First in from the hijack seat, Vincent Rubianes opened to 50,000, and Dan Shak three-bet big to 280,000 from the button. Rubianes' response? An all-in four-bet for 578,000. Shak called with his big stack, and the two men were flipping for 1.2 million chips.
Showdown
Rubianes:
Shak:
The flop was fine news for Rubianes' bid to double up, catching his pair to take a big lead with two to come. The turn was safe, and the river secured his double up, knocking Shak down to 1.32 million.
From the button, Steve O'Dwyer opened to 52,000, and Tyler Kenney three-bet to 140,000 total. In the big blind, David Stefanski stuck in a cold four-bet, making it 250,000 total. That folded O'Dwyer without incident, but the five-bet came from Kenney. He shoved in with the covering stack, and Stefanski cut his losses and ducked out. He's got 848,000 left, while Kenney is charging toward the top with 2.21 million now.
In a battle of the blinds, Vanessa Selbst limped in from the small, and Dan Shak took a free flop from the big.
The board ran ended up reading by the end. Shak called bets of 28,000 on the flop, 63,000 on the turn, and 157,000 on the river. At showdown, his was best, and collecting that pot allows him to recoup those losses from a few minutes ago and climb to 1.48 million.
Selbst still has 2.4 million chips, but it may not be good for the chip lead anymore. Tyler Kenney is right there with her, and it's tough to tell who's got the mightier stack at this point.
First in from the cutoff seat, Aaron Overton shoved his last 350,000 chips into the middle. The button folded quickly, but Vanessa Selbst made the call in the small blind to put Overton to the test. She turned up , and her opponent was racing for double or nothing with .
It would be double. The board ran (uh oh, flush draw!) , and Overton has taken a bite out of Selbst. That double moves him back to 730,000, while Selbst has relinquished the chip lead for the first time in a long time. She's back to 2.08 million now, and it's Tyler Kenney with the stack to chase.
From the button, David Stefanski opened to 50,000, and he called when Thomas Hoglund, Jr. shoved all in for 310,000. Hoglund, Jr. had the goods, showing up against Stefanski's .
The dealer didn't force much of a sweat, and Hoglund Jr.'s pair held on the . Just like that, the short stack has doubled back to 654,000, and Stefanski has now taken over that title with 480,000 chips left.
Joe Tehan made it 65,000 to go before the flop, and Jacobo Fernandez shoved in for about 180,000 total. Tehan quickly called with , and Fernandez was flipping for the double with .
The board came ace-high with a bunch of rags, and Fernandez could not find a card to stay alive. He's out in 11th place, good for a $21,000 consolation prize.
There's a growing movement to slap an "NAPTehan" nickname on Joe. He took down the NAPT event at the Bicycle Casino in LA last year, and he's got his sights set on another NAPT final table. Mark him down for 1.42 million now.
Tyler Kenney is really charging through this Day 4.
In the last pot, he opened to 55,000 from the button, and David Stefanski shoved in for 450,000 total. Kenney made the quick call with , and Stefanski sunk in his chair a bit as he tabled his inferior .
Stefanski managed to flop a ten, but it came with a devastating king as well. The board ran , and that's the end of the road for Stefanski. He's out in 10th place, good for a pay bump up to $26,000.
Kenney appears to have crossed the 3-million-chip mark with that knockout. We count him down at about 3.12 million now.
The final nine players have been combined around one table, and we'll play for one more knockout today. Here's how the field looks as they set up for nine-handed play:
flop was fine news for Rubianes' bid to double up, catching his pair to take a big lead with two to come. The turn 
was safe, and the river 
secured his double up, knocking Shak down to 1.32 million.
by the end. Shak called bets of 28,000 on the flop, 63,000 on the turn, and 157,000 on the river. At showdown, his 
was best, and collecting that pot allows him to recoup those losses from a few minutes ago and climb to 1.48 million.
(uh oh, flush draw!) 
, and Overton has taken a bite out of Selbst. That double moves him back to 730,000, while Selbst has relinquished the chip lead for the first time in a long time. She's back to 2.08 million now, and it's Tyler Kenney with the stack to chase.
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, and Fernandez was flipping for the double with 
, and Stefanski sunk in his chair a bit as he tabled his inferior 
.