Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 2 of 759

Chip Counts:

Vanessa Selbst: 1,400,000
Jamie Pickering: 950,000

Eliminations:

none

Big Hands and Storylines:

The Madness Begins

Early in the heads-up match Jamie Pickering raised the pot blind and Vanessa Selbst made the call. The flop hit the table AQ3 and Selbst checked. Pickering bet the pot blind again and Selbst made the call. The turn card fell J and Pickering checked. Selbst bet the pot and Pickeing went into the tank for 10 minutes. He finally looked at his cards and said, "Oh sh^t, I'm dead." Selbst turned up Q-9-7-7 as she collected the pot.

Pickering Grabs the Lead

On a flop of 1085 Pickering bet 120,000 and Selbst raised the pot to put Pickering all in, and he made the call.  Their cards:

Pickering: A553
Selbst: QJ94

Turn and River: 84

Pickering doubled up on the hand and he now held 1.3 million to Selbst's 760,000.

Insanity

Pickering raised the pot blind preflop and Selbst made the call. The flop came K108 and Selbst checked. Pickering bet the pot blind, and Selbt raised the pot. Pickering finally decided to look at his cards and he made the call. He then reraised the pot again and Selbst made the call. Their cards:

Selbst: 10-9-6-4
Pickering: A-A-6-4

Turn and River: 62

Selbst took back the chip lead on the crazy hand and the two players took a 20-minute break.

Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 759

Chip Counts:

Stanley Statkiewicz: 848,000
Jamie Pickering: 790,000
Vanessa Selbst: 650,000

Average Chip Stack: 759,000

Eliminations:

none

Big Hands and Storylines:

Stanley Statkiewicz Doubles Up

Stanley Statkiewicz raised to 46,000 preflop and Jamie Pickering got out of the way. The flop rolled out 873 and Selbst checked her option. Statkiewicz bet the pot and Selbst reraised to put him all in. He made the call and they turned up their hands:

Selbst: 8765
Statkiewicz: AA108

Turn and River: 910

Statkiewicz doubled up on the hand to survive, while Selbst was knocked down to about a million in chips.

Jamie Pickering Doubles Up

Jamie Pickering and Venssa Selbst see a flop of A22 and Pickering checks. Selbst made a 50,000 raise and Pickering made the call. The turn brought the 3 and the same sequence repeated itself. The river rolled out the 6 and Pickering checked again. Selbst bet 95,000, and this time Pickering check-raised all in for 193,000. Selbest made the call, but quickly mucked when Pickering revealed AAQQ.

Both players had now doubled up through the once unstoppable Selbest and the chip counts had all pulled about even.

Blinds: 5,000-10,000

Players Remaining: 5 of 759

Chip Counts:

Vanessa Selbst: 1,207,000
Thom Schultz: 324,000
Stanley Statkiewicz: 290,000
Jamie Pickering: 284,000
Eugene Todd: 165,000

Average Chip Stack: 455,400

Eliminations:

9th Place: Ken Lairson ($20,720)
8th Place: Jamie Robbins ($28,490)
7th Place: Mel Randolph ($36,261)
6th Place: Craig Natte ($46,621)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Ken Lairson Eliminated in Ninth Place ($20,720)

Ken Lairson was on the big blind when Vanessa Selbst raised to 22,000. Lairson made the all-in call and they turned up their hands:

Selbst: AQQ7
Lairson: 8527

Board: 1053106

Lairson was eliminated on the hand in ninth place, and he took home $20,720 in prize money.

Jamie Robbins Eliminated in Eighth Place ($28,490)

Jamie Robbins moved all in preflop for 48,000 and Jamie Pickering went into the tank for a moment before deiciding to call. Their cards:

Robbins: AKQ10
Pickering: KQJ7

Board: 8546Q

Robbins was eliminated in eighth place, and took home $28,490 in prize money.

Mel Randolph Eliminated in Seventh Place ($36,261)

Mel Randolph moved all in on a flop of A62 and Eugene Todd made the call. Their cards:

Todd: Q722
Randolph: A642

The turn and river bricked out and Randolph was eliminated in seventh place. He took home $36,621 in prize money.

Craig Natte Eliminated in Sixth Place ($46,621)

Selbst raised to 29,000 and Craig Natte reraised all in preflop. Selbst made the call and the players turned up their cards:

Selbst: AA85
Natte: KQJ7

Board: K4365

Selbst won the hand to take her stack above 1.5 million and really took control of the final table. Natte was sent home in sixth place, and he took home $46,621 in prize money.