Greg Raymer was involved in a three-way preflop all in on Table 89. George Boyce was the shortest of the three stacks, and both he and Raymer were at risk of elimination to George Abdallah's big stack.
Showdown
Boyce:
Raymer:
Abdallah:
The flop was money for Raymer, coming down . The turn was even better, nearly sealing the deal for Raymer, and leaving Boyce drawing completely dead. Raymer needed only to dodge the case five, and the on the river was safe. With that, he has eliminated George Boyce, more than doubling his way up to 68,000.
Some preflop action had resulted in a pot of 14,000 when the flop came . Ben Grundy checked, and after a bit of thought Alfredo Vega fired out 14 orange chips -- a pot-sized bet.
Grundy went into the tank, glancing around the table, looking up at Daniel Negreanu who'd wandered over from the neighboring table to chat with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, rechecking his cards, then removing his headphones. Finally Grundy mucked.
Grundy now has 38,000, while Vega has 92,000. Shortly after that hand, their table broke, so no more noisy neighbors.
With 9,000 in the middle and the board reading , Jan Sorensen bet pot, Amnon Filippi reraised all in for a total of 29,200, and Sorensen called.
Sorensen showed for kings and the flush draw, while Filippi tabled for aces, a better flush draw, and a gutshot to Broadway. The turn and river were both hearts -- -- and Fillipi moves up to 74,000. Meanwhile, Sorensen is now down to 7,800.
Daniel Negreanu was tangled up with Richard En, and one of them is now out of chips. The flop rolled out . En checked over to Kid Poker, and Negreanu fired out a bet. After a moment, En check-raised all in, and Negreanu thought for just a minute before calling.
Showdown
En:
Negreanu:
En was well behind with his ace-king, drawing only to a diamond or two running straight cards. The and that filled out the board did nothing to improve him, and Richard En has been eliminated.
With that big pot worth more than 80,000 chips, Daniel Negreanu has vaulted up the scoreboard, sitting now with 95,000.
We pick up the action on a heads-up flop with the board showing . Alex Kravchenko was first, and he checked. Chris Chang was his lone opponent, and he took the opportunity to fire out a healthy bet of 11,000 chips. Kravchenko considered for a good while before moving all in for a little more than 50,000. Chang snap-called, and Kravchenko didn't seem to like that. He tabled , only to see Chang turn over for aces up. The turn and river bricked off with the and respectively, and that's the end of Kravchenko for today.
By someone with a worse hand, of course. (Rim shot.)
Over at Table #90 are seated three online stars, each sporting the requisite not-obvious-what-it-means-but-sounds-cool nickname -- Matt "Plattsburgh" Vengrin, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Daniel "amichaikk" Makowsky.
As we begin Level 10, Makowsky has the chip lead with 110,000, Grospellier has 62,000, and Vengrin 29,000.
Michael Binger opened the action with a raise to 1,700. Both blinds (Michael Mizrachi and Daniel Negreanu) called the raise to see the flop.
It brought . The Grinder led out with a bet of 3,000 from the small blind. Negreanu called, and Binger got out of the way. The two live players check-checked the turn and river of and respectively. Mizrachi tabled (X) (X), while Negreanu had him out-kicked with his (X) (X) to take down a little pot.
Five limpers saw a flop of . Action checked to Andy Bloch in middle position, and he fired a bet of 3,000. Next to him, Markus Lehmann raised it up to ~12,000. The rest of the table ducked out, but Bloch moved all in, and Lehmann looked him up.
Showdown
Bloch:
Lehmann:
Both men had flopped their straights, but Bloch's nine-ten was the nuts. The turn was a scary though, giving Lehmann a shot at a flush. Sure enough, the drilled the river, and Lehmann's five hearts are enough to run down Bloch and send him toward the exit.
. The turn 
on the river was safe. With that, he has eliminated George Boyce, more than doubling his way up to 68,000.
. Ben Grundy checked, and after a bit of thought Alfredo Vega fired out 14 orange chips -- a pot-sized bet.
, Jan Sorensen bet pot, Amnon Filippi reraised all in for a total of 29,200, and Sorensen called.
for kings and the flush draw, while Filippi tabled 
for aces, a better flush draw, and a gutshot to Broadway. The turn and river were both hearts -- 
. En checked over to Kid Poker, and Negreanu fired out a bet. After a moment, En check-raised all in, and Negreanu thought for just a minute before calling.
and 
and 
. The Grinder led out with a bet of 3,000 from the small blind. Negreanu called, and Binger got out of the way. The two live players check-checked the turn and river of 
