It was a three-way pot with about 20,000 in it when we walked up to a flop. The first two players checked to Daniel Negreanu, and he bet 12,500. From the small blind, Tim West check-raised to 33,900 to get heads up, and Negreanu three-bet all in for his last ~80,000. West quickly called, and Negreanu was at risk as the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Negreanu:
West:
The turn was a disaster for Negreanu as West found the spade to fill his unbeatable flush. The river was a mere formality, and Negreanu wished his table luck, signed a few autographs for the spectators, and headed out of the room with a camera trailing him.
West is up to 290,000 with that knockout, and the remaining field has just gotten a little easier to navigate without Kid Poker's presence.
With Daniel Negreanu's exit, we are down to 13 players, and we've arrived squarely on the money bubble. We're now playing round-for-round as each table will deal a full orbit and then hold up. If only one player is eliminated during this format, he'll be the lone bubble boy. If two or more go broke, they'll chop up the bottom payout(s) between them.
We've reached the end of the level as well, so the players will play this first orbit and then take a 15-minute break.
Here are a few hands from one of the tables in action during round-for-round play.
On the first hand, Joe Parker raised from the button to 8,200. Dwyte Pilgrim reraised from the small blind to 24,500. Everyone folded and Pilgrim won the pot.
Two hands later, Dwyte Pilgrim raised to 7,000 from the cutoff seat. D.J. Blanchard reraised to 19,000 from the button and won the pot.
A couple hands later, Dana Kellstrom raised to 8,000 from under the gun before Joe Pakrer three-bet to 16,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Kellstrom and he made the call. The flop came down and Kellstrom checked. Parker bet 19,000 and Kellstrom folded the face up. Parker showed the .
Later on, Dwyte Pilgrim opened from under the gun to 8,000. Everyone folded and he showed the .
On the last hand of the round before break, Steve Brecher raised to 7,500 from the cutoff seat and Joe Parker called from the small blind. The flop came down and Parker check-folded to Brecher's 12,000-chip continuation bet.
Kyle Bowker moved all in for 72,000 and Dana Kellstrom called, turning over the . Bowker held the and began making his way out the door. Bowker was about halfway to the door of the tournament room when the flop came down and a few of the players called him back. Bowker came back to the table and needed to sweat the last two cards.
The turn brought the and that wasn't the ace Kellstrom was looking for. The river delivered though and in a big way. The hit the felt and Kellstrom cheered loud with a big clap of his hands, having re-sucked to send Bowker to the rail in 13th place. This time, Bowker hit the exit and didn't so much as turn his head back.
Kellstrom gave a few fist pumps and hugged some players knowing he's alive and well, in the money with 200,000 in chips. He also wanted to give a shout out to his cigar boys back home watching and railing.
Everyone left has locked up at least $19,653 in prize money and 100 points towards the National Championship leader board. There is no prize jump until the official final table of nine is reached and that's where play will end for the day. When the field is down to ten, the players will combine at one table until one more is eliminated.
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flop. The first two players checked to Daniel Negreanu, and he bet 12,500. From the small blind, Tim West check-raised to 33,900 to get heads up, and Negreanu three-bet all in for his last ~80,000. West quickly called, and Negreanu was at risk as the cards were turned up.
was a disaster for Negreanu as West found the spade to fill his unbeatable flush. The river was a mere formality, and Negreanu wished his table luck, signed a few autographs for the spectators, and headed out of the room with a camera trailing him.
and Kellstrom checked. Parker bet 19,000 and Kellstrom folded the 
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and Parker check-folded to Brecher's 12,000-chip continuation bet.
and began making his way out the door. Bowker was about halfway to the door of the tournament room when the flop came down 
and a few of the players called him back. Bowker came back to the table and needed to sweat the last two cards.
and that wasn't the ace Kellstrom was looking for. The river delivered though and in a big way. The