Stein's Raise Does the Trick
Action folded to Sam Stein on the button and he raised to 17,000. After the small blind folded, Mike Watson three-bet to 44,000, Stein called and the flop fell 
. Watson thought for about 40 seconds before betting 45,000, and Stein thought for a little longer before raising it to 106,000. It proved enough to get the job done as Watson sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
383,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
||
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Buchanan bet 36,000, and Stein folded his hand.
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, and Raskin led out for 15,000. Schemion raised to 38,000, and Raskin called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Raskin checked again, and Schemion slid out a monstrous, 141,000-chip bet.
for a flush, and pulled in the pot.
. His opponent was none other than Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, who had just taken over the chip lead. Unfortunately for her, she held the inferior 
and received no help as the board ran out 
.
completed the board on the river. Raskin checked from the cutoff and then snap-called when Schemion bet 123,000.
for trip kings, but it was no good as Schemion tabled 
for trip kings with a better kicker.
.
fell, and Selbst picked up a set of queens. The turn was the 
, which left Ben Cherif with a chance if a ten peeled on the river. Weissman was drawing dead at this point.
fell on fifth street, Selbst could breathe out and begin to collect her pot. She was all in for 659,000 and skiyrocketed all the way up to just under 1.5 million in chips.
flop, Rachid Ben Cherif bet 24,000. 