Late Arrivals
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Players continue to wander onto the tournament floor. We recently spotted Phil Galfond, Jean-Robert Bellande, Pat Pezzin, Matt Savage and Nick Schulman all taking seats at tables in this event.
Schulman passed by Phil Ivey's table before and exchanged a few greetings.
"You've got those bracelet bets," said Schulman. "How'd you skip the Ladies Event?" A few players at the table laughed.
"I thought about it," said Ivey. "I'd give the money to charity. Then what could they say?"
, three players put in two bets each. One of those players was Shannon Shorr. The turn then added the 
to the board and all three players checked. The river completed things with the 
. One player bet and only Shorr made the call. He was shown the 
for queens full of fours and mucked his hand, dropping down to 27,400 chips.
in a raised pot. Representing Team PokerStars Pro Cananda is Daniel Negreanu and he fired a bet. The next two players called. Chad Brown, who dons the Team PokerStars Pro USA badge, raised. The player on the button folded and then Negreanu reraised. The next player folded, the player after that called and then Brown called as well.
turn, Negreanu checked, the next player bet, Brown called and then Negreanu called. The river was the 
and Negreanu checked. The next player bet, Brown folded and then Negreanu called saying, "Well, I might get the other half now."
for a queen-high straight and an ace-three for the low. The Team PokerStars Pro Canada member mucked his hand and didn't get either half.
and the player in middle position bet. Bloch raised and the player reraised. Bloch made the call.
and Bloch's opponent check-folded to a bet, giving Bloch the pretty big pot early on without a showdown. He's up to 39,000.
and Smith bet. Van Alstyne made the call.
and Smith checked. Van Alstyne fired a bet and Smith made the call. The river completed the board with the 
, pairing it's top card. Smith check-called a final bet from Van Alstyne.
for queens and sixes for the high and the nut low. Smith rechecked his hole cards and then mucked his hand. Van Alstyne moved up to 35,200 chips.
. On the flop, Perry Friedman bet out and got a call from Sergey Altbregin. The button then raised and both Friedman and Altbregin called.
. Friedman checked, Altbregin bet, the button called and then Friedman called.
for a higher straight to the nine. The deuce on the river counterfeited Friedman's low as he held the 
and he got scooped by both players who chopped up his money.
, baby, and the small blind bet out, baby. Nguyen called, baby. The small blind tabled the 
for quad jacks and scooped the pot. He improved to 35,000 in chips while Vedes slipped back to 31,000.