We did not catch the hand, but James Calderaro is no longer with us. Calderaro quietly busted to Joao Vieira who now holds about a million chips on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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Busted | |
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After Ana Marquez raised to 16,000, Daniel Negreanu reraised all in for 94,000. Marquez tanked for a bit, but eventually folded. Negreanu had promised he would show her either way, if she called or folded, and he showed the 
.
"I love you," said Marquez with a big exhale. "Thank you."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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120,000
-135,000
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-135,000 |
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Rob Mizrachi raised to 16,000 from the hijack seat, Vanessa Selbst called from the cutoff seat, and Fabian Quoss called from the small blind.
The flop came down 
, and Quoss checked. Mizrachi bet 22,000, and Selbst raised to 58,000. Quoss folded, and Mizrachi followed suit, to give Selbst the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,130,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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640,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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265,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
As the only player with more than 1 million chips with 33 players left, Vanessa Selbst is making a serious run at yet another high roller tourney title. Selbst has already accumulated an eye-popping $9 million-plus in tournament winnings during her career, and could add another seven-figure score to that total with a win here.
Selbst is one of several pros who have sat down for Michelle Orpe's "Top Ten" list of questions over at Learn.PokerNews, a site dedicated toward providing strategy advice and other useful information to beginning players. Read how Selbst answered Michelle's questions regarding how she got started in poker as well as her tips for new players looking to improve their games.
We're down to just 33 players after Chris Oliver was just knocked out. Tommy Vedes raised from the small blind to 16,000 and Oliver moved all in from the big.
Oliver was all in for 113,000 and after a while Vedes made the call.
Oliver: 
Vedes: 
The board ran out 
and Oliver shook his head as he gathered his belongings and exited the room. Just 33 players remain and we're two off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
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Busted | |
From middle position, Faraz Jaka raised to 18,000. Greg Merson reraised from the cutoff seat to 45,000, and then Philipp Gruissem reraised from the button to 90,000. The blinds folded over to Jaka, and he too gave it up. Merson took a little bit longer, but eventually folded his hand, and Gruissem won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
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390,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
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390,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
|
370,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
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|
350,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
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|
340,000 | |
|
|
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|
335,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
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|
|
275,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
255,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
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|
230,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
175,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
165,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
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|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
135,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
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Shannon Shorr, Joseph Cheong, and Brian Green have been eliminated.
Cheong and Green went out in unknown action, but Shorr was eliminated when he ran 
into for Jacob Carl Schindler. Schindler's hand held up, and Shorr was out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Benjamin Pollak moved all in for 125,000 chips and Ole Schemion moved all in over the top from the button.
Pollak: 
Schemion: 
The board ran out 
and Pollak was knocked out. Just 37 players remain with 31 places getting paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
The board read 
when Joao Vieira went into the tank for a very long as he was facing a bet worth 135,000 from Mustapha Kanit. Eventually Vieira made the call after the clock was called on him.
Kanit quickly showed 
and he certain the pot was his. Unfortunately for his Vieira turned over 
and he took down the pot.
Apparently Vieira had caused some controversy as he was trying to throw a chips onto his cards during the tanking process. According to James Calderaro Vierira missed his cards and it seemed like he was making the call. Calderaro wanted to know what the ruling would've been in case Kanit interpreted this as a call and turned his hand over.
The floor staff ruled that in that case Vieira's only option was to call. In the end it did not matter as Vieira eventually did call with the best hand. He's back up to the top while Kanit's also in a good position himself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
860,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
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|
384,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
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