The players have returned and the cards are back in the air, here's how the stacks look going into the third level.
Luke Schwartz - 562,000
Tony G - 496,000
Phil Hellmuth - 451,000
David Benyamine - 343,000
Vanessa Rousso - 267,000
Daniel Negreanu - 205,000
Roland De Wolfe - 76,000
Roland De Wolfe is back and now wearing his Darth Vader costume. Instead, he brought a Kermit the Frog mask and is wearing that. Things just keep getting more interesting here at the PartyPoker Premier League IV.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 28,000 with the and action moved over to Vanessa Rousso and she moved all in with pocket queens. Hellmuth folded and Rousso picked up the pot.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 12,000 with the and Tony G called in position with the .
The flop came down and Negreanu checked, not opting to fire a continuation bet. Tony G fired a bet of 20,000 and Negreanu called.
The turn was the and Negreanu checked again. Tony G went for two streets of barreling with a bet of 40,000. Negreanu mucked his hand, electing not to continue with it and Tony G won the pot.
Daniel Negreanu limped the cutoff seat with the and then Phil Hellmuth completed from the small blind with the . Tony G checked his option in the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Hellmuth checked. Tony G bet 6,000 and Negreanu folded. Hellmuth took a minute and then min-raised to 6,000. Instantly, Tony G reraised to 46,000 and Hellmuth snap-called. Both players then snap-checked in the dark. It literally went, raise, reraise, call, check, check within a few seconds and Negreanu thought this was hilarious and announced what just happened to everyone in the room.
The turn was the and then the river was dealt with both players having checked dark. It came the and Hellmuth fired 6,000, the minimum. Tony G almost immediately raised to 60,000. Hellmuth took a minute and folded and then Tony G showed him only the , claiming that he just owned Hellmuth.
Tony G limped in with the and then Roland De Wolfe moved all in for 88,000 with pocket aces -- . Daniel Negreanu reshipped for 208,000 with the and then Tony G folded.
The board ran out and De Wolfe doubled back to 195,000 and out of the gutter. Negreanu was left with 120,000 chips.
Tony G called Daniel Negreanu's all in with . Negreanu held two suited overcards with the . The flop was an interesting one when it came and Negreanu picked up a world of outs.
The turn was the and then the river was the and Negreanu made his flush. He was all in for 120,000 and doubled up to be back in contention.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 12,000 with the and then Phil Hellmuth called with the . Tony G looked down at the and moved all in for 279,000. Negreanu folded and then Hellmuth followed suit. Tony G picked up the pot and moved back over his starting stack.
Luke Schwartz - 529,000
Phil Hellmuth - 462,000
David Benyamine - 367,000
Tony G - 309,000
Vanessa Rousso - 277,000
Daniel Negreanu - 243,000
Roland De Wolfe - 213,000