| Buy-In: | $4,700 + $300 |
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| Prize Pool: | $3,264,244 |
| Entrants: | 716 |
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5:47pm: Players are on a 15-minute break
5:46pm: Bax and Beasley chop
Cliff Josephy opened for 75,000 and Mike Beasley three-bet to 250,000. Josephy quickly moved all-in and Beasley insta-called, turning over [Ah][Ac] to Josephy’s [Ad][Kh].
Beasley looked like he wanted to die when the board ran out [Td][8d][Qh][Kd][Js], both players making a Broadway straight to chop the pot.
“Only on PokerStars,” Beasley said with an exasperated sigh.
5:45pm: Floppen straighten
Jonathan Aguiar came in for a raise to 76,000 from the button and Brandon Hall called in the big blind. Both players checked the [jh][8h][7c] flop. Hall’s bets were 110,000 and 220,000 on the [as] turn and [5h] river. Hall turned over [9d][tc] for the flopped straight.
5:37pm: Limping for fun and profit
Let’s pick it up on the flop of a three-way limped pot. The board read [qd][td][7d]. Mike Beasley checked out of the small blind, Brandon Hall bet 77,00, and Scott Seiver called on the button. Beasley got out of the way for the [7s] turn. Hall bet 132,000 and Seiver called again. The river [9d] saw Hall check, Seiver bet 400,000, and Hall fold.
Beasley, who’ll you will recall departed on the flop, bemoaned his fold, which he claimed was a seven and nine.
Seiver reassured Beasley, “There was no way you were EVER seeing the turn.”
5:28pm: Bax’s tell
You wanna know how Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy has a great hand. Give him no action and he’ll slam the hand on the table.
Just now, he made it 80,000 out of the small blind, only to see the big blind fold. Josephy picked up two black queens and pounded them face up into the felt.
Scott Seiver poked at Josephy, asking, “What’s it like?”
Josephy, mildly steamy, answered, “You mean when you get them once every four hours and get no action. It’s GREAT!”
5:24pm: Annnnnd that’s it for Jetten
On the very next hand, Jetten got it in from the small blind with [6d][td] against Zachary Fritz’s [as][qh]. Jetten missed and he’s out in 13th place for $29,000.
5:21pm: Jetten triples (but three times junk is still junk)
Jetten was left with precious little after that last hand and was in the big blind for almost all his chips.
“I don’t think I’m going to find a fold,” he said.
So the following hand was great for him. Michael Woods limped, Alan Sternberg raised to 90,000, and then Selbst made it 290,000.
“Give me an all-in button, please,” Jetten said.
He ended up being agains Selbst’s [ad][js] with pocket tens. He spiked a ten on the flop and boated up on the turn. He still barely has any chips.
5:15pm: Jetten clings to life
Peter Jetten made it 75,000 under the gun and Michael Woods re-raised to 200,000. Jetten shoved for 935,000 and Woods called (although, a bit slowly).
Jetten: [th][ts]
Woods: [ac][ah]
Jetten didn’t catch and he’s now below 100,000 in chips.
5:08pm: Seiver building back
It’s simply not been Scott Seiver’s best day of poker so far, but he looks like he might be starting to rally a bit. Brandon Hall limped in the small blind and Scott Seiver checked his option. Hall check-called a 30,000 bet from Seiver on a [8c][6s][kd] flop. It was another check call, this time for 80,000, on the [2s] turn, and then a check-call for 210,000 on the [kh] river. Seiver turned over [kc][9c] for the flopped pair and rivered trips.
Note" Just because Seiver bluffs a lot, he sometimes has a hand.
5:03pm: Peter Jetten will not marry a woman named Vanessa
Or, at least, that’s out prediction after he lost back to back hands to two different Vanessas.
In the first, he opened under the gun to 75,000 and for calls from both Vanessa Selbst and Vanessa Rousso in the blinds. Everybdy checked the [qc][tc][2s] flop. On the [7s] turn, Selbst led for 140,000. Rousso got out of the way, but Jetten called. Selbst bet 290,000 on the [kd] river and Jetten was forced to fold.
In the next hand Rousso completed from the small blind and Jetten checked his option in the big blind. Rousso led out for 50,000 on the [4c][3s][tc] flop. Both players checked the [ks] turn. The [2d] on the river drew a 200,00 bet from Rousso and a fold from Jetten.
Indeed, Jetten does not get along with Vanessas.
4:56pm: Good or stupid?
Brandon Hall came in for a raise to 72,000 and Mike Beasley called from the big blind. Beasley checked called a 110,000 bet on a [jh][7h][9s] flop, and then 225,000 on the [8s] turn. On the [qs] river, Beasley checked, and Hall bet 458,000.
Beasley wasn’t sure what to do. “Either I’m being really good or really stupid,” he said.
And folded.
4.45pm: Ferguson fried by Selbst
Andrew Ferguson shoved all in from the button – his last 204,000. Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind, for what was a mere sliver of her towering stack. Ferguson: [qc][3h] Selbst: [ad][2d] Ferguson was alive, but only until the turn. The first cards out were [8c][5h][5d] but then the [ah] turned. The [8s] river was irrelevant and Ferguson departs in 14th.
4:43pm: Jetten recovering
Peter Jetten had a horrible previous level but just got a little lucky to double through Alan Sternberg.
Jetten raised to 55,000 in early position and Sternberg called on the button. On the [6s][jc][td] flop, Jetten bet 115,000 and Sternberg called. They got it all-in on the [qd] turn. Jetten held [ac][qs] to Sternberg’s [tc][qc]. That was pretty good for Sternberg until an ace hit the river and gave Jetten a higher two pair. Jetten doubled up.
