On the second one hand once we returned from the break, Dan Shak limped in at the button and Vanessa Selbst checked her option. The flop came down K♠7♦3♠ and Selbst checked to Shak, who bet 300,000. Selbst raised to 625,000, Shak immediately moved all-in and Selbst just as quickly called.
Shak J♥7♥Selbst K♣7♣
Selbst had nearly flopped him dead, Shak drawing only to running jacks against her kings up. It was in every single place at the turn when the 5♥ hit the felt, the river falling the 2♥ to seal Selbst's remarkable repeat win here at Mohegan Sun. She'll take home $450,000, while Shak earned $254,000 for his runner-up finish.
Congratulations to Vanessa Selbst on her historic run, which puts her over the $4.1 million mark in career tournament earnings and third at the Womens' All-Time Money List. Stay tuned for an entire wrap. --KB
LEVEL UP: PLAYING 60,000-120,000-10,000 BLINDS IN LEVEL 30
Hands 50-59: Selbst chips away at Shak's comebackDan Shak's comeback was all but erased in hands 50-59. The chip counts because the players take a 15-minute break appear to be this:
Selbst: 8,875,000Shak: 2,835,000
Here are the hands.
Hand 50: Selbst limped in and Shak checked his option. On a flop of 3♥T♣K♠, both players checked. Shak checked the 8♠ turn, Selbst bet 175,000, Shak raised to 400,000, and Selbst folded. -
Hand 51: Shak raised to 250,000 pre-flop and Selbst folded.
Hand 52: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak folded.
Hand 53: Shak limped in, Selbst raised, Shak folded, and Selbst showed a couple of nines.
Hand 54: Selbst limped in and Shak checked his option. On a flop of 2♠6 5♥. Selbst bet 125,000 and Shak called. The T♠ came at the turn. Shak checked and Selbst bet 280,000. Shak then raised to 680,000. Selbst made the decision. The river was the 3♠. Shak bet 800,000 and Selbst called. K♦2♦. Selbst showed A♦td] for a couple of tens and the win.
Hand 55. The 2 players saw a flop of 9♥6♣A♥. Selbst checket, Shak bet 100,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 56: Selbst raised to 200,000, and Shak folded.
Hand 57: Shak raised to 200,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 58: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak called. On a flop of K♣Q♣K♥, Shak checked, and Selnst checked behind. The A♦ came at the turn. Selbst bet 160,000. Shak raised to 400,000. Selbst folded and Shak picked up the pot.
Hand 59: Shak folded and Selbst won the pot.
9:48pm: Hands 40-49-- Shak doubles through Selbst, misses value on nut boatDan Shak managed to make somewhat a comeback over the past ten hands. He doubled up with a straight against Selbst's nut flush draw to be had 42, but couldn't receives a commission off at the full house he turned available 45. Currenlty Selbst is on 7.1 million in chips while Shak is as much as about 4.6 million.
Hand 40: Selbst opened for 200,000 at the button and Shak called. Shak checked the 4♥J♠8♥ flop over to Selbst, who bet 260,000. Shak folded and Selbst wat the pot.
Hand 41: Shak limped in at the button and Selbst checked her option. Selbst led out for 100,000 on the 5♣J♥A♣ flop and Shak folded. She showed the J♠.
Hand 42: Selbst limped in and Shak checked from the large blind. The flop was 8♥7♣4♥ and Shak checked to Selbst, who bet 125,000. Shak raised to 375,000, Selbst moved all-in and Shak called.
Selbst A♥3♥Shak 5♦6♦
Shak flopped an eight-high straight but Selbst had outs to an ace-high flush draw. She missed at the turn when the 6♣ fell, and again at the river with the J♦. Shak doubled to only over 4 million, leaving Selbst on 7.7 million.
Hand 43: Shak raised to 250,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 44: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak folded.
Hand 45: Shak raised to 250,000, Selbst three-bet to 500,000 and Shak called. The flop fell K♣7♣7♥ and both players checked. Same story when the A♣ came at the turn. The river was the T♦ and Shak cut out a 1,000,000-chip bet. After talking during the hand out loud and speculating about Shak's hand, Selbst selected a fold. Great thing she did--Shak showed pocket aces for the nut boat.
