Daniel Negreanu and a short stacked opponent got in a raising war preflop that saw all the chips get in the middle. The cards were flipped, and Negreanu was a big underdog.
Opponent: 
Negreanu: 
The flop brought no help, coming 
. But the 
came on the turn, rocketing Negreanu into the lead. The river fell the 
, and Negreanu claimed another bounty, as he upped his stack to 208,000.
Level: 12
Limits: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
The player in the hijack raised and Josh Arieh called from the small blind. Both players checked on the 
flop and Arieh bet when the 
hit the turn. His opponent made the call and both players checked again when the 
hit the river. Arieh turned over 
for an ace-high flush but only managed to get one bet out of his opponent post-flop. Nevertheless, Arieh has a fairly nice stack at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,500
-45,500
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-45,500 |
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Just before the last level up, an under-the-gun-player raised, Ari Engel three-bet from the cutoff, and Steve Landfish opted for a four-bet from the button. The UTG player went ahead with the cap, and both his opponents made the call.
When the flop came down 
, UTG led out and both opponents called, which is the same action that occurred on the 
turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, UTG bet, Engel called, and Landfish got out of the way. The UTG player revealed 
, but it was no good against the 
full house of Engel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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Eric Lindgren raised all in under the gun for 2,900 total, and it folded around to Brett Richey in the small blind. He raised, and Brock Parker called in the big blind. The flop came out 
, and Richey got his last 4,700 in against Parker and all the cards were flipped.
Lindgren:
Richey:
Parker: 
Lindgren had top pair, Parker had second pair, and Richey needed some help. The turn and river came the 
, and Lindgren tripled up, with Parker collecting the side pot and knocking out Richey.
On the next hand hand, Lindgren and Andre Akkari got in a raising war in the blinds that saw Lindgren put his newly won chips on the line. Unfortunately for Lindgren, he was dominated.
Lindgren: 
Akkari: 
The board ran out 
, and Akkari scooped the pot to up his stack to 43,000.
Isaac Haxton raised from middle position and was called by Sergey Rybachenko in the small blind. Rybachenko then check-called bets on every street as the board ran out 
, only to muck when Haxton confidently flipped over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
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|
71,000
44,300
|
44,300 |
Matt Hawrilenko raised from middle position and Chau Giang three-bet on the button. Hawrilenko made the call and check-called on all three streets of the 
board. Giang turned over 
for top pair which was good as Hawrilenko mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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|
49,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
The always aggressive Mikhail Smirnov raised on the button and Antoine Saout re-raised from the small blind. Smirnov made it three bets and Saout made the call. On all three streets of the board, Saout checked first followed by a Smirnov bet. On each street, Saout’s action afterwards was different. On the flop, Saout just called, on the turn he raised and Smirnov called. On the river, Saout tank folded which gave Smirnov the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
126,000
42,900
|
42,900 |
|
34,800
-10,700
|
-10,700 |
Daniel Negreanu's table was just broken, and as they were getting their new seats, we were discussing the fact that there were two empty seats at Carlos Mortensen's table. Sure enough, Negreanu took the seat three to Mortensen's left, and it should provide for some potential fireworks, as Negreanu and Mortensen are the only players over 200,000 by our counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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