4:39pm: Big ol’ race
Scott Seiver came in for a raise and Mike Beasley three bet to 165,000. That’s when Derek Raymond four-bet. Seiver got out of the way, but Beasley shoved. Raymon called and it was off to the races:
Beasley: [as][ks]
Raymond: [qc][qs]
Beasley spiked his king on the flop and Raymond didn’t catch up. After the hand, Beasley had 2.5 million to Raymond’s 1.7 million
4:30pm: Back from break
We’re back.
Vanessa Selbst: 4,255,000
Allen Sternberg: 3,032,000
Derek Raymond: 2,087,000
While we’re getting fired up, here’s a couple of videos to keep you entertained.
And here’s a picture of what it’s like to be on the clock.
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4:15pm: Level 23 complete
Our 14 remaining players are off on a 15-minute break.
4:05pm: Jonathan Aguiar doubles through Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver opened for 50,000 from under-the-gun, Jonathan Aguiar three-bet to 140,000 from the cutoff, Seiver moved all-in and Aguiar called.
Seiver [Ac][Qh]
Aguiar [Qs][Qd]
Seiver did not improve on the [7s][4h][2c][8s][9c] board and Aguiar doubled to just over 1.7 million.
3:59pm: Rousso slays Fox
We’re down to 14 players with the elimination of Elio Fox at the hands of Vanessa Rousso. Fox opened for 55,000, Rousso called, and Michael Woods called from the big blind. Woods checked the [6d][3h][2d] flop over to Fox, who bet 125,000. Rousso decided it was time to shove and Fox gave her action, turning over pocket jacks for an overpair. Rousso was on a flush draw with [Kd][Td] and although the poker gods did not cooperate on the turn, bringing the [8c], the [3d] hit the river. Rousso made her flush and Fox departed the table in 15th place.
3:51pm: Jetten runs into the nuts
Alan Sternberg raised to 53,000, Vanessa Selbst flatted on the button, and Peter Jetten came along from the big blind. The action checked around to Sternberg on the [Ks][Jh][2d] flop and he bet 65,000. Selbst folded and Jetten called. The turn came the [Qs] and Jetten checked. Melville bet 110,000 and Jetten called. Jetten checked again when the [2s] hit the river. Melville pushed out 525,000 and after a brief moment of though, Jetten made the (huge) call only to watch his opponent turn over [As][9s] for the nut flush.
3:48pm: It’s never over on the flop, by Vanessa Selbst
Our fair chipleader opened from under-the-gun and earned a call from Andrew Ferguson in the big blind. The flop came down [Kh][Tc][4s] and Ferguson led out for 80,000. Selbst called. The turn came the [3h]. Ferguson slowed down and checked, Selbst bet 145,000 and Ferguson called. The river was the [Qs] and Ferguson checked again. Selbst fired out 270,000 and Ferguson looked her up.
Gasps around the table as Selbst turned over [Qc][3c]. That’s right, folks. Runner-runner two pair.
3.45pm: Morgan finished
On the very next hand after the Seiver double up, Jordan Morgan got his last 841,000 in pre-flop, and lost. He is now out and here’s how it happened:
Seiver opened to 50,000 from the hijack and Morgan shoved from the button. This may have been a tilt bet, who knows, but Derek Raymond didn’t care. He moved all in over the top from the small blind, covering Morgan, and everyone else, including Seiver, got out the way.
So the two of them showed their cards:
Morgan: [5c][5s]
Raymond: [as][kd]
Seiver said he folded sixes, but he’d have been fine with that decision once the board ran: [kh][4h][jd][ac][10h] sending Morgan to the rail. Raymond, the success story of today, is probably now Vanessa Selbst’s closest challenger.
3:38 pm: Scott Seiver doubles through Jordan Morgan
It was a four-way limped pot, Scott Seiver calling from the cutoff, Mike Beasley doing the same on the button, and both Jordan Morgan and Derek Raymond coming along from the blinds. Morgan led out for 85,000 on the [Qh][9s][7s] flop, Raymond folded, and Seiver raised to 260,000. The raise got rid of Beasley, but prompted a shove from Morgan. After a brief tank, Seiver made the call.
It was [8c][Td] for Morgan, giving him an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw for Seiver with [5s][6s]. Seiver made his flush on the turn when the [4s] fell and after the meaningless [Kd] hit the river, Seiver collected the massive pot, putting him close to the 2 million mark where he started the day.
3:33pm: Al Melville doubles through Cliff Josephy
With the action folded to him in the small blind, Cliff Josephy limped in and Al Melville raised to 50,000 from the big blind. Josephy called, then checked the [Ad][Ac][6d] flop. Melville bet 70,000, and Josephy moved all-in, having him well-covered. Melville made the call, turning over [As][3d] for trips, while Josephy needed a diamond with [8d][Td]. The turn was the [3c], locking the hand up for Melville, who doubled his stack with aces full of threes.
3:29pm: Still no traction today for Rousso
Elio Fox made it 50,000 to go, Vanessa Rousso flat-called on the button and Zachary Fritz called from the big blind. The action was checked to Rousso on the [Qc][6s][5h] flop, and she slid out an 80,000 bet. Fritz check-raised all-in for 335,000 total, pushing Fox out of the way and sending Rousso into the tank.
“I can’t beat a queen,” she sighed as she gave up her hand.
3:20pm: Sternberg sees through it
Alan Sternberg opened for 53,000 and Andrew Ferguson made the call from the cutoff. Sternberg led out for 65,000 on the [Qs][Td][7d] flop and Ferguson bumped it up to 180,000, prompting Sternberg to ask his opponent for a count. He made the call and the two proceeded to check down the [4c] on the turn and the [9h] on the river.
Sternberg turned up [Kh][Qc] for top pair, besting Ferguson’s [Ad][Kd], and dragged the pot.
3:16pm: Melville hooks Seiver
Al Melville opened for 60,000 from the button and Scott Seiver called from the small blind. Seiver checked the [Ac][Kc][9d] flop over to Melville, who bet 60,000. Seiver called. Both players checked the [2d] on the turn, but when the river fell the [4d], Seiver turned around and led out for 40,000. Melville made an easy call, having rivered a set with [4h][4s]. Seiver’s [Ad][5c] was no good and he shed another piece of his stack.
