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Marvin Rettenmaier is also playing this event and he just received a compliment from Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu pointed out that Rettenmaier is playing at a much higher pace than last year and the German pro responded as following.
"Yeah, but I've also been winning a lot less."
The players at the table had a good laugh while Negreanu managed to steal Rettenmaier's big blind.
Mikhail Smirnov is back in the hunt after he decided to rebuy. Smirnov is already up a bit from his fresh 250,000-chip starting stack but also managed to lose a pot to Faraz Jaka.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 4,000 and both blinds called. The flop brought out and all three players checked. On the turn the hit and Smirnov checked to Philipp Gruissem who bet 7,000 and only Mercier called. On the river the hit and Gruissem won the pot with a 17,000-chip bet.
A few hands later Gruissem raised to 4,500 from the button and Dan Smith three-bet to 16,000 from the small blind. Gruissem four-bet to 38,000 and Smith tank-folded.
The flop read when Dani Stern check-called 13,000 from Igor Kurganov. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and the action was checked again. Kurganov showed and Stern took down the pot with .
We just caught the end of PokerStars Team Online Isaac Haxton's double up. Haxton was all in with versus Timothy Adams' on a board. The river brought the and Haxton doubled up. After being down to 40,000 chips earlier Haxton is doing quite alright now.
From the cutoff seat, Joseph Cheong raised to 4,500. Mikhail Smirnov called on the button, then Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu reraised to 13,000 from the big blind. Cheong folded, but Smirnov called.
The flop came down , and Negreanu fired 16,000. Smirnov called, and the turn was the . Negreanu bet 27,000, and Smirnov called again.
The river paired the board with the , and Negreanu bet 52,000. Smirnov gave it up, and Negreanu won the pot.
Mikhail Smirnov is one of the players who has re-entered today and was putting his second bullet at risk when he shoved on the river against Philipp Gruissem.
The two players were in the blinds and around 160,000 had made it into the middle by the time the board rested as . Smirnov shoved from the small blind for 158,500 and his German opponent called after tanking for several minutes.
Smirnov opened for a full house and Gruissem mucked.
Last night, before Daniel Negreanu busted out of the €10,000 Main Event final table in fourth place, he took a big beat against fellow Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden. After the money went in preflop, Lodden's pocket nines spiked a set to crack Negreanu's two queens. From there, Negreanu just couldn't recover.
This time, Negreanu was the one with two nines cracking an overpair, so one could probably say, what goes around comes around.
From the hijack seat, Joseph Cheong raised to 4,000. Mikhail Smirnov called in the cutoff seat, then Negreanu three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind. This was the second hand in a row that Cheong had opened, Smirnov flatted behind and Negreanu three-bet from one of the blinds. Cheong moved all in for 51,000, and Smirnov folded. Negreanu made the call.
Negreanu was behind at the start with the to Cheong's , but the flop put "Kid Poker" in front. The turn was the and the river the , giving Negreanu the win and sending Cheong to the rail.
board with king-ten for a straight. Cheong mucked after seeing his opponent's hand.
hit and Smirnov checked to Philipp Gruissem who bet 7,000 and only Mercier called. On the river the 
hit and Gruissem won the pot with a 17,000-chip bet.
when Dani Stern check-called 13,000 from Igor Kurganov. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought the 
and the action was checked again. Kurganov showed 
and Stern took down the pot with 
.
versus Timothy Adams' 
board. The river brought the 
making Jaka a set.
. Negreanu bet 27,000, and Smirnov called again.
, but the 
flop put "Kid Poker" in front. The turn was the 
, giving Negreanu the win and sending Cheong to the rail.