On the button, Tyler Kenney raised to 140,000. Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind, and Dan Shak came along as well to go three-handed to the flop.
It was , and the blinds checked to the raiser. Kenney continued out with a small bet of 160,000. That didn't work; Selbst and Shak both wasted little time calling, and the came on the turn. Selbst checked again, and Shak decided to fire 200,000 at the pot from the big blind. Kenney folded quickly, but Selbst took pause for a couple minutes before check-raising to 750,000 total, a significant chunk of her remaining stack. Shak called without any delay.
The river was the and Selbst checked. Shak took just a minute to make sure before announcing an all in, and Selbst mucked just as quickly as he'd called her one street earlier.
That was a big blow to Selbst, taking half her stack and knocking her all the way back to 1.27 million.
Shak is on the attack, stacking up 6.96 million chips with well over 50% of the total in play.
Tyler Kenney opened to 200,000 from the button before Selbst three-bet shoved all in for 1.19 million. Kenney quickly called the shove, and he was well in front as the cards were turned on their backs.
Showdown
Kenney:
Selbst:
Things were hushed in the studio as Selbst's cheering section (that includes a golden lab) shuffled their way to the front to lean in and sweat the flop. Their muted pleas for a five were answered quickly as the dealer ripped off a flop to give her the come-from-behind lead with two to come. The turn and river kept her fives in front, and Selbst's double was secure.
She's back to 2.47 million, just moving past Kenney and his 2.29 million.
Tyler Kenney opened to 160,000 from the button, and Dan Shak three-bet to 375,000. Kenney made the call, and they saw the flop bring a pair with . Both players checked, and the fell on fourth street. Shak found his chips again now, leading out with 300,000. Kenney tanked for a short spell before releasing, and Shak grabs a few more chips.
Vanessa Selbst got a walk on the last hand, usually a good thing. Unless you have pocket queens as was apparently the case for the lady this time around.
Tyler Kenney opened to 160,000 from the button before Vanessa Selbst reraised to 375,000. Dan Shak took a few minutes in the tank before thinking better of it, and Kenney released quickly to send the chips to Selbst.
Kenney has not been able to drag a pot in any of the first eight hands of this level. It's dropped his stack down to 1.485 million, while Selbst is back up to 2.9 flat.
Dan Shak opened to 200,000 from the button, and Tyler Kenney three-bet shoved for 1.26 million total. Shak spent a few minutes soaking in the think tank before he reluctantly released his cards into the muck.
Kenney showed an ace, good enough to boost him up to 1.55 million.
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, and the blinds checked to the raiser. Kenney continued out with a small bet of 160,000. That didn't work; Selbst and Shak both wasted little time calling, and the 
came on the turn. Selbst checked again, and Shak decided to fire 200,000 at the pot from the big blind. Kenney folded quickly, but Selbst took pause for a couple minutes before check-raising to 750,000 total, a significant chunk of her remaining stack. Shak called without any delay.
and Selbst checked. Shak took just a minute to make sure before announcing an all in, and Selbst mucked just as quickly as he'd called her one street earlier.
flop to give her the come-from-behind lead with two to come. The turn 
and river 
kept her fives in front, and Selbst's double was secure.
. Both players checked, and the 