3:05pm: Re-draw to two tables
Here’s a look at the new lineup. More than 10% of our remaining field is called Vanessa and (shock!) they’re seated next to each other.
Table 1
Seat 1 – Andrew Ferguson
Seat 2 – Vanessa Selbst
Seat 3 – Vanessa Rousso
Seat 4 – Peter Jetten
Seat 5 – Zachary Fritz
Seat 6 – Michael Woods
Seat 7 – Alan Sternberg
Seat 8 – Elio Fox
Table 2
Seat 1 – Jonathan Aguiar
Seat 2 – Cliff Josephy
Seat 3 – Al Melville
Seat 4 – Brandon Hall
Seat 5 – Scott Seiver
Seat 6 – Mike Beasley
Seat 7 – Jordan Morgan
Seat 8- Derek Raymond
3:00pm: Seiver slipping
Brandon Hall made a button raise and Scott Seiver came along from the small blind. Both players checked the [Kc][7d][6s] flop. Seiver checked again when the [Tc] hit the turn, Hall bet 55,000 and Seiver called. The river was the [6c]. Seiver checked a third time and Hall bet 145,000, a sum that seemed to disturb our man Seiver. After hemming and hawing and mumbling to himself a bit, he said “I have to call” and tossed in his chips.
Hall turned up A-T for the win and a frustrated Seiver mucked, his chip stack continuing to trend downward.
2:55pm: Casement closed
Peter Jetten opened for 55,000 from the cutoff and James Casement looked him up from the big blind. Casement checked the [Jh][Tc][8c] flop over to Jetten, who bet 65,000. Casement shipped the rest of his chips in, about 350,000 in all, and Jetten snap-called.
It was easy to see why— Jetten flopped the joint with [Qh][9s], leaving Casement in poor shape indeed with [Ks][Jd].
The turn and river came the [Ah] and the [3c], spelling Casement’s elimination. With 16 players remaining, they’re redrawing for seats on two tables.
2.50pm: Level 23 is upon us
Well, we knew it had to come to this, and now it has. Level 23 has arrived.
There are 17 players still in the mix and the plan is to lose one more then redraw for the final two eight-handed tables. There will also be a redraw for the final table of eight, although that’s a long way away.
Vanessa Selbst is, in the nicest possible sense, crushing at the moment. Towards the end of the last level, Selbst was the first player to be given a handful of orange chips, worth 100,000 apiece. She proceeded to model her chip stack into various pretty patterns, utilizing those orange chips as the final flourish. They total about 3,300,000.
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2:35pm: Players on 15 minute break
2:32pm: Bax forces a fold with the five-bet
Scott Seiver opened for 60,000 from the button and Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy reraised to 165,000 from the small blind. Seiver didn’t want to give up that easily, announcing “270 more,” to make it a total of 435,000. Josephy shoved and Seiver found a fold, nearly half a million chips moving into Bax’s stack.
2.30pm: Polomo busts, can’t outrace Selbst
Ian Palomo has gone, the latest victim of Vanessa Selbst. Selbst made it 48,000 from the button and Palomo announced that he was all in for about 500,000 from the small blind. Selbst snap called and they were flipping:
Selbst: [9s][9d]
Polomo: [as][jc]
Selbst was ahead and stayed there through the [3d][7h][ks][8d] board. She is cruising at the top of the leaderboard now; no one is anywhere close to her 3.2 million.
2:19pm: Rousso checks…hard
Vanessa Rousso raised to 50,000 and Allen Sternberg made the call on the button. On the [6c][4d][2d], Rousso bet 85,000 and got the call. The turn [ts] drew a 100,000 bet from Rousso and another call. When the [js] came on the turn, Rousso checked…in the form of slamming her fist on the table. Good thing she checked, and good thing Sternberg checked behind. He had [ac][ts] for the win.
Rousso is now down to 485,000
2:15pm: Beasley’s boat
You never can be too sure what Vanessa Selbst is holding, so it probably wouldn’t be too fair to criticize Mike Beasley for checking a full house on the river against, her, especially one in which all Selbst needed to win was one ace in her hand.
Beasley had made it 46,000 from the button and Selbst called in the big blind. Both players checked the [kd][ac][9h] flop. When the turn came [kh], Selbst checked and Beasley bet 41,000. Selbst called. Selbst checked the [ad] on the river and Beasley checked behind. He showed [kc][5c] for the win.
2:07pm: “You’re really checking that???”
Well, this was weird.
It was 44,000 from James Casement and a raise to 150,000 from Vanessa Selbst. Casement made the call and tabled pocket kings.
Wait! What?
See, Casement had a lot more than the chips he had to call to match Selbst’s raise.
“I thought you put me all-in,” he explained.
Selbst had not.
And so, with the pocket kings turned up, the hand continued to the flop, [2c][jc][ks].
Wait for it…
Casement checked.
“You’re really checking that?” said the incredulous Selbst.
Indeed he was. Then on the [4h] turn, Casement moved all-in and Selbst folded.
2:03pm: Fourth pair good
Vanessa Selbst limped in from the small blind and Ian Palomo checked his option. Selbst bet and got the call on a [9s][6d][qd] flop. It was 74,000 on the [9c] turn, another bet and call. Both players checked the [7s] river. Palomo tabled [2c][6h] for the win.
2:02pm: Remembering Patti Reade
We lost freeroll qualifier Patti Reade yesterday, but since she turned nothing into more than $10,000, we’re going to remember her today with a little video.
1:59pm: Travis Klein eliminated in 19th place
Just a few minutes after doubling through Allen Sternberg, Travis Klein fell to him. On a flop of [kh][3c][2s], Sternberg bet 65,000 and Klein called. When the [4d] fell on the turn, Sternberg led for 126,000. Klein moved all-in for 460,000 and got the quick call.
