We missed the preflop action, but Alan Sass told us that Vanessa Selbst had limped on the button. Todd Keikoan called in the small blind, then John Juanda shoved from the big blind. Selbst folded, then Keikoan went into the tank.
After a thinking over it, Keikoan finally called with 
. Juanda was behind, holding 
and would need to hit an eight to survive, as Keikoan had a covering stack.
The flop ran out 
, giving Juanda the eight he needed to survive. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and those two bricks propelled Juanda to over 300,000 in chips. Keikoan is still alive though and is currently sitting on about 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
hit the deck. Craig's eyes seemed to roll inside his head as he was forced to hand over a big portion of his stack to Wolters.
and Juanda was able to fade a ten and a nine and double up.
, up to 230,000" chips.
and Strickland moved all-in. Smith called instantly and had Strickland crushed.
. The small blind checked, and Selbst bet a very tiny 10,000. The small blind made the call.
and the small blind checked again. This time Selbst bet out 19,000. The small blind then shoved for over 70,000. Selbst quickly called with 
for middle pair. The 
to give Stumpf top pair and the suck out to double up to 351,000.
and Kottwitz waved the white flag. He checked to JP Kelly and the lad from London town made a bet of 24,000 to win the pot.
and Badecker made the first move with a 15,000 bet. A studious looking JP Kelly raised to 32,000, the small blind folded and Badecker made the call. Both players checked through the 
