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Daniel Negreanu decided to get tricky and limped in with the . Giovanni Safina limped behind with pocket fours. David Benyamine raised to 60,000 with the . Action folded back over to Negreanu and he reraised to 300,000. Safina folded and then Benyamine went into the tank.
He debated if Negreanu had ace-king in this spot and Negreanu even talked back, mentioning what he thought Benyamine had. The raise from Negreanu was for just about all of Benyamine's chips. Roland De Wolfe sat patiently waiting, hoping he made the call and someone was either busted or crippled on this hand so he could move into points territory.
De Wolfe even thought Benyamine was going to fold at one point and opened his mouth. Negreanu immediately shut him up and told him not to say anything.
Benyamine tanked for several minutes, pained for every one of them. Eventually, he mucked his hand, making the right decision.
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko min-raised to 20,000 on the button with the . Daniel Negreanu called with the from the big blind.
The flop came down and Negreanu picked up trip sixes. He checked and Timoshenko bet 20,000. Negreanu put in a small raise to 48,000. Timoshenko studied and then folded his hand, not wanting to get anymore involved.
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 25,000 with the in the small blind. Vanesaa Rousso reraised all in from the big blind with the and Timoshenko folded.
With still eight players left in the heat and the blinds moving up every 21 hands, players will be forced to make some more moves and action should pick up.
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Giovanni Safina raised to 23,000 with the and David Benyamine called with a dominating hand, the . Yevgeniy Timoshenko ws in the big blind with the and gave a nice, long thought to his decision. After a little bit, Timoshenko reraised to 73,000, trying to squeeze out the other two players.
Action went back to Safina and he folded his hand. Benyamine under-repped his hand well up until this point and reraised all in. Timoshenko easily folded his hand.
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Daniel Negreanu raised to 22,000 with the . David Benyamine called with the in position and then Ian Frazer reraied to 50,000 from the big blind with the . Negreanu folded and Benyamine folded as well.
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That's the one!
Daniel Negreanu raised to 22,000 with the . Giovanni Safina reraised to 36,000 with the . Negreanu was in the cutoff and Safina on the button. Negreanu went all in and Safina called.
"Uh oh," said Negreanu immediately.
The flop came down and Safina stayed in the led. The turn brought the help Negreanu needed when the hit the board. The river was the and Safina couldn't pull off the resuck.
Negreanu doubled to get back in the game with the lucky turn card.
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Vanessa Rousso was on the button and raised to 25,000 with the . Daniel Negreanu was in the small blind and looked down at the . He moved all in for 164,000. After Giovanni Safina folded from the big blind, Rousso wanted verification on the price she had to call.
"What would yo do if you were me?" asked Rousso.
"If I was in your shoes? I'd beat me into the pot!" responded Negreanu.
Eventually, she folded her hand after a series of questions she asked Negreanu.
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Giovanni Safina raised to 30,000 with two tens, one a spade and one a club. Vanessa Rousso thought about it from the big blind with the offsuit, but mucked.
Safina qualified through PartyPoker and is leading the field here in the third heat.
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Giovanni Safina - 540,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 446,000
Ian Frazer - 352,000
David Benyamine - 305,000
Vanessa Rousso - 268,000
Daniel Negreanu - 186,000
Phil Hellmuth - 174,000
Roland De Wolfe - 129,000
. Giovanni Safina limped behind with pocket fours. David Benyamine raised to 60,000 with the 
. Action folded back over to Negreanu and he reraised to 300,000. Safina folded and then Benyamine went into the tank.
. Daniel Negreanu called with the 
from the big blind.
and Negreanu picked up trip sixes. He checked and Timoshenko bet 20,000. Negreanu put in a small raise to 48,000. Timoshenko studied and then folded his hand, not wanting to get anymore involved.
in the small blind. Vanesaa Rousso reraised all in from the big blind with the 
and Timoshenko folded.
and gave a nice, long thought to his decision. After a little bit, Timoshenko reraised to 73,000, trying to squeeze out the other two players.
. David Benyamine called with the 
in position and then Ian Frazer reraied to 50,000 from the big blind with the 
. Giovanni Safina reraised to 36,000 with the 
and Safina stayed in the led. The turn brought the help Negreanu needed when the 
. Daniel Negreanu was in the small blind and looked down at the 
offsuit, but mucked.