Sternberg had flopped a set of deuces with [2h][2d]. Klein was drawing dead with [ks][ts].
Klein went out in 19th place, while Sternberg moved up to 2,350,000 in chips.
1:55pm: Klein doubles up
Allen Sternberg raised to 45,000 and Travis Klein re-raised to 100,000 on the button. Sternberg moved all-in and got the call.
Sternberg: [ac][9s]
Klein: [6c][6d]
Sternberg lost the race and Klein doubled to 502,000.
1:51pm: Dale Jamison’s fast decline and elimination
Read the previous two hands and you’ll see how Dale Jamison went from starting the day in third place to collapsing in 20th place. It ended just moments ago when he pushed all-in for a little more than 400,000 on the button. Vanessa Selbst isolated from the small blind. Jamison turned over [ac][tc]. Selbst tabled [ah][jd]. Both players caught their ace, but Selbst’s jack kicker played and Jamison went out in 20th for $19,000.
1:48pm: Jamison spiraling
Word on the street is Dale Jamison is raising nearly every pot to 40,000. Shortly after opening the pot that resulted in Mike Beasley’s double up, Jamison once again came in for 40,000. Andrew Ferguson made it 125,000 from the button. Jamison moved all-in and Ferguson called with [qs][qh]. Jamison only held [as][6s]. He couldn’t suck out and shipped 674,00 across the table to Ferguson.
1:46pm: Beasley doubles
Dale Jamison came in for a raise to 40,000 and got call from Andrew “Not Jesus” Ferguson in the small blind. Mike Beasley moved all-in for 332,000 from the big blind. Jamison folded, but Ferguson called.
Beasley: [qc][qh]
Ferguson: [ac][jh]
Ferguson missed on every street and Beasley doubled to nearly 700,000.
1:34pm: Selbst flexes muscles
Vanessa Selbst is nothing if not fearless. In early position, she came in for a raise to 48,000. Allen Sternberg immediately raised. Everyone folded back to Selbst who made it clear she wasn’t going away. The bet was half a million. Sternberg folded and Selbst continues her reign at the top.
1:30: Taha Maruf eliminated in 21st place
Alan Sternberg came in for a raise to 50,000 from the button and got a call from Taha Maruf in the big blind. On the [ah][7c][5c] flop, Maruf shoved 217,000 into the middle. Sternberg made the call. The hands:
Maruf: [ad][2c]
Sternberg: [kc][tc]
Maruf didn’t have to wait long to be put out of his misery. The [4c] dinked on the turn and Maruf was drawing dead. Maruf earned $19,000. Meanwhile Sternberg now has more than 2.1 million chips.
1:23pm: Back in action
The 21 remaining players are back behind their chips, and surrounded by around 100 people in the ladies only event (or, if we’re being particularly discerning, 99 ladies and one person who is going to have a hard time with the required chromosome exam given to all winners).
1.20pm: Welcome to level 22
For the first time in this tournament, the level number is higher than the number of players. Imagine that. This is level 22 and there are 21 players remaining.
The leader at this stage is almost certainly the same player it has been for a long, long time. That’s Vanessa Selbst, who enjoyed yet another prosperous hour round the felt this afternoon.
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1:08pm: Players take a 15-minute break
1:06pm: Michael Sedore Eliminated in 22nd place
Michael Sedore managed to double the 57,000 he started the day with, then double it again, but the third time was not the charm for our tournament short stack. Sedore open-shoved for 260,000 holding [Qd][Td] and Michael Woods made the call with pocket queens on the button. Although Sedore caught a ray of hope, hitting top pair on the [Ts][9h][2h] flop, the turn and river did not cooperate, falling the [6s] and the [4c] to send him to the rail just as our players went off on their first break.
1.05pm: Don’t come to the EPT, Jordan
If not actually flowing per se, conversation is at least happening on table two. Jordan Morgan just admitted: “Sometimes, I pick a guy I have no history with and randomly slowroll them if I’m tilted.”
“You?” asked a quizzical Scott Seiver.
“Usually Europeans,” added Morgan, by way of explanation.
1pm: Rousso’s deuces earn a small chunk
Vanessa Rousso limped from mid position and was joined at the [ad][tc][3c] flop by only Taha Maruf, who checked his option. Maruf check-called Rousso’s 20,000 bet on that, then he check-called he 50,000 bet on the [4s] turn. After the [5d] river arrived, Maruf checked again and Rousso asked: “What do you have behind?” Maruf said that he was playing about 330,000 and Rousso bet 140,000 at it. Maruf folded.
A few minutes later, they were still discussing the hand and Rousso told Maruf that she had pocket deuces. Maruf said he thought she was weak, but was packing even less in his own hand. Ho hum.
12.50pm: Jetten cracks the Selbst mystery
Vanessa Selbst is playing a lot of pots today, as she has for the whole of the tournament, but Peter Jetten reckons he’s discovered her secret. “There is no mystery to Vanessa’s game,” said Jetten to the table, including Ms Selbst. “She just puts everybody on seven high and proceeds from there.”
12.45pm: Mosquito buzzing upwards
“I’m not a mosquito no more now!” was the proud declaration of Michael Sedore, who has now doubled up again and is stacking more than 250,000. Sedore open shoved for 132,000 and Alan Sternberg called from his mighty stack.
They were racing, Sedore with [ac][kc] and Sternberg with [jc][jd]. The dealer didn’t make them sweat very long. The flop came [7d][5c][ah], the turn was [4c] and the [kd] was just the cherry on the cake.
Sedore now has about five times his overnight starting stack.
12.40pm: Oh dear, Ader
And another one down. This time it’s Mark Ader who departs, coming out on the wrong side of a fairly standard flip situation.
