Selbst Escapes From Pre-Bubble Elimination

After a raise by Aleksey Ponakov and a call by Artur Rudziankov, Vanessa Selbst defended her big blind after having previously lost a big pot. The flop fell and Selbst checked. Ponakov continued for 9,000 and Rudziankov called, then Selbst check-raised all in for 24,700.

Ponakov reraised to force a fold from Rudziankov and Selbst was in desperate shape.

Vanessa Selbst:
Aleksey Ponakov:

The turn and river however completed a runner runner flush to let Selbst double less than 10 spots away from the money. Rudziankov said "if you just call, I am getting there also, I had ace jack of clubs."