The hand began with Bryan Pellegrino, who opened to 43,000 from the cutoff position. Action folded around to Mike Allis in the small blind, who fell into the tank.
"Give me a minute guys," Allis said.
After a couple minutes Allis opted to shove his remaining 120,000 into the middle. Pellegrino reluctantly called and hands were revealed.
Allis:
Pellegrino:
The rest of the table was a bit shocked to see Allis with such a strong hand given his seemingly difficult decision.
"That was some Hollywood," Negreanu commented.
The hand kept Allis in the lead and he doubled to 250,000.
Nick Jivkov raised it up to 52,000 on the button, and Bryan Pellegrino made the call in the small blind. Tommy Vedes let go of his big blind, and the flop went down . Pelleegrino checked to Jivkov, who fired out 64,000. Pellegrino thought for about 20 seconds, before saying "pot", a raise to 226,000. Jivkov only gave it a few moments of thought before releasing his hand, and Pellegrino collected the chips, upping his stack to over 500,000.
Daniel Negreanu opened the action with a min-raise to 48,000, and it was folded to Nick Jivkov in the small blind. Jivkov raised it up to 112,000, and it was back to Negreanu, who wasted little time in moving the rest of his chips in. It was a total of 181,000, and Jivkov made the call. The cards were flipped, and Negreanu was in great shape.
Negreanu:
Jivkov:
When the flop came down , Negreanu let out a mini yell of celebration, until he realized that Jivkov had picked up an open ended straight draw. "No king or eight or else we're dead" he yelled to his rail as the hit the turn. "No king or eight" Negreanu said one more time, but unfortunately for him, the dealer peeled off a on the river. Negreanu left with a smile on his face, as he takes home over $40,000 for his efforts. Meanwhile, Jivkov propels himself to the chip lead, sitting on 940,000.
Nick Jivkov raised it up to 55,000 on the button, and Tommy Vedes defended his big blind. The flop came down , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Vedes cut out a bet of 63,000, and put it into the middle. Jivkov made the call after a few seconds of thought, and the river came the . Vedes took his time in counting out a bet, slowly adding chips to the bet for about 20 seconds, before finally sliding a bet of 123,000 into the middle.
Jivkov went deep into the tank as he counted out the chips for the call. He then cut out some green T25,000 chips for a raise, but ultimately put them back in his stack. After two minutes of thought, he tossed the call in. Vedes said "good call" but didn't show his hand. Neither player wanted to expose their cards, but it was on Vedes to either show or muck. He elected to muck, and Jivkov showed for just ace high. After the pot, Jivkov is over 1.2 million, while Vedes drops to 400,000.
Jonathan Aguiar raised to 50,000 even from the cutoff and found one caller in Tommy Vedes from the big blind.
The flop came and Vedes checked to Aguiar, who made a continuation bet of 60,000. Vedes responded by raising the pot to 292,000 and Aguiar quickly announced he was all in. Vedes called just as quickly.
Vedes: for a pair of nines and a flush draw.
Aguiar: for the nut-flush draw.
Vedes was ahead but would need to dodge any more clubs to survive. The turn and river bricked out for Aguiar and Vedes doubled through him to 800,000.
hand kept Allis in the lead and he doubled to 250,000.
for a stone bluff.
river was too little too late for Allis and we was sent to the rail in 6th place.
, Negreanu let out a mini yell of celebration, until he realized that Jivkov had picked up an open ended straight draw. "No king or eight or else we're dead" he yelled to his rail as the 
hit the turn. "No king or eight" Negreanu said one more time, but unfortunately for him, the dealer peeled off a 
, and Vedes cut out a bet of 63,000, and put it into the middle. Jivkov made the call after a few seconds of thought, and the river came the 
for just ace high. After the pot, Jivkov is over 1.2 million, while Vedes drops to 400,000.
turn and 
river bricked out for Aguiar and Vedes doubled through him to 800,000.
