Daniel Negreanu was in a wired mood earlier in the day. The scuttlebutt is that he had a very, very late night. He's slowed down a bit as we've gotten into the later levels. Losing pots to dominated hands can't help. Negreanu called a raise to 1,800 from the big blind and took a heads-up flop of . He checked and then called a bet of 2,100 from his opponent.
Both players checked the turn and the river. Negreanu showed down an unimproved ; his opponent turned over , having made a pair of sevens on the turn. Negreanu sighed and mucked, but he still has 40,000 chips.
Michael Tureniec just won a chunky pot from Dennis Phillips. On a flop of , with 25,000 already in the pot, Phillips bet 18,000. Tureniec moved all in for around 45,000, and after a long tank Phillips passed reluctantly.
Negreanu - excited
Daniel Negreanu is up to over 40,000 after betting the flop and then the turn of a board, eventually getting his opponent to fold. "Never leave home without a ten," he said cheerfully, flashing the .
"Time for a hero call?" Dennis Phillips' opponent asked. In a three-way pot that checked on the flop, Phillips called a bet of 5,575 on the turn and was contemplating calling another 7,000 on the river. The board showed .
"Who knows," replied Phillips. "Just hope that queen didn't hit you." He shipped in the chips necessary for a call, prompting his opponent to turn over for a flopped straight. Phillips is down to 85,000.
Three players, including Andy Black, limped into the pot ahead of a raise to 2,025. All three called the raise. Black fired out first, for 5,000, on a flop of . The preflop raiser made it 12,100 to go. He showed the after Black quickly mucked.
"You had a deuce?" Black asked. "You were ahead." He paused, then added, "I couldn't see how you had any of that shit."
The action takes us to James "Andy MacLEOD" Obst's table, where Obst, sitting in the small blind, is one of three players to put 1,600 chips in the middle before a flop of . All three players checked it through to the turn. Obst apparently decided this was the right time for a bet of 2,500. Only the big blind called.
The river was another small card, the . Obst fired 4,300 this time and got another call. He turned over and collected the pot after a grunt of disgust and a muck from the big blind.
Jelassi: Quick on the Draw
Ramzi Jelassi has exited after running out of chips after a hand against Lance Funston.
Raising from the button, Jelassi saw a heads up flop of . Checked to him, and he bet 1,900. Funston quickly made it 3,800, and Jelassi immediately threw in 15,000. This was a signal of committal - he had just 2,675 behind - and Funston just called. Jelassi was to the right of the dealer, and it became clear on the turn that Funston didn't realise how little he had left.
Jelassi moved all in, the dealer announced, "Twenty-six seventy-five," and Funston toyed with his 5k chips until it was made clear it was just 2,675 to call. "I had to think about 26,000," he added. He did call, with , which stayed good against Jelassi's .
Seidel: shortstack to nostack
A crowd pleasing, threeway all in just saw the last of Erik Seidel. Seidel had moved all in from the button after JJ Liu limped from under-the-gun. He probably wasn't expecting a third party to move all in over the top, or for JJ Liu to call her entire stack in too...
Seidel:
The re-raiser:
JJ Liu:
Neighbour Hougaard said, "Oh, that's dirty! Limping in... I think she was trying to trap you, Erik!"
He could only smile and shrug as the board came out . He then shook hands and left.