Picking up the action on the flop in a hand between Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Chris Klodnicki, Selbst checked, and Klodnicki bet 30,000. Selbst check-raised to 77,000, and Klodnicki called.
The turn was the , and Selbst led with a bet of 78,000. Klodnicki called. The river was the , and both players checked.
Selbst turned up the , and Klodnicki mucked his hand.
Ana Marquez was all in with the against the for Olivier Busquet. The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Marquez was eliminated in 22nd place. She took home $65,260 for her finish. Busquet climbed to 565,000 in chips.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 25,000, and then Myro Garcia reraised to 61,000. Kanit made it 110,000 to go, and Garcia jammed all in for 372,000. Kanit called and turned over the . Garcia had the .
The board ran out , and Garcia landed the double up. Kanit was kicked back to 555,000 in chips.
WSOP Main Event champion raised to 30,000 from the hijack and Olivier Busquet three-bet from the button to 75,000. Both blinds folded and Merson four-bet to 165,000. Busquet proceeded to move all in and Merson called for his tournament life worth 546,000. Busquet had him covered by just 8,000 chips.
Merson:
Busquet:
The board ran out and Merson secured a huge double up leaving Busquet with just a few antes. On the very next hand Busquet was eliminated.
Ami Barer raised under the gun to 24,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst made the call. The action then folded to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. Negreanu three-bet to 84,000 and after a while Barer made it 150,000 total.
Selbst folded right away and Negreanu moved all in about about 15 seconds. Barer called.
To kick off the action, Rob Mizrachi raised from under the gun to 25,000. Play then moved to Philipp Gruissem in the cutoff seat, and he reraised to 65,000. Then action fell on Dani Stern, who had the button. He took his time, then put in a reraise of his own, making it 130,000 to go. Not to be outdone, Joao Vieira from the small blind had even bigger things in mind.
Vieira took a minute or so to study, and then stuck in a cold five-bet, announcing a reraise to 280,000.
"I think I'll fold!" was the laughing reaction from Paul Newey in the big blind.
Mizrachi then gave it up, as did Gruissem, and play was back on Stern. He took only about 30 seconds and then gave it up himself, and Vieira won the pot.
As the High Rollers played into the money, the field split into the easy livers (Ole Schemion has two glasses of beer on his orange skateboard) and those desperate for their first cash. PokerStars Blog watched Paul Newey and Daniel Negreanu yuck it up as the former enjoyed his happiest moment in the game.
flop in a hand between Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Chris Klodnicki, Selbst checked, and Klodnicki bet 30,000. Selbst check-raised to 77,000, and Klodnicki called.
, and Selbst led with a bet of 78,000. Klodnicki called. The river was the 
, and both players checked.
, and Klodnicki mucked his hand.
against the 
for Olivier Busquet. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Marquez was eliminated in 22nd place. She took home $65,260 for her finish. Busquet climbed to 565,000 in chips.
. Garcia had the 
, and Garcia landed the double up. Kanit was kicked back to 555,000 in chips.
and Merson secured a huge double up leaving Busquet with just a few antes. On the very next hand Busquet was eliminated.
and Negreanu doubled up.
