Star attraction shuts down
Daniel Negreanu got through the bubble with barely a chip to his A-list name, and indeed he duly busted out almost as soon as he made the money.
The rail has almost entirely dispersed with the last of his chips.
It looks as though someone actually managed to knock themselves out in 49th place while no-one was paying attention, as no-one appeared to bust during our one hand-for-hand, er, hand, but nevertheless all our players have been congratulated by the TD and we are officially now in the money.
Said Matt Savage over the mic: "We'd like to congratulate Norman Chad, this is his first World Series cash. He has 1,000 in chips."
Tim Vance is down to 35,000 and Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri is up to an enormous and thoroughly chip-leading 130,000 after the two got themselves involved, with David Wortham also in the hand until fifth street.
Sugar Bear bet out on fourth when we caught up with the action and both players called; Vance bet on fifth and Sugar Bear was the only caller. Sugar Bear then took over betting duties down the rest of the streets, and Vance finally mucked when Sugar Bear turned over trip kings.
After a three-way raising war, Irishman Simon Kearney found himself all in on third street, the showing. Betting continued between Jose Paz and the third player, until said third wheel dropped off on 6th street.
Paz: () for the wheel and a straight to six
Kearney: () for, er, the wheel and a straight to six
"That miracle five, huh?" commented Kearney as he upped his stack to 8,000.
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A few hands later and he was all in again in another three-way confrontation, this time with Max Stern and another player. Stern turned over kings full of tens for the high and the third player mucked; Kearney had pulled a low out of thin air to chop the pot, putting him up to 12,000.
"I hope you don't begrudge it me," said Kearney to Stern; he didn't. Then, to his friend railing him: "Don't go too far away from me now, you're bringing me luck!"