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Sara Rodriguez at the 2006 Fanball.com Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic - Ladies (LIPS) Event

2006 Winter Grand Champion Sara Rodriguez competed in the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) event at the 2006 Fanball.com Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic.

The winner of the event also won a trip to compete in the Ladies (LIPS) Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

First of all... I did not know there was going to be that many tables. There was 32 tables and approximately 210 women participating in the tournament.

I won the first 3 hands and quickly became the chip leader at my table. A few hands after becoming the table captain, I lost a big pot that left me a little short stacked early in the tournament.

I uncharacteristically continued to limp-in with below average hands, but would then amazingly make a set on the flop. It's weird but it seemed like everytime I limped in I would win with a set.

As I made it deeper into the tournament, my stack went up and down. When I won, I won big. When I lost, I lost a lot.

One of the last few hands I played was when I limped in with a K6. The flop came 2 3 6 and I checked the top pair. This hand was down to heads up between myself and another woman. She followed my check by checking herself. The turn brought another 6 and she bet. I raised with trips and she called. The river looked to be nothing that would help either of us. She bet $1000 on the river and I called. She turned up A6 and won the pot. It was the only card that I felt she could have that could beat me .. and she had it.

After losing that hand I couldn't gain any momentum. My final hand was all-in with pocket queens and two people called me. One woman had J10 and another had AK. An ace came on the river and I was eliminated.

I finished in 114th place. The finish was dissapointing, but it was a great experience. I was not used to playing with that many females.

I had fun!