Derek Raymond made it 38,000 from the hijack and Ader shoved for 196,000 more from the button. Raymond called with [3s][3c] and Ader’s [ac][qc] has plenty of chances but needed to hit. It didn’t hit.
The board ran [9s][8c][6c][ks][4d] and out went Ader as Raymond moved to 1,470,000.
12.35pm: The comeback gathers momentum
Good news for supporters of the underdog Michael Sedore. He was down to his last 45,000 and in the big blind of 16,000. He was also facing a raise from Michael Woods, but had no choice but to call.
Woods: [8s][8d]
Sedore: [9s][2h]
But how’s about this for a flop: [ah][9c][5c], hitting Sedore’s overcard, and then the [jd][6h] on turn and river were blanks. Sedore can (almost) breathe again.
12.30pm: Hall ousts Lauria, one down
Here we have our first bust*, and it’s Bob Lauria who has departed in fairly brutal circumstances. Brandon Hall made it 36,000 from early position, and then it all went nuts. Scott Seiver three-bet to 62,000, Cliff Josephy called that, then Lauria moved all in for something a little less than his starting stack of 343,000.
Hall moved all in over the top of that, asking a 1.1 million question. Josephy and Seiver got out the way and it was just the two of them left, with Lauria’s life on the line:
Hall: [ac][kc]
Lauria: [kh][kd]
The board put the writing on the wall, coming [jc][tc][9s]. The turn finished it off, the [2c] filling the flush. Lauria was out; Hall was up and on we go.
All prizewinners are listed on the prizewinners page.
* Chortle, chortle. Not including the ladies event. Chortle, chortle.
12.20pm: Battling
All eyes this afternoon were on Michael Sedore and his meagre 57,000 stack. He was left with that paltry offering after a tangle with tens against kings late last night, and was expected to ship it in very early today. However, we’re 15 minutes into the day and none of our (two) field reporters has returned with news of anyone’s demise. So I guess Sedore is clinging on in there – come on, let’s root for the underdog.
12.10pm: "Main Event tournament dealers, shuffle and deal
I guess that means we’re under way.
12:03pm: Annnnnnnd we’re back
After a 12-hour break for sleep and muffins, we’re back in the Uncas Ballroom to play down to a final table of eight.
Twenty-four players remain. They’ll be resuming Level 21 and 8,000/16,000/2,000 blinds.
Vanessa Selbst and Scott Seiver are separated by only a few big blinds and are currently considered the co-chip-leaders.
Meanwhile, the TV production people have taken over 2/3 of the ballroom to prepare for the next three days of televised coverage,. What’s more, we’ve been joined by a hundred or so ladies for a $330 Ladies Event.
In short, it’s tight in here.
Play will begin in just a few moments.
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Good morning folks. Here’s the seat draw for day four. There are three tables and we’re playing down to the final today.
Table 1
Seat 1 Jonathan Aguiar 899,000
Seat 2 Brandon Hall 1,050,000
Seat 3 Scott Seiver 2,241,000
Seat 4 Cliff Josephy 1,326,000
Seat 5 Bob Lauria 343,000
Seat 6 Derek Raymond 1,300,000
Seat 7 Jordan Morgan 1,667,000
Seat 8 Mark Ader 374,000
Table 2
Seat 1 Michael Woods 890,000
Seat 2 Zachary Fritz 925,000
Seat 3 Vanessa Rousso 720,000
Seat 4 Alan Sternberg 1,151,000
Seat 5 Alistar Melville 529,000
Seat 6 Michael Sedore 57,000
Seat 7 Taha Maruf 550,000
Seat 8 Travis Klein 295,000
Table 3
Seat 1 James Casement Sr. 548,000
Seat 2 Dale Jamison 1,687,000
Seat 3 Vanessa Selbst 2,285,000
Seat 4 Ian Palomo 798,000
Seat 5 Elio Fox 523,000
Seat 6 Peter Jetten 785,000
Seat 7 Andrew Ferguson 535,000
Seat 8 Mike Beasley 250,000
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Some time this afternoon, the staff at the convention center of the Mohegan Sun Casino set up a marketing stall for Big Game Fishing Journal. It provided a strangely appropriate juxtaposition for what was going on in the neighboring Uncas Ballroom, namely the kind of day in the world of high stakes poker where all the big game come out to play and attempt to feast on the fish.
It was pretty savage out there. In a brisk six-and-a-half levels of play, an overnight pool of 125 players was reduced to its final 24. We burst the bubble, we made 80 players a bunch of cash, we slayed poker megastars and discovered future heroes. It was difficult to know piranha from plankton come the end.
One thing’s for sure: Scott Seiver and Vanessa Selbst had clearly chosen the right bait for their day on the high seas. Selbst will take the biggest stack – a mighty 2,285,000 – into tomorrow’s penultimate day of this inaugural NAPT Mohegan Sun tournament. But Seiver is barely a seaweed’s breadth behind, bagging 2,241,000. The two of them were fisher-folk extraordinaire, netting player after player in an irresistible surge to the top of the counts.
If you take a look through all of today’s coverage (links provided below) you’ll see countless mentions of both Selbst and Seiver, which usually end with one of them stacking up mountains of chips. They didn’t always get their money in good, but they usually came out the other side with the biggest smiles. Either one of them could probably fold all day tomorrow and still take a stack to the final.
There are 23 other class acts intending to book their place around that auspicious slab of felt too. Head over to the chip count page to see the identities of all those still in with a shout. The esteemed likes of Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar and Vanessa “LadyMaverick” Rousso are likely to leap out.
It was another splendid tournament performance from Rousso, locking up the Team PokerStars Pro last longer once Dennis Phillips had followed Marcello Delgrosso out the door. Both of them were in the money, but not in the highest echelons. Rousso, on the other hand, is making a habit of this. We will see tomorrow if she can go all the way to the final.
