Vanessa has definitely played the hardest of those who are left. However, she's made some extremely dumb moves involving Austin and the twins. She had the chance to take Austin out in week 5 and she didn't. She also had the chance to take Liz out this past week and she didn't. She could have easily convinced JMac to vote with her and those two votes were all that was needed. For some reason she seems scared to tick off Austin. She has to know she's a third wheel with Austin and Liz. She is probably hoping she will win the final HOH and be able to choose which of them she takes to the final 2. She's banking on the fact that no one in the jury will vote for Austin or Liz to win (expect for Julia). The problem is that she will have to beat both Austin and Liz in the final HOH, which will be tough. If one of them wins, she's is out in 3rd place. Why not align with Steve and JMac? Doesn't she have a final 2 deal with JMac already? I think Vanessa has a great ability to persuade people to do things her way. That makes for a great player. However, her loyalty to Austin has me questioning her level of common sense!