Hand 46: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak folded.
Hand 47: Shak gave Selbst a walk
Hand 48: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak called. Shak led out for 200,000 at the 2♥J♠8♦ flop and Selbst called. The turn was the Q♦ and Shak checked to Selbst , who bet 580,000. Shak folded and Selbst won the pot.
Hand 49: Shak raised to 250,000 and Selbst folded. --KB
9.30pm: Another ten hands
Hand 30 - Selbst limped from the small blind and Shak checked. The flop came 9♣5♠3♥, which they both checked, to take them to a A♣ turn. Selbst bet 125,000, called by Shak, and the 7♣ rivered. This time Selbst bet 400,000 and Shak called again, only to be shown the 3♣4♣ for a flush. Selbst took it.
Hand 31 - Shak raised pre-flop to 250,000 and Selbst let him have it.
Hand 32 - Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak called. The flop was 3♣2♦K♣ and Selbst's bet took it. "Unstoppable!" bellowed certainly one of Selbst's fan club within the bleachers.
Hand 33 - Shak folds.
Hand 34 - Selbst made up Shak's big blind and Shak moved all in. Selbst wasn't having any of that and folded. Shak still has not up to two million chips. Selbst has on the subject of nine million.
Hand 35 - Shak limped from the small blind, and Selbst raised 200,000 more. Shak called. That took them to a 8♦2♦6♠ flop and Selbst bet 250,000. Shak called. The 4♦ turned and Selbst fired again, this time for 300,000. Shak folded, and Selbst showed A♦K♦ for the turned nut flush. "I ASSUMED you were going to shove a while in that hand," Selbst said.
Hand 36 - Selbst open shoved, which, of course, is just asking Shak if he fancies playing for all his chips. He didn't. He folded.
Hand 37 - Shak moves all in and Selbst calls! This may be it...
Selbst: K♣J♣Shak: Q♥6♥
Selbst is miles ahead, and the 4♣T♦3♥ doesn't change that. The turn, however, comes 6♣, which puts Shak into the lead.
Selbst still had quite a few outs, however the T♥ isn't one in all them. That gave Shak the double up and he now has about 3.5 million. Most importantly, he's still alive.
Hand 38 - Selbst raised. Shak folded.
Hand 39 - Shak folded. -- HS
9:16pm: Hands 21-29-- Selbst steamrollingHow about some more hands? Here's another nine, which saw Vanessa Selbst chip as much as nearly 10 million via a sequence of small pots, while Shak slipped to 1.8 million.
Hand 21: In a limped pot, Selbst led out for 150,000 on a K♦J♣3♥ flop and Shak folded.
Hand 22: Selbst opened for 200,000 and Shak called. Both players checked the 8♠5♦2♠ flop. When the J♣ hit the turn, Shak bet 200,000 and Selbst called. The river was the 5♠ and so they checked it down. Selbst's A-Q high was good.
Hand 23: Shak limped in at the button and Selbst checked her option. THe A♦J♣7♣A♥4♠ board was checked throughout the turn before Selbst installed a 115,000 bet at the river. Shak folded and Selbst took it down.
Hand 24: Selbst opened for 200,000, Shak three-bet to 600,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 25: Shak gave Selbst a walk.
Hand 26: Selbst did the similar for Shak.
Hand 27: Another limped pot. Selbst check-folded to Shak's 300,000 bet on a A♠Q♠3♣ flop.
Hand 28: Selbst opened for 200,000 and Shak called, only to fold to her continuation bet on a Q-5-3 rainbow flop.
