On the board, Steve Sung and Blake Purvis checked over to Joe Kuether. Kuether fired 7,100, and only Sung made the call. The river was the , and Sung moved all in for 15,175. Kuether tank-folded, and Sung won the pot.
We caught Blake Purvis moving his chips once again, this time in a pot against Joe Kuether. Before the flop, Kuether opened for 700, and Purvis called from the big blind to take a flop of .
When Kuether led out for 1,100, Purvis didn't hesitate in making the call. On the turn, Kuether fired another 3,200 into the middle, and again Purvis flatted.
The river came and Kuether fired his third barrel, making it 9,000 to go. Purvis didn't need much time to think about it, and his calling chips were quickly rolled forward.
Kuether rolled over the for a flopped two pair, but Purvis had him beat with for two pair on the turn.
Action folded to Chris Moorman in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 700. Darren Elias was on the button and reraised to 1,900. After the blinds folded, Moorman fired back with a reraise of his own and made it 4,400 to go. Elias called.
The flop came down , and Moorman led with a bet of 3,800. Elias called, the dealer turned the to pair the board, and both players checked. After the landed on the river, Moorman bet 8,900. Elias thought for a minute, then folded, and Moorman won the pot to move to over 70,000 in chips. Elias dropped back under 40,000.
Daniel Negreanu has always embraced his role as one of poker's true ambassador's, and today he has become PokerStars' most fanatical spokesman.
During a recent round of his typically jovial table talk, "Kid Poker" was overheard asking a tablemate why he chose to play so-called underground poker sites online.
"Why would you do that when you could play on PokerStars?," he asked excitedly, "The world's largest poker site, where we have tournaments now, now, and now!"
When a fellow media member told Negreanu he might want to look into a spokesman gig with the company, Negreanu continued with his canned spiel, lecturing the table to keep their online bankrolls on his home site.
"You gotta play PokerStars man," he continued. "It's only the world's largest poker site, where you can play tournaments now, now, and now!"
Just as the players returned from dinner break, Scott Clements announced to his table that he would take the Miami Heat to win over the San Antonio Spurs at even money. A couple of players booked the bet for $100 at the time the Heat were down by two, 80-82 to the Spurs.