Marina Kolbeshkina Eliminated in 15th Place ($8,697)
Marina Kolbeshkina eliminated in similar fashion to Yu Kurita, having been crippled then finished off a few hands later.
In the first hand, Kolbeshkina moved all in from early position and was called by Jennifer Cowan, who was all in for less.
Kolbeshkina:
Cowan:
The flop came , which looked very promising for Kolbeshkina. However, as a reminder of how cruel poker can be, the turn and river came the respectively, giving Cowan the runner-runner straight and knocked Kolbeshkina down to just 10,000.
A couple hands later, Kolbeshkina went all in blind and was called by Amanda Baker from the small and Karen Fisher checked her option from the big.
The flop came and both players checked. However, Baker fired out 18,000 on the turn.
"Really?" Fisher said as she made the call.
The river came a and Baker pushed all in. Fisher shook her head and mucked.
Baker revealed the and Kolbeshkina revealed one card at a time. First the and then the , which wasn't good enough to save Kolbeshkina's tournament life.