Vanessa Selbst raised to 6,000 from the button and Jeffery Kester defended his big blind. The flop came down and Kester moved all in for his final 19,000 chips. It took Selbst around five seconds to make the call and she showed . Kester was trailing with and drawing dead on the turn. The river was the and Selbst moved on to the next round.
Antonio Esfandiari moved all in from the button and was called by Jacob Godshall. Godshall turned over while Esfandiari sheepishly flipped over .
A flop consisting of landed on the felt and Godshall took a stranglehold on the hand. Esfandiari even picked up his hole cards with the intentions of mucking as quickly as possible. A on the turn was it and Godshall was awarded the pot as the rolled off the deck for a meaningless river.
Esfandiari still has two add-ons left, so he isn't out quite yet.
During the last level, Jacob Godshall raised to 6,000 on the button and Antonio Esfandiari reraised all in for 67,500. Godshall called with the . Esfandiari held the . After the board ran out , Esfandiari doubled up and left Godshall with 25,000 in chips.
On the next hand, Esfandiari shoved from the button with the and Godshall called all in for 25,000 with the dominating . The board came and Godshall doubled back. Then just a couple of hands later, Godshall doubled again.
The level was up to the current one and Godshall raised to 8,000 on the button. Esfandiari moved all in and Godshall made the call holding the . Esfandiari held the . The board ran out and Godshall doubled again. He was all in for 56,000.
Vanessa Selbst has just forced Jeffery Kester to use his last add-on lammer. On the turn with the board reading , Kester and Selbst got all of the money into the middle. Kester held and Selbst the for top pair. The river was the and Selbst won the pot. Kester tossed in his last lammer and reloaded for another 40,000 in chips — his last.
The champion of last year's version of this event has just fallen. Jake Cody was eliminated by Michael Drummond in the round of 64. Along with Cody, we lost Ayaz Mahmood, who won this event back in 2010. Mahmood was defeated by Douglas Polk.
We don't know how the betting went, but when we got to the table Vanessa Selbst had her opponent, Jeffery Kester, all in. Kester flipped over and Selbst countered with . Selbst seemed slightly disgusted that her opponent's hand was so strong.
A flop didn't bring anything special, but a turn gave Selbst a handful of outs going to the river. Any king or ten would put Selbst's in front. The came on the river and Selbst was forced to forfeit the pot.