Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Daniel Negreanu raised to 7,500 under the gun, continuing the trend of first position raisers this level. From middle position, Jen Harman made it 16,700, and her three-bet was enough to take the pot.
Joe Hachem raised it up preflop to 8,000 from the button, only to be three-bet to 22,000 by Johnny Chan in the small blind. Hachem made the call, but folded to a continuation bet from Chan on the flop.
Johnny Chan raised to 6,000 on the button, and Daniel Negreanu bumped it up to 20,000 from the small blind. Barry Greenstein quickly folded his big blind, and Chan called the extra 14,000.
Flop: - Negreanu checked, and Chan checked behind.
Turn: - Negreanu checked again, this time, Chan fired 30,000. Negreanu checked his cards again and made the call.
River: - Negreanu checked a third street. Chan grabbed a handful of pink chips and tossed them in for a bet of 60,000. Negreanu spent a few minutes talking through the hand. He said it was silly since Chan probably had spades, but he convinced himself to fold. Negreanu dropped to 160,000 while Chan chipped up to 200,000, taking over the chip lead.
The action folded around to Barry Greenstein who raised to 7,500 on the button. Jennifer Harman defended her big blind, but check-folded to a bet of 10,000 on the .
Joe Hachem raised to 8,000 preflop, and from the small blind, Jen Harman reraised to 18,000. Hachem froze in thought for a few silent minutes before announcing he was all in. A call would put Harman at risk of elimination, and it didn't take her very long to decide it wasn't a risk she wanted to take. Harman folded, and Hachem added to his stack.
Not too much happening at the moment. Howard Lederer moved all in from the button to pick up the blinds, and Daniel c-bet a flop against Johnny Chan, but, overall, we're witnessing very little in the way of action. Eight players remain.
Huck Seed raised to 8,000, and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind, meaning Seed would get to see one of his first flops since they moved to the ESPN stage. It came out , and Negreanu checked to Seed. He c-bet 13,000, and Negreanu let him take the pot.
Johnny Chan raised to 6,000 from the button, and Daniel Negreanu flatted in the small blind. Barry Greenstein folded his big blind, and they went heads up to a flop. The action proceeded exactly like the last time Negreanu was heads up from the small blind with Chan. Both players checked the flop. Negreanu checked again after the turn, and Chan bet 12,000. Just like last time, Negreanu flatted. He checked once more when the fell on the river. Chan bet 25,000, and Negreanu muttered to himself before shrugging his shoulders and folding his hand. Negreanu started the level with 210,000, but he's down to 135,000 45 minutes later.