There’s a long, long list of people who can’t. The prizewinners page details who won what today on the reservation. You might recognise a few names, such as Lars Bonding, Jeff Madsen, Sorel Mizzi, David Williams, Michael Martin, Eric Froehlich, Ryan D’Angelo, James Akenhead, Todd Terry and a fellow named Ivey. They were all in the top 15 percent of the finishers, but not at the very tip.
(That said, Nicholas Kamen would probably swap pretty much anything to get his name on the list. He was our bubble boy today, busting in 105th place and going home with nothing from three days’ work.)
By tomorrow, all of those will be the forgotten as we focus on finding our final table players. But relive their misery – and others’ delight – with any of the following links:
Introduction: Raining on the bubble
Level 18 updates
Level 19 updates
Level 20 updates
Level 21 updates
Then head on over to PokerStars.tv for moving pictures and video blogs.
All the photography on the PokerStars Blog Mohegan Sun coverage comes ©Joe Giron.
See you all tomorrow for more fishing. Night night.
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10:58pm: Priest out
With the elimination of William Priest (at the hands of Jonathan Aguiar) we are at 24 players and finished for the night. A full wrap-up and chip count coming.
10:39pm: Flop nuts, lose to quads
Flopping the nuts is a cause for celebration. It rarely happens. If your opponent happens to hit a good piece of the board, you’re most likely getting paid off in a big way. You might even double up. At least that’s what Ronald McGinnity had to be thinking when he looked down at [Kh][Ts] and the flop came down [Qs][Jh][9s].
The turn was the [Jd] and McGinnity got the rest of his stack in the middle vs. Jordan Morgan, who had turned trips with [Kc][Js]. Sure he had outs, but McGinnity was looking good with one to come.
It just had to be the [Jc]. Ouuuuuuuuch.
Morgan, channelling his screen name of “iMsoLucky0,” scooped up the pot and McGinnity hit the rail in 26th place. One more elimination before we close the book on Day 3.
10:35pm: Last level of the night?
Heck, we don’t know.
But, we’re down to 26 players. That means two more eliminations and we’re off to bed.
Our current chip leader, Vanessa Selbst, is sitting 2,435,000 in chips. Our advice to you is to not mess around with her for the rest of the night, because she’s proven she’ll mess right back (whatever that means).
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10:21pm: Level 20 done and dusted
We’ll see you in 15 minutes. Vanessa Selbst is still the chip leader with 2.6 million, closely trailed by Scott Seiver.
10:20pm: Clint Keown eliminated by Michael Woods
Clint Keown opened, Michael Woods three-bet to 51,000 and Keown shoved for 225,000.
“I guess you have to gamble to win these things,” he said as Woods tanked.
Woods made the call, revealing [Ad][Kd]. Keown showed pocket sixes. There was an ace in the door, however for Woods, the board running out [Ac][8s][4h][2c][Jh] to send Keown to the rail just as our 26 remaining players headed out on break.
10:11pm: Zachary Fahmie hates the ladies
Or maybe he hates the men who hate the ladies. In any case, it was his queens up against Jordan Morgan’s kings. Fahmie didn’t catch and he’s been eliminated.
10:10pm: Seiver doesn’t always have it
Zachary Fritz and Scott Seiver checked a board all the way until it looked like this: [8d][qh][[qs][4h][jc]. Finally, Fritz bet 74,000. Seiver almost immediately raised to 300,000. Fritz made the call with two black tens. While Seiver has run his stack from 40,000 to 2 million today, it’s not always because he has a hand.
10.05pm: Cunning Fox catches Ivey
That’s the end of that for Phil Ivey. He limped under-the-gun – 12,000 from a stack of about 115 – and Michael Woods called to his left. Elio Fox checked his big blind.
The three of them saw a flop of [4h][ah][9s] and after Fox checked, Ivey bet 30,000. Woods got out the way but Fox called, taking them to a turn of [10d].
The cunning Fox checked again and Ivey duly bet all in, his last 70,000. Fox sprung the trap, called, and showed [as][8d], ahead of Ivey’s [kh][10h].
The river was [8d] giving Fox two pair and missing Ivey’s outs. This tournament loses one of its stars.
10:02pm: Two massive pots, starring Vanessa Selbst
Ryan Bambrick led off the action with a raise to 31,000. Vanessa Selbst called on the button and Dale Jamison, a man who never met a three-bet opportunity he didn’t like, reraised to 121,000. It was enough to shake Bambrick, but Selbst made the call.
Jamison led out for 150,000 on the [7d][7c][3h] flop. Selbst called, the pot swelling to 593,000. The turn came the [Kh] and Jamison fired again, this time for 350,000. Selbst sat up on her knees, looking back and forth between the board and her stone-faced opponent. After a long tank, she mucked her hand, looking absolutely sick about it. She still had plenty to work with, 1.75 million to be exact, while Jamison chipped up to 1.52 million.
A few hands later, Ryan Bambrick limped in. Selbst raised to 32,000 and Bambrick came back over the top for 92,000.
“I’ll just play a big pot with anyone,” she quipped, making the call.
The flop came down [8c][4d][6h]. Bambrick bet 76,000 and Selbst called. The turn came the [3c] and Bambrick bet another 150,000. Selbst flatted again. The river was the [7d]. Bambrick slid out 220,000 and after a long, lonnnng tank, she shoved. Now it was Bambrick’s turn to tank.
Ultimately, he called. Selbst tabled [9s][Tc], having rivered her gutshot straight.
“That’s just sick,” was all Bambrick could offer as he hit the rail.
Selbst is back in the chip lead with 2.57 million.
10pm: Ivey in big trouble
Phil Ivey is our tournament short stack. He’s down to about 130,000 having just handed over 184,000 to double up Travis Klein. Ivey raised to 30,000 from the cut off and Klein shoved from the small blind. Ivey called instantly.
Ivey: [ad][kd]
Klein: [ks][kh]
The board came [4c][3d][4s][9d][7h] and Ivey is gone.
