Jenny Westerlund Soars Over Two Million

Photo: Jenny Westerlund

Jenny Westerlund, who won a trio of side events at last year’s WPT Prime Slovakia Festival is potentially on her way to winning a Championship title at this year’s.

A completed board of is in front of her as she sits in middle position when her opponent Hyeongseok Gong bets 65,000 into a pot of a bit under 150,000 from the big blind.

Westerlund raises to 250,000 and Gong goes briefly into the tank.

After using a time bank chip, Gong elects to call. Wersterlund shows for a rivered Broadway straight to take the sizeable pot which sees her near the top of the chip counts.

Jenny Westerlund – 2,245,000 (140 bb)
Hyeongseok Gong – 870,000 (54 BB)