Daniel Negreanu and Maria Ho continue to mix it up on the felt. She called a 4,800-chip bet on a flop and the two went heads-up to the turn.
Negreanu checked this time, but called when Ho made it 6,800. He checked again on the river and Ho made it 10,600. Once again, Negreanu called, but was sad to see his had been outdrawn on the turn and the river as Ho's made first a straight then a flush.
Eddy Sabat is out and after doing the dirty deed, Daniel Negreanu has crested the 100,000-chip mark.
Sabat shoved his last 7,900 in after a couple of limps, including Negreanu. Both players called, but when the flop brought a check from the first one, Negreanu made it 9,000. The caller folded and Negreanu turned over .
Now that Phil Hellmuth has a decent stack he is in full flow with his confidence high. He has towers of black T100 chips and declared he liked the feel of all those chips and didn’t want to color up until he had the chip lead.
Hellmuth wandered over to the next table where Daniel Negreanu was sitting and said it would sure be something if they both made the final table, or even better if they were to get heads up.
“We’ve never played heads up.” Negreanu confirmed. There’s a long was to go yet though.
After losing a few pots early, Daniel Negreanu appears to have righted the ship.
When one shorty shoved in front of him for a little more than 12,000, he made it 25,000 and forced folds from the rest of the table. Turns out Negreanu's was up against and easily held on the board to push him up the leaderboard a little and send his opponent to the cage.
Maria Ho bet into Dustin Goldklang on a turn of a board reading , making it 11,500.
Goldklang gave it a moment’s thought before moving all in for close to 40,000. It was Ho’s turn to think for a short while before she mucked her cards, and Goldklang survived the encounter without seeing the river.
A few hands after folding trips to a shove that would have had him all in for his tournament life, Phil Hellmuth made it 4,500 preflop.
One shorter opponent shoved with and Hellmuth called holding . The flop gave Hellmuth the lead and although they both made flushes on the run out, Hellmuth's was bigger.
Meanwhile, one table over, it appears Maria Ho has won every hand in her new seat. She just felted another shorty and is climbing the leaderboard fast.
Phil Hellmuth called an opponent's bet of 5,300 on the turn of a board. The river brought the and Hellmuth checked again. His opponent bet 5,200 this time, and Hellmuth didn’t look happy about it.
“The one time I try to trap all day” he said, counting out the calling chips. After a minute he put in the call and mucked when he saw his opponent show for a straight.
“I should have just mucked on the river… it would have been so spectacular” was Hellmuth’s final word on that hand.
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flop and the two went heads-up to the 
turn.
river and Ho made it 10,600. Once again, Negreanu called, but was sad to see his 
had been outdrawn on the turn and the river as Ho's 
made first a straight then a flush.
flop brought a check from the first one, Negreanu made it 9,000. The caller folded and Negreanu turned over 
.
whiffed the 
end to it all.
was up against 
and easily held on the 
, making it 11,500.
. The 
flop gave Hellmuth the lead and although they both made flushes on the 
board. The river brought the 
for a straight.