Vanessa Selbst made it 8,500 from early position and found a call from Patricio Rojas in the hijack. It folded to David "ODB" Baker in the big blind and he announced a three-bet all in for 119,00. Selbst wasted little time moving all in over the top and Rojas let his cards go.
Selbst:
Baker:
The flop came down and Selbst's ladies stayed in the lead. Fourth street brought the to the felt which left Baker searching for one of the two remaining eights to stay alive in the tournament. In the end, it was Selbst who made a set on the river with the , ensuring that Baker would be eliminated from play.
Selbst dragged in the pot and is now sitting on 607,000 in chips.
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy. Hurdy gurdy, hurry gurdy, hurry gurdy, hurry gurdy. PokerStars Blog takes a look at the remaining field at the 2014 PCA and finds a lot of people listening to death metal in their one hour of sunlight per day.
Andreas Kynsveen (seat 7) eliminated by Zo Karim (Seat 6)
Zo Karim raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Andreas Kynsveen called from the next seat over. Grzegorz Derkowski called from the big blind, landing a flop of to the table.
Derkowski and Karim checked to Kynsveen who bet 5,000. After Derkowski folded, Karim raised to 13,500. Kynsveen reraised all in for about 70,000 and Karim called immediately with for a full house.
Kynsveen trailed with , found no help from the turn or river, and was eliminated in 152nd place.
Chris Klodnicki raised to 6,600 from the cutoff and Dario Minieri three-bet all in for 42,900. Action folded over to Marc-Andre Ladouceur in the big blind who thought for a moment before announcing a call. Klodnicki quickly got out of the way and the hands were turned up.
Minieri:
Ladouceur:
Ladouceur was ahead, but Minieri found a glimmer of hope on the flop. Minieri was searching for a spade or a ten on subsequent streets to jump out to an immediate lead. Unfortunately for the PokerStars Team Pro, he found no help on the turn () or the river ().
Minieri was eliminated near the bubble while Ladouceur brought his stack to about 290,000.
Three brothers remain in the Main Event field at the start of Day 3, Max, Samuel and Lucas. They look calm and in control. Their parents, watching from the rail, are a little less calm, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Teams Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru are battling for a share of $100,000 in the Americas Cup of Poker. Find out more with the PokerStars Blog.
Amanda Musumeci was all in and at risk before the flop for her last 42,500 against Owen Crowe. Musumeci held and was racing with Crowe's .
The flop kept Crowe in the lead after it fell , but Musumeci vaulted ahead after she paired up on the turn. The table let out a collective gasp, though, as the struck the river, giving Crowe a winning set of sixes.
Musumeci made a quick exit from the tournament area and Crowe is now up to about 275,000.
Mike “Timex” McDonald got caught up in big money bubble action during the $100,000 Super High Roller. He explains the pain of playing one big blind on a $217k bubble. Click through to the PokerStars Blog now.
On Episode #196 of the PokerNews Podcast, the crew takes a look at the conclusion of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller, debates TV personalities, and discusses the PCA Main Event. They are then joined by 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson to talk about his goals for the year, playing in more tournaments, and to ask him a few questions from our Facebook fans and Twitter followers.
After a late position open to 5,000, Joe Cassidy looked down at his cards on the button. He moved forward a three-bet to 11,400 only to have the action be four-bet to 32,000 by Liv Boeree from the small blind. The big blind and the original opener folded, leaving the action back on Cassidy. He announced a five-bet ship all in 116,600 total. Boeree took a moment before announcing a call.
Boeree:
Cassidy:
Boeree took the lead after the flop fell and clinched the elimination after the and the completed the board. Cassidy made his exit from the tournament area while Boeree boosted her stack to 240,000.
and Selbst's ladies stayed in the lead. Fourth street brought the 
to the felt which left Baker searching for one of the two remaining eights to stay alive in the tournament. In the end, it was Selbst who made a set on the river with the 
, ensuring that Baker would be eliminated from play.
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to the table.
for a full house.
, found no help from the 
turn or 
flop. Minieri was searching for a spade or a ten on subsequent streets to jump out to an immediate lead. Unfortunately for the PokerStars Team Pro, he found no help on the turn (
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, but Musumeci vaulted ahead after she paired up on the 
turn. The table let out a collective gasp, though, as the 
and clinched the elimination after the 
and the 
completed the board. Cassidy made his exit from the tournament area while Boeree boosted her stack to 240,000.
