Ian Frazer, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Laak all saw a flop of . Frazer held , Negreanu held and Laak held .
"Bye, bye, Daniel," said Phil Hellmuth when he saw the cards and flop from the commentating booth.
Frazer checked and Negreanu bet 25,000. Laak raised to 69,000 and Frazer folded. Negreanu thought for a while, trying to pick up a read on Laak. Eventually, he moved all in for 260,000 and Laak snapped him off.
The turn and river were the and respectively and that was all she wrote for Negreanu. It'll be hard for him to come back from a zero in the first heat after running into a tough spot.
Yet again, Vanessa Rousso folded from under the gun. Luke Schwartz got frisky again with a raise to 11,000 holding the powerhouse that is the . Roland De Wolfe reraised to 34,000 with the . Schwartz folded and De Wolfe picked up the chips.
Ian Frazer raised to 17,000 with two black kings. Luke Schwartz was next to act and called with a dominated . The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and a bet of 12,000 from Frazer was good enough to win the hand.
Phil Laak limped in on the button with , perhaps trying to keep the pot small and play a pot in position. JC Tran called from the small blind holding and then Vanessa Rousso looked down at the in the big blind., She raised to 26,000 and both her opponents folded.
JC Tran raised from the button and then Vanessa Rousso reraised from the small blind. Rousso was holding and Tran held . Tran made the call and then the flop came down . Rousso's pair of aces was best and she checked. Tran bet 37,000 and Rousso just flat-called.
The turn was the and Rousso checked again. Phil Hellmuth speculated that she was going to check-raise here, but after Tran bet 68,000, Rousso just called.
The river was the and gave Rousso two pair. She checked again, really looking to trap Tran. He took a while before firing a big bet of 123,000. Rousso verified the amount and then quickly called, tabling her two pair for the best hand.
Luke Schwartz limped in with . Roland De Wolfe limped with . Action folded to JC Tran who just lost a lot of chips to Vanessa Rousso. He raised to 27,000 with . Schwartz tanked for some time before folding his hand and De Wolfe quickly followed suit.