After Todd Terry raised, Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet. Terry folded and showed that he was laying down two tens. Pilgrim showed the powerful 
and won the pot.
After Todd Terry raised, Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet. Terry folded and showed that he was laying down two tens. Pilgrim showed the powerful 
and won the pot.
Dwyte Pilgrim opened to 4,000 before Miller Dao three-bet to 9,800. Pilgrim called, and off they went to the flop.
It brought
, and Dao continued out with a small bet of 4,200. Pilgrim quickly bumped it up to 10,000 total, and Dao made the call to see another card. He checked the
turn, and Pilgrim checked it back, and the
landed on the river. Dao decided another bet was in order, and he made the price 18,800 to see his hand. Pilgrim sat still for about ten seconds, asked for the amount, and instantly called.
"I missed my flush," Dao lamented as he showed his
. Pilgrim tabled
to win the pot, and Todd Terry complimented him on the nice call.
Without missing a beat, Pilgrim answered, "Thank you sir. I play poker for a living."
Pilgrim is playing like it's his job over there, working his stack up to about 185,000 and into the mix of the chip leaders.
Dana Kellstrom and Scott Montgomery saw the flop come 

with Kellstorm to act first. He checked and Montgomery bet 5,000. Kellstrom raised to 15,000 and then Montgomery moved all in to put Kellstrom at risk. With 50,100 behind, Kellstrom called all in for 65,100 total.
Kellstrom turned over the 
for an overpair of kings. Montgomery had out-flopped him with the 
for top two pair.
The turn brought the
and Kellstrom spiked a better two pair. The whole room knew about it when he slapped his hands together in a large clap and gave a big "Yeah!"
The river completed the board with the
and Kellstrom was able to win the hand. He doubled up to about 140,000 while Montgomery dropped to 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
205,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
197,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000 | |
|
|
165,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
150,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
150,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
145,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
97,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
95,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
88,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
77,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
74,000 | |
|
|
73,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
65,000
34,400
|
34,400 |
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
45,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000 | |
Action folded to Eddy Sabat in the small blind and he limped in. Ali Eslami checked in the big blind and the flop came down 

. Sabat bet 2,300 and Eslami raised to 4,600. Sabat moved all in for about 20,000 and Eslami called.
Eslami tabled the 
for two pair and Sabat showed the same two pair with the 
. Eslami did hold one club that would allow him a freeroll to the winning hand.
The turn brought the
and now Eslami's freeroll was alive and well. The river completed the board with the
and Eslami couldn't get there. The two chopped up the pot.
David Miscikowski opened to 3,800 from middle position, and he was called by Brian Green (button) and Daniel Negreanu (big blind).
The three men took a
flop, and Negreanu check-called a bet of 5,200 while Green ducked out of the way. Heads up now, the
turn and went check-check to the
river. When Negreanu checked a third time, Miscikowski made a bet of 10,700.
"Why am I scared of a seven now?" Negreanu asked himself. "I checked kinda hoping you'd bet." After just another moment, he talked himself into the call.
"Ace-ten," Miscikowski announced as he tabled
.
"That beats eight and ten," Negreanu said, flipping his
around in his hands. "Such a big flop for me. No club either, though."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
127,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
30,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
25,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Steve Brecher got his last 13,000 chips in good with
, and he managed a small double through Miller Dao and his
. The board came
, and Brecher isn't going anywhere just yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
115,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
90,000
8,200
|
8,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000
10,300
|
10,300 |
|
|
||
From middle position, Daniel Negreanu raised to 3,600. Alejandro Garcia called from the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down 

and Negreanu checked. Garcia bet 6,000 and Negreanu called.
The turn brought the
and Negreanu checked. Garcia checked behind to see the
complete the board on the river. Negreanu checked and Garcia bet 17,000. Negreanu made the call after talking a bit and thinking out loud.
Garcia showed the 
after a short pause, almost long enough for it to be a slowroll. Negreanu flashed the
and mucked his hand.
Negreanu dropped to 259,000, but it still in front of the field. Garcia improved to 70,000 in chips.