Excitable Italian Salvatore Giovanni has doubled up to 15,000 courtesy of Masaaki Kagawa. With the flop reading , Kagawa bet out around 7,000, and Giovanni called all in.
Giovanni:
Kagawa: a bluff-tastic yet still dangerous
Turn:
River:
Giovanni banged the table with such force and feeling that I thought for a moment he'd somehow lost the hand, but he had of course won it and got himself a full double up to stay in the game.
Chip leader and loving it
Negreanu: "Hey Juanda, how much you got?"
Juanda: "Like, 40."
Negreanu: "That's pretty good." Pause. "Me? I got 90. Ah ha ha ha ha."
Our current chip leader is one Daniel Negreanu -- he's still on around 60,000, the same as an hour ago, but former chip leader Dennis Phillips has dropped a few somewhere along the line, by the looks of it to tablemate Dan Heimiller who is up to 52,000.
Meanwhile more dinner appears to have been served, this time a choice of rice and chicken in a colorless sauce or some kind of bean-y, pasta-y stew. And free wine for all.
Joe Hachem made his exit just before the break. Devilfish raised to 1,500 and Hachem shoved for 2,800. Priced in, Devilfish called with and Hachem turned over a dominating , but a board later and Hachem was busto, while Devilfish smiled quietly to himself.
"Thank you for having me..."
Barry Greenstein is down to 8,500 and in a most fatalistic fashion is already dedicating the copy of his book that will be ceremonially handed to whoever does the dirty deed and knocks him out. Surely it's all about positive thinking...
Soren Kongsgaard has been on a rollercoaster ride. On my first circuit of the card room, I noted that he was sitting on 23,000. The next time I strolled by, he was in the process of being knocked down to 6,900 when Georges Hanna turned over on an board and Kongsgaard just mucked. A few minutes later and he'd doubled up to 14,000 with all in preflop against Steven Silverman's , the board coming out .
button in Safari
, Kagawa bet out around 7,000, and Giovanni called all in.
and Hachem turned over a dominating 
, but a 
board later and Hachem was busto, while Devilfish smiled quietly to himself.
all in preflop against Steven Silverman's 
.
