We caught up with the action just as both players were all in on the river. A player on the button revealed 
against Dan Harrington's 
on a board of 
for a top two vs. set cooler. The player on the button had Harrington slightly covered and sent the hall-of-famer to the rail.
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On a board of 
a player opened the betting to 1,250. Vanessa Selbst raised all in for her final 2,650. After a third player folded, her opponent called. Selbst showed for a flush draw and two over, slightly behind the 
of her opponent.
The turn was the 
, the river the 
and Selbst will have to wait for the next event to earn another braclet.
Maria Ho opened the action from the hi-jack to 250 and found a caller in the big blind to see a 
flop fall.
Facing a check from her opponent, Ho continued for 200 only to be check-raised to 500. Ho made the call as the landed on the turn and the big blind tossed in a 1,000-denomination chip.
Ho made the call as both players tapped the table when the 
completed the board on the river.
Being shown the of her opponent, Ho tabled her 
to see the pot chopped up.
Reigning Champion of this very event has finally been spotted in today's field.
Jason DeWitt has taken his seat in the secondary area of the tournament floor and has Kevin Saul seated to his direct right. DeWitt's table however will be one of the first to break, so Saul won't bother him for too long.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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Sarah dragged ElkY away from some of his fans to find out how he felt coming into this event.
A player in early position open-raised for 300 and was called in three places from the cutoff, Tony Dunst from the button and the big blind.
The flop brought 
and the big blind checked, prompting a 600 c-bet from the original raiser. The cutoff called but "Bond18" squeezed to 1200 on the button. The original raiser folded out of turn, after which the big blind overcalled and the cutoff folded, sending two players to the turn.
The turn came 
and the big blind checked. Dunst bet 4,300 and the big blind player wasted little time going all in for 11,450. Dunst made the call with 
and found himself in bad shape against the big blind player's 
for a flopped set.
The river came an innocuous , doubling the big blind up and leaving Dunst sitting just under 10,000.
"Can I grab a bottle of water?" asked Nick Binger to the cocktail waiter Mario.
Handed a dripping wet bottle, Binger asked, "Can I grab a napkin from you sir?"
"Sorry, I don't have any. We aren't allowed to carry them." responded Mario the waiter.
"Huh? What? Well what am I supposed to do with a soaking wet bottle?" stated Binger, but it was too late as Mario had already vacated the table.
"New rule every year" quipped a fellow player on the table.
Andy Black was all in for his final 8,650 in a preflop pot that had already reached 2,500. Although we're not sure exactly what happened, Black's opponent inferred that he had pocket queens. Since talking about your hand against the rules a floor person was called over, not to issue a warning or penalty, but to clarify to rule. Black had no intention of having his table mate get reprimanded for his actions, but he did want the rule to be understood by everyone.
While the floor was explaining what was illegal and what was not, Black decided to use this opportunity to call the clock. A timer was placed in front of the opponent which drew more chatter from the table about how only the player with a decision could see how much time was left. With just a few seconds on the clock the opponent threw in the chips the hands were turned face up.
Black:
Opponent: 
The flop nearly sealed Black's fate as it fell 
leaving him just four outs minus redraws. The turn was the 
and river 
and Black is one of the first to hit the rails.
Arguably the best dressed man in poker - Tony "Bond18" Dunst - has some competition today with WPT Champion Olivier Busquet also donning his finest outfit for competition.
Dunst, wearing a baby blue shirt, dark red tie and signature suit has Busquet seated opposite him in a sky blue shirt, dark tie but a vest. Both men have definitely brought their A-game fashion sense to Event #4!
However, one can only assume that Dunst wouldn't be too happy in the fact that his award for best dressed may have a second runner, but he took it under his own wings to make sure today wouldn't be Busquet's day.
On a board of 
and roughly 9,500 in the pot, we found Busquet announcing he was all in for 6,650. Dunst deliberated before tossing in seven yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot to make the call.
"You win!" announced Busquet tabling his for a busted straight draw. Dunst quickly flipped over his and raked in the pot to move to nearly double his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,550
10,550
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10,550 |
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Busted | |
