The final four players are now in the heads-up round of the tournament. Al Decarolis will take on Vanessa Selbst, while JC Tran and Jason Mo will battle at an adjacent table.
The winner of the Tran/Mo match will have nearly a two million-chip advantage in the final.
JC Tran raised to 85,000 in the cutoff, Jason Mo called in the big blind, and both players checked on the flop () and the turn (). The river was the , Mo led out for 155,000, and Tran raised to 405,000. Mo folded.
Hand #74
Matt Giannetti moved all in for 400,000 or so in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #75
Tran received a walk.
Hand #76
Mo with a raise to 85,000 from the cutoff.
Hand #77
Selbst raised to 85,000 in the cutoff, Tran three-bet to 235,000 on the button, and Selbst examined fellow short stack Matt Giannetti before calling. The flop fell , Selbst checked, and Tran moved all in for effectively 555,000. Selbst folded.
Al Decarolis raised to 150,000 in first position, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #72
Jason Mo raised to 90,000 from first position, JC Tran three-bet to 245,000 on the button, and Mo moved all in for an additional 1.09 million. Tran tank-called.
Mo:
Tran:
The queens held up as the board came , and Mo doubled through.
Jason Mo completed from the small blind, Vanessa Selbst checked in the big blind, and both players checked as the board rolled out . Mo rolled out , Selbst showed an identical , and both players chopped the pot.
Hand #70
Al Decarolis raised to 105,000 in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
JC Tran raised to 85,000 on the button, Al Decarolis defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Decarolis check-called a bet of 80,000, the turn was the , and Decarolis checked again. Tran bet 135,000, and Decarolis folded.
Hand #68
Tran raised to 85,000 in the cutoff, Decarolis called in the small blind, and Jason Mo defended his big blind. The flop came both players in the blinds checked, and Tran continued for 105,000. Only Mo called.
The turn was the , Mo checked again, and Tran tossed out 190,000. Mo folded.
Al Decarolis limped in from the cutoff, Jason Mo three-bet on the button, and Decarolis called. The two players checked it down as the board ran out , and Mo won with .
Hand #61
Mo raised in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #62
Vanessa Selbst raised in the cutoff, JC Tran called on the button, and the flop fell . Selbst check-called a bet of 85,000, then led out for 155,000 on the turn (). Tran called.
The river was the , Selbst checked once more, and Tran bet 260,000. Selbst called.
Tran showed , Selbst mucked, and Tran pocked up the pot.
Hand #63
Selbst raised to 60,000 in the hijack seat, Mo defended his big blind, and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was a repeat three - the - and Mo led out for 105,000. Selbst called.
The river was the , Mo fired out another 240,000, and Selbst folded.