Nick Schulman opened to 35,000 in the cutoff, and Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for 309,000 from the big blind.
Schulman tanked for 30 seconds or so, then called.
Schulman: 
O'Dwyer: 
The board came 
, and O'Dwyer was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,730,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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|
1,540,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
||
|
1,000,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
615,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
||
|
410,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
320,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
290,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Jason Mercier opened for 32,000 from the button only to have Vladimir Troyanovsky three-bet to 74,000 from the small blind. Not to be outdone, Mercier four-bet to 129,000, Troyanovsky called, and the flop fell 
, which both players checked.
Troyanovsky then led out for 127,000 on the 
turn, Mercier called, and then both players returned to checking on the 
river. Troyanovsky rolled over 
, but it was no good against the 
of Mercier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
||
|
1,000,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Before the limits changed, Vladimir Troyanovsky opened in middle position and Daniel Negreanu three-bet jammed from the blinds. Troyanovsky snapped it off.
Troyanovsky: 
Negreanu: 
"Well this isn't fair," Negreanu lamented.
The flop: 
"OH, BABY!" Negreanu exclaimed, jumping out of his chair. "I haven't done that in so long!"
"Good timing," Jason Mercier joked.
The turn and river came 
, 
, and Negreanu doubled to 600,000 chips.
Troyanovsky dropped down to 765,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
765,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
600,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
|
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Erik Seidel open-shoved for his last 197,000 on the button, Dan Shak called in the small blind, and Tom Marchese re-shoved for effectively 708,000 from the big blind. Shak made the call, and the three hands were tabled:
Seidel: 
Shak: 
Marchese: 
The board came 
, and Shak more than doubled to 1.64 million chips. Seidel was eliminated, and Marchese is left with 20,000 chips or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,640,000
1,014,000
|
1,014,000 |
|
20,000
753,000
|
753,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Vivek Rajkumar opened to 40,000, Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 100,000, Tom Marchese moved all in for around 20,000 from the small blind, and Rajkumar shoved for 310,000. Esfandiari called.
Rajkumar: Kings
Marchese:
Marchese: Fours
The board ran out 
, and Marchese was eliminated. Rajkumar doubled to 660,000 chips, while Esfandiari dropped down to 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
||
|
|
660,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
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David "Doc" Sands opened for 45,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to the legendary Phil Ivey, who moved all in from the big blind for 352,000. Sands snap-called and Ivey discovered the bad news.
Showdown
Ivey: 
Sands:
Ivey was in bad shape with his best chance of winning beings an ace. There was none to be found on the 
flop, but there was one on the turn as the spiked. Per usual, Ivey showed no emotion as the dealer burned and out out the on the river. With that, Ivey doubled to near the chip average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
725,000
373,000
|
373,000 |
|
|
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For this edition of Versus, we've pitted fellow Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier against one another to find out how they think they match in on and off the felt situations.
