and Tony G just smooth-called on the button with the 
.
and Benyamine smashed it with top set. The ace on the flop might have saved Tony G's tournament. Benyamine checked and Tony G checked.
and now Benyamine had a full house. He checked and Tony G fired 10,000. Benyamine just called.
and Benyamine bet 10,000. Tony G paid him off and Benyamine tabled his aces full of threes.
and raised to 11,000. Daniel Negreanu was in the big blind and held the 
. He was chatting with Schwartz and knew that Schwartz was just trying to move up in points. After some chatter, 
and Schwartz doubled up from his 285,000 to 572,000.
from early position. Phil Laak reraised from the button to 44,000 with the 
. Daniel Negreanu was one hand removed from his blunder and reraised all in from the small blind for 124,000 holding the 
. Hellmuth folded and then Laak called, after taking some time to verify the count.
and kept Negreanu in the lead. The turn was the 
and now Laak held a straight draw to the wheel along with his overcards. The river completed the board with the 
and Negreanu stayed alive. He earned the much-needed double up while Laak was crippled to under three big blinds and was left with only 11,000 chips.
against Tony G with pocket sixes and Phil Hellmuth in the big blind with 
. After a flop of 
, Tony G bet Hellmuth out of the pot to get heads up with Laak. Hellmuth folded. and the river the to send Laak to the rail in eighth place. He didn't earn any points, but barring a win from David Benyamine, will still be the chip leader at the final table.
and Roland De Wolfe called from the big blind with the 
.
and De Wolfe checked, hoping to play another small pot. Benyamine checked behind. rolled off, giving his a king-high straight. De Wolfe checked, now drawing dead, and Benyamine fired 14,000. De Wolfe called. and De Wolfe checked. Benyamine bet 39,000 which was about 40% of De Wolfe's remaining stack. There was a four-card straight on the board if Benyamine held an eight and that might've helped De Wolfe get away, but he tank-called the bet. Benyamine showed him the nuts and De Wolfe folded, left with about 60,000 chips.
and then Phil Hellmuth reraised to 45,000 with the . Benyamine gave him credit for a hand and folded. and then Hellmuth had a real hand with the 
. He reraised again to 45,000. Daniel Negreanu had a brief moment with his hand -- 
-- in the big blind, but folded and then Benyamine followed suit.
on a board of 
and bet 25,000. Daniel Negreanu held the and made the call.
and Tony G fired 70,000 into the pot of 92,000. Negreanu tanked over the decision with about 275,000 left in his stack. He tossed in the chips while leaning back at the same time, not looking happy about the call. Tony G showed him trips and Negreanu mucked his hand, dropping to 205,000.
Level: 3
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
