Joao Vieira joined the field and got a seat at the table with Daniel Negreanu, Kevin Song, and Andre Akkari. Vieira walked right over to Akkari and started talking in Portuguese as Negreanu started to join the conversation.
The table is pretty chatty and the atmosphere seems to be good overall in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 8,000 |
|
75,000 | 5,000 |
|
72,000 | 14,000 |
|
63,000 | |
|
60,000 | -5,000 |
|
45,000 | 6,000 |
|
29,000 | |
|
17,000 | -20,000 |
A player raised from the button after it had folded to them and Juha Helppi called the bet from his big blind.
The flop was 
and Helppi check-called a bet from his opponent. Helppi checked again on the 
turn and his opponent bet again. Helppi raised this time and his opponent folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | -1,000 |
Dan Shak and his opponent were heads up on the turn on a 
board. Shak check-called a bet and the river was the 
. Shak checked and his opponent tossed out a bet. Shak called and the player fired his hand face down into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
The under-the-gun player raised and Daniel Negreanu reraised from middle position. It folded back to the original raiser who called and they went heads up to the 
flop.
The player check-called a bet from Negreanu and the turn was the 
. The player check-called a bet once again and he did the same when the 
hit the river.
Negreanu turned over his 
for aces full of nines to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | -3,000 |
James Obst was fairly short when he got involved in a pot with his left-hand neighbor. Obst made it two bets and his neighbor made it three. Obst called and the rest of the players were out of the hand.
The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Obst put in another bet. His opponent called him again and the 
river came down on the board. Obst put in another bet and when he got called he tabled 
for the best hand as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | -22,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Limits: 1,000/2,000
David Benyamine raised from early position and Chris Vitch reraised next to act. Benyamine called and they went heads up to the 
flop.
Benyamine led out with a bet and Vitch quickly called. The dealer burned and turned the 
and Benyamine fired out again. Vitch tossed his hand into the muck and Benyamine took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | -13,000 |
|
28,000 | -14,000 |
Andre Akkari had put in two bets from early position and Kevin Song made it three bets from middle position. The flop came down 
and Akkari check-called a bet from Song.
The turn was the and again Akkari check-called a bet from Song. The river completed the board and for the third time, Akkari check-called a bet, only to see all of the chips he put in the pot move to Song as he opened up 
for two pair. Akkari mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
39,000 | -11,000 |
Jesse Martin raised from early position and Eric Vallee called from the small blind. They went heads up to the 
flop and Vallee check-called a bet from Martin.
The turn was the and again Vallee checked-called a bet. The river was the and Vallee check-called a third bet from Martin who tabled for a flopped straight. Vallee flashed his 
before tossing his into the muck and Martin added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
16,600 | -38,400 |
