PokerStars Team Pros Do Battle
Team PokerStars Pro Maxim Lykov opened the action from the cutoff for 1,000 and received a call from Georgios Karakousis on the button. Fellow Team Pro Vanessa Selbst then came in with a three-bet to 3,100 from the big blind, Lykov called, and Karakousis got out of the way.
When the flop came down 
, Selbst bet 3,800, Lykov called, and the 
appeared on the turn. Selbst bet again, this time 8,300, but she couldn't shake Lykov as the Russian put in the chips to make the call. The 
river didn't see Selbst slow down, but she probably wish she did as Lykov wasted little time in calling her 17,700 bet. Selbst tabled the 
, but it was no good as Lykov had flopped a set with the 
.
On the very next hand, both Team Pros committed 6,400 preflop and saw a flop of 
. Selbst proceeded to check-call a bet of 4,900, both players checked the 
turn, and the 
completed the board on the river. Selbst then moved all in and Lykov couldn't fold fast enough.
Meanwhile, Mikhail Korotkikh has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,500 | |
|
80,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
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|
39,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
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Busted | |