We wish we'd seen more of the action that led to this, but here's what we got:
A turned board of saw Selbst bet or raise enough to put Matt Stout to the decision for his full remaining stack of ~32,000. He called with two overcards, , and Selbst's was in the lead with top pair. Stout had six outs to double still, but the river was not one of them, sending him out the door.
It's been a roller coaster, and Selbst is now back up to 119,000, just about where she began the day.
Dwyte Pilgrim raised the cutoff, and Christian Harder three-bet to 7,800 from the small blind. Pilgrim reraised to 21,000 straight, and the two of them ended up getting it all in for a pot of more than 100,000. Harder was slightly covered, but he was well in front:
Pilgrim:
Harder:
Dominated and suit-dominated, Pilgrim was looking for a deuce to knock Harder out. The first four board cards came , and the landed on the river, scary but safe for Harder. He's doubled up to 118,000 now, crippling Pilgrim down to just 9,000 lonely chips.
Victor Ramdin opened with a raise from middle position, and Beth Shak moved all in for an additional 15,500 two seats over. When it came back to Ramdin, he called with , and Shak's had her in a good spot to double up.
The dealer ran out a safe board as well: . Kings hold to make three of a kind for Shak, doubling her up to 42,000 while Ramdin falls down around 36,000.
First into the pot, Vanessa Selbst came in raising to 3,000, and she found calls from Seth Fischer (cutoff) and Lee Childs (button).
Three ways, the flop came out , and Selbst continued out for 6,200. Fischer called and Lee folded out of the way, and it was heads up to the turn. Selbst fired again, 18,000 this time, and Fischer called once more.
Selbst wasn't slowing down on the turn, and she fired out a healthy wager of 61,000, the largest river bet we can remember seeing thus far in the tournament. Fischer could not be moved; he called with .
"That's what I was trying to rep," Selbst said as she mucked. That pot puts a big dent in her stack, knocking her all the way down around 70,000. Fischer, on the other hand, looks to be the chip leader with 212,000 chips in front of him.
Eric Weiner moved all in after the turn of a board, and Nick Mitchell quickly called with the covering stack. Weiner showed up for tens up, but Mitchell's had been ahead the whole way. Weiner was going to need a king or a ten to stay alive, but the river was the blank to mark his exit.
We missed the first action, but we'll tell you what we know. Action was on Chris Klodnicki when we walked up, and it appears that he had been the initial raiser. Vanessa Selbst had three-bet an additional 15,000, and Klodnicki was calling as we started jotting down the action.
The flop came out , and Klodnicki checked. Selbst kept the heat on with 23,000 chips. Klodnicki called, and the landed on the turn. Klodnicki decided to lead out into the pot with 35,000, and Selbst could not call. She mucked her cards to drop to about 160,000, and Klodnicki re-takes the chip lead with about 205,000.
After working his stack up to near-chip-leading status, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron has lost nearly all of them. We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out , and Baron and Chris Reslock tangled up in a betting and raising war that left Reslock all in for about 45,000. Baron looked him up with behind but drawing quite live against Reslock's .
The turn was no help for Baron, and neither was the river. Unable to improve, Baron has doubled Reslock to about 105,000, dropping his own stack to just 19,000 in the process.
Under the gun, Sorel Mizzi opened to 2,700, and Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet him to 6,000. Mizzi asked to see the stack he was against, and Pilgrim moved his hands so that everyone could see his ~27,000 chips. Mizzi moved all in, and Pilgrim quickly called off his remaining stack. He was well in front:
Mizzi:
Pilgrim:
The board ran out full of blanks to hold Pilgrim's pair, and he has doubled back up to about 60,000.
First in from the button, Jon Aguiar shoved his ~12,000 chips into the middle with , and small blind Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy reraised, folding the big blinds pocket fours and getting Aguiar heads up for his tournament life. Collopy tabled offsuit, Aguiar a small favorite to double his chips.
But the flop came to pull Collopy into a big lead, and the turn and river sealed Aguiar's demise.