Birnbaum With the Perfect Result Before Dinner
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
On the last hand before the dinner break, Nancy Birnbaum jammed from the small blind for 7,325,000 and Donald Briggs snap-called for roughly half of his stack from the big blind.
Nancy Birnbaum: 8♠8♣
Donald Briggs: A♠K♥
Birnbaum was in another coin flip, with a win set to propel her into second place on the chip counts heading into the break.
The 3♠5♣4♦ flop kept Birnbaum's snowmen in front, although Briggs picked up a straight draw. The 3♦ turn changed little, and when the J♥ landed on the river, Birnbaum could finally breathe a sigh of relief as she doubled to more than 15,000,000.
As the dealer wished the players a good dinner, Briggs couldn't resist a joke, quipping, "It's not going to taste as good now."