Shamus
Stanley Statkiewicz just took a pot of 180,000 or so from Vanessa Selbst. He put in a big check-raise on the turn, and she folded. The board showed , and after she folded he showed his Q-J-9-9 with two clubs.
Statkiewicz has the chip lead now, and Selbst has slipped to third.
Shamus
Stanley Statkiewicz raised to 46,000 from the button/under the gun, Jamie Pickering folded from the small blind, and Vanessa Selbst called from the big blind.
The flop came . Selbst checked, Statkiewicz bet the pot, and Selbst reraised enough to put him all in. He called.
Selbst
Statkiewicz
Selbst had flopped top two. Statkiewicz had the diamond draw and his overpair. The turn was the , giving Selbst a straight. But the river was the , giving Statkiewicz his flush and the big pot.
Statkiewicz has moved up to about 825,000, while Selbst has slipped back to 1 million
Shamus
As we begin three-handed play, Vanessa Selbst has about 1.5 million, Stanley Statkiewicz has 380,000, and Jamie Pickering 311,000.
On the first hand of three-handed play, Selbst had the button and thus was first to act. She put in a raise, Statkiewicz folded, and then Pickering in the big blind asked her "Do you have anything at all?"