From early position, Rick Salomon raised to 55,000. Robert Bright called from the small blind and 12-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind.
On the flop, Bright and Hellmuth checked to Salomon. He bet 105,000 and Bright called. Hellmuth also called.
The turn was the and all three players checked to see the fall on the river. After Bright checked, Hellmuth slid forward 250,000. Salomon called and Bright called.
Hellmuth showed the for a spade flush, jack-high. Both of his opponents mucked and Hellmuth won the pot. He's now at nearly nine million in chips.
On the first hand back from break, Paul Newey raised to 74,000 from under the gun, David Einhorn called, and as the action folded to Talal Shakerchi, Gus Hansen came storming into the Amazon Room.
"F*** me! My big blind!" he shouted. "Motherf***er!"
Shakerchi called, and the flop came down . Newey led for 74,000, and only Einhorn called.
The turn was the , and Newey led out for 230,000. Einhorn tanked for the better part of four minutes, then folded.
"Let's try to play more than ten hands per hour," Jason Mercier said after the hand.
Dan Shak opened for 70,000 from the cutoff and got one caller in Mikhail Smirnov on the button. The flop came . Shak paused a beat, then flipped out a single lavender chip for a bet of 100,000, and Smirnov quickly called. The turn was the . Shak again waited a few seconds, then bet 400,000. Once again, Smirnov called immediately.
The river was the . This time Shak was the one acting quickly, declaring he was all in. He began pushing forward his remaining chips, and Smirnov placed a single chip on his cards and sat back in contemplation.
Finally Smirnov folded, and when Shak flashed his cards to Smirnov the dealer informed the table what he had: "Pocket aces."
Subsequent conversation between Shak and Smirnov revealed the latter had and was looking for a six or a diamond. "So you weren't calling anything, then?" said Shak, and Smirnov nodded.
Guy Laliberté hasn't been afraid to mix it up today, and getting some food in his belly hasn't slowed him down. In a recent hand, Laliberté opened for 67,000 from middle position and received calls from Cary Katz and Tobias Reinkemeier in the small and big blinds respectively.
Action went check-check to Laliberté on the flop, and he fired out a bet of 157,000. Both his opponents quickly folded and Laliberté took down the pot with ease.
Sam Trickett and Richard Yong were heads up with the board reading . Trickett led out for 105,000, and Yong quickly called.
The completed the board, and Trickett slowed down, checking to Yong who fired 251,000. Trickett grabbed enough chips to make the call, sat in the tank for fifteen seconds or so, then tossed then forward.
"King," Yong announced, showing the .
Trickett tabled , and Yong's second card - a queen - was turned face up.
From the hijack seat, Daniel Negreanu raised to 52,000 before action folded to Paul Phua in the small blind and he asked how much Negreanu had. Negreanu said he had 620,000 total and Phua said he would like to raise to that amount. He made it 620,000 and Negreanu thought for a minute before calling all in.
Negreanu:
Phua:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Negreanu won the pot to double up. He moved back to nearly 1.3 million while Phua was knocked down to 226,000.