Blinds are high. Van Marcus picked a hand and went with it. When Martin Rowe opened the pot for 6,000, Marcus jammed from the big blind. Rowe quickly called.
Rowe:
Marcus:
The flop hit both players, making top pair for Rowe and the nut flush draw for Marcus. The draw never came -- not surprising, since Marcus used up about a year's worth of good draws en route to winning APPT Manila. He was eliminated on the bubble after the turn and river fell and .
As a result, Vanessa Rousso's and Rowe's charities are guaranteed to receive a donation.
With play down to three-handed we are officially on the bubble.
Here is a quick recap of the remaining players charities:
Van Marcus - Child Fun
Martin Rowe - Save The Children
Vanessa Rousso - No Limit/No Profit Inititive
With a total of $50,000 being donated to charity on behalf of PokerStars.net, it seems that one way or another the children are going to benefit.
With both the blinds seeing a cheap flop of Vanessa Rousso led for 2,000 and was met with an insta-call from Van Marcus. The turn landed the and Rousso continued with a bet of 3,000, and again Marcus made the call.
The river fell the and both players checked with Rousso tabling for bottom pair which wasn't enough for the pot as Marcus tabled to move up to 31,000 in chips.
Vanessa Rousso opened to 4,000 from under-the-gun, and with the action on Van Marcus he sat there for over a minute before sliding his remaining 19,200 into the middle.
With the blinds out of the way, Rousso lined up the call amount and started chatting away to Marcus, "You did that whole I'm disappointed with my hand face, but I'm all-in thing".
Marcus nodded his head accordingly before Rousso open-mucked . As Rousso pleaded to Marcus to table his hand he mucked his cards and stated, "You had me crushed 80-20" as Marcus moves up to 27,000 in chips.
"Run so good," lamented Vanessa Rousso as she turned over against Martin Rowe's . "I can suck out." Suck out she did, hitting a queen on the river of a board that came . Rowe slipped to 26,000 while Rousso is up to about 32,000.
Martin Rowe has been raising Vanessa Rousso every time she is in the big blind. He did it again, opening for 4,000. Rousso snap-shoved for 15,300 and was called.
Rowe:
Rousso:
Rousso was in great shape to double up, but wound up with a chop when the board came to give both players two pair with a queen kicker.