Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,764,330
Entries
387
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
The Champ is Back and On Top
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Day 3 of the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun is in the books as the field was cut down to its final 24 players. Heading the pack into Day 4 is defending champion Vanessa Selbst with 1.406 million in chips.
When play began for the day, 74 players returned to the felt, but only 56 of them would be getting paid. That meant a handful of players would have to hit the rail empty handed. Some of those players who were eliminated short of the money included Kevin Eyster, Ronnie Bardah, Team PokerStars Online’s Andrew Brokos, Todd Terry and Dan O’Brien. The official bubble boy went to Nick Binger, who ended his tournament in 57th place.
Selbst was able to build her stack pretty steadily throughout the day, but it wasn’t until right at the end of the night that she took over the chip lead from Vincent Rubianes.
From under the gun, Olivier Busquet raised to 21,000. Rubianes reraised to 51,000 from the cutoff and then action fell on Selbst on the button. She four-bet to 109,000 and play folded back to Busquet. He folded and then Rubianes made the call. The flop came down 
and Rubianes checked. Selbst bet 129,000 and Rubianes made the call, making this pot awfully big between two of the largest stacks in the room.
The turn card added the 
to the board and completed a possible flush draw. Both players checked to see the 
put a fourth club on board on the river. Rubianes checked and Selbst bet 294,000. After tanking for a bit, Rubianes made the call, but only to muck his hand when Selbst tabled the 
for a king-high club flush.
Play resumes tomorrow at 12:00 PM EST where the final 24 players will return to action and play down to just one final table of eight is left standing. There's plenty of firepower still left in the field, but it's Selbst's tournament now and it doesn't look like she's ready to give up her title anytime soon. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the live coverage from the event as only our world class Live Reporting Team can bring it to you!
Day 4 Seat Draw
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nenad Medic | 350,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Eric Froehlich | 420,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Vincent Rubianes | 1,023,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 289,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Aaron Overton | 907,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Olivier Busquet | 356,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Vanessa Selbst | 1,406,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Jean-Philippe Matte | 331,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Corey Hochman | 355,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Thomas Hoglund Jr. | 629,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Joe Tehan | 490,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Sukh Sandhu | 267,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Philippe Plouffe | 293,000 |
| 2 | 6 | David Stefanski | 162,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Adam Geyer | 803,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Ara Melikian | 233,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Dan Shak | 488,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Chris Tryba | 361,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Gibbons | 179,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Jacobo Fernandez | 813,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Tyler Kenney | 478,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Kyle Loman | 340,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Steve O'Dwyer | 507,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Jonathan Schroer | 231,000 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,406,000 | |
|
1,023,000 | |
|
907,000 | |
|
813,000 | |
|
803,000 | |
|
629,000 | |
|
507,000 | |
|
490,000 | |
|
488,000 | |
|
478,000 | |
|
420,000 | |
|
361,000 | |
|
356,000 | |
|
355,000 | |
|
350,000 | |
|
340,000 | |
|
|
331,000 | |
|
293,000 | |
|
289,000 | |
|
|
267,000 | |
|
233,000 | |
|
|
231,000 | |
|
|
179,000 | |
|
162,000 |
Cortellino Out in 25th Place
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Leonard Cortellino moved all in for his last 44,000 with the 
. He was called by Sukh Sandhu holding the 
. The board ran out 
to miss Cortellino and send him to the rail in 25th place.
With 24 players left in the field, the clock has been stopped and the players are beginning to bag and tag for the night. We'll have the table and seat draw along with chip counts coming for you shortly.
Selbst Takes Over
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
From under the gun, Olivier Busquet raised to 21,000. Vincent Rubianes reraised to 51,000 from the cutoff and then action fell on defending champion Vanessa Selbst on the button. She four-bet to 109,000 and play folded back to Busquet. He folded and then Rubianes made the call.
The flop came down and Rubianes checked. Selbst bet 129,000 and Rubianes made the call, making this pot awfully big between two of the largest stacks in the room.
The turn card added the to the board and completed a possible flush draw. Both players checked to see the put a fourth club on board on the river. Rubianes checked and Selbst bet 294,000. After tanking for a bit, Rubianes made the call, but only to muck his hand when Selbst tabled the for a king-high club flush.
Winning this pot put Selbst in the lead with about 1.4 million and knocked Rubianes back to one million.
Schroer Survives
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Jonathan Schroer has ridden the short stack admirably here this week, but he just got himself in a spot of trouble. With 108,000 chips left, Schroer took his stand with 
, running his suited ace right into the 
of Leonard Cortellino.
Things would get better in a hurry for the school leader from North Carolina, though, as the 
flop pulled him into a big lead with two to come. The turn brought no change, and neither did the 
river, and Schroer has found his come-from-behind double up here in the eleventh hour.
Now it's Cortellino who needs the double as he's been crippled all the way down to just 46,000 lonely chips.
Panayiotou Gone
Eracles Panayiotou was all in with the 
against the 
for Tyler Kenney. The board ran out 
and Panayiotou hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000 | |
|
Busted |
Rubianes Reigns
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Eric Froehlich opened the pot to 24,000 from the hijack seat, and Vincent Rubianes three-bet to 54,000 next door. In the small blind, Ruben Costa wanted to play for it all, and he shoved in for his last ~450,000. Froehlich quickly ducked out, but Rubianes made the call with his huge stack, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Rubianes: 
Costa:
Costa was in bad shape and drawing slim for his tournament life. The dealer wouldn't bail him out, either, running a 
board to seal his fate. Costa was escorted to the payout desk to collect a small check, but there's nothing small about Rubianes' stack. He's got about 1.44 million now and a huge lead over the field.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000