Action folded to Marc Ladouceur's button and he made it 80,000 to go. The small blind got out of the way and Josh Neufeld peered down at his cards from the big blind. Neufeld then moved all in for 690,000 and Ladouceur thought for about a minute before folding his hand.
Action folded to a short-stacked Vanessa Selbst in the hijack and she moved all in for 315,000. The cutoff and button both folded, and Scott Anderson thought for a few moments before making the call from the small blind.
Showdown
Selbst
Anderson
Selbst was playing from behind for her tournament life, and the flop would leave her wanting, though it did give her a gut-shot straight draw. Wouldn't you know it, the said straight got there when the dealer burned and turned the . Anderson was drawing dead headed into the river, and Selbst received a much-needed double.
Erik Cajelais open-shoved all in for his last 700,000 from early position and got a single caller in Jean Malherbe from the small blind. Cajelais turned over and was looking for help versus Malherbe's .
The flop came , and Cajelais was still behind. Then the turn brought the , giving Malherbe a set and making the river a bit of trivia.
Isaac Baron has three-bet Tristan Clemencon from 80,000 to 175,000 to win some chips and then took the blinds and antes on the next hand. On the third hand in a row, things went completely the other way as he ran into Amnon Filippi.
Action folded to Baron in middle position and he raised to 80,000. On the button, Filippi took a break from playing his iPad game and reraised to 225,000. The blinds folded and Baron moved all in for around 1.75 million. Filippi quickly called with the . Baron held the .
"It's an unfortunate situation," said Baron as he waited for the board to come out.
The flop came down and Baron whiffed so far. Filippi was still in front and looked very calm about things with two more cards to come.
The turn was the and now Filippi only needed to dodge an ace on the river to bust Baron.
The dealer burned one last time and then dealt the on the river. Baron had missed and all of his chips were sent over to Filippi, who moved to approximately 4.6 million in chips.
David ODB Baker raised to 80,000 from early position and it folded all of the way around to Cylus Watson's big blind. Watson called and the flop was . Both players checked and the turn brought the . Watson fired out 95,000 and Baker opted to flat call.
Fifth street put a third diamond on the board when the fell. Watson continued with 130,000 and Baker sat for about one minute before raising to 370,000. Watson called and Baker showed for the nut flush. Watson mucked and Baker dragged in the pot.
Roman Valerstein opened to 80,000 from under the gun, Nicco Maag called in the hijack seat, and the remaining players folded.
The flop fell , and Valerstein led out for 85,000. Maag quickly called.
The turn was the , Valerstein led again - this time for 127,000 - and Maag made the call.
The river was the , and Valerstein slowed down, checking to Maag who slid out 150,000. Valerstein sweated his cards one last time, then fired them into the muck.
Scott Anderson raised to 90,000 from middle position and Vanessa Selbst defended from the big blind. Both players proceeded to check the flop, and then Selbst led out for 80,000 on the turn. Anderson made the call and then watched Selbst move all in on the river.
Anderson thought long and hard about the decision, but ultimately folded face up.
Jean Malherbe raised to 80,000 from under the gun plus one, and Niels van Alphen three-bet to 200,000. The action was folded back to Malherbe, and he called.
The flop came down , and both players checked.
The turn was the , and Malherbe lead out for 150,000. Van Alphen called quickly, and the river was the . The Belgian bet 355,000, and Van Alphen called after about ten seconds.
Malherbe showed , but that was no good against Van Alphen's . The Dutchman started the day with just 14 big blinds and is now back up to well over average.
Sarah chats with David 'ODB' Baker on his way into Day 6 of the Main Event to talk about how great his WSOP has been, minus the fact that he gets no sleep.