Daniel Negreanu opened to 36,000 from middle position, and he found calls from Andrew Lichtenberger (cutoff) and Eugene Katchalov (big blind) to go three ways to the flop. The dealer fanned , and a continuation bet of 70,000 chips was enough for Negreanu to take it down without contest.
On the next hand, Negreanu came in with the same raise, and this time only Katchalov called, out of position once again. The small blind checked the flop, and Negreanu checked behind. The turn drew another check from Katchalov, and this time Negreanu took his cue to bet 50,000 at the pot. Katchalov furrowed his brow and made a check-raise to 150,000 straight. Now it was Negreanu with a bit of a puzzled look, and he leaned over the table to eye up his opponent's remaining stack. Katchalov had about 445,000 left, and Negreanu slid out a tall stack of green chips to cover him with a reraise.
Katchalov quickly surrendered, and Negreanu is doing some serious work. He's up to about 2.25 million now.
We picked up the action on the turn as the board showed . Action was heads up with about 150,000 chips in the pot, and Tobias Reinkemeier checked. Eugene Katchalov fired out 105,000 chips, and he was eventually called to bring the two men went to the final card.
It was the , and Katchalov fired another 165,000 chips at the pot. Reinkemeier called quickly this time, but the news was not good. He showed up , but his two pair was bested by Katchalov's -- top two.
Katchalov is back close to 800,000 now, while Reinkemeier (the start-of-day chip leader) is all the way down to just 170,000.
From under the gun, Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 40,000. Sandor Demjan called from the next seat and the flop came down . Lichtenberger fired 48,000 and Demjan called.
The turn brought the and both players checked. They also checked when the fell on the river. Lichtenberger's beat Demjan's and he won the pot.
Bryn Kenney moved all in for 185,000 from the cutoff seat and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu made the call from the small blind.
Kenney:
Negreanu:
The flop gave Kenney the lead when the fell. From there, his two pair held up as the turn brought the and the river the . He's now back to just under 400,000.
Bryan Colin was in late position with a short stack, and he got his last ~160,000 chips into the middle with . Tobias Reinkemeier didn't have many more chips than that, but he went with .
Colin hated the flop that put him in a big hole, and the turn and river could not dig him out of it. Colin is out in 12th place, and Reinkemeier has nearly doubled up to about 340,000.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised from under the gun to 52,000. Sandor Demjan flatted from the next seat and then action folded to Bryn Kenney on the button. He reraised all in for 355,000. Lichtenberger reshoved and that knocked Demjan out of the way. After it took a minute for Demjan to fold, he showed that he was laying down two jacks.
Lichtenberger:
Kenney:
The board ran out and Kenney doubled up. Lichtenberger was left with about 600,000 in chips.