Tehan's exit leaves Vanessa Selbst because the only remaining former NAPT champion on the final table. --BW
4.10pm: Shak finds some supportAfter a routine blind steal from Dan Shak, the audience across the ESPN feature table went nuts. It might was a marginally at the ironic side, but in the meanwhile Shak's appeal for supporters (see 3.56pm) seems to have worked. -- HS
4.05pm: Selbst takes challenge to other championTom Hoglund limped under-the-gun, which was a method of enticing the 2 former NAPT champions in from the blinds. Vanessa Selbst made it up from the small blind and Joe Tehan checked his option.
The flop was all diamonds: 5♦K♦4♦. Selbst bet 115,000, Tehan called and Hoglund folded.
The turn was the T♣, and Selbst again fired at it. She bet 170,000 and again Tehan called. This one was getting intriguing.
The 9♥ rivered, and Selbst wasn't done yet. This time she bet 290,000 and after a few minutes' thought, Tehan called again. Selbst showed K♠5♥ for kings up, and Tehan folded.
That gain of about 600,000 put Selbst back up very with reference to the lead. Tehan is the shortest of short stacks. -- HS
3:56pm: Shak's only fanAs a hand between Joe Tehan and Vanessa Selbst played out on the table, Dan Shak wandered over to the rail and stood in front of a quiet Nick Binger.
"I've got an issue here," Shak said. You're my only fan."
At issue was the quantity of cheering happening for all of the players on the table...except Dan Shak.
"I didn't think you wanted me to cheer," Binger said.
"It's either that otherwise you gotta find some slot players and convey them in here to cheer," Shak begged.
As of this minute, Binger has taken a deep interest in something on his iPhone.--BW
3:49pm: Chop bails Kenney outTyler Kenny limped at the button, which failed to seem in any respect scary to Joe Tehan. He shoved for 845,000 more from the large blind. After dwelling at the bet for a couple of moments, Kenny made the decision with K♣Q♥. 'Twas not the most efficient of choices. Tehan held A♦Q♠. But wait! What's that board? Well, sure enough, it went A♥K♠2♣J♠T♦ for the chop. Tehan was not best pleased.
As you were. --BW
3:40pm: Yup, that'll do itAs she's at risk of do, Vanessa Selbst opened for a raise to 100,000 and was called by Dan Shak and Tom Hoglund within the blinds. Hoglund led out for 225,000 at the 6♣5♥4♥ flop and Shak quickly raised to 600,000. The move folded out Selbst and after a short lived tank, Hoglund gave his hand up to boot.
Shak showed 2♥3♥ for the flopped straight and a straight flush redraw, worthy of the raise indeed. --KB
3.30pm: Shak at the riseBuoyed after picking up a couple of chips from Tyler Kenney when he hit top pair kings, Dan Shak again raised pre-flop to 100,000. This time he was up against Vincent Rubianes, who called from one seat to Shak's left.
The flop was Q♥2♥K♣ and Shak wasn't so keen. He checked. Rubianes checked back at him. The Q♠ turned and now Shak bet 125,000, which Rubianes called.
The river was 8♣ and Shak again bet 125,000. With a smirk, Rubianes thought through some of his options. Eventually he decided to call, but was shown K♦J♦ for 2 pair, which was good.
That's the second one hand in succession that Shak took with a couple of kings, and he's now approaching the 2 million mark. -- HS
3:22pm: Kenney exacts his revenge on RubianesJust moments after Vincent Rubianes stole the chip lead from Tyler Kenney, Kenney looks to have taken it back.
Kenney called a raise to 110,000 from Rubianes they usually saw a 2♦T♠J♦ flop. Rubianes led for 135,000 and located himself raised to 310,000. Rubianes made the decision after which checked the 6♠ at the turn. That opened the door to a 435,000 bet from Kenney. Again, Rubianes called. Rubianes checked the Q♥ turn. Kenney put out a big gamble (the quantity of which wasn't announced) and Rubianes insta-mucked.
Kenney now has greater than 3 million and the chip lead again. --BW
3:09pm: Kenney loses the chip lead, Rubianes tops 3 millionVincent Rubianes opened for a 130,000 raise and Tyler Kenney made the decision. Rubianes led out for 165,000 at the T♦7♠6♠ flop and Kenney looked him up. The turn brought the 5♠, and Rubianes fired a second time, making it 415,000 to move. Again, Kenney called (drawing his brother Bryn and friends over to the flop-cam to sweat the river). It was the 8♦, and both players checked.
