Daniel Negreanu opened to 9,200 from late position before Craig Bergeron reraised to 47,000 -- nearly all in. When it came back to Negreanu, he started chatting.
"I knew you were going to move in as soon as I raised. I just knew it. Oh, you didn't even move all in? You were just trying to make it hard for me to count?"
There was a bit more one-sided banter, and Negreanu eventually said, "I don't think I can raise-fold this hand." With that, he plunked a reraising stack into the pot, and Bergeron called all in for 57,800 total.
Showdown
Negreanu:
Bergeron:
Board:
Bergeron notches the much-needed double up, moving his stack over 120,000. Negreanu is left with just about 300,000 now.
From under the gun, Ryan Hughes raised to 9,000. Thomas Jenson called from middle position, Pat Pezzin called from the small blind and Victor Ramdin called from the big blind.
All four players took the flop of before action checked to Hughes. He bet 25,000. Jenson moved all in and everyone quickly folded.
Action folded to Wade Townsend in the small blind and he raised to 14,000. Greg DeBora made the call from the big blind and the flop came down . Townsend bet 21,500 and DeBora called.
The turn brought another spade with the falling. Townsend bet 50,000 and DeBora called.
The river completed the board with the and Townsend moved all in. His bet was effectively worth 235,000, as that's how much DeBora had left. DeBora folded.
Yevginey Timoshenko open-shoved for his last 58,000 with and was immediately called by the of Chris DeMaci. The board ran out an uneventful and Timoshenko stood from his table and headed to the registration desk to see if he could still get in the heads-up event.
Bryan Barrile raised to 11,000 only to have Marco Alves move all in for around 80,000. Barrile made the call and the cards were turned up:
Barrile:
Alves:
It was a classic race for Alves' tournament life. The flop thrust Barrile into the lead, and the turn and river kept him there. Alves made his exit from the tournament just shy of the money.
Wade Townsend raised to 9,500 from the hijack only to be reraised to 23,400 by Greg Debora in the cutoff. Xuan Nguyen then smooth-called from the small blind and Townsend moved all in for 188,300 total. Debora folded and action was back on Nguyen, who hit the tank for three minutes. A call would constitute most of his chips and that is what he did:
Nguyen:
Townsend:
Nguyen made a good call but was not reward as the flop fell . Townsend hit his set to take a big lead and remained there as the hit the turn followed by the on the river. Townsend doubled on the hand to around 450,000 while Nguyen was left with just 22,000.
Amit Makhija entered the day on the fourth-shortest stack. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't able to make a comeback and has been eliminated from the Big Event.
Daniel Negreanu was loitering around our media table when Joe Hachem came walking in through the double doors with a grin on his face.
"Hey Daniel. You want a last-longer?" Hachem tried. Negreanu just laughed.
"No way, dude. I know you're tough on the short stack. I would need, like, a huge price."
Negreanu and Hachem come into the day with 360,700 and 74,000 chips respectively, and we'll be watching to see who gets the hypothetical best of the last-longer that didn't happen.
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. Townsend bet 21,500 and DeBora called.
falling. Townsend bet 50,000 and DeBora called.
and Townsend moved all in. His bet was effectively worth 235,000, as that's how much DeBora had left. DeBora folded.
and was immediately called by the 
of Chris DeMaci. The board ran out an uneventful 
turn and 
river kept him there. Alves made his exit from the tournament just shy of the money.
on the river. Townsend doubled on the hand to around 450,000 while Nguyen was left with just 22,000.