Giovanni Safina raised to 16,000 with the and Ian Frazer called with the from the blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and both checked again. The river was the and both checked again. Frazer won the pot with his pair of queens.
Luke Schwartz raised to 11,000 with the and Giovanni Safina called in position with the . Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Hellmuth bet 6,000. Schwartz folded and then Safina raised to 30,000. Hellmuth folded and Safina took the pot. He's still in the lead with over 600,000.
Phil Hellmuth opened to 17,000 with the and then Luke Schwartz reraised to 47,000 with the . Hellmuth moved all in for 223,000 and Schwartz didn't like it.
"Could you ever have ace-queen here?" he asked. After a few minutes, he made the call and the hands were revealed with Hellmuth being dominated.
"What were you thinking?" said Tony G. "Let's get the trike!"
Schwartz left the Ravello Bar at The M Resort and Casino and went into the slot machine area before the flop was dealt. The production team had to go run and get him while everything was stalled until he came back. A few minutes went by and Hellmuth had to sit and wait the entire time. Then the board was run out without Schwartz being back.
"I won't ride the trike, but you can walk it next to me, Tony." said Hellmuth.
The board ran out and without Schwartz there, he won the pot and sent Hellmuth to the rail. Tony G ran and got the bike and Hellmuth got on it to be a good sport. Tony G chased him on the tricycle and they rode around the Ravello Bar.
Schwartz came back to the table and said, "I saw him on the bike and I knew it was good."
Hellmuth earned two points and $4,000 for his finish.
Four players put 14,000 in preflop and saw a flop of . Tony G was first to act with the and checked. Giovanni Safina had raised to 14,000 preflop with the and checked. Daniel Negreanu bet 42,000 on his . JC Tran had the and folded. Tony G made the call and hen Safina folded.
The turn was the and Tony G moved all in. Negreanu called off for his last 111,000 chips.
The river was the and completed Negreanu's flush to double him up.
Nam Le stopped by to check out his friend and player in this event, JC Tran. The cameras caught a brief view of him, but once they did, Le turned around and began to walk out of the room.
JC Tran raised from under the gun plus one to 17,000 with the and scoped the pot preflop. On the next hand, he was under the gun and raised to 17,000 again with the . Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind with the .
The flop was huge for Negreanu, coming down . Negreanu checked his straight and Tran checked behind.
The turn was the and Negreanu bet 16,000. Tran checked behind.
The river was the and Negreanu bet 50,000. Tran mucked his hand and Negreanu scooped the pot.