Rubianes turned over two black kings and claimed the 1.5 million-chip pot. He's as much as about 3.2 million while Kenney slipped to twenty-five. million. --KB
2:49pm: First break chip counts
Tyler Kenney 3,275,000Vanessa Selbst 2,830,000Vincent Rubianes 2,435,000Tom Hoglund 1,345,000Dan Shak 1,235,000Joe Tehan 610,000
2.38pm: Break timePlayers are actually taking their 15-minute break.
2.35pm: Shak shaken down by HoglundFrom under-the-gun, Tom Hoglund opened to 100,000 but couldn't get it past Dan Shak, one seat to his left. Shak three bet to 300,000 and that persuaded all others out the way.
It came back to Hoglund, who moved all in for approximately 900,000 and Shak called, with something just about double that during his stack.
Hoglund: A♠K♠Shak: A♣Q♦
So Hoglund was ahead on the start, and he only managed to tighten his grip at the hand with the A♦6♥2♦ flop. The K♥ completed it in his favour, and he doubled up.
Accurate counts for the six remaining players could be with us momentarily as they go on their first break of the day. -- HS
2:29pm: Selbst ousts Overton in seventh placeWith the action folded around to him within the small blind, table short-stack Aaron Overton moved all-in and Vanessa Selbst made the decision.
Overton K♥Q♦Selbst A♥2♥
Selbst hit top pair at the A♣T♥6♠ flop while Overton found a small ray of hope with a gutshot straight draw. One in every of his four outs disappeared at the turn when the 3♥ fell giving Selbst a flush draw, and the remainder vanished when the 5♠ hit the river. Overton departed the table to polite handshakes all around, collecting $50,000 for his seventh-place finish. --KB
2.10pm: Steve O'Dwyer out in eighth, winning $32,230Steve O'Dwyer, who was right down to only 10,000 in chips on day three but rallied the entire method to the overall table, is the primary player eliminated today.
Play was folded the entire option to Vincent Rubianes within the small blind. He peeked and moved all in, essentially simply asking O'Dwyer if he desired to demand his tournament life. O'Dwyer saw an ace and decided that was ok. The hands:
Rubianes: Q♦T♠O'Dwyer: A♥7♦
O'Dwyer will know that the most productive hand pre-flop doesn't always stay like that to the end, and so it proved in this occasion. By the point all five cards were out - 2♣J♣Q♥Q♣T♦ - Rubianes had made a boat, which beats ace high most days.
Bye bye to Steve O'Dwyer. Rubianes has about 2.5 million now. -- HS
1:50pm: Hoglund doubles through TehanSeason 1 NAPT L. a. champion Joe Tehan came in for a raise to 80,000 and short-stacked Thomas Hoglund moved all-in. Tehan considered his demand a few minutes before deciding to take a shot with 2♣2♦. Bad news. Hoglund held Q♣Q♥. The board ran out K♥K♦6♥tc]4♦ and Hoglund doubled to only under one million chips. Tehan is now right down to around 600,000. --BW
1.30pm: Kenney involves the partyTyler Kenney, who has started this final table in a muted fashion (he can; he's the chip leader) finally put out a raise. He made it 82,000 and Joe Tehan asked whether he really desired to play, re-raising to 220,000.
Kenney was pretty emphatic in his response, raising all in. With dreams of a double NAPT title fading like Marty McFly's family in a tattered photograph, Tehan folded and taken all of them back to life. -- HS
1:26pm: O'Dwyer survives second clash with OvertonDown to 149,000 in chips, Steve O'Dwyer moved all-in and Aaron Overton made the call, this time having his opponent surely covered. Although Overton again had the most productive of it with A♣8♥ to O'Dwyer's K♦3♠, O'Dwyer hit a king at the river to make top pair and double as much as 367,000. --KB
1.15pm: O'Dwyer dives, Overton doublesShort stacks collide! Steve O'Dwyer had allowed himself to get a bit short and was forced to transport all in from the button. Aaron Overton was also very low on chips and so when he called from the large blind, it wasn't immediately clear who covered whom.
One thing was for sure, Overton had the most productive hand with A♥K♦ to Overton's A♣7♥. And once the tournament officials had done the requisite cutting and counting, it was evident that O'Dwyer had the larger stack. (Something you can have known because you're keeping track of our regularly updated chip-count page).
