Dwyte Pilgrim checked the 
flop, and his opponent fired a bet of 1,725. Pilgrim check-raised to 4,575, and his opponent called.
The turn was the 
, and Pilgrim bet 6,000. His opponent folded, and Pilgrim picked up the pot to move to 90,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
We picked up the action on a board of 
in a hand between Govert Metaal and Tom Dwan. Metaal fired a bet of 8,100, and Dwan tank-called to see the 
land on the river. Metaal checked, and Dwan checked behind.
Metaal tabled the 
for an overpair, and Dwan mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
16,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
||
Shannon Shorr opened from the button to 1,200, and Phil Ivey reraised to 3,800 from the small blind. Action got back to Shorr, and he took a few moments before moving all in. His shove was for roughly 20,000, and Ivey folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
86,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
82,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
75,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
73,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
70,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
64,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
|
47,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
36,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
35,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
31,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
15,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
There was about 10,000 in the middle when we reached the table. The board read 
, and two players checked to John Andress, who fired 5,700. One player check-raised to 15,000, the other folded, and Andress called.
The river was the 
, and the player led out for 12,000. Andress scrunched his face, then announced that he was all in (about 10,000 more). The player quickly called.
Andress tabled 
for a straight, and the player flashed 
before exiting.
Andress, who won the 2011 EPT Prague High Roller, is now flirting with a six-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Daniel Negreanu was recently moved to a new table where he was graced with such poker presences as Vanessa Rousso and Barry Shulman. In fact, Negreanu has history with the latter as he fell at the hands of Shulman during heads up play of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
Today it seems was no different for Negreanu, as he and Shulman were engaged in a pot that saw Negreanu ship a solid portion of his stack over to the WSOPE champion.
The two took a flop heads up with over 8,000 already in the pot. The flop came 
and Negreanu came out firing with a bet of 5,100. Shulman quickly moved all in and Negreanu snapped him off only to find that he was behind.
Negreanu: 
Shulman: 
Shulman was ahead with Broadway and was hoping to fade Negreanu's full house outs. The turn was the and the river the 
securing Shulman a double up through KidPoker. Shulman is now sitting at about 55,000 while Negreanu has fallen to 42,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
22,475
|
22,475 |
|
||
Amit Makhija was nursing a short stack much of the day, and any hope of a comeback recently came to an end with his elimination.
We didn't catch his bust, but 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia did as he was seated to the direct right of Makhija all day. According to him, Makhija shoved his short stack from early position with 
and received a call from a player holding 
. The board ran out 
and Makhija's opponent made a straight to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos checked to Joe McGowan on a flop of 
. McGowan tossed out 2,000, Polychronopoulos check-raised to 11,500 - effectively going all in - and McGowan tanked for a bit before pushing out a stack of blue T5,000 chips, raising to 13,650. Polychronopoulos called.
Polychronopoulos: 
McGowan: 
The 
on the turn was a brick, but the river was the 
, giving Polychronopoulos a flush. He doubled to around 30,000 chips, while McGowan slipped to 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
34,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
Pierre Neuville is he oldest person in the GPI 300 and sits at #6 on the EPT all-time leaderboard. He turns 70 this week and has a few things to say. Check out the PokerStars Blog for what Neuville is doing to stay young.
