Vanessa Selbsts raised to 40,000 from the hi-jack and she got called by Andrew Badecker who was in the small blind. Abdul Konjuhi was in the big blind and three-bet to 240,000 getting both his opponents to fold. That was the last hand in this level.
JP Kelly had already moved in uncontested before his second jam was called my Michael Kaufman. When the hands were overturned JP Kelly had quite a lot of work to do.
Kaufman
JP Kelly
The flop gave Kelly a gut-shot and the crowd was going crazy. The turn was the and finally the river was and Kelly was crippled once more - down to 10,000!
JP Kelly was all-in for just around 12,000 chips when he got action from Jacob Bazeley. Richard Park decided to move all-in and that was too rich for Bazeley. We went heads up to showdown.
JP Kelly
Richard Park
The board ran out and with a flopped straight Kelly managed to stay in the tournament.
Andrew Badecker opened up the action with a standard raise and Richard Park moved all-in. Badecker made the call and we had a showdown with Park at risk of elimination.
Badecker
Park
Board:
Badecker removed Park from the final table and JP Kelly gets an unexpected pay jump.
Brent Hanks put JP Kelly all-in who was still very very short. Kelly called right away and we went to showdown once more.
Brent Hanks
JP Kelly
The board ran out and that was it for JP Kelly. No third bracelet for the Brit who still managed to pick up a very nice payday at the beginning of the WSOP. We are down to seven players.
Andrew Badecker raised from the button and Ryan Schmidt defended the big blind. The flop was and Schmidt check-called a 60,000 Badecker bet. On the turn there was yet another spade and the same action ensued; this time for 142,00. The fifth and final card created a clean sweep of spades - - and a 420,000 Badecker bet forced Smith off the pot.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 43,000 in early position and Abdyl Konjuhi three-bet to 110,000 in the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Selbst went into deep thought mode. After a few minutes she cleared her head and four-bet to 263,000. Back to Konjuhi who had his chin wedged in his hands and he folded his hand.
Ryan Schmidt raised to 52,000 in the cutoff and Vanessa Selbst made the call from the big blind. Our dealer gave us a flop of and both players checked. Fourth street brought the into play and Selbst brought out the check-raise for 194,000, after Schmidt had bet 43,000. Back to Schmidt and after a few seconds thought he folded his hand.
Jacob Bazeley raised to 50,000 and Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind. The flop came down and Selbst lead out for 54,000 to take down the pot. Another one for Selbst who's doing great so far at this final table hunting down her second WSOP bracelet.