Hand 29: Shak opened for 250,000 and Selbst caled. Both players checked the J♥6♥4♣ flop. The turn came the 5♠ and Selbst bet 340,000. Shak gave up his hand and Selbst took the pot. --KB
9:03pm: A TEMPORARY recapYou can see the primary 20 hands below, however the just one that actually matters after the primary 45 minutes of play is the only during which Selbst turned the tables. Selbst started out heads-up play by keeping the pots small. She won most of them, and only stumbled when she bumped into Shak's very disguised quad kings. That cost Selbst a little her stack, but not such a lot that she couldn't turn Shak the other way up and shake out his pockets when she played kings as straightforwardly as she could and got paid off for everything she had in front of her after flopping middle set. The chip stacks at the moment are reversed from where they were when Shak and Selbst got heads up. --BW
8:59pm: Hands 13-20--Shak pulls quads, but Selbst now leadsIn the hands below, chances are you'll just wish to take a look at the last one. It explains how the chips now look something like this:
Dan Shak: 3.25 millionVanessa Selbst; 8.3 million
Hand 13: Shak limped in and Selbst checked her option. On a J♠3♠A♥ flop, both players checked. The dealer put out the 6♣ at the turn. Selbst check-folded to a chance from Selbst.
Hand 14: Selbst limped in and Shak checked within the big blind. At the T♣Q♠4♣ flop, Selbst bet 155,000. The turn brought the T♠. Shak checked and Selbst checked behind. At the K♣ river, Shak checked again and Selbst checked behind. Shak showed J♥4♥ for bottom pair and the win.
Hand 15: Shak folded pre-flop and Selbst won the blinds and antes.
Hand 16: After the extent went up, Selbst min-raised to 200,00. The flop came down K♠K♣7♥. Shak checked, Selbst bet 210,00 and Shak called. The 8♥ came at the turn. Both players checked to 2♠ at the river. Shak bet 500,000 and Selbst called and let her mouth hang open just a little but if Shak showed her...pocket kings...for quads.
Hand 17: Shak raised to 200,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 18: Shak raised to 200,000 and Selbst folded
Hand 19: Shak limped in and Selbst checked her option. The flop was the K♥7♥7♠. Both players checked and saw the 8♥ at the turn. Two more checks to the 5♦ at the river. Two more checks and Shak's queen-high wins it.
Hand 20: Selbst raised to 200,000 and Shak re-popped it to 600,000. Selbst didn't back off and bumped it as much as 1.3 million. Shak made the decision. The flop brought A♦2♠K♥. Shak checked and Selbst fired out 800,000. Shak moved all in. Selbst snap-called with K♦K♠. Shak held K♣Q♣. The J♣ came at the turn. The river was the J♠ giving Selbst kings full and the huge pot.--BW
8.50pm: CountsThe approximate chip counts at this stage are:
Dan Shak 6,000,000Vanessa Selbst 5,600,000
Ms Selbst is coming back. -- HS
LEVEL UP. PLAYING 50,000-100,000 IN LEVEL 29
8:40pm: Hands 11-12 of heads up play--Selbst wins a large one
Hand 11: Shak raised to 200,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 12: Selbst raised to 175,000 and Shak called. On a 4♠J♣9♣ flop, Shak checked and Selbst bet 155,000. Shak, in his first display of aggression since heads-up play began, raised to 355,000. Selbst wasn't able to depart and made the decision. The dealer put out the 9♦ at the turn. Shak led on the pot for 500,000, and Selbst called. The river brought the 4♦. Shak put out a raffle of 800,000. Selbst announced she was all-in and Shak went into the tank. He rested his cheek on his hands, checked out Selbst for approximately a minute, and folded. Score the primary big one for Selbst. --BW
8:32pm: The primary ten hands of heads-up play
Hand 1: Selbst took it down at the turn for a min-bet.
Hand 2: Selbst limped in. Both players checked the J♦4♠3♦ flop. At the 5♠ turn, Shak bet 100,000 and Selbst called. The 9♥ came at the river. 200,000 from Selbst at the river. Selbst called with a 3 in her hand. Shak announced eight-high and mucked.
Hand 3: Another to Slebst, uncontested.
Hand 4: Selbst limped in. Shak raised to 400,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 5: Shak gives Selbst a walk.
Hand 6: Selbst min-raised to 160,000 and Shak called. The flop came out A♦T♠5♠. Shak checked and Selbst bet 140,000. Shak folded.
Hand 7: Shak called, Selbst checked her solution to the Q♥J♣4♣ flop. Both players checked. The 3♣ came at the turn. Both players checked again. The river was the K♣. Selbst min-bet 80,000 and Shak folded.
