Mustapha Kanit raised from the cutoff seat to 160,000, and Jake Schindler called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Schindler checked and then raised to 385,000 after Kanit bet 145,000. Kanit folded, and Schindler won the pot.
From under the gun, Vanessa Selbst raised to 160,000. Jake Schindler reraised to 585,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Selbst and she gave it up.
Shortly after that, Mustapha Kanit raised to 160,000 from under the gun, and Selbst three-bet to 350,000 on the button. Kanit reraised all in for 1.03 million, and Selbst folded.
From under the gun, Rob Mizrachi raised to 160,000. Vanessa Selbst reraised to 350,000 from the next seat, and then action folded back to Mizrachi. He quickly moved all in for around 1.6 million. Selbst found a call and turned over the . Mizrachi had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Mizrachi was eliminated in fifth place for $389,720.
Greg Merson moved all in from the button for 640,000 and Mustapha Kanit moved all in over the top from the small blind. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst gave up her hand and the showdown went as following.
Mustapha Kanit moved all in under the gun for 470,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst called from his immediate left. Jake Schindler and Greg Merson did not fall for her trap as the showdown went as following.
Kanit:
Selbst:
The board ran out and Kanit was knocked out in fourth place.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst raised to 160,000 and Greg Merson responded with an all-in three-bet for 1,180,000. Selbst called and the showdown went as following.
Selbst:
Merson:
"I'm good at this," Selbst smiled.
"But I've got the dead man's hand," Merson quickly responded.
The tournament went on a short break to color up, and move some, chips and right when we got back Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst was shaking hands with Greg Merson and Jake Schindler.
Selbst had been knocked out by Schindler after she moved all in from the button and he called from the small blind.
Schindler:
Selbst:
The board ran out and Selbst was knocked out. Considering Selbst's stack she must've lost a big pot previous to this one. We will get you the update on that hand as soon as we can.
Selbst had an amazing week here at the PCA finishing third in the $100,000 Super High Roller and also going deep in the Main Event. In total Selbst cashed $1,400,220 at this year's PCA finishing in the money in all three tournaments she played.
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Jake Schindler has extended his lead a bit in the early hands of this heads-up match with 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson.
On one hand, Schindler limped the button, and Merson checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down , and Merson check-called a bet of 100,000 from Schindler. The landed on the turn, and Merson checked. Schindler bet 350,000, and Merson folded.
After that, a hand came up where Merson raised to 200,000 on the button, and Schindler called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Schindler checked, and Merson bet 225,000. Schindler called.
The turn was the , and Schindler checked again. Merson fired 350,000 this time, and Schindler stuck around with another call.
The river completed the board with the , and Schindler checked. Merson fired 450,000, but Schindler had other things in mind. He check-raised to 1.8 million, and Merson quickly folded.