Phil Galfond opened for a raise, Birinder Nijran reraised to 29,000, David Benyamine called on the button and Galfond called. The flop was . Galfond checked, Nijran moved all in and both Benyamine and Galfond called. The turn was the . Galfond bet 40,000 and Benyamine called. The river was the and both players checked.
Nijran turned up for a full house, Galfond showed for a straight and Benyamine mucked. Nijran won the main pot and tripled up while Galfond took the side pot.
Kirill Gerasimov 800,000
Brian "tsarrast" Rast 700,000
John Juanda 465,000
Adam Hourani 460,000
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond 400,000
Johnny Chan 365,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 330,000
Phil Hellmuth 320,000
David Williams 295,000
Eli Elezra 295,000
Emmanuel Sebag 290,000
Birinder Nijran 215,000
Chris Ferguson 200,000
David Benyamine 200,000
Evan Sofer 200,000
Sigi Stockinger 173,000
Daniel Negreanu 145,000
Nikolay Evdakov 134,000
Jamie Pickering 117,000
Ted Lawson 70,000
Players are weighing every decision with great care here on the cash bubble, as illustrated by this hand that took place prior to the break.
On a board of , Emmanuel Sebag checked, Eli Elezra checked, and then John Juanda bet 52,000. Both Sebag and Elezra called.
The river was the . Sebag checked, Elezra bet 40,000, and then Juanda pushed all in for 130,000.
Sebag folded quickly, but Elezra had to think about it. A long time passed -- perhaps as much as ten minutes -- and Negreanu apologetically called the clock. Elezra folded.
It was a limped pot, Daniel Negreanu and Sigi Stockinger seeing a flop of . Negreanu bet 16,000, Stockinger raised to 80,000 and Negreanu called. The turn was the . Negreanu moved all in for 37,000 and Stockinger called.
Negreanu
Stockinger
Stockinger had flopped a set of kings, but Negreanu turned the wheel. The river was the and Negreanu doubled up to 265,000 while Stockinger fell to 90,000.