This pot was limped seven ways to a flop of . Action checked to Roland De Wolfe who held and he fired 13,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko made the call holding and then Giovanni Safina called as well with the from the big blind position. After the turn, only those three players remained with the pot at 53,000. Just like yesterday, Timoshenko would need to make a sick read to not go broke here.
The turn was the and Safina checked. De Wolfe fired 45,000 and action went to Timoshenko. He studied the hand motionless and quiet for a little bit and then just made the call. Safina folded.
The river completed the board with the , a great card that might have saved Timoshenko. De Wolfe checked. This same situation happened yesterday with Timoshenko against Tony G, where Tony G checked the river with a set over to Timoshenko. After Timoshenko bet with two pair, Tony G raised small and Timoshenko got away from the hand.
Timoshenko tanked and even asked De Wolfe how much he had left. Did he know that betting here would be turning his hand into a bluff against De Wolfe? After a couple minutes, Timoshenko bet 150,000 to put De Wolfe all in. After a while, De Wolfe folded his hand.
The players have agreed to show all hands because of the fact that they can check the updates from us during the breaks. To make things all fair, everyone agreed to just turn up their hands at the end. Timoshenko showed the hand and stated that he thought De Wolfe had the exact same hand and that he was trying to push him off a chop. De Wolfe showed what he folded and was left looking sick about the hand.
Vanesaa Rousso raised from the cutoff to 5,00 folding pocket eights. Daniel Negreanu was on the button and three-bet to 12,000 with . Rousso made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Rousso checked again. Negreanu bet 15,000 and Rousso called.
The river was the and both players checked. Rousso won the hand with her pocket eights and scooped the pot.
On a board of , Roland De Wolfe bet 12,000 with the into Giovanni Safina who held the . Safina raised to 24,000 and De Wolfe called.
The river brought the and De Wolfe checked. Safina fired 25,000 and De Wolfe folded. The entire table got to see Safina's wheel when he turned over his hand.
Daniel Negreanu was in middle position with the to 4,000. Roland De Wolfe called on the button with the . Phil Hellmuth called in the small blind with the and Ian Frazer called in the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Hellmuth led with a bet of 6,000. Frazer and Negreanu folded and De Wolfe raised to 20,000. Hellmuth made the call.
The turn was the and Hellmuth had checked in the dark. De Wolfe bet 32,000 and Hellmuth called.
The river was the and Hellmuth checked. De Wolfe moved all in and ellmuth quickly mucked his hand. When the two showed their hands, Hellmuth saw he was beat. Then some of the players at the table even laughed at Hellmuth's hand.
On the flop of , Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet 12,000 into Phil Hellmuth. Timoshenko held the and Hellmuth held . Hellmuth decided to raise to 34,000 and then Timoshenko reraised to 82,000. Hellmuth folded.
Once again, the players got a good laugh when the hands were opened at the end.
Giovanni Safina - 439,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 423,000
David Benyamine - 320,000
Ian Frazer - 290,000
Vanessa Rousso - 272,000
Phil Hellmuth - 250,000
Daniel Negreanu - 221,000
Roland De Wolfe - 185,000
Roland De Wolfe raised to 11,000 holding pocket eights. Vanessa Rousso was in the small blind and held pocket nines. She three-bet to 30,000. Daniel Negreanu was in the big blind with two tens. He tanked and then folded his hand, knowing Rousso doesn't three-bet often. De Wolfe also folded his hand.
De Wolfe and Rousso both showed their hands as agreed on by the table and Negreanu saw he was ahead of both his opponents.