Registration is now closed in Event #27, which means we will be getting the prize pool information shortly. Meanwhile, we've been joined by two of the biggest players in the game, Phil Hellmuth and Nick Schulman.
On one of the first hands back from break Vanessa Selbst opened to 500 from middle position and was called by the player on the button.
On the flop Selbst continued with a bet of 600. The player on the button called.
The turn was the and Selbst bet again, this time 1,000. She was called by the button player again.
The hit the river and Selbst bet for a third time. She fired out 2,700. The player on the button didn't take too long to think before tossing his cards in the muck.
Selbst moved back over starting stack after that hand.
Jamie Rosen, who recently had a deep run in Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed), opened the pot from middle position by raising to 500. Tommy Vedes in the next seat over raised to 1,275. Action folded back around to Rosen who made the call.
The flop came down and Rosen checked to Vedes who made a bet. Rosen quickly moved all in and Vedes called without thinking about it for too long.
Rosen:
Vedes:
Rosen had flopped huge on Vedes and could catch almost half the deck to stay alive, but the turn and river were not the cards Rosen wanted to see.
Rosen was crippled on that hand but managed to double up on the very next hand with against the small blinds
On a board of Micah Raskin bet out 800. Ryan Olisar was his opponent and he made the call. The river was the . Raskin bet 1,600 and Olisar did not instantly call. But eventually he thought the price was good and made the call. Olisar had to muck though when Raskin showed the winning flush .
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David "The Dragon" Pham three-bet shoved over an open from Jason Wheeler, and the action folded back to Wheeler, who called.
Pham:
Wheeler:
The dealer fanned , giving Pham a pair of aces, but Wheeler improved to a set of tens. Pham was drawing dead when the turned, and just for kicks and giggles the completed the board. Pham hit the rail, while Wheeler is up to 18,000 chips.
Justin Young was sporting a full beard at the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker, but now he's down to just a mustache. He's also down quite a few chips now to Scott Baumstein.
Young opened the pot from the hijack seat to 450 chips. He was called by the player in the cutoff and Baumstein in the small blind.
The dealer put out the flop of and Baumstein checked to Young who bet 550. The cutoff player folded but Baumstein called.
The turn was the and Baumstein led out for 850 chips. Young thought about it for a moment but then called.
The river was the and Baumstein led again, this time for 3,375. Young went into the tank for a few minutes before he let go his hand.
Young let go of some chips in that hand but he's still over starting stack with plenty of chips to work with.
When we reached the table, Nam Le was all in and at risk for an unknown amount on a board of . He turned over , and was drawing very slim against Cylus Watson, who showed for a turned straight.
The completed the board, and Le was eliminated.
Watson, who finished 22nd in the 2012 WSOP Main Event, raked in the massive pot, and is now up to 60,000 chips.