We came to Vanessa Selbst's table with the already on board. Selbst had the button and was heads-up against the cutoff. That player bet 5,000, then folded to Selbst's raise to 13,000.
"Because I'm usually bluffing there..." began Selbst. She then showed a flopped flush, . "I probably shouldn't have showed but I don't want you to think I'm always bluffing."
Paul "Kwickfish" Wasicka raised from the highjack to 2,800, and the cutoff three-bet to 6,800. Wasicka wasn't intimidated at all, sliding out a raise to 19,000. His opponent gave up the hand with a sigh. After stealing a few more small pots, Wasicka is up to 104,000.
NAPT Venetian champion Tom Marchese is still in the hunt here at Mohegan Sun but it's not coming easy for him today. He's down to 42,000 after losing a small heads-up pot. Marchese was in late position and bet 4,200 after his sole opponent, the big blind, checked an flop. That player called Marchese's bet.
The action checked all the way down from there, on the turn and on the river. The big blind showed to collect the pot.
Vinny Pahuja raised from under the gun to 3,800 and action folded all the way around to the button. The player on the button moved all in for 13,100 total and Pahuja made the call.
The player on the button had two overs with the to Pahuja's . The board ran out and Pahuja lost the race, dropping back to 105,000 chips.