Action folded around to a short-stacked Bill Perkins on the button and he moved all in for 277,000. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst was next to act in the small blind and she made the call. After the big blind folded, the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Selbst:
Perkins:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Selbst was a 52.44% favorite with a 19.98% chance of a tie. Perkins was in need of some help, but he found none on the flop as he watched his chances drop to 18.07%. The further dropped that to 6.82%, while the put it at zero. With that, Perkins was eliminated from the tournament.
In the last hand before the impromptu break, Vanessa Selbst opened for 55,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Scott Seiver and Philipp Gruissem from the small and big blind respectively.
Two checks on the flop put action on Selbst, and she fired out 83,000. Seiver called, and then Gruissem moved all in for 740,000. Selbst got out of the way, Sevier tank-called, and the hands were turned up:
Showdown
Seiver:
Gruissem:
Seiver was ahead with his pair of queens, but Gruissem was drawing live to clubs, an ace, and a gut-shot straight draw. The was none of the above, but the was as it completed Gruissem's flush draw and gave him a double to 1.75 million.
With the exposed, David "Doc" Sands opened to 64,000 from the cutoff seat. Fabian Quoss three-bet jammed for 220,000 from the small blind, and Sands made the call.
David Sands opened to 64,000 from the hijack seat, Vanessa Selbst called in the cutoff, and the button and blinds released. The flop fell , and Sands continued for 88,000. Selbst called.
The turn was the , Sands led out again - this time for 244,000 - and again Selbst called.
The river was the , and Sands emptied the chamber, firing 547,000. Selbst tanked for nearly two minutes, then folded.
Dan Shak opened for 70,000 under the gun and picked up one call, Vladimir Troyanovsky on the button. The flop saw Troyanovsky called a bet of 100,000, and then Shak simply announced that he was all in on the turn. Troyanovsky, who had a little over 400K behind, thought long and hard before releasing his hand.
We're not sure of the betting as we arrived too late, but we do know that Vladimir Troyanovsky just doubled through Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. The latter was in the small blind holding ace-ten, while the former had his stack of 370,000 in the middle from the big with .
The board ran out and Mercier was left with just four big blinds after the hand.