Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich and Stephen "Stevie444" Chidwick saw a flop of and Froehlich checked to Chidwick who bet 1,500. Froehlich called.
The turn brought the and Froehlich check-called another bet from Chidwick, this one was worth 3,500.
Froehlich checked a third time after the rivered and Chidwick fired a third bullet worth 4,000. Rather than just call this time though, Froehlich plopped over 40,000 in the middle putting Chidwick all in. Chidwick shot Froehlich a look, tanked for a moment and then released his cards.
The pot pushes Froehlich's stack to 52,000 while Chidwick's slipped to 26,000.
An under-the-gun (UTG) player raised to 800 only to have Theo Jorgensen reraise to 2,100 from the cutoff. The blinds got out of the way and UTG made the call. Both players proceeded to check the flop as well as the turn. When the peeled off on the river, UTG bet 2,700, and Jorgensen called only to muck when his opponent revealed . With that hit, Jorgensen is down to 39,000.
Last year's third-place finisher, Barry Shulman, has been eliminated.
After Scott Seiver opened the pot with a raise to 600 from middle position, Shulman went all in for about 6,600. The player in the cutoff called and action folded back to Seiver. He gave it up, prompting Shulman to turn over .
He was racing against his opponent's , but the board ran out .
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Action folded to Team Pokerstars Pro (Italy) Dario Minieri in the cutoff and he threw in a raise to 800. Dan Heimiller was in the small blind and reraised to 2,350. After the big blind folded, Minieri four-bet to 5,700. Heimiller seemed perplexed but made the call nonetheless.
The flop fell and Heimiller checked. Minieri bet 6,100, Heimiller called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Once again Heimiller checked and Minieri took a look at Heimiller's remaining stack, which stood at 32,800. Minieri then grabbed a covering stack and spiked them in the pot.
Heimiller hit the tank to think things over and as he did, Minieri said, "You have outs . . . maybe." There was some laughter and he continued, "If you fold I will show. I'm not gambling. I'm happy like that."
After some more talk, Heimiller finally stated, "There is another tournament tomorrow."
"This one is better," Minieri quickly replied, much to the amusement of the table.
There was some more talk back and forth before Heimiller finally said, "I've probably got the best hand," and slid his chips into the pot.
"I have a very bad hand," Minieri said coyly as he turned up for a flush draw and open-ended straight draw. Heimiller showed for the over pair and a higher flush draw. The on the river gave both the said flush, but of course Heimiller's was the winner.
Heimiller doubled on the hand to around 90,000 while Minieri was left with 21,000.
With Daniel Negreanu heads up in the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament, he has taken over the all-time tournament money lead from Phil Ivey. This bit of information was just announced over the PA system and the ESPN cameras were all over Ivey to get his reaction.
At first he sat stoic and showed no emotion, but eventually he cracked a smile and offered a polite golf clap.
Ivey's courteous gesture shouldn't be taken lightly however, we're sure he's got the eye of the tiger now that he's no longer atop the list.
and Froehlich checked to Chidwick who bet 1,500. Froehlich called.
and Froehlich check-called another bet from Chidwick, this one was worth 3,500.
rivered and Chidwick fired a third bullet worth 4,000. Rather than just call this time though, Froehlich plopped over 40,000 in the middle putting Chidwick all in. Chidwick shot Froehlich a look, tanked for a moment and then released his cards.
flop as well as the 
turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, UTG bet 2,700, and Jorgensen called only to muck when his opponent revealed 
. With that hit, Jorgensen is down to 39,000.
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. Action checked to Ramdin who fired 2,100 and Smith was the only caller.
, Smith checked again and Ramdin fired a second bullet worth 2,700. Smith called.
rivered and Smith turned over 
for a pair of aces. Ramdin unhappily mucked and the pot was awarded to Smith.
and Heimiller checked. Minieri bet 6,100, Heimiller called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
for the over pair and a higher flush draw. The 
