Chris Ferguson raised to 25,000, and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop came , and Negreanu bet 75,000. Ferguson raised all in for a total of about 155,000, and Negreanu called.
Negreanu showed for two pair. Ferguson had for the diamond draw. The turn was the , and Ferguson was in trouble. But the came and Jesus was saved.
Ferguson is up to 385,000, and Negreanu still doing well with 820,000.
Daniel Negreanu opened for 27,000, Phil Galfond called from the cutoff, Emmanuel Sebag re-potted from the button, Negreanu folded, Galfond moved all in and Sebag called off his last 7,000.
Sebag
Galfond
The board ran out and Galfond took it down with two pair sevens and deuces. Sebag headed to the rail in 15th place and will collect $61,718 for his finish.
A short-stacked Evan Sofer raised to 35,000 from middle position, and Emmanuel Sebag called from the small blind. The flop came , and Sebag bet enough to put Sofer all in. Sofer called.
Sebag
Sofer
The turn was the and the river the , and Sofer doubled up to 155,000. Sebag has slipped down to about 150,000.
Daniel Negreanu opened for a preflop raise and David Williams called from the big blind. The flop was . Williams led out for 40,000 and Negreanu called. The turn was the . Williams fired out 60,000, Negreanu re-potted, Williams moved all in and Negreanu called.
Williams
Negreanu
Negreanu flopped a set of sevens and Williams had two pair and a straight draw. The river, though was the and Negreanu raked in the monster pot, sending Williams to the rail in 16th place.
After the hand, Negreanu was up to just over a million in chips.
Just after that hand with Negreanu, Brian Rast again found himself involved in a big hand, this time with Eli Elezra.
On a flop of , Elezra got all of his chips in the middle on a heart flush draw. Rast, meanwhile, held 2-5-7-8 for the flopped straight. No heart came on the turn or river, and Elezra is out in 18th.
Phil Galfond had just taken a significant portion of Birinder Nijran's stack, knocking Nijran down to his last 45,000 or so. Then the following hand took place.
Galfond limped, Nijran raised to 25,000, and Galfond just called. The flop came , Galfond bet, and Nijran called with the last of his chips.
Galfond
Nijran
The turn was the and Nijran's aces were still good. But the river brought the , giving Galfond a straight and the pot. Birinder Nijran is our bubble boy, finishing in 19th place.
John Juanda opened for 33,000, Emmanuel Sebag called, Eli Elezra called and Daniel Negreanu called. The flop was . Juanda led out for 132,000 and all three opponents folded.
Juanda is now up to 930,000 and is the current chip leader.