Vanessa Selbst cemented her legacy as one of the world's best players on Friday, winning Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker in front of a large crowd of onlookers in the Amazon Room. Meanwhile, a close friend of Selbst's collected his own bracelet Friday evening, while a handful of other events filled the three poker rooms of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em
After overcoming a near seven-to-one chip deficit in the semifinals of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em, Vanessa Selbst overcame yet another big chip disadvantage in the final heads-up match to defeat Jason Mo and capture her third career World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Event #2 Results
This unique event kicked off on Tuesday with 131 players playing nine-handed poker, and only 60 remained after Day 1 action. On Day 2 all of the tables were six-handed, and they played until the money bubble burst at 16. Phil Ivey and John Juanda exited empty-handed, finishing 18th and 17th respectively.
Al Decarolis led the remaining 16 players on the penultimate day, and retained the chip lead entering the heads-up semifinals. Unfortunately for him he was unable to get past Selbst, who as mentioned overcame a near seven-to-one chip disadvantage to advance. In the other semifinal, Mo took on 2013 November Niner JC Tran. The two started their match close in chips, but Mo won a big race and was able to seal the deal.
Mo carried the chip lead into the final match, and started to whittle Selbst down. The Team PokerStars Pro was down to as little as 1.68 million, but came roaring back to claim the title. To her delight, not only was Selbst’s wife on the rail, but her puppies were allowed in the Thunderdome as well.
The match swung on Hand #63 when Selbst won a massive pot and took the chip lead. The turn was the case queen, giving Mo top pair and Selbst a set of queens, and Selbst called a big bet on the river. Mo doubled shortly thereafter, but was unable to chip up enough to even up the match.
On the final hand of the tournament, Mo moved all in for 2.535 million on the button, and Selbst called.
Mo: 9 ♦ 7 ♦
Selbst: K ♥ J ♣
Mo received no help as the board rolled out 10 ♣ A ♠ 2 ♣ A ♦ J ♠ , and Selbst locked up her third WSOP gold bracelet.
Only one woman, Barbara Enright, has as many bracelets as Selbst. The Team PokerStars Pro also has over $10 million in career live tournament earnings thanks to the $871,147 top prize.
Vanessa Selbst has once again written her name in the history books.
Already the highest earning female tournament player but some margin, Selbst has now also taken the lead in yet another category: World Series of Poker gold bracelets. The 29-year-old pro topped a field of 131 players in the 2014 WSOP $25,000 buy-in mixed-max no-limit hold’em, defeating Jason Mo heads-up to earn the $871,148 first-place prize and her third gold bracelet.
“There’s no feeling like having your first gold bracelet,” she told WSOP.com after the win. “But there’s no feeling like having your third, either. They’re all pretty incredible.”
Selbst is the first female ever to win three open events (Barbara Enright has also won three, but two came in segregated women’s events.) Only 63 players have ever won three or more bracelets.
“I understand why people want to talk about women and the achievements of women in history that way,” Selbst said in regard to people focusing on her gender. “Obviously, I would like to be considered in a conversation for the best poker player, not just the best female poker player. I think I’m starting to get there and people are starting to recognize that.”
As a result of the win Selbst’s live tournament earnings grew to more than $10.5 million, moving her into 19th place on the all-time live tournament money list.
This marked the second time that runner-up Jason Mo has fallen just short of winning his first WSOP bracelet. In 2012 the no-limit hold’em specialist finished second to Brian Hastings in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship.
This event featured an interesting structure in which players started out nine handed on day 1, switched to six-max for day 2, played day 3 four handed and then finished out the event in heads-up matches from four down to a winner.
Notables who made deep runs include Noah Schwartz (16th – $54,945), Calvin Anderson (14th – $63,158), Nick Schulman (13th – $63,158), Richard ‘Nutsinho’ Lyndaker (11th – $72,617), Darren Elias (9th – $85,342), Aaron Jones (8th – $112,752), Matt Giannetti (5th – $171,461) and JC Tran (4th – $290,622).
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