We have just spotted Daniel Negreanu in the main tournament area, and currently he is seated with Russian Sergey Rybachenko and online pro Josh Field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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Need a quick update from across the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker? Kristy Arnett summarises it all to get you started on your day...
Catching the action with the board reading 
and roughly 9,000 in the pot, we found Dan Smith firing out a bet of 5,000.
His opponent from the button deliberated for several moments before kicking his cards to the muck.
"Show the bluff!" yelped David "The Dragon" Pham.
"$20" responded Smith.
Pham, or any of the other table members didn't bite, and consequently he tossed his cards at the muck.
"$5?" asked Pham, but it was too late.
WSOP Rookie Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg is in the field today. This is his maiden voyage at the series, and he was kind enough to sit down with the PokerNews Podcast crew this morning to discuss his first summer in Vegas.
Wondering over to Isaac Haxton's table we found that he had virtually tripled up during this first level.
With a seat empty, it would be logical to assume that he had stacked that player, but along with that he has managed to accumulate a further stack of chips to be the current chip leader of the day on a table that features Cody Slaubaugh and Brock Parker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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44,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
On a board of 
with roughly 2,000 in the pot we found Daniel Negreanu leading out for 1,725 into Sergey Rybachenko.
Rybachenko made the call, but when the 
rolled off on the river, he folded to Negreanu's 4,100-chip bet.
As he did, Rybachenko flashed his pocket queens before Negreanu stated he spiked the deuce and flashed his 
.
"Thought you had fives" stated Rybachenko as he slipped to roughly 10,000 while Negreanu moved over the 26,000-chip mark.
Arguably the best dressed man in poker - Tony "Bond18" Dunst - has some competition today with WPT Champion Olivier Busquet also donning his finest outfit for competition.
Dunst, wearing a baby blue shirt, dark red tie and signature suit has Busquet seated opposite him in a sky blue shirt, dark tie but a vest. Both men have definitely brought their A-game fashion sense to Event #4!
However, one can only assume that Dunst wouldn't be too happy in the fact that his award for best dressed may have a second runner, but he took it under his own wings to make sure today wouldn't be Busquet's day.
On a board of 
and roughly 9,500 in the pot, we found Busquet announcing he was all in for 6,650. Dunst deliberated before tossing in seven yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot to make the call.
"You win!" announced Busquet tabling his 
for a busted straight draw. Dunst quickly flipped over his 
and raked in the pot to move to nearly double his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,550
10,550
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10,550 |
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Andy Black was all in for his final 8,650 in a preflop pot that had already reached 2,500. Although we're not sure exactly what happened, Black's opponent inferred that he had pocket queens. Since talking about your hand against the rules a floor person was called over, not to issue a warning or penalty, but to clarify to rule. Black had no intention of having his table mate get reprimanded for his actions, but he did want the rule to be understood by everyone.
While the floor was explaining what was illegal and what was not, Black decided to use this opportunity to call the clock. A timer was placed in front of the opponent which drew more chatter from the table about how only the player with a decision could see how much time was left. With just a few seconds on the clock the opponent threw in the chips the hands were turned face up.
Black: 
Opponent: 
The flop nearly sealed Black's fate as it fell 
leaving him just four outs minus redraws. The turn was the 
and river 
and Black is one of the first to hit the rails.
"Can I grab a bottle of water?" asked Nick Binger to the cocktail waiter Mario.
Handed a dripping wet bottle, Binger asked, "Can I grab a napkin from you sir?"
"Sorry, I don't have any. We aren't allowed to carry them." responded Mario the waiter.
"Huh? What? Well what am I supposed to do with a soaking wet bottle?" stated Binger, but it was too late as Mario had already vacated the table.
"New rule every year" quipped a fellow player on the table.
