Four players saw the flop come down with 140,000 chips in the middle on the feature table. Those four players included Tom Rafferty, Daniel Negreanu, Manuel Hansimikali and Roland de Wolfe. Action checked around in that order to see the turn bring the .
Action checked on the turn to de Wolfe and he fired 70,000. After Rafferty folded, Negreanu took a minute and then moved all in for 338,000. Hansimikali got out of the way and de Wolfe asked for a count. "Just so you know, I'm not slow-rolling you," said de Wolfe. He was told the all-in bet was for 338,000 and then he made the call after another few seconds.
When the handds were turned over, Negreanu held the for a queen-high straight against the for de Wolfe. De Wolfe had a pair of aces and a royal flush draw so he wasn't dead just yet. The river completed the board with the and although de Wolfe made two pair, Negreanu's straight won the pot. He doubled up to 744,000 while de Wolfe dropped back under 500,000.
Negreanu turned his head around and shouted, "Hey! See that!" to Amanda Leatherman who showed up oh so timely to see his double. "I doubled up!" he said with two thumbs up. Leatherman clapped her hands with a big smile on her face.
Jonathan Karamalikis opened to 35,000 from the hijack only to have Heinz Kamutzki move all in for 158,000. Once the blinds passed, Karamalikis made the call.
Karamalikis:
Kamutzki:
Fortunately for Kamutzki, the board ran out to see Kamutzki double to 340,000 as Karamalikis slips to 850,000.
From the cutoff seat, Ben McLean raised to 32,000. Tom Rafferty was on the button and three-bet to 78,000. Play folded through the blinds and back to McLean. He four-bet up to 187,000. Immediately, Rafferty asked how much more the raise was for. He got the information he asked for and then thought for a minute before folding.
George Moussa opened to 28,000 with Reza Vakili making the call in the cutoff before Inwook Choi three-bet to 70,000 from the button.
Moussa passed, by Vakili moved all in for roughly 660,000 with Choi making the call for his tournament life.
Vakili:
Choi:
With Choi slightly with the advantage, the saw him collect top pair while giving Vakili a gutshot and flush draw.
Unfortunately for the PokerStars.net Online Qualifier, the would spike on the turn to end his tournament, and when the landed on the river, Choi was forced to exit in 13th place as Vakili soared to 1,100,000 in chips.