Ara Melikian Eliminated in 14th Place ($17,000)
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Vanessa Selbst opened to 38,000 from the hijack, and Ara Melikian three-bet shoved for his last 176,000 from the big blind. Selbst snap-called, and Melikian was in trouble as the cards were turned up. He was working with , but the lady's had his tournament life in jeopardy.
There was nothing to sweat and no queen for Melikian on the board that ran . That's going to be the end of his road, ushered out in 14th place with $14,000 to show for his efforts this week.
Selbst now has more than 21% of the chips in play with 2.47 million towered in front of her.