Jeffrey Gross raised to 32,000 on the button and Vanessa Selbst three-bet to 83,000 from the big blind. Gross re-raised all in and Selbst called with . Gross was ahead with and held up through the board.
The chips were very close and when it was counted down, Gross' all in was for 472,000.
Down to 16,000, Selbst busted two hands later with . Gross woke up with another big pair, , and scored the win when the board ran out .
Brock Parker started off by raising to 21,000 and Michael Drummond opted to three-bet him to 58,000. Parker put in the four-bet to 111,000 after which Drummond moved all in. He had Parker covered by just 20,000 chips and we got so see a massive pot right of the bat.
Parker turned over against Drummond's and we had a classic coin flip situation. The board ran out giving Parker the win in this first big pot. Drummond opted to use a rebuy chip and he has one more left behind while Parker has 620,000 chips with two rebuy chips behind.
Brian Hastings opened to 16,000 on the button and Jeffrey Gross defended his big blind.
The flop came down and Gross check-called 18,000 to see the turn. Gross checked it once more to Hastings who bet 42,000. A call from Gross landed the on the river. A third check from Gross led to a third Hastings bet. this one for 115,000. Gross called, but mucked when Hastings tabled for a flush.
Gross is down to about 100,000 with two lammers behind, while Hastings is up to about 540,000 with two lammers behind.
Brock Parker is off to an excellent start against Michael Drummond, leading with 960,000 (with two lammers) to Drummond's 320,000 (with no lammers).
Short stacked on his second lammer, Drummond shoved for 88,000 with and was called by Parker who held . The board ran out and Drummond's flopped pair felll to Parker's river flush.
Brock Parker is one step close to winning his third WSOP gold bracelet after he just defeated Michael Drummond in seventh place. After Drummond had limped the button Parker decided to raise it up to 35,000. Drummond was down to 175,000 chips and moved all in after which Parker made the call.
Brock Parker turned over and he was up against to seal the deal. The board ran out giving Parker a set of nines and the win in this match up. Parker will be back tomorrow for his Final Four match against Jason Mo.
On the final hand of the short match between Andrew Robl and Jason Mo we caught the action on the flop reading . Mo bet 70,000 and Robl opted to make the call. The turn was the and Mo bet 185,000 after which Robl called once again. On the river the Mo moved all in quickly and after some tanking Robl made the call. Mo tabled for trip queens and Robl mucked his cards.
Within 30 minutes the match was over and Jason Mo will be playing Brock Parker in the Final Four, his match ended in almost exactly the same hand.
The last two hands in the Jeffrey Gross vs. Brian Hastings match have been quite eventful.
First, down to about 120,000 on his first lammer, Gross called all in from the big when Hastings shoved on the button with the bigger stack. Hastings held against Gross' and a when a hit the flop, Gross was unable to catch up.
He decided to use both of his lammers, reloading to 640,000. From there he proceeded to get it in on the following hand with against Hastings' . The board rolled out , safe for Gross to survive and double to 1,280,000 (with no lammers). Hastings, meanwhile, cashed in his second lammer and is back to 320,000 with one lammer behind.