Giovanni Safina raised to 18,000 with the . JC Tran called on the button with the . Tony G called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down a monotone . Tony G checked and Safina checked. Tran bet 20,000 and Tony G folded. Safina check-raised to 50,000 nd won the pot with a solid move.
Ian Frazer raised to 17,000 with the and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind with the .
The flop hit Negreanu and put him in the lead when it came . Negreanu check-raised a bet of 22,000 from Frazer to 72,000. Frazer folded and Negreanu scooped the pot.
Ian Frazer and Daniel Negreanu just saw a flop come down . Negreanu flopped a flush with the and Frazer had an open-ended straight flush draw with the . Negreanu bet and Frazer simply folded his hand. The commentators couldn't believe this just happened.
Luke Schwartz raised the button with the . Giovanni Safina was in the small blind with the and called and then Daniel Negreanu called with the from the big blind.
The flop came down and everyone got a little piece of it, but action checked around.
The turn was the and Safina checked. Negreanu bet 50,000 and Schwartz called with his two pair. Safina folded.
The river was the and Negreanu checked. Schwartz bet 50,000 and Negreanu called, but only to lose to Schwartz's two pair.
Luke Schwartz raised to 23,000 with the and JC Tran called from the big blind with the . Phil Laak argued that Tran should have raised all in or folded given his small stack size. He then stated that it might be a stop-n-go play.
The flop came down and Tran checked. Schwartz bet 28,000 and Tran mucked.
Action folded to Tony G in the small blind and he raised all in for 141,000 holding the . Luke Schwartz was in the big blind with the and tank-folded, showing the table what he folded.
JC tran fired the turn holding on a board of into Luke Schwartz who held two pair with the . Schwartz just flat-called the bet.
The river was the and Tran picked up a pair of sixes. Now with some better showdown value, he checked to Schwartz. Schwartz bet enough to put Tran all in and Tran made the call after a while in the tank. Schwartz tabled the best hand, having got Tran to put all of his chips in with the worst of it after the final card had been dealt on board and sent Tran to the rail. Schwartz moved up to 820,000 chips.
Luke Schwartz raised with the and then Daniel Negreanu reraised with the . Tony G looked down at the and moved all in. Schwartz folded and Negreanu snap-called. All of this happened very fast within a few moments of JC Tran exiting the tournament.
The board ran out and that was it for Tony G. He did earn four points and $8,000 for his finish. Tony G hopped on his own bike and rode out of the tournament area after losing.