World Series of Poker 2011 
/ Short-Stacked Shamus / 22 June 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Event No. 35 would take an unfortunate turn for Vanessa Selbst (Photo credit: PokerNews / WSOP.com)
There were a number of familiar faces sitting around the final two tables of World Series of Poker Event #35, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Six-Handed) event, late in the day yesterday. Among those still with chips with 18 left were Greg Brooks, David Chiu, Tom Dwan, Peter Jetten, Erick Lindgren, Michael McDonald, Jason Mercier, Chris Moorman, Vanessa Selbst, and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott.
Selbst -- the last woman to win an open-bracelet event at the WSOP when she won the $1,500 PLO in 2008 -- was challenging for the chip lead when a huge hand developed between herself and Greg Brooks. Both Selbst and Brooks have been tearing up the tourney trail of late. Selbst is coming off back-to-back wins at the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Events in 2010 and 2011, plus a victory at the Partouche Poker Tour last fall. Meanwhile, earlier this year Brooks won both the WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event and the €5,000 eight-handed PLO event at the EPT Grand Final in Madrid.
Unsurprising, then, to see these two run deep in an event -- and, perhaps also, to see them clash in a late, tourney-changing hand as well.
When the hand began, Brooks was the chip leader with just under 700,000, while Selbst was among the top five with more than 600,000 in her stack. As Ben Ludlow reported on PokerNews, the blinds were 4,000/8,000 when Selbst opened from late position by raising to 18,000. Steven Merrifield, at the time just behind Brooks in second place, called from the cutoff, and Brooks called as well from the big blind.
The flop came all babies -- 6c-3c-3h -- and Brooks led with a bet of 38,000, about two-thirds the pot. Selbst responded by raising to 104,000, forcing a fold from Merrifield. After pausing, Brooks reraised, and Selbst fired back by reraising the pot. By the end all of Selbst's chips were in the middle, and most of Brooks' were, too, the pot totaling about 1.3 million. The pair's cards were tabled...
Brooks: Kx-Kx-9x-3s
Selbst: Ah-Ac-Qh-3d
It had begun as a clash between aces and kings, but it was the lowly trey dangling in each player's hand that had caused all of the fuss here.
Brooks was in especially bad shape, about a 4-to-1 dog to lose the hand with two cards to come. But the turn brought one of the few cards that could hurt Selbst, the 9c, filling up Brooks and leaving Selbst needing an ace or queen to survive.
The river brought the 7h, Selbst was out in 18th, and Brooks had suddenly catapulted to a commanding chip lead with about twice that of his nearest competitor.
After two more eliminations -- Lindgren (17th) and Dwan (16th) -- play concluded for the night. Brooks was still atop the counts to start today's Day 3 with David Chiu in second and Michael McDonald third. Brooks continues to enjoy a healthy chip lead, but as his hand with Selbst well shows, things can change rapidly in PLO.
For reports on the action from Day 3 of Event No. 35, check out PokerNews' live reporting. And for live streaming from the final table, visit WSOP.com.
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