Since the beginning of this $10,000 World Championship, David Oppenheim has been receiving a massage. From our observation, the same massage therapist has been working on him the whole time.
Steve Zolotow is currently at Oppenheim's table and is impressed with his massage therapist's flexibility. He stood up and tried to emulate her motions, shook his head, and sat back down.
Fu Wong fired bets all the way and David Oppenheim called him down. Oppenheim showed but mucked when Wong tabled () () for trips to collect a very nice pot.
Oppenheim has been travelling well this morning to increase his stack to 33,000 despite this loss, while Wong is now up to 74,000.
On third street, Daniel Negreanu completed with the . Shawn Sheikhan then raised showing the , which prompted a call by Negreanu. On fourth, Negreanu caught the while Sheikhan caught the . Negreanu bet and Sheikan called. The same action occured on fifth street when Negreanu caught the and Sheikhan caught the .
Negreanu checked sixth street after catching the . Sheikhan caught the and Negreanu's check was good. On the river, Negreanu made a bet, which was enough to put Sheikhan all in. Sheikhan called, showing ( ) for a pair of sixes. Negreanu showed ( ) for a pair of queens. Sheikhan made his way out of the tournament area.
At this stage of the tournament, most players would be focusing intently on building chips and making it to the next stage of the event. Daniel Negreanu is taking pictures with fans, signing autographs, and overall having a good time.