"He just lost a bunch of pots," Daniel Negreanu said as Shaun Deeb made his way over to the payout desk. We didn't catch the big pots and got there when he was all in for his final 500 chips. Mikhail Petrov started the action off with a raise to 8,000 and Deeb called all in. The acton got folded to the player in the big blind who called as well.
The flop came down and the big blind lead out for 4,000. Petrov called and on the turn, the , he decided to fold when the big blind put in another bet. Deeb turned over and was almost drawing dead against . Deeb was looking for a nine to make a straight but he didn't, the river was the and Deeb was done.
David "Bakes" Baker didn't make it to the dinner break as he busted in the last hand before. We asked Joe Poole what happened and he told us the following. "He had three eights with a king and I had three eights with an ace," Poole said confirming Bakes's bust out. Poole meanwhile is our new chip leader with close to 200,000 chips.
Todd Brunson was knocked far down but just regained some ground as he managed to tripple up his stack. Brunson raised to 6,000 and two players called, one of those being Phil Hellmuth who was in the big blind.
The flop came down and it got checked to Brunson who was all in for his final 3,000 chips. Both his opponents called and the turn was the . Both players checked and the river, the , was checked as well. "Nines up," Hellmuth announced as he turned over his . Brunson showed for a straight and he took the pot down to stay alive. Brunson is still short but has another shot at it.
Shaun Deeb has seen his stack chopped in half this level, and he's not looking happy about it.
His latest loss came when he was in the big blind and defended a hijack raise. Then he check-called bets on the flop, and the turn, before he check-folded the river.
The upcoming dinner break will come at a good time for him.
The Daniel Negreanu table is certainly one of, if not, the most difficult table left in the field. The Team PokerStars Pro has a bad seat too as he's out of position to Gavin Griffin and Shaun Deeb. This didn't hinder him as he took a pot off Griffin in a battle of the blinds.
Negreanu opened and called a Griffin raise en route to an flop. He check-called 3,000 before both players checked the turn.
The river fell and Negreanu led for 6,000. Call.
The Canadian opened and scooped the lot as Griffin folded.
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and scooped as Brown flashed the 
and mucked.
and the big blind lead out for 4,000. Petrov called and on the turn, the 
, he decided to fold when the big blind put in another bet. Deeb turned over 
and was almost drawing dead against 
. Deeb was looking for a nine to make a straight but he didn't, the river was the 
and it got checked to Brunson who was all in for his final 3,000 chips. Both his opponents called and the turn was the 
. Both players checked and the river, the 
, was checked as well. "Nines up," Hellmuth announced as he turned over his 
. Brunson showed 
and Negreanu led for 6,000. Call.
and scooped the lot as Griffin folded.