Charlie Waters bests High Roller field at Women's Winter Festival

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Vanessa Kade ran a big bluff, but couldn't get it through.

James bowed out next after committing the remainder of her short stack with and failing to improve on the runout. 

Despite starting with a middling stack, Shahade couldn't avoid a brutal cooler to end her run. Facing an open from Steele, Shahade came in for a three-bet with . Steele held a pocket pair of her own, , and made the call to see the flop. With her overpair, Shahade continued to bet and Steele responded with a check-raise. Shahade made the call, drawing to just two outs, and the on the turn didn't change much. Steele moved all-in with her set and, after thinking it through, Shahade called it off. In need of a miracle two-outer, Shahade's run came to an end on the river. 

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Arnwine bubbles, Lampropulos out in fifth

After navigating her way to the direct money bubble on a short stack, Arnwine fell just short of the money. When the action folded to her on the button, Arnwine moved all-in with and Estrada looked down at in the big blind. With the money bubble on the line, Estrada took her time before eventually making the call to put Arnwine at risk. 

The runout left Estrada's pair best and sent Arnwine to the exit on the wrong side of the money bubble. 

Caitlyn Arnwine fell just short of the money in the Women's Winter Festival High Roller.

Shortly afterwards, Estrada notched another elimination from the big blind after defending with against Lampropulos' open with . Both players connected with the flop, but Estrada had her opponent's top pair in bad shape with bottom two pair. Lampropulos' continuation bet led to a check-raise from Estrada and an all-in over the top in response. With all the chips in the middle, Estrada's big blind special had her poised to score another knockout and the turn and river confirmed Lampropulos' exit in fifth-place. 

Montealegre's exit leads to lengthy three-handed battle

Despite coming into the final table as the chip leader, Montealegre's momentum stalled out, leading to her exit in fourth place. In a blind versus blind confrontation, Montealegre moved all-in over the top of a raise from Estrada in the small blind, who snap-called the shove. 

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With only three players remaining and big pay jumps at play, the pace of play slowed as the three-handed battle unfolded over several hours. Eventually, Estrada found herself on the short stack and moved all in from the small blind with . Steele looked down at in the big blind and made the call to put her opponent at risk. After notching several eliminations of her own, Estrada needed to hit to stay alive, but the runout connected only with Steele. 

Steele and Waters began the heads-up portion of play with similar stack sizes. Waters held a slim lead, but Steele wasn't far off. After chipping away at her opponent's stack, Waters managed to pull away with the lead, creating further separation between the two. With the blinds on the rise, Steele was running out of time to start a comeback. 

The final hand of play saw two strong heads-up holdings collide. Steele, with a little less than 20 big blinds, moved all-in from the small blind with and Waters made the call with . With the title on the line, the runout came down to keep Waters' hand best. 

Women's Winter Festival £1,100 High Roller final table results

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