When we arrived at Table 370, Stephen Chidwick, Doug Polk, Noah Schwartz, Al Decarolis, and Michael Mizrachi were all involved on a flop of 
. Chidwick checked, Polk bet 8,500 into roughly 11,000, Schwartz folded, and Decarolis and Mizrachi both snap-called. Chidwick folded.
The turn was the 
, Polk moved all in for 34,000, and only Decarolis called.
Polk: 
Decarolis: 
A meaningless 
completed the board, and Polk doubled through.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Picking up the action after the turn of a 
board with about 40,000 in the pot, Mickey Petersen bet about 25,000 from the big blind. Al Decarolis reraised to effectively 54,000 and Petersen called all in.
Petersen: 
- queen-high straight
Decarolis: 
- jack-high straight / flush draw
The river was the 
, safe for Petersen to score the double up.
A short-stacked Nick Cassavetes found himself all in and at risk with 
on a flop of 
, and unfortunately for him he was dominated by Eli Berg's 
.
"Nice hand," Cassavetes said.
The turn and river bricked off , 
respectively, and Cassavetes was eliminated.
"It was a pleasure playing with you guys," the star writer and director told the table before exiting.
Jennifer Tilly raised to 2,400, and three players called including Kevin Song on the button. Vanessa Selbst put in a re-raise from the big blind, making it 11,200 to go, and Tilly quickly four-bet to 35,000. The action folded back to Selbst, who smiled.
She said something that sounded like "I three-bet without a plan" as she cut out the remainder of her stack.
"All in," she announced, committing a total of 62,900. "That was the original plan."
Feeling priced in, Tilly called, saying she was "suited."
Tilly: 
Selbst: 
"Oh," Selbst blurted, surprised to see two overs. "I thought you had like nine-seven."
The 
flop changed nothing, and the on the turn was a brick as well. An inconsequential completed the board, and Selbst doubled through.
The two-time WSOP bracelet winner is now up to 106,000 chips, while Tilly dropped down to 80,000.
With about 60,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, Phil Ivey bet 40,000, sending Josh Arieh into the tank. After about two minutes Arieh called, but mucked when Ivey tabled 
for trip sixes.
Darren Elias opened for a raise in middle position, James Carroll called in the cutoff, and David Vamplew defended his big blind.
The flop produced all spades: 
. Vamplew checked, Elias knuckled, and Carroll tossed out 5,500. Only Vamplew called.
Both players checked on the turn (), and the 
completed the board. Vamplew led out for 11,000, Carroll called, and the Scot took down the pot with .
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