Down to about 70,000 in chips, Philippe D'Auteuil moved all-in from early position. Daniel Negreanu three-bet from the small blind and Hoyt Corkins folded the big blind leaving them heads-up.
D'Auteuil
Negreanu
The board was no help for D'Auteuil and he was eliminated. Negreanu is up to 1.14 million.
Randy Dorfman three-bet all-in before the flop and got a call from Brian Hodhod. Dorfman's pocket queens did not improve against Hodhod's pocket aces and his tournament came to an end.
Phil Ivey was all in again, but this time there was much more excitement to the hand than just a chop. He was once again pitted against Bryn Kenney. Ivey held two kings -- -- and Kenney the .
The flop ran out and Ivey stayed in front. The turn was the and kept Ivey in front. The dealer burned and dealt the river and it came the . The way the dealer's arm was positioned in location to where Ivey was in the six seat, Ivey couldn't see the card and didn't know what had come on the river. After the dealer finally moved his arm, Ivey saw the bad news.
"Brutal, I can't see," said Ivey before he got up from his seat and made his way to the exit. Kenney increased to 610,000 in chips.
John Duthie was just eliminated over on the main feature table when he got the last of his money in, about 105,000 or so, with two tens. He was up against the two jacks held by Justin Bonomo. The board ran out with no help for Duthie and he was sent to the rail. Bonomo increased to 660,000 in chips.
We arrived at the table with two sets of cards tabled between John Juanda and Ariel Schneller. Juanda held the and Schneller the . The board in the middle of the table read .
Schneller was at risk in the hand and eliminated as Juanda moved back to about 470,000 in chips.
On a flop, Daniel Negreanu checked, Jess Yawitz moved all-in and Negreanu called.
Yawitz
Negreanu
Negreanu was well ahead with top two pair and Yawitz needed to catch a king or running cards to survive. The turn was the , the river was the and Yawitz was eliminated just as the field went on their dinner break.