We caught up to find the board reading . Daniel Negreanu tapped the table and Brandon Adams fired 3,500. Negreanu called and the paired the board on the river.
Negreanu checked once again and Adams fired 8,500.
Negreanu continued to talk through the hand to himself for a moment before finally calling. Just as Negreanu had said, Adams rolled over for the straight. Negreanu let out a hearty laugh and mucked his cards. By losing this hand he is currently at about 45,000.
Well-known poker blogger Marc Convey had the opportunity to play in today's event, but unfortunately for him and all his supporters, he was never able to get anything going.
In what would be his last hand, Fabien Quoss opened for 600 on the button and Convey moved all in for right around 4,800 from the big blind. Quoss made the call and was behind.
Showdown
Convey:
Quoss:
The seemed harmless enough, even giving Convey a pair of fives, but the dealer burned and turned the to give Quoss a pair of kings and the lead. The river failed to provide deliverance, and Convey made an early exit.
"Everything that could go wrong today did," Convey told us after the elimination. "It was a rough one."
With approximately 17,000 in the pot on the board, Frederic Penel fired 8,500 into Timothy Adams. Adams put in a raise large enough to cover Penel's remaining stack, which was about 20,000. After a bit of tanking, Penel made the call.
Adams tabled the second nut flush with the , and Penel mucked. Adams raked the pot and shot up to 110,000 in chips.
Oh did I mention I had a pretty tough table. Hyper French dude to my right and solid talented players for the rest of table #justsayin #fbSeptember 30 2012
Bryn Kenney just raised under the gun plus two, and he was three-bet by Antonio Esfandiari who was sitting to his direct left. The winner of the One Drop event this summer made it 1,650 and Kenney called.
The flop brought out and Kenney checked to Esfandiari who threw out 2,150. Kenney reacted by check-raising to 5,475 and Esfandiari made the call.
On the turn the hit and Kenney quickly fired out 6,300. Esfandiari took quite some time, but eventually called. The river was the and Kenney quietly announced he was all in.
Kenney's all in was for a total of 14,425 and Esfandiari went into the tank. After a couple of minutes he made the call, and Kenney tabled for the nut flush. Esfandiari mucked his cards and was left behind with 21,000 chips.
We're not quite sure of the preflop action, but we do know that both Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and each put in 3,500 preflop to see a flop of . Wang, who was in the big blind, put out a bet of 4,500, Grospellier called, and the was put out on the turn.
Wang kept the pressure on with a big bet of 14,000, but he couldn't shake "ElkY". Wang then slowed down on the river and it was Grospellier's turn to come out firing to the tune of 17,775. Wang gave it a little thought before making the call, but mucked when Grospellier rolled over .
Timothy Adams bet 1,200 on the flop, and Elton Tsang made the call before action fell on Vanessa Rousso. She put in a raise to 4,000, which Adams opted not to call. After he folded, Tsang stuck in the chips to see the turn.
The turn was the , and both players checked. The dealer then completed the board with the , and Tsang fired 8,000. Rousso didn't take long to call, but she wouldn't like what she was about to see as Tsang tabled the for a turned straight.
"Maaannnn," sighed Rousso. "Really? A gutshot?"
"Double gut," replied Tsang. "Case my double gut."
After this, Rousso turned her hand up to show the for a set of sevens, but the dealer mucked her losing hand before giving Tsang the pot.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and an opponent were looking at a board of . Grospellier's opponent checked and Grospellier bet 1,625. His opponent slid out a check-raise to 4,625 and ElkY quickly called.
The hit the river and Grospellier's opponent moved all in for about 6,000 more. Grospellier's opponent showed for two pair but was behind the of ElkY for two higher pair.