Daniel Negreanu and the recently moved Shawn Buchanan haven't taken long to trade blows. Buchanan won the first battle when he made a flush, but Negreanu got his revenge soon after, making his own flush with to crack the of Buchanan on a board of .
Jimmy Tran raised and then Kyle Ray three-bet. Tran put in four bets when it got back to him and Ray called.
The flop came down and Tran fired. Ray made the call. Tran then bet in the dark, leaving himself with 1,000 behind. The turn hit the and Ray just called.
The river was the and Tran tosses in his last chip. Ray made the call. Tran showed to scoop the pot and double up.
David Olson had been surviving with the short stack for some time now, but decided to commit from the small blind against Daniel Negreanu in the big blind.
The last chips were in on the flop of as Olson would need to improve with as Negreanu was in front with .
The turn was the and river the to end Olson's run in 16th place for $8,855.
Robert Como opened with a raise from the cutoff before Chris Tryba reraised on the button. Play folded to Daniel Negreanu, in the big blind, who put in yet another raise with both opponents making the call.
They saw a flop of and Negreanu led out with a bet. Como raised and Tryba reraised. Negreanu called before Como popped it up once more with both opponents calling.
When the fell on the turn, Negreanu gave up the fight, check-folding to the bet of Como as Tryba came along.
The river was the and Como got one more bet out of his opponent before revealing pocket fives for a full house. He collects a huge pot to fly up to 220,000 chips.
Daniel Negreanu knelt on his chair and yelled out, "Where's Ivey?!?!" over to the adjacent tournament going on a few tables over. "Oh, there he is!" Daniel yelled after he saw that Ivey had just moved tables. Ivey is down to under 30 players in Event #13 and going for another bracelet.
"I was just worried about my friend," Negreanu yelled over to Ivey. Ivey just smirked and stared over at Daniel.
Negreanu then turned to some fans and said, "I was worried about my friend, I want him to do well. Actually, I want him to come in second. Not win, but second. I have bets on him and against him. I need him to do well, but not win."
Franklin Kline Jr. has more than doubled up after getting his final chips in the middle with and watching the board run out . The nut flush is good as his opponent Tommi Horkko revealed .
Lonnie Hemowitz's stack dwindled down in the past couple of levels and he recently busted at the hands of Nikolay Lesov. The table he was at, table #72, is full of big stacks all around and the power just seemed to overcome Hemowitz as his opponents gobbled him up.
Matt Lichtie was down to his last 16,000 chips and tossed them into the middle from the big blind after Daniel Negreanu had raised from the small blind.
Lichtie:
Negreanu:
"I got my favorite hand!" giggled Negreanu and the board fell - incredibly giving the pot to Negreanu with just ten-high.
Lichtie departs in 18th place, collecting $8,855 for his efforts, as Negreanu jumps to over 280,000 chips.