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Steve O'Dwyer raised to 95,000 under the gun with 
and Daniel Negreanu called to his immediate left with 
. Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody called from the button with 
and the flop brought 
.
O'Dwyer checked to Negreanu who bet 174,000 and Cody folded. O'Dwyer called and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked and the river, the 
, was checked as well.
Negreanu showed and took down this pot. A diamond on the turn or river would've made this hand a whole lot different as both Negreanu and O'Dwyer would've made a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
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|
3,600,000 | |
|
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Jason Mercier opened to 80,000 from the cutoff with 
, Andrew Pantling called on the button with 
, and both blinds released. The flop fell 
, Mercier continued for 85,000, and Pantling moved all in for around 700,000.
Mercier snap-mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
670,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
||
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier moved all in under the gun plus two for 585,000 and all his opponents folded. Mercier is still the short stack with seven players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 95,000 in the cutoff with 
, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 254,000 on his direct left with 
, and the action folded back to the American-Irishman.
O'Dwyer sat quietly with his left hand covering his mouth, then reached for chips, four-betting to 690,000. Negreanu quickly called.
The dealer fanned 
, both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. The two checked again.
The river was the , O'Dwyer checked a third time, and Negreanu checked behind. O'Dwyer opened his hand, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,689,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,216,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
|
|
2,833,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,424,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,211,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
|
||
|
933,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
620,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
Daniel Negreanu opened to 84,000 from early position with , Jason Mercier three-bet jammed for 615,000 from the small blind with 
, and Negreanu snap-called.
Mercier flopped trips when the dealer fanned 
, and successfully doubled when the turn and river came 
, respectively.
The American now has around 1.25 million chips, while the Canadian dropped down to 2.2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
633,000
|
633,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,350,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
|
||
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden raised to 85,000 under the gun plus one and Andrew Pantling called from the button. The flop brought 
and both players checked.
On the turn the 
hit and Lodden bet 105,000. This was enough to take down the pot a Pantling folded his 
. Lodden had 
and missed the board as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
|
||
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 95,000 from under the gun plus two and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu called from the cutoff. Noah Schwartz three-bet from the button to 265,000. The action was folded back to Negreanu who moved all in and Schwartz called for 1,025,000 total.
Negreanu:
Schwartz:
The board ran out 
and the pot was split.
