O'Dwyer Tanks
On the third hand of play, Steve O'Dwyer raised to 60,000. Action folded to Vanessa Selbst in the big blind and she three-bet to 215,000. After a couple minutes of tanking, O'Dwyer made the call.
The two players took the flop of and Selbst was up first. She slowed down after three-betting preflop and checked the action to O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer also checked to see the fall on the turn. Selbst reached for chips and fired out 220,000. O'Dwyer made the call.
The river card was the and Selbst took a few moments. She then announced that she was all in, effectively betting about 550,000 to put O'Dwyer at risk. O'Dywer began to tank and tank and tank and tank and tank. We're not kidding when we say that he tanked for about 10 minutes before finally folding his hand. Selbst scooped the pot and is up to nearly 2.8 million in chips.