We missed the hand that did it, but we will let Daniel Negreanu tell you himself what happened.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips just lost 56k pot my AK vs his JJ flop a K river a Jack. End level 11 #wsop5 63,400 average is 47k blinds going to 800-1600
May 31 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,400
-30,600
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-30,600 |
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Action began with Nam Le, who raised under-the-gun to 3,300. Action folded around to Jonathan Aguar, who called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Aguiar check-called a 4,000 continuation bet from Le. Both players checked the 
turn.
Things got interesting on river. A 
fell on the river and Aguiar deliberated a while before chipping out a bet to 10,500 and sliding it into the middle. Le fell deep into the tank and appeared to go over the hand in his head several times. Le chipped out his remaining chips a couple times before rapping the table twice and folding his hand.
"Bluff!" a fellow table-mate said.
Aguiar mucked without showing.
Le is down to 35,000 while Aguiar is hovering around 95,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
-5,900
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-5,900 |
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35,000
-13,000
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-13,000 |
Wow. Just 30 minutes ago, we reported that Gnatenko Oleksander was 2nd in chips with 120,000. So you can imagine our surprise when we went to the WSOP website and saw that Oleksander was the 58th place finisher. We assumed it was a misprint, but when we went to the table, we saw that indeed his seat was empty, and it appeared that Terrence Chan was the benefactor of his downfall. We talked with Chan after, and he filled us in.
Action started with Oleksander on the button, and he raised it up to 3,500. Chan called from the small blind, as did the player in the big blind. The dealer fanned out a flop of 
with two diamonds, and it was checked to Oleksander, who bet out 5,500. Chan check raised to 17,000, and the big blind folded. Oleksander made the call, and the two went heads up to the turn.
That card was a non diamond 
, and this time, Chan led out for 17,000. Oleksander raised to 45,000, and it was back to Chan, who moved all in for 77,000 total. Oleksander made the call, and when the cards were tabled, Oleksander was drawing dead.
Chan:
Oleksander: 
Chan had flopped a set, while Oleksander held just top pair. Chan scooped the massive pot, and is now sitting on the chip lead, with over 150,000!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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155,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted | |
We think Daniel Negreanu might be hiding something from us. We can't seem to catch him in a hand, but when we went back to his table, we saw that he had a mountain of chips. Once again, we will refer to his twitter for the info.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips just doubled up. My 69 vs QQ flop 962 turn K we got all in and I held up. 125k now
May 31 2012
With that pot, Negreanu is now top five in chips with six tables left in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125,000
61,600
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61,600 |
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In a blind vs. blind match up, Steve Brecher opened to 4,800 from the small and Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari defended from the big.
The flop came 
and Brecher check-raised a 4,400 bet from Esfandiari to 12,500.
Esfandiari took a moment, then re-popped it to 32,500. Brecher announced he was all in for about 46,000 total and Esfandiari said, "Deal it!" while pushing his stack into the middle.
Esfandiari: 
for the nut-flush draw.
Brecher: 
for an open-ended straight draw.
Esfandiari was ahead with ace-high but would need to fade many outs.
The 
turn put Brecher into the lead with a pair of queens and the river bricked out for Esfandiari, which allowed Brecher to scoop the huge pot.
Esfandiari is down to his last 20,000 while Brecher is sitting on a very healthy stack of 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
20,000
-62,000
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-62,000 |
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We are done with the first two levels of the day, and players are on their first 20-minute break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
The players are back in their chairs, and we are ready to get back underway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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168,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
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152,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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|
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121,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
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110,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
110,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
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106,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
88,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
88,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
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|
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87,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
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53,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
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50,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
40,000
-18,800
|
-18,800 |
|
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26,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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20,000
-66,000
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-66,000 |
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19,500
-35,500
|
-35,500 |
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Busted | |
