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Rare misstep for Timoshenko
Tony G limped in with the and then Yevgeniy Timoshenko attacked the limp with a raise to 16,000 with the . Timoshenko has often been attacking the limps and did so again here. Giovanni Safina called with the and then Daniel Negreanu called with the . Phil Hellmuth folded the small blind with the and then Ian Frazer folded from the big blind.
The flop smacked Safina in the face when it came down . Tony G and Timoshenko checked and then Safina bet 22,000. Negreanu folded and then Tony G followed suit. Timoshenko had other things in mind. He thought for a little while and then raised to 67,000. Safina just smooth called.
One of the best cards peeled off on the turn for Timoshenko, the . It gave him an open-ended straight draw and he tanked again. He had about a pot-sized bet left in his stack and opted to just check. Safina fired a bet of 70,000 into the pot of 204,000. Timoshenko check-raised all in for 236,000 and Safina quickly called with the current nuts.
The river card was the and Timoshenko could've come from behind to hit his draw and was knocked down to a crippling 4,000 chips.
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Action folded to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind and he fired in a raise to 12,000 holding the . JC Tran called from the big blind with the .
The flop improved Negreanu to the lead in the hand when it came . Negreanu fired 16,000 and Tran called.
The turn was the , pairing the board. Negreanu check-called a bet of 24,000 from Tran/
The river completed the board with the . Both players checked and Negreanu turned up the winner.
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Ian Frazer - 345,000
Luke Schwartz - 333,000
Tony G - 322,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 319,000
Giovanni Safina - 315,000
Phil Hellmuth - 270,000
JC Tran - 260,000
Daniel Negreanu - 236,000
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Phil Hellmuth opened to 6,000 with the . Ian Frazer took this opportunity to three-bet Hellmuth to 21,000 holding . Everyone folded back over to Hellmuth, who stated, "God, I just want to play every pot." Eventually though, he folded his hand and Frazer won the pot.
There have been a lot of three-bets in this match so far.
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Daniel Negreanu raised to 6,000 from early-middle position with the . JC Tran just flat-called with the and then Phil Hellmuth called with the . Luke Schwartz called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down with the one card Tran didn't want to see, an ace: . Schwartz checked and Negreanu fired a continuation bet for 15,000. One by one, everyone in the hand folded and Negreanu picked up the pot with the worst starting hand of the bunch.
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Luke Schwartz
Luke Schwartz raised to 6,000 with the and JC Tran picked up pocket jacks -- -- for the second hand in a row. He three-bet his jacks again, this time making it 17,000. Schwartz made the call out of position.
The flop came down and both players checked, keeping the pot small. The turn was the and Schwartz fired 26,000. Tran made the call.
The river was the and Schwartz fired an overbet of 100,000 chips. Tran insta-mucked and Schwartz scooped the pot to move to the chip lead with 340,000 chips.
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On the board of , Giovanni Safina checked his heart draw with the to Tony G. He fired 30,000 into the 44,000-chip pot. Safina didn't go chasing hearts and mucked his hand.
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Tran and Hellmuth
On the flop of , JC Tran checked his to Phil Hellmuth who held the . Hellmuth bet the minimum for 2,000 and Tran called. Things could get interesting here as these two have had some history in the Premier League so far.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the and Tran fired 5,000.
"Nine-ten is good," said Hellmuth, calling Tran's hand and then mucking his cards. Tran didn't show and scooped the pot.
and then Yevgeniy Timoshenko attacked the limp with a raise to 16,000 with the 
. Timoshenko has often been attacking the limps and did so again here. Giovanni Safina called with the 
and then Daniel Negreanu called with the 
. Phil Hellmuth folded the small blind with the 
and then Ian Frazer folded 
from the big blind.
. Tony G and Timoshenko checked and then Safina bet 22,000. Negreanu folded and then Tony G followed suit. Timoshenko had other things in mind. He thought for a little while and then raised to 67,000. Safina just smooth called.
. It gave him an open-ended straight draw and he tanked again. He had about a pot-sized bet left in his stack and opted to just check. Safina fired a bet of 70,000 into the pot of 204,000. Timoshenko check-raised all in for 236,000 and Safina quickly called with the current nuts.
and Timoshenko could've come from behind to hit his draw and was knocked down to a crippling 4,000 chips.
. JC Tran called from the big blind with the 
.
. Negreanu fired 16,000 and Tran called.
, pairing the board. Negreanu check-called a bet of 24,000 from Tran/
. Ian Frazer took this opportunity to three-bet Hellmuth to 21,000 holding 
. Luke Schwartz called from the big blind with the 
.
. Schwartz checked and Negreanu fired a continuation bet for 15,000. One by one, everyone in the hand folded and Negreanu picked up the pot with the worst starting hand of the bunch.
and JC Tran picked up pocket jacks -- 
and both players checked, keeping the pot small. The turn was the 
. Hellmuth bet the minimum for 2,000 and Tran called. Things could get interesting here as these two have had some history in the Premier League so far.
and Tran fired 5,000.