Hand 8: Selbst raised to 160,000 and Shak called. On a flop of 2♠T♣A♠, Shak checked, and Selbst checked behind. The 4♠ came at the turn. Shak checked, then folded to a 180,000 bet from Selbst.
Hand 9: Shak raised to 200,000 and Selbst folded.
Hand 10: Selbst Made it 160,000 and Shak folded.
8:13pm: Cards back within the airWe have an obscene amount of BBQ in our bellies and hopefully our two remaining gladiators are similarly sated after the one-hour break. Action has just resumed, and Poker Dog has taken front-row seat alongside Team Selbst. --KB
7pm: Schedule changeWe're going to take a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at 8pm. Join us, and Poker Dog, after the break!
6:55pm: Heads-up chip counts
Here's how our final two are stacked moving into to heads-up play:
Dan Shak 8,650,000Vanessa Selbst 3,025,000
6:48pm: Tyler Kenney eliminated in third placeDan Shak opened to 200,000 and Tyler Kenney moved all-in. Shak snap-called with A♥Q♠. Kenney was in rough shape with A♠7♣ and didn't improve at the 9♥J♥8♥T♣4♥ board. Kenney banks $170,000 - and a hug from Vanessa Selbst.
There goes to be a ten-minute break before we commence heads-up play. Approximate counts have Dan Shak with a 8.6 million to a few million lead.--BW
6:38: Kenney's river raise shakes ShakDan Shak and Tyler Kenney limped in from the blinds and saw a Q♠6♦5♦ flop. Shak checked, Kenney bet 100,000 and Shak made the decision. Both players checked the 4♥ at the turn. The river fell the 3♠ and Shak tossed in another 100,000-denomination chip only to look at Kenney raise to 325,000. Shak quickly folded and Kenney took down the pot. --KB
6:09pm: Selbst doubles, poker dog scored with assistTyler Kenney opened to 200,000 from the button and short-stacked Vanessa Selbst shoved for 1.2 million from the small blind. Dan Shak folded, but Kenney made the short call with A♥K♦.
Selbst was in bad shape with A♣5♥. Selbst's rail squeezed as much as the flop-cam monitor. Included within the rail is a labrador retriever service dog that has become the de facto mascot for Team Selbst today. One among Selbst's friends muttered, "Come on, poker dog."*
The dog will need to have done the trick. Selbst hit a five at the flop.
Kenney couldn't discover a king at the turn or river and Selbst is back as much as 2.5 million. --BW*Later immortalized in song by falsetto's Brad Willis.
6pm: Break countsHere are the 3 handed chip counts on the latest break:
Dan Shak: 6,950,000Tyler Kenney: 3,525,000Vanessa Selbst: 1,280,000
LEVEL UP. BLINDS 40,000-80,000-10,000
5:46pm: Shak looking unbeatableTyler Kenney came in for a raise to 140,000 and got calls from both Vanessa selbst and Dan Shank. On a 8♣8♥Q♦ flop Selbst and Shak both check-called a 160,000 bet from Kenney.
The 9♦ turn drew a check from Selbst, but this time Shak came out betting 250,000. Kenney gave up, but Selbst raised to 750,000. Shak made the call.
When the K♠ fell at the river, Selbst checked. Shak didn't think for long before moving all-in. Selbst wasted no time in folding and gave up the enormous pot to Shak.
Players are actually on a 15-minute break. --BW
5:40pm: Selbst takes it sans showdownTyler Kenney limped in at the button and Vanessa Selbst made it an extra 135,000 to head from the small blind. Dan Shak folded and Kenney made the decision. The J♠7♦6♠ flop saw Kenney call Selbst's 155,000 bet, which both players followed up with checks when the 3♣ fell at the turn. The river was the 4♥. Selbst bet 365,000 nevertheless it was too rich for Kenney, who mucked his hand. With that pot, Selbst is back as much as 2.3 million while Kenney fell to 3.8 million. --KB
5.25pm: Thomas Hoglund Jr. out in fourth, winning $120,000Tom Hoglund Jr., who has done an excellent job of staying out of trouble and stepping into the general four, could go no further. He's out in fourth, winning $120,000 for his week in Connecticut.
