Vanessa Selbst opened for 400 under the gun, and a player in the hijack made it 900 to go. Everyone else folded, and Selbst called.
The players took in a flop, and Selbst check-called 1,125. Both players checked through a turn and river, and Selbst rolled over the for a turned flush that was counterfeited by the four-flush board on the river. Still, the nine of diamonds was good enough to earn this pot, as her opponent mucked his cards.
According to Eric Crain, Phil Hellmuth got all of his chips in with a double gutshot straight draw, but his opponent had a set. Hellmuth didn't improve, and he's been eliminated from the tournament.
Paul Volpe just took down another pot and is rapidly climbing the counts. We didn't catch all the action but we do know that on a board a player in middle position checked and Volpe bet, though we're not sure of how much. What we do know is the middle-position player check-raised all in for 8,375 more and Volpe called.
Volpe:
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Volpe was ahead with his pair of aces, but his opponent had both straight and flush draws. Much to Volpe's good fortune, the river blanked and he was able to chip up to 36,000.
We'll have a new champion in the $2,500 Eight-Game Mix as last year's winner, David "ODB" Baker, was recently eliminated.
We didn't catch all the details surrounding Baker's demise, but we do know that he was crippled by Allen Kessler in a hand of Stud when the "Chainsaw" made a flush on a board.
A few minutes later Baker was dispatched while playing the same game against Thomas "Thunder" Keller, who you may remember as the man who defeated Martin De Knijff heads up in the 2004 WSOP Event #13 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $382,020. We're not sure of Baker's hand but we do know Keller had made an ace-high diamond flush.
Meanwhile, Kyle Julius has been eliminated from the tournament.
We found Amnon Filippi involved in a large Stud Hi/Lo pot with a four on board against an opponent showing mostly high cards. Filippi was betting the whole way, and fired a final bet on seventh street, which his opponent called. Filippi showed a set of fours to take the pot.
As we were on our last pass through the room for chip counts we happened to see the great Phil Ivey double. We arrived at the end of the hand to see the dealer counting out chips. Ivey had laid out in front of him on a board while his opponent's hand had already been mucked. It was a nice double for the nine-time bracelet winner as he now sits with a stack of 17,000.
Meanwhile, 2007 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Tom Schneider and online legend Andrew Robl have been eliminated.