From under the gun, Vanessa Rousso raised to 80,000 and then Michael Woods reraised to 250,000 from the button. Rousso made the call.
After a flop of , both players checked. The turn brought the and Rousso checked. Woods fired 400,000 and after a few minutes in the tank, Rousso made the call. The river was the and Rousso checked again. Woods took about ten seconds and then moved all in. Rousso folded her hand and was left with just 1.06 million. Woods now has 2.8 million.
Zachary Fritz raised to 115,000 on the button and Alistar Melville went all in from the big blind. Fritz called all in for about 320,000 and the hands were revealed.
Melville:
Fritz:
The board ran out and Fritz was sent to the rail in 11th place. Melville is up to around 1.6 million.
Ok. Alan Sternberg opened to 95,000 from the cutoff, and in the small blind, Vanessa Selbst reraised to 280,000. Sternberg thought for a moment before four-bet shoving for 1.68 million. Selbst asked for a count, and then somehow said, "I have to call."
Showdown
Sternberg:
Selbst:
- Insert sounds of shock from the peanut gallery here. -
The flop paired them both, and Sternberg picked up a gutshot with the on the turn. But the river was the , eliminating a stunned Sternberg in 12th place. With a quick fist pump, Selbst crossed the 7-million mark.
At this point we've lost track of how many times Jonathan Aguiar has doubled all in pre-flop in this tournament. He estimated that it's at least five, and in his words he never had anything better than . That's the hand he three-bet shoved for 897,000 against Mike Beasley. Beasley snap-called with .
Aguiar's been running good in these situations, so no surprise that an ace hit the flop, . It held with a turn and river .
"I'm having a really bad day right now," muttered Beasley. He slipped to about 1.5 million while Aguiar has once again climbed to about 1.85 million.
From the cutoff seat, Vanessa Selbst raised to 106,000. Michael Woods called from the big blind. The flop came down and Woods led out for 150,000. Selbst took her time and then fired in a raise to 450,000. Deliberate as always, Woods took a few minutes with his decision. Eventually, he mucked his hand and Selbst scooped the pot.
Quick. Trivia time. How many WSOP bracelets are represented among today's field?
*Spoiler Alert*
The answer is four. JohnnyBax won a 7-card stud event in 2005. Vanessa Selbst won a PLO event in 2008, three days before she finished third in the $10,000 heads-up championship. Scott Seiver earned his WSOP bracelet one day after Selbst, taking down a $5,000 no limit tournament for over $750,000. And Derek Raymond won an Omaha hi/lo event at last year's Series.
Zachary Fritz raised to 95,000 under the gun. Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind and Vanessa Rousso called from the big blind.
The flop came and it was checked around to Fritz. He bet 130,000 and forced a fold from Selbst. Rousso thought for about a minute before moving all in, having Fritz covered.
He gave it up, dropping to 460,000. Rousso is up to around 1.5 million.