DePaula is already playing two times the starting stack after a double elimination on the "feature" table.

During the early stages of a tournament, with the blind and antes low and everyone sitting near the starting stack, there aren't many "big" hands that occur, but the ones that do and build pots usually involve sets, massive draws and overpairs, which is exactly what happened in a recent hand at our "feature table".

The action was picked up late on the "feature" table, but three players were all-in with Kristina DePaula (Webster, MA) having two shorter stacked players covered.

Kristina also held the best of it, as she had [Jh][Jc] tabled in front of her on a board of [Qd][Js][5h].

All three at players were up out of their seats and Kristina would have to sweat two draws to claim the pot and score a double knockout, as her opponents each held [As][Kc] and [Ad][10d].

Kristina's opponents held each other's outs, but the [8d] on the turn made things a bit more interesting, as now one of them was drawing to a flush.

She'd have to fade 15 outs on the river to win the pot outright and would as the river would brick out and she'd give herself a celebratory high five and scoop in a pot that would move her up and over the 30,000 chip mark, more than double the starting stack.

You can watch Kristina on the Foxwoods live streaming "feature" table as she looks to continue her fast start to Event 5, currently playing one of the bigger stacks in the room in Seat 10 at foxwoodslive.com.