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.
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.
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.
With the flop laid out , Jaime Kaplan checked to his opponent. The player bet 11,200. Kaplan came back with an all-in shove to put the player to the test for his last 100,000 or so. The player tank-folded and Kaplan won the pot to move to 370,000 in chips.
On the flop of , Vladimir Shchemelev bet 7,000 and George Lind made the call. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the and Shchemelev bet 12,000. Lind quickly made the call, but mucked after seeing the from Shchemelev.
Shchemelev moved to 140,000 while Lind dropped to 118,000.
Daniel Negreanu had raised before Govert Metaal three-bet from the next seat, the hijack seat, to 29,000. Action folded back over to Negreanu and he four-bet to 62,000. Metaal folded after a minutes and Negreanu showed the .
The board says 61 players are left, meaning the field is just five players away from the money. We'll see if things tighten up or not, but so far they've been dropping at a nice, steady rate.
This hand just went down and Daniel Negreanu was kind enough to fill us in on the preflop, flop and turn action as we walked up late to the table. Action folded to Rom Segal in cutoff seat and he limped in. Taylor von Kriegenbergh raised on the button and Negreanu called from the big blind. Segal also called.
The flop came down and Negreanu led out. Both his opponents called to see the pair the board on the turn. Action checked to von Kriegenbergh and he bet 36,000. Negreanu folded and Segal min-raised to 72,000. Von Kriegenbergh called.
The river completed the board with the and after some chatter back and forth with von Kriegenbergh, Segal moved all in for around 275,000. Von Kriegenbergh tanked and tanked, while talking about how confused he was. Eventually he folded his hand and was left with 475,000 in chips. The table begged Segal to show, but he didn't show anything and simply scooped the pot.