Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu recently joined a new table and wasted no time mixing it up with Eric Levesque. On an all-club flop, , Negreanu checked to Levesque, who bet 2,700.
"I don't think he has a flush," Negreanu said as he slammed a call into the pot.
"Do you have one?" Levesque asked.
"I'm not telling," replied Negreanu with a laugh.
The turn was the . Negreanu checked, allowing Levesque to bet again. The price this time was 5,500. Negreanu silently called.
"Are you running?" Levesque asked.
"What does that mean exactly?" Negreanu responded. "Drawing?"
Both players checked the river, with Negreanu turning over .
"I had two pair," said Levesque dejectedly. He showed down , which was no good against Negreanu's aces up.
Donnie Peters
On the flop of , we saw that Van Marcus was all in for 16,500 against one player. The player ended up folded his hand after tanking for a minute or two and letting Marcus pick up the chips.
On the next hand, a player in middle position raised to 2,500 and Marcus made the call on the button. After a flop of , the preflop raiser checked. Marcus fired 7,000 and won the pot from his opponent.
Van Marcus is now up to 45,000 chips and looking to build.
J.J. Liu may be out of this tournament since yesterday, but her husband Dan Alspach is alive and thriving. He induced a short-stack to move all in on a flop of . Alspach made the easy call with , top two pair, and was the favorite against his opponent's pocket kings. Nothing changed on the turn or river.
"Nice hand," said Alspach's opponent as he stood up to leave. Alspach now has more than 110,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
We've just gotten word that the players will be playing four 75-minute levels today before the clock will be stopped for a one-hour dinner break. After the dinner break, the players will come back to play two more levels and finish out the day.
Donnie Peters
Orel Hershiser called a bet from an opponent on the flop of in position. The turn brought the and the first player checked. Hershiser checked behind.
The river was the and the first player checked again. Hershiser wasn't about to check behind and fired in a bet of 7,500. His opponent folded and Hershiser moved up to 90,000.
Michael Binger
We came by Michael Binger's table to see him make a button raise. The small blind re-raised to roughly 8,000, with Binger making the call. Both players checked the flop. The small blind checked again on the turn, then snap-mucked to Binger's 11,500-chip bet.
After the hand the small blind made an inaudible, but seemingly bitter, remark. Binger, who had not yet surrendered his cards, chose to open them, showing for a set of nines. His opponent whistled and said that if the flop had come nine-high, he certainly would have moved all in.
It was the second time in the first hour that Binger flopped a set of nines. He's up to about 100,000 in chips.
Donnie Peters
Jason Mercier raised from the small blind to 2,600 after action folded around to him. Nate "njw11" Wachtel was in the big blind and made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Mercier fired 1,900 and Wachtel called.
The river completed the board with the , pairing it with threes. Mercier fired 7,100 and Wachtel folded.
Mercier moved to 45,000 after this hand and Wachtel dropped to 68,000.
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Ted Lawson
The cutoff set raised to 2,500 and then the button reraised to 8,000. Ted Lawson moved all in over the top from the small blind and then the cutoff folded. The button went into a painful tank. By painful, we mean that he was grimacing on the face and it looked like he was giving birth in his seat. Eventually, he asked Lawson if he would show and Lawson nodded yes. The player tanked a little more in pain and then folded face up. Lawson showed two queens and added the chips to his stack.
In the first thirty minutes we've already lost several notable players. Dennis Phillips is out; he was followed shortly thereafter by a very unlucky Victor Ramdin. Ramdin moved all in for 7,000 on a flop of . His lone opponent called with , a hand far behind Ramdin's .
Ramdin didn't say a word when the fell on the turn to give his opponent a set. He just shrugged and left the table when the river was no help, . He's out.
and both players checked.
and the preflop raiser bet 3,800. Lauria made the call.
and the first player fired 9,500. Lauria made the call, but his 
lost to his opponent's 
.
, Negreanu checked to Levesque, who bet 2,700.
. Negreanu checked, allowing Levesque to bet again. The price this time was 5,500. Negreanu silently called.
river, with Negreanu turning over 
.
, which was no good against Negreanu's aces up.
, we saw that Van Marcus was all in for 16,500 against one player. The player ended up folded his hand after tanking for a minute or two and letting Marcus pick up the chips.
, the preflop raiser checked. Marcus fired 7,000 and won the pot from his opponent.
. Alspach made the easy call with 
, top two pair, and was the favorite against his opponent's pocket kings. Nothing changed on the 
river.
and the first player checked. Hershiser checked behind.
and the first player checked again. Hershiser wasn't about to check behind and fired in a bet of 7,500. His opponent folded and Hershiser moved up to 90,000.
flop. The small blind checked again on the 
turn, then snap-mucked to Binger's 11,500-chip bet.
for a set of nines. His opponent whistled and said that if the flop had come nine-high, he certainly would have moved all in.
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