So it was Overton under threat and shortly it seemed much more perilous. The flop came 7♦3♦T♥, to hit O'Dwyer's pair.
But this one wasn't over yet. Once the 4♦ turned, Overton now had a flush draw too. And he was send bounding to his rail at the 9♦ river. "I USED TO BE all in twice yesterday with the nine of diamonds!" Overton bellowed in delight. He has a brand new favourite card.
Meanwhile Steve O'Dwyer is now right down to fumes, with only about 153,000. Overton returns to the placement of authority he has held for the past few days. -- HS
1:06pm: Rubianes won't. be pushed. a. round.Vanessa Selbst could possibly bully Steve O'Dwyer right into a fold, but she is coping with a special customer within the type of Vincent Rubianes. Selbst came in for a raise to 60,000 and Rubianes re-raised to 160,000. Selbst, perpetually undaunted, made it 425,000. Rubianes took only some seconds before moving all-in. Selbst snap-folded and Rubianes scored first blood on last year's champion. --BW
12:55pm: Selbst cuts down O'DwyerOn the third hand of play, the action folded around to Steve O'Dwyer within the cutoff. He installed a min-raise to 60,000 and Vanessa Selbst re-popped it to 215,000 total. O'Dwyer called and so they saw a 6♠9♦J♣ flop. Selbst checked and O'Dwyer checked behind. The turn brought the K♥ and Selbst thought for quite some time before selecting a 220,000 bet. O'Dwyer made the decision they usually went to the river which fell the 3♣. Selbst quietly declared herself all-in and O'Dwyer tanked for an excellent ten minutes, an audible sigh escaping his lips before he made a tortured fold.
"You're too good. I COULD NOT put you on a hand," O'Dwyer said as Selbst raked in exactly over 40% of his chips. O'Dwyer is all the way down to 585,000 while Selbst is sitting on 2.725 million. --KB
12:41pm: A GLANCE at your final tableHere's a glance on the final table players on their last opportunity to grin before putting on their game faces. --BW
12:35pm: Cards within the airAs expected, the over took it, but play is finally underway. --KB
12:30pm: Getting closer-erIt looks as if we'd be getting with regards to started. The gallery is full, the players have become their pictures take, and the media are on the ready. We'll be started in only a question of minutes. --BW
12:16pm: Getting closerSix of our final eight are of their seats and the opposite two are being miked up by ESPN. We'll set the over/under at a 12:30pm start (though I'd still take the over). --KB
11:26am: Final table to commence at Noon(ish?)We've said it before and it certainly bears repeating this morning-- if you are affected by a profound sense of deja vu relating to this final table, you're hardly alone. In a shocking repeat of events, Vanessa Selbst ended Day 3 of the NAPT Mohegan Sun because the chip leader, lost the lead on Day 4, and can arrive on the final table sometime within the next hour in second position. Today, Selbst is asking to make history not just because the first repeat NAPT champion (a tour that may be only five events old, mind you) but because the first player to win the similar poker major in back-to-back years. Remarkably enough, Selbst is not the only player at this final table pursuing a second NAPT title. Season 1 L. a. champion Joe Tehan is asking to do the similar. Either one of them can have their hands full, though, with an impressive group of challengers including Steve O'Dwyer, Vincent Rubianes, and chip leader Tyler Kenney threatening their record-breaking runs.
Today's final table may be filmed for broadcast on ESPN and as this stuff go, we're nearly a lock for a late start this morning. Cameras are being positioned, the felt meticulously cleaned, and the players are trickling in following their pre-game interviews. We'll be here with wall-to-wall coverage until someone lays claim to the shiny silver trophy and the $450,000 grand prize.
Here's a glance how our final eight stack up:
Seat 1: Joe Tehan (1,238,000)Seat 2: Thomas Hoglund, Jr. (541,000)Seat 3: Dan Shak (1,571,000) Seat 4: Vincent Rubianes (1,711,000)Seat 5: Steve O'Dwyer (1,032,000)Seat 6: Tyler Kenney (3,021,000)Seat 7: Aaron Overton (373,000)Seat 8: Vanessa Selbst (2,249,000)
Reporting team: Kristin "change100" Bihr, Howard "Horseradish" Swains, Brad "Otis" WillisPhotography: Joe Giron
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