Vanessa Selbst raised to either 7,000 or 6,000 on the button; both Phil Hellmuth and Matthew Ashton called from the blinds. Hellmuth and Ashton both checked on a flop of , Selbst continued for 11,500 and Hellmuth check-raised to 23,000. Only Selbst called.
The turn was the , Hellmuth checked again and Selbst fired out 26,500. Hellmuth called.
The river was the , both players checked and Hellmuth took the pot with for jacks and nines.
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JC Tran raised to 9,000 on the button, Ryan Fee called out of the big blind and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was a repeat five - the - and Fee checked again. Tran tossed out 11,000, Fee check-raised to 35,000 and Tran called.
The completed the board and Fee fired out 84,000 (roughly 60% of his stack). Tran folded.
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Todd Terry opened for 10,000 from the hijack only to have Chuck Pacheco three-bet all in from the button. The blinds folded and Terry, who had the smaller stack, called off for 73,000.
Pacheco:
Terry:
Terry had the better ace, but the flop made things interesting as Pacheco picked up a flush draw. Terry sighed, but his frustration was for nothing as neither the turn nor river gave Pacheco the flush.
"Wow, what a sweat," Terry said as he counted down his stack.
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, Selbst continued for 11,500 and Hellmuth check-raised to 23,000. Only Selbst called.
, Hellmuth checked again and Selbst fired out 26,500. Hellmuth called.
, both players checked and Hellmuth took the pot with 
for jacks and nines.
as he was racing agains the 
and Peters started to get up, but the 
on the turn gave him four outs to chop the pot.
on the river was a brick, however, and Peters hit the rail.
, no help to Zinno, securing the elimination for Bonomo.
. The turn was a repeat five - the 
- and Fee checked again. Tran tossed out 11,000, Fee check-raised to 35,000 and Tran called.
flop made things interesting as Pacheco picked up a flush draw. Terry sighed, but his frustration was for nothing as neither the 
turn nor 
river gave Pacheco the flush.