Hoglund shoved his short stack all in from the button and was called by the mighty towers of Tyler Kenney. Kenney also had the most efficient hand once they were showndown:
Hoglund: Q♥9♠Kenney: A♠7♦
Both players flopped pairs at the A♣Q♦6♥ board, but Hoglund couldn't get any more assistance on the 5♣ turn and the 8♦ river and that meant he was sent to the rail. -- HS
5.05pm: Rubianes out in fifth, winning $90,000Vincent Rubianes was with reference to a triple up, but now he's just about the money cage. He's out.
Tyler Kenney opened to 140,000 and Dan Shak called. Sensing that potential triple up, Vincent Rubianes decided this was his chance and moved all in for 155,000.
The flop came 3♣4♦2♦ and Kenney bet 160,000. Shak mucked, leaving Rubianes and Kenney to choose the former's tournament life.
Rubianes: A♦7♣Kenney: K♥T♣
At this stage it looked good for a potentially life-saving moment for Rubianes. He only had a couple of outs to vanish on turn and river. Howevever, both turn and river were horrible for him, coming K♦K♠, and that was that for Rubianes.
He is out in fifth for $90,000. -- HS
4:59pm: Selbst doubles through RubianesOn the shortstack and right down to 1.2 million in chips, Vanessa Selbst open-pushed for around 1.1 million with K♦J♥. Vincent Rubianes called her with 8♦8♣. From the rail came the decision of 1" Time Chip!"
The flop came down K♥2♥7♥, leaving Rubianes with only one out...until the turn came the K♠. The spread out yet one more out for Rubianes. It didn't hit. The 4♣ came at the river and Selbst doubled to around 2.3 million. The hand left Vincent with 150,000. He'll be all in before I hit publish in this post. --BW
4:50pm: Moving pictures
4:45pm: Shak seizes the chip lead, doubles through defending champOn Day 1 of this event, we reported a hand where Dan Shak, quite literally asleep within the small blind, awoke to ace-six and ultimately called his opponent's re-shove, doubling his stack. The hand again proved to be lucky for the brand new York City futures trader, because it just gave him a double-up through (formerly) second-in-chips Vanessa Selbst.
Selbst opened for her standard twice the massive blind raise to 120,000, Shak three-bet to 400,000 and Selbst moved all-in. Shak didn't waste an excessive amount of time in calling, revealing A♦6♥ to Selbst's 7♦7♠.
Although Selbst's pair hung on the T♥8♣4♥ flop, the A♥ at the turn left her drawing to just a single out as Shak picked up the nut flush draw. The river was the 9♦ and Selbst shed about two-thirds of her stack, leaving her on 1.2 million while Shak vaulted into the chip lead with over 4 million.
Meanwhile, Vanessa Selbst's normally enthusiastic rail have been temporarily silenced. --KB
4:36pm: Small flop, small(ish) pot for KenneyTyler Kenney opened for a raise to 140,000 and got one caller in Vincent Rubianes. The flop fell 3♦2♠2♥ and Rubianes checked to Kenney, who made a 140,000 continuation bet. Rubianes called, and the 6♦ came at the turn. Rubianes checked a second time, Kenney made it 325,000 to head and it was enough to fold out Rubianes, our hooded leader adding a couple of more chips to his growing stack. --KB
4.30pm: Five for itWelcome back to Connecticut, where there are five players still seeking NAPT glory.
On the general hand of the past level, the NAPT L. a. champion Joe Tehan was eliminated, ending his hopes of changing into the primary two-time NAPT champion.
But Vanessa Selbst, the one other player with that opportunity originally of the tournament, could still pull it off. She not just remains on the final table, she may be the chip leader.
The full counts of the remainder five are as follows:
Vanessa Selbst: 3,230,000Tyler Kenney: 3,200,000Dan Shak: 2,135,000Tom Hoglund: 1,590,000Vincent Rubianes: 1,550,000
Blinds at the moment are 30,000-60,000, meaning each small blind is now the equivalent of a starting stack on this tournament.
Reporting team: Kristin Bihr, Howard Swains and Poker's Brad Willis. Photography: Joe Giron.
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