Brett Richey raised in early position, and Daniel Negreanu was the only caller in the big blind. The flop came out and Negreanu checked. Richey bet, and a second after Richey's chips hit the felt Negreanu had flung in a raise. Richey called, and the turn came the . Negreanu bet out, and Richey called. The river came the , and Negreanu bet out again. Richey called, and Negreanu announced straight, and showed . Richey mucked, and Negreanu dragged the nice pot to bump him up to 133,000.
Late in play yesterday, it appeared as though a short-stacked Erik Cajelias was all in preflop with against an opponent’s and doubled up to around 4,500. We didn’t catch what he ended the day with but were shocked to see that the chip counts had him starting today at 87,000! So before play started, we ventured over to his table to check his bag and there must have been some sort of error because he only had 8,700.
Anyways, Cajelais is certainly making a push towards that 87,000 now. We caught up with the action on a flop where Cajelias got check-raised by his opponent who was UTG. Cajelais made it three bets and the player called. On the turn, UTG bet and Cajelais just called. But when the hit the river, Cajelias re-raised his opponent’s bet and the player made the call. Cajelais turned over for an ace-high flush while his opponent had next best with for a king-high flush.
Darren Woods was just all in for around 5,000 preflop holding against the of his opponent. The flop wasn't much help to Woods, but the turn gave him some more outs. In order to survive, Woods needed either a spade, ace, nine, or three on the river. Lucky for him, the spiked and he doubled to around 10,000.
Carlos Mortensen has been known to construct some extravagant chip towers when he is making runs in tournaments, and we could be in for another treat today. We just went by his table, and he is already building a mini tower with his 1,000 orange chips, and by our counts, he's the chip leader at 170,000. We will be sure to snap a photo if Mortensen starts adding revolving doors or fountains to his chip tower.
Barry Greenstein raised from early position only to have the player in the cutoff three-bet. Greenstein made the call and it was heads up to the flop. Greenstein check-raised his opponent, only to have the cutoff three-bet. Greenstein made the call and both players proceeded to check the turn.
The cutoff then called a Greenstein bet on the river and showed , which bested Greenstein's .
We found Joe Cassidy all in and at risk against Mikail Tulchinskiy on a board. Cassidy held for the low straight but could only chop the pot with a seven on the river against his opponent’s for a higher straight. The river was the though and Cassidy was eliminated.
Alexander Kostritsyn came in for a raise under the gun, and Andrew Rosskamm put in a third bet. It folded to Daniel Negreanu in the cutoff, who announced raise and put in a fourth bet. Kostritsyn and Rosskamm came along, and they saw a flop of , and it was checked to Negreanu, who bet out. Both players called, and turn came the . Negreanu once again bet out when it was checked to him, but this time Kostritsyn and Rosskamm both folded, and Negreanu took down the pot.
A player on the button raised and was met with a three-bet from Alex Keating in the big blind. The button four-bet all in and Keating made the easy call.
Keating:
Button:
Keating was in bad shape to bust his opponent and needed some help. Unfortunately for him, he received none as the board ran out , allowing the button to double.
On a flop of , John Hennigan got his remaining chips all in against Daniel Negreanu. It was bad news.
Hennigan:
Negreanu:
Negreanu had flopped a boat and Hennigan was left needing either running deuces or eights. The was neither and left "Johnny World" drawing dead. The was put out on the river for good measure as Hennigan exited the tournament floor.