We caught the action on the flop as Vanessa Selbst was battling it out with Athanasios Polychronopoulos. On the table the two had to work with, and Selbst checked from the big blind to Polychronopoulos in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos made it 10,000 to go and called as Selbst raised it up to 32,000.
The turn braught the and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his for a full house. Selbst flashed her cards, a red and , and left the tournament area.
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The floor has just announced that the remaining players will be going to dinner break in 10 minutes and when they return they will be playing in the Tan Section of the Amazon Room. This means all the players will have to bring their chips in racks and move them across the room. This will allow the players to use the automatic shufflers and speed up the days action. The players will be playing with the same opponents just over at Tan instead of Purple
David "Bakes" Baker and Kurt Jewell got all the chips in preflop. Baker held a dominating versus Jewell's . The board ran out and Baker eliminated Jewell and he know has 172,000.
We caught the action on the flop with on the table. David "Bakes" Baker (under-the-gun plus one) checked to Michael Shelton (hijack) who bet 10,500. Baker made the call and check-called another 17,500 from Shelton on the turn. The river was the and Baker checked for a third time. Shelton bet out 26,000 and Baker paused for a second before announcing all in for 120,000 more.
Shelton had a tough decision. "I was supposed to check on the river" he said with a mysterious smirk. He thought about it for a while before tossing in a 500 chip to indicate the call. Baker showed his and Shelton had to muck. "I was supposed to check on the river" he stated one more time. Shelton has to continue with just 21,500 in chips.
Right after losing most of his stack, Michael Shelton pushed all in from mid position for just 21,000 in chips. The player on the button repushed all in and both blinds folded. "Wow, that's way better than I expected" the player on the button said as Shelton showed his . The button tabled and we were off to the races.
and Shelton secured his double-up. The on the turn and on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
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When Spencer Uniss woke up in the small blind with , he shipped his short stack of 58,000 into the middle.
Ken Stroud saw an opportunity to eliminate an opponent and move one step closer to the final table, so he decided to call with the .
Stroud found himself dominated by Uniss' better kicker, and the final runout of left Stroud with an inferior two pair.
"You didn't believe me?" Uniss asked Stroud, while stacking his newly acquired chips.
"What's that got to do with it?" Stroud shot back, obviously frustrated that he had not found the coin flip situation he was looking for when he made the call.
"The kid is back!" replied Uniss to nobody in particular, obviously excited at earning a second chance to bag and tag chips at the end of the night.
to work with, and Selbst checked from the big blind to Polychronopoulos in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos made it 10,000 to go and called as Selbst raised it up to 32,000.
and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the 
and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his 
for a full house. Selbst flashed her cards, a red 
and 
, and left the tournament area.
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versus Jewell's 
. The board ran out 
and Baker eliminated Jewell and he know has 172,000.
turn. The river was the 
and Baker checked for a third time. Shelton bet out 26,000 and Baker paused for a second before announcing all in for 120,000 more.
. The button tabled 
and we were off to the races.
on the turn and 
on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
, he shipped his short stack of 58,000 into the middle.
