Selbst Pulling Away

Vanessa Selbst is starting to pull away and seems intent on doing as much damage during three-handed play as possible.

In a recent hand, Mike Watson opened for 110,000 from the small blind with and Selbst defended from the big blind with . The flop saw Watson, who was the statistical favorite, bet 125,000, Selbst call, and the peel off on the turn.

Watson picked up a gutshot straight draw to go along with his flush draw, and he slid out a bet of 300,000. Selbst sat for a long time shuffling chips before moving all in, and Watson, who had been sitting motionless, looked down and shook his head. “How could you possibly choose that size?” he questioned of himself.

Watson mulled over the decision for a minute before tossing his cards to the muck and giving up on the hand. With that, Selbst chipped up to nearly 5.9 million while Watson dropped to under 1.9 million.