From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,400. Action then folded to Casio Pisapia on the button, who has been doing battle with Negreanu a good amount today. He flat-called and then Menendez Matias reraised all in from the small blind for 28,700. After the big blind folded, Negreanu went into the tank. Eventually, he folded, but Pisapia made the quick call.
Pisapia:
Matias:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Matias found a lucky seven on the river to double through. Negreanu claimed to have folded on the hand.
We've seen Elio Fox playing very actively from late postion today, and it's forced him to fold to a couple three-bet shoves. Not this time. Fox opened up with from the button, and the gentleman in the big blind moved in for 25,100. Fox asked for the count to do the math, and when he learned the number, he quickly called with his covering stack and two live cards.
Showdown
Fox:
Opponent:
When the dealer burned and turned over the three flop cards, the suicide was shining right in the window. The all-in player picked up a heart draw on the turn of the board, but the river was the wrong color.
With the knockout pot, Fox works his stack up to about 130,000.
From under the gun, Felipe Ramos, who sits fourth on the Brazil all-time money list, raised to 4,600. The hijack seat made the call and everyone else folded before the fell on the flop. Ramos checked, his opponent bet 7,100 and then Ramos raised enough to put the player all in. The player folded and Ramos won the pot to move back over 100,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu bet 5,500 on the board and was called by his opponent before the landed on the river. Negreanu bet 8,800 and his opponent called again.
Negreanu showed the , but his pair of tens had a weaker kicker than his opponent's .
From middle position, Patrick Mahoney raised to 4,400. The big blind made the call and the flop came down . The big blind checked, Mahoney bet 4,200 and the big blind called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the land on the river. The big blind fired out 8,500 and Mahoney raised to 22,800. The big blind folded and Mahoney won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero was just knocked down to 11,000 after losing an all-in battle against Andrey Alexandrovich Lobzhanidze. Barbero held the and Lobzhanidze had called off his stack with the .
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Lobzhanidze the win.
Vincenzo Giannelli is one of the most likable men you'll meet in poker, though you'd never know it if you judged him solely on the towering, imposing presence that constitues your first impression. But Giannelli's heart is proportionally large as our friends on the PokerStars Blog recently discussed in this piece that's definitely worth a read.
We wandered over to featured table just in time to see Giannelli cap his cards with one of those turtle figurines and reach for raising chips. He made it 4,500 from the button, and Casio Pisapia three-bet to 11,300 from the small blind. Giannelli wasted no time calling the reraise, and off they went to a heads-up flop.
It came , and Pisapia continued out with 7,900. Giannelli instantly slid out an uncounted raise that ended up being 38,500, and Pisapia surrendered his cards into the muck. When he did, Giannelli laid his marginal on the felt face-up, then stacked up the pot to move back to about 140,000 where he began the day.
On the flop, one player checked before Gary Johnson bet 16,000. Felipe Ramos called behind Johnson and then the other player folded.
The turn brought the and Johnson moved all in for 53,000. Ramos tanked for a little bit, then asked Johnson, "Will you show if I fold?"
Johnson responded, "I'll show, but you owe me one later, okay?"
Ramos agreed and then folded. Johnson showed the , claiming to get very lucky after bluffing on the flop. Ramos still agreed to show Johnson a hand later in the tournament, which he promised he would do.
It's another Johnson v. Ramos pot, and we watched Felipe Ramos open with a raise to 4,600 in middle position. Gary Johnson defended from the blinds, and it was heads up to the flop. A check from both men brought them the on fourth street, and now Johnson led out with a bet of his own. It looked like 5,400, and Ramos flatted to see the last card.
The river was the , and Johnson slowed back down with a check. Ramos took his cue to make a healthy bet of 22,800, and Johnson made the call to see what was what.
It was two pair for Ramos as he tabled , and a frustrated Johnson mucked his cards and shook his head with some disapproval. The two men have essentially traded places once again.
and Matias found a lucky seven on the river to double through. Negreanu claimed to have folded 
on the hand.
from the button, and the gentleman in the big blind moved in for 25,100. Fox asked for the count to do the math, and when he learned the number, he quickly called with his covering stack and two live cards.
was shining right in the window. The all-in player picked up a heart draw on the turn of the 
board, but the river 
was the wrong color.
landed on the river. Negreanu bet 8,800 and his opponent called again.
, but his pair of tens had a weaker kicker than his opponent's 
.
. The big blind checked, Mahoney bet 4,200 and the big blind called.
land on the river. The big blind fired out 8,500 and Mahoney raised to 22,800. The big blind folded and Mahoney won the pot.
and Lobzhanidze had called off his stack with the 
to give Lobzhanidze the win.
, and Pisapia continued out with 7,900. Giannelli instantly slid out an uncounted raise that ended up being 38,500, and Pisapia surrendered his cards into the muck. When he did, Giannelli laid his marginal 
on fourth street, and now Johnson led out with a bet of his own. It looked like 5,400, and Ramos flatted to see the last card.
, and a frustrated Johnson mucked his cards and shook his head with some disapproval. The two men have essentially traded places once again.