As all eyes were on that table, Matt Woodward was eliminated from table one. The stars are plummeting out.
9.50pm: Fox chased out
Scott Seiver has just polished off David Fox. Seiver had [ac][6s] against Fox’s [ah][kh] but after the board ran [6c][2c][10s][2h][9c], Fox was looking for the door and Seiver was searching for even more room to stack his chips. The below photo shows his stack at the beginning of the level. You can add another few rows to imagine them now.
9.35pm: Hall loves the ladies
Alan Sternberg went on a huge charge in the pre-dinner level, busting all comers. But he has just been on the receiving end of a near half-million beat, shipping about 475,000 to Brandon Hall.
Sternberg was in the cut off and Hall in the small blind, although I’m not certain precisely how all the chips got in there pre-flop. But when the cards were exposed, Hall was in trouble. His [ks][qs] was dominated by Sternberg’s [ah][kc].
That was until the flop came [kd][7c][qc] and the turn and river of [8s][10c] didn’t not alter things. That flopped queen was decisive and Hall goes up to near the million mark.
9:28pm: Staying Al-Ivey
It was a raise to 25,000 and a call before it got to Phil Ivey who shoved an additonal 135,000—the rest of his chips—in the middle. James Casement announced he, too, was all-in. A fold by the original caller got Casement and Ivey heads up. Ivey had jacks to Casement’s [ac][kc] Ivey turned a set with the case jack (somebody else folded one) and rivered a boat for the win. He currently has about half the average stack.
9.25pm: No such thing as a small pot
Ryan Bambrick and Jordan Morgan just got involved in what was, at this stage, a relatively small pot, but still ended up with about 200,000 changing hands.
Morgan raised to 36,000 from the button and Bambrick called in the big blind. The flop came [9d][5c][qh] and Bambrick check-called Morgan’s bet of 52,000.
The turn was [7c] and Bambrick bet 66,000, which Morgan called, taking them to a [9s] river. Bambrick now fired 150,000 at it, and that was good enough.
9:18pm: Not Rousso’s brand of fun
Vanessa Rousso came in for a raise to 25,000 and Cliff Josephy called in the big blind. Both players checked the [9d][6c][8s] flop. On the [ts] turn, Josephy checked again and Rousso tossed out 25,000. That’s when Josephy raised her to 80,000. Rousso called.
When the turn fell the [jh], Josephy tanked. His only decision was whether to check or bet, but it took him several minutes to decide on 160,000.
“You make a straight on me?” Rousso asked as she took off her hood. “I have a big hand here.”
Rousso cut out the 160,000, and then looked troubled. For three or four minutes, she recounted the hand in a murmur Finally she gave up.
“Well, I don’t know what the hell I beat anymore,” Rousso said, and tossed her hand in the muck. “That was no fun.”
She stopped for a moment, and asked the dealer, “No pairing the board one time?”
Josephy’s head shot up. “You had a set?”
Rousso nodded.
“Why didn’t we get it in?” he asked.
“There was a one card straight there,” Rousso protested.
Indeed, no fun at all.
9.20pm: FatalError stays alive
Jonathan Aguiar has doubled up, coming from behind to take a slice from David Fox and leap-frog him in the chip counts. Fox opened from the cut off, making it 30,000. Aguair moved all in from the button for 275,000. At this point, a king of hearts was somehow exposed – either by the dealer or another player – but Fox said he called anyway and tabled [ah][kd].
Aguiar showed [jd][qc] and after the flop came [10c][9c][2c], the turn of [ac] gave Aguair the unassailable flush and left Fox drawing dead. Aguiar is up to around the 575,000 mark and Fox is pegged back to about 200,000.
9.05pm: Seeking nine willing volunteers
We return from the dinner break with 33 players still in the hunt. Nine of those will need to depart before we reach our target of 24 – it could take anywhere between 60 minutes and four hours.
The full chip counts have now been updated on the chip count page, and there you’ll find the following seven players with more than a million chips:
Scott Seiver, 2,505,000
Vanessa Selbst, 2,100,000
Jordan Morgan, 1,672,000
Alan Sternberg, 1,400,000
Dale Jamison, 1,240,000
Vanessa Rousso, 1,031,000
Let’s get started again, shall we.
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7:50pm: Chow time
Players are headed off for some grub. When we come back, we’ll be looking to empty nine seats before breaking for the night. While we go to find a crust of bread, gaze upon chip leader Scott Seiver.
7:35pm: Todd Terry eliminated
Play folded around the chip leader Scott Seiver on the button. He min-raised to 20,000. Todd Terry thought in the small blind for 30 seconds before announcing he was all-in for around 260,000. The big blind folded and Seiver snap-called with pocket fours. Terry held [ah][9h]. Terry didn’t catch, Seiver made a four-flush, and Terry hit the rail in 34th place.
7.30pm: America! America! (And Canada and Bangladesh)
Our last South American player, Firas Massouh, has been knocked out, the latest victim of Alan Sternberg. We didn’t catch any of the action, but the bare bones are as follows: Massouh shoved his last 150,000 on a board of 7-2-5-A-5 and Sternberg called with A-K. Massouh mucked and was out of here.
With the exception of Bangladesh’s Taha Maruf, this is now an entirely North American field, appropriately enough for the North American Poker Tour.
7:16pm: Making it work when you’re the underdog, by Scott Seiver
“I’ve got to get it in behind, not ahead!” Scott Seiver gasped, as his [Ah][6d] fell to Todd Terry’s [Qs][Jd]. The two got their chips in before the flop, Terry’s tournament life at risk, and he earned the double-up when a queen hit the flop and another binked on the turn.
A few hands later, Seiver opened again for 20,000. Peter Jetten three-bet to 70,000 and Seiver flatted. Jetten led out for 85,000 on the [Ad][Ks][Jd] flop and Seiver called. Both players slowed down on the later streets, checking down the [4c] on the turn and the [Ac] on the river.
