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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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475,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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Busted | |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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1,130,000
80,000
|
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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120,000
-135,000
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-135,000 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Action folded to one of the short stacks on the bubble, Team PokerStars Pro and Global Poker Index Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu. He was in the small blind and raised to 20,000. Another short stack, Byron Kaverman, was in the big blind and took some time before reraising all in for 83,000. Negreanu couldn't call, claiming that he had been "bluffing with nine-six off suit." He folded, and Kaverman won the pot.
On the next hand, Team PokerStars Pro and poker's all-time winningest female Vanessa Selbst raised to 20,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Negreanu on the button, and he reraised all in for 100,000 even. No one, including Selbst, could make the call, and Negreanu picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,125,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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|
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146,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
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111,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
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The board read 
when Tommy Vedes check-called a 67,000-chip bet from Mustapha Kanit.
On the river the 
hit and this time Vedes lead out for 73,000 chips. Kanit tanked for about 90 seconds before raising it up to 250,000.
Vedes tanked for several minutes while everyone in the tournament was watching and eventually he called. Kanit tabled 
and Vedes mucked knocking him down to one of the shorter stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
766,000
|
766,000 |
|
|
||
|
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286,000
-189,000
|
-189,000 |
|
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Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst moved all in from the button to put pressure on the two short stacks in the blinds. Ana Marquez gave up her small blind but Kyle Julius called from the big blind.
After every table finished playing the cards were turned over and the showdown went as following.
Julius:
Selbst: 
The board ran out 
and Julius was knocked out in 32nd place. All remaining players are now in the money while Selbst has the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Busted | |
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