Vanessa Selbst has gone on a rampage to hold well over two thirds of all the chips in play.
The first hand was against Michael Saltzburg and Selbst play out a hand where Selbst ended up drawing a jack-ten low, which was enough to see Saltzburg's cards into the muck. A few hands later and she would leave Chris Bjorin crippled. Here is how the hands looked.
Selbst: / /
Bjorin: / /
On fourth street, Bjorin bet and Selbst called. On fifth, it was the other way around. On sixth, both players checked and it was the same on seventh. At showdown, Selbst turned over , with her ten-seven low good enough to leave Bjorin crippled.
Vanessa Selbst entered the pot with two bets and Chris Bjorin made it three bets from the small blind. Selbst made it four bets and Bjorin called - leaving himself with just 3,000 behind.
The flop came , Bjorin tossed in his remaining chips and Selbst called.
Selbst:
Bjorin:
The board finished and Bjorin was eliminated from the final table.
Vanessa Selbst has just taken down two back-to-back badugi hands - one against each opponent. The first was against Tommy Hang, with Hang folding to heat after the second round of drawing.
The next hand was against Michael Saltzburg and started with Saltzburg raising the button. Selbst then three-bet and Saltzburg called. Both players drew one and Selbst bet. Saltburg called and Selbst stood pat, while Saltzburg drew a card. Same exact actions during the next round of drawing and then Saltzburg called the final bet from Selbst. At showdown, Selbst tabled , with her queen badugi enough to rake in yet another pot.
Tommy Hang has just been eliminated on the last hand before the dinner break. Hang had managed to double up right before this break, but has just lost all his chips to Michael Saltzburg.
Hang committed the last of his chips on sixth street when the betting was capped and here is how the cards looked.
Saltzburg: / /
Hang: / /
As you can see, Saltzburg already had the full house and Hang was drawing dead going into seventh street. Saltzburg was dealt the meaningless and Hang was dealt his meaningless and with that, Hang was eliminated in 3rd place. We are down to heads-up!
The two remaining players are heading on a reduced 30-minute dinner break. We will have heads-up chip counts posted very soon. We can tell you that Selbst currently has a big chip lead.
Vanessa Selbst dominated the round of 2-7 No Limit Single Draw. She won the first hand after Saltzburg called a 30,000 bet. Selbst made a low and Saltzburg mucked.