When the hands were turned up, it was easy to see why. The board was quite scary for Jetten’s [Qh][Qd], while Seiver’s second pair with [Kd][Th] held up. Seiver is now sitting on 2.2 million in chips.
7.15pm: Ivey rivers the goods
Phil Ivey and Andrew Ferguson were at a flop of [3d][jc][kh] and Ivey called a small bet by Ferguson. The turn was [4c] and Ferguson now check-called a 50,000 bet from Ivey. The river was [10c] and Ferguson checked again. Ivey bet 100,000 and Ferguson made another call.
He tabled [jd][10d] but the card that had given him two pair on the river had filled Ivey’s straight. The latter showed [ad][qc] for broadway. Ivey has never had a huge stack in this tournament, but he’s still in and purring with 35 left.
7:01pm: The downs and ups of Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst gets back in the saddle faster than almost anybody we’ve ever seen. She can lose and win a couple hundred grand faster than we have time to tell the story.
The loss came when Taha Maruf came in for a raise to 32,000 and Vanessa Selbst made it 90,000 out of the small blind. Maruf moved all-in for 183,000 and Selbst said, “Okay, I call.” It was [as][qs] for Maruf to Selbst’s red nines. Maruf whiffed the flop but hit an ace and queen on the turn and river. “I should’ve waited until the flop,” Selbst said. “I could’ve gotten you off of it.”
Barely a few minutes passed when Selbst came in for a raise in late position and Tab Tab Duchateau shoved from the blinds for around 200,000. Selbst made the call with [kh][jh]. The board came out [8c][qh][9s][qc] and then the crushing [kd] on the river. Duchateau was out and Selbst was right back where she started a few minutes before.
7pm: Sternberg sets up date for Keating and Akenhead
Throughout the day, Alex Keating has been goading James Akenhead over his silent and focused table posture, which is the complete opposite to the talkative approach taken by Keating himself.
During the last level, Akenhead told Keating that he’d happily talk to him at the end of the day – buy him a beer and talk about anything he liked, only not while they were playing. Keating seemed happy with the agreement.
As of now, their dinner date might be beginning. They have just bust on the very same hand. Here’s how it went down:
Firas Massouh opened to 24,000 from under-the-gun and Keating, to his left, moved all in for his last 70,000-odd. Two players folded and then Akenhead moved all in over the top of that, for approximately 300,000.
We weren’t done yet. Alan Sternberg then moved all in over the top of them both, also covering Massouh. The Brazilian got out of the way and the three of them were all in.
Keating: [6d][6h]
Akenhead: [ac][kc]
Sternberg:[qh][qd]
Although Akenhead was flipping, it was the queens of Sternberg that connected with the flop. It came [8h][jd][qs][8c][3s] and two players were sent packing. Sternberg edged past a million.
6:52pm: Under pressure
Cliff Josephy opened for 25,000, Andrew Ferguson flat-called from the cutoff, and Vanessa Rousso (completely ignoring hubby Chad Brown’s card-tossing prop bet being filmed for ESPN about 15 feet away) reraised to 65,000. Josephy moved all-in for about 430,000 and Ferguson gave up his hand, sending Rousso into the tank. She had Josephy well-covered with more than a million in her stack but elected to fold after a bit of hemming and hawing.
One table over, Dale Jamison opened for 20,000 and was met with a three-bet to 66,000 from Jordan Morgan. After tanking for a couple of minutes, he announced a reraise to 175,000, tossing in seven of his pink 25,000 chips. Morgan immediately moved all-in and Jamison mucked like his cards were on fire.
6:45pm: Sharp cut down
With only about 70,000, Alex Keating was posturing that he was going to move all in very soon. Alan Sternberg didn’t seem too concerned as he opened to 24,000 from early position. Keating peeked down at his cards, but tossed them away – probably tone of the best decisions he’s made this tournament. Here’s why:
Brandon Hall, to Keating’s left, raised to 64,000 and then Larry Sharp announced that he was all in from the small blind, for about 300,000. Sternberg folded but Hall snap-called and no wonder. Hall showed [as][ad], Sharp had [10h][10s] and the board came [7d][kh][jh][2h][4s], which was no good for anyone except hall.
“Good game,” said Sharp as he headed away.
6.40pm: g0lfa out of bounds; Seiver surges to lead
Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo is out of this one, busted on the first hand of the new level. David Fox started it, raising from early position, and Scott Seiver, in the small blind, made it 80,000. D’Angelo shoved from the big blind – about 500,000 or more – and after Fox bolted, Seiver tank-called.
Seiver: [9h][9d]
D’Angelo: [ac][9s]
“Hold!” said Seiver as the dealer began laying out the flop. It came [8h][8s][2h][4c][3c] and Seiver’s wish came true. He is now our new chip leader with about 2,050,000 and D’Angelo is finished.
6:35pm: Getting hungry yet?
Too bad.
Players are back for one more level of play before the schedule dunner break. Forty-two players remain. We’re working our way down to 24 before calling it quits for the night.
At this hour, we’re counting Vanessa Selbst at nearly 2 million chips. That puts her about half million ahead of Dale Jamison who we believe is currently in second place.
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| Career Winnings | Bracelets | Cashes | Final Tables |
| 1 |
Daniel Negreanu $22,796,598 |
|---|---|
| 2 |
Antonio Esfandiari $21,917,242 |
| 3 |
Phil Hellmuth $18,287,714 |
| 4 |
Justin Bonomo $17,819,209 |
| 5 |
Daniel Colman $17,413,655 |
| 6 |
Fedor Holz $15,683,806 |
| 7 |
Jonathan Duhamel $14,599,175 |
| 8 |
Ben Heath $14,335,683 |
| 9 |
Alex Foxen $14,205,643 |
| 10 |
Adrian Mateos $14,185,084 |
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