We were able get to Daniel Negreanu's table just as three players were being shown a flop of . After a check from the the small blind, Negreanu fired out a bet, and a player in late position three bet. The small blind then check-raised. Which both his opponents called.
The turn brought the where again the small blind checked and Negreanu bet out. The other two players quickly made the call.
The came on the river and again Negreanu bet out, only to receive a call from one of the two remaining players in the hand. Negreanu exclaimed "caught it!" and showed the table .
These words were spoken by Phil Laak following a hand he just played. A player in middle position limped and Laak raised on the button. Chris Tryba joined from the small blind as the player in middle position called. On the flop, it was checked to Laak who led out. Both players called and the got checked around. This was the case on the as well and the player in middle position flipped up for top pair. Laak and Tryba mucked and both were down to below the starting stack in the early going.
After a very impressive third place performance earlier in Event #8 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em good for $274,005, Jon Turner is back at it again. We just found him raking in the pot with for the flopped nut flush on a board. He is off to a decent start in this event so far and is up to 10,700 right before our first break.