Vanessa Selbst raised to 22,000 on the button, Aaron Jones defended from the big blind, and the flop came 
. Jones checked, Selbst tossed out 33,000, and Jones called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the duo knuckled on the river (
) as well. Jones tabled 
for a pair of sixes, which Selbst had beat with 
for a pair of jacks.
Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 20,000 from the cutoff and it folded around to Eugene Katchalov in the big blind who moved all in. Ivey called all in for his tournament life of 148,000 and the cards were turned over.
Ivey showed and was off to the races against Katchalov's 
. The flop came down 
and Katchalov's sixes remained out in front. That all changed on the turn, however, as the 
struck the felt and gave Ivey the lead with a pair of kings. The 
completed the board and Ivey secured a double up.
Ivey's stack now sits around 305,000 while Katchalov has fallen to about 110,000.
Ryan Fee check-called a bet of 12,000 from Vanessa Selbst on a flop of 
, and the duo checked on the turn (
).
The river was the 
, Fee checked again, and Selbst rapped the felt as well. Fee revealed 
for a rivered straight, and Selbst mucked her hand.
"It's good," she told him, smiling.
Fee chipped up to 860,000, and after winning a handful of small pots, Selbst is still over a million.
Noah Schwartz was under the gun and opened to 23,000. Action trickled all of the way around to Nick Schulman in the big blind. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner cut out a three-bet to 63,000. Schwartz announced an all in four-bet over the top for 255,000 and Schulman quickly called.
Schwartz: 
Schulman: 
The flop rolled out 
, giving Schulman top two pair but keeping Schwartz in the lead with a set of cowboys. The 
came on fourth street, leaving Schulman hunting for an ace on the river. The spirit of Barry Greenstein was not in the room, however, as the river brought the . Schwartz scored the double and now sits on about 520,000. Schulman, on the other hand, was left with 82,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are in the midst of a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at about 9:40 p.m.
Matt Giannetti opened to 18,000 from the hijack and was called by Al Decarolis in the cutoff and Noah Schwartz in the small blind. Calvin Anderson three-bet to 53,000 from the big blind, Giannetti four-bet to 96,000 and forced folds from Decarolis and Schwartz. Anderson five-bet shoved for effectively 359,000.
Giannetti folded, giving Anderson the pot and the chip lead.
Eugene Katchalov moved all in for 55,000 from under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to Barry Hutter, who called from the big blind.
Hutter: 
Katchalov: 
It was a flip, but things weren't looking good for Katchalov on the 
flop. The turn gave him some hope with a flush draw and the 
river actually completed it to give him the double.
In the next hand, action folded to Hutter in the small blind and he moved all in to put Katchalov to the test. Katchalov folded.
Right after, action folded to Hutter on the button and he opened for 18,000. Katchalov three-bet all in for 104,000, Hutter called and the cards were turned up.
Katchalov: 
Hutter:
It was another flip. Once again, Katchalov would come out on top after the board ran out .
Action folded around to Mike Brady in the small blind and he shipped all for about 60,000. Kevin Song peered at his cards one at a time in the big blind and then announced a call.
Brady showed 
and was in dire need of improvement against Song's . Brad found no solace in the 
run out and he was eliminated from play. Brady raked in the pot and now has around 535,000 in chips.
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