We caught up on a board reading 
, where a single opponent was all in against Mike Sexton.
Sexton: 
Opponent: 
A 
landed on the river, giving Sexton a full-house and sending his opponent to the rail.
Sexton is up to 160,000.
Tuan Le and his opponent were heads up on a flop that read 
. Le's opponent checked, and Le went all-in for 15,000, and his opponent called instantly.
Le: 
Opponent: 
Both players had just one pair, and though Le's pair was inferior, he did have a flush draw. The turn came the 
, giving his opponent two pair, and the river came the 
, giving both players two pair. Le's two pair was again inferior, and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We walked by on a board of 
and saw that Daniel Negreanu was all-in against Joe Hachem. Hachem fell hard into the tank and then proceeded to call the clock on himself. The flooman came over and began the minute-long count.
With about 20 seconds to go, Hachem mucked and asked if Negreanu was bluffing.
"Of course I was bluffing, I'm still in the other tournament!" Negreanu replied, literally running away from his table to head to the Amazon Room - where he is still playing in the $5,000 six-max event.
Negreanu is up to 41,000 while Hachem has slipped to 18,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
130,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
100,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
98,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
80,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
78,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
57,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
48,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
47,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
46,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
43,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
37,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
33,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,300
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
Humberto Brenes and an opponent got in a raising war preflop that saw Brenes get his last 17,900 in there.
Brenes: 
Opponent: 
The flop brought Brenes a ton of help, coming . Brenes spiked two pair on the turn when it came the , and the changed nothing on the river, giving Brenes the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
On a board reading 
, Vanessa Selbst checked from the hi-jack and her lone opponent in the cut-off checked behind. The river brought a and Selbst checked. Her opponent thought for about a minute and then put his remaining several thousand into the middle. Selbst snap-called, which got a groan of disappointment out of her opponent.
Selbst tabled
for treys-full and her opponent mucked.
Selbst is up to 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
66,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
49,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
37,000 | |
|
36,000 | |
|
||
|
32,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000 | |
|
|
||
|
28,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
||
|
23,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
21,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
19,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
11,000 | |
We just caught a huge pot between Max Pescatori and Erick Lindgren that has given Pescatori the chip lead. The two were in the hand with two other players, and they all took a flop of 
. Lindgren get 4,500, and Pescatori made it 16,000 to go. The other two players folded, and then Lindgren raised pot, essentially going all in. Pescatori went all in, and the players tabled their cards.
Lindgren: 
Pescatori: 
Lindgren had flopped middle set, and Pescatori was drawing to an ace or a diamond. He didn't get it on the turn, as it came the , but the spiked the river, shipping a huge pot over to Pescatori and knocking Lindgren out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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||
We caught up with the action on the 
flop, where Michael Binger led out for 7,000 and was called by Brian Rast and the player on the button. All players then proceeded to check down on the turn and the 
river.
The player on the button revealed for a flush and Binger and Rast both mucked.
Binger is at 88,000 and Rast is sitting with 33,000.
The tournament director just announced all of the numbers over the loud speaker, telling us that 361 players entered this tournament, up from the 346 who entered last year. First place is a whopping $814,436, the third highest prize of the series so far. Only the $25,000 heads up championship, won by Jake Cody, and the $5,000 No-Limit Holdem won by Allen Bari, produced a higher first place prize. 36 players will be paid, with the first payout being 20,699, and the top 7 players will all be getting six-figure scores.
