On the last hand of the level, the field bid farewell to Cory Levi.
Levi was one of the early risers during the opening levels, but his momentum cooled off in a big way as the day wore on. He was very short on chips when he three-bet shoved with and the initial raiser called with . There was a nine and a diamond on the flop, and another diamond apiece on the turn and river sent Levi off just ahead of the mass rush to the exits for break.
A player raised to 1,600 in middle position before the cutoff seat called, Daniel Negreanu called on the button and the big blind called. The flop came down and action checked to Team PokerStars Pro Negreanu. He bet 4,200 and everyone folded to give him the pot.
A player raised to 2,100 from under the gun. Two Team PokerStars Pros, Humberto Brenes and Leo Fernandez, called from middle position and the small blind called as well. The flop came down and action checked to the preflop raiser. He bet 6,100 and only Brenes called.
The turn was the and paired the board. The first player bet 7,500 and then Brenes raised all in. His opponent quickly folded and Brenes showed the .
Well, Elio Fox doesn't have 80,000 chips anymore. He has closer to double that now after dragging a monster pot just before a table break a moment ago.
Fox was kind enough to fill us in on the details of the knockout pot that began with him raising under the gun. He was holding king-queen, and he defended his raise to a three-bet from the player on the button. The flop brought two more queens for Fox, coming . He check-called a bet there, then check-called another bullet on a blank turn. The river was a blank too, and Fox took the lead with a healthy bet of 27,000. Mr. Opponent shoved in for just about double that, and Fox made the call for most of his own chips.
Mr. Opponent could not beat Fox's trip queens, and that big pot pushes Fox up over the 150,000-chip mark and into the chip lead, it appears.
Team PokerStars Pro Christian de Leon raised from middle position to 2,100 and the player in the next seat made the call. Action then folded to the player in the big blind and he reraised to 6,500. De Leon called as did the other player.
The flop came down and the big blind took a few moments before checking. De Leon moved all in for 22,800 and that knocked the next player out of the way. The big blind snap-called and tabled the for flopped quads. De Leon was drawing dead with the in his hand.
The turn was the and river the . The river jack meant nothing and de Leon was knocked all the way back to 5,200 in chips after paying off his opponent's all-in bet worth 17,600.
After a player limped in from middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu completed from the small blind and the big blind checked to see the flop. Negreanu checked, the big blind checked and the limper fired 3,000. Negreanu made the call and the big blind folded.
The turn went check, check after the fell and then Negreanu fired 4,000 on the river. His opponent made the call and Negreanu turned over the , playing aces and fives with the jack kicker on board. His opponent held the for a queen kicker and won the pot.
Eric Levesque opened to 1,600 in middle position, and he was called by only the big blind. Heads up, the flop came out , and Levesque continued out with another 1,600. His opponent check-called, and the landed on the turn. It went check-check there, and the big blind checked again when the completed a few potential draws on the river. Levesque went ahead and flicked out 6,000 more chips, and his opponent tanked and called.
Levesque knew his was unlikely to be good, and indeed, the small blind's was easily good enough to win the pot.
Levesque must have done some good work since we last wrote about him just a couple minutes ago, but this last pot erases those efforts and knocks him right back down to about 7,800.
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and the initial raiser called with 
. There was a nine and a diamond on the flop, and another diamond apiece on the turn and river sent Levi off just ahead of the mass rush to the exits for break.
and action checked to 
and action checked to the preflop raiser. He bet 6,100 and only Brenes called.
and paired the board. The first player bet 7,500 and then Brenes raised all in. His opponent quickly folded and Brenes showed the 
.
. He check-called a bet there, then check-called another bullet on a blank turn. The river was a blank too, and Fox took the lead with a healthy bet of 27,000. Mr. Opponent shoved in for just about double that, and Fox made the call for most of his own chips.
and the big blind took a few moments before checking. De Leon moved all in for 22,800 and that knocked the next player out of the way. The big blind snap-called and tabled the 
in his hand.
. The river jack meant nothing and de Leon was knocked all the way back to 5,200 in chips after paying off his opponent's all-in bet worth 17,600.
river. His opponent made the call and Negreanu turned over the 
, playing aces and fives with the jack kicker on board. His opponent held the 
, and Levesque continued out with another 1,600. His opponent check-called, and the 
completed a few potential draws on the river. Levesque went ahead and flicked out 6,000 more chips, and his opponent tanked and called.
was unlikely to be good, and indeed, the small blind's 
was easily good enough to win the pot.