Level: 24
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Daniel Negreanu raised to 200,000 from early position and Josh Arieh called from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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, and Arieh check-called a bet of 260,000.
On the
turn, Negreanu bet another 640,000 and Arieh threw his hand in the muck.
The next hand, Negreanu raised to 200,000 once again and Jared Bleznick defended. Negreanu bet 275,000 on a flop of ![]()
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before Bleznick check-raised to 650,000.
Negreanu called to see the
on the turn. Bleznick checked, allowing Negreanu to slam in a tower of 100,000 chips. Bleznick quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,100,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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1,900,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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600,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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Josh Arieh opened in middle position and Alexander Petersen defended from the big blind.
Petersen checked on the flop of ![]()
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and Arieh moved all-in for around 315,000. Petersen called.
Josh Arieh: ![]()
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Alexander Petersen: ![]()
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Petersen had a king-high flush to have Arieh in bad shape, but the
on the turn created a slight sweat as Arieh had full house outs. Sadly for the WSOP Player of the Year favorite, the river brought the
and he was eliminated in sixth place.
"I thought you were going to get there," Phil Hellmuth told Arieh suportively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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Phil Hellmuth opened in the cutoff and Laszlo Bujtas defended from the big blind. Hellmuth announced "pot" on the nine-high flop and Bujtas snap-folded.
The very next hand, Hellmuth opened to 350,000 in the hijack and Jeremy Ausmus came along from the big blind.
Like clockwork, Hellmuth announced "pot" when checked to on the ![]()
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flop and Ausmus quickly folded.
"That was exciting! Two in a row! Woo-hoo-hoo!" Hellmuth said as he rubbed his hands together.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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2,700,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
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2,300,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu bet 650,000 on the turn with the board showing ![]()
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and Laszlo Bujtas called from the button. Jared Bleznick folded from the big blind and they went heads-up to the
river.
Both players checked. "Aces," Negreanu announced, turning over ![]()
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.
"That's good," Bujtas said as Bleznick slammed the table and claimed he would've won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,000,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
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|
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4,500,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
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1,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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Alexander Petersen and Phil Hellmuth went heads-up to a flop of ![]()
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, Petersen from middle position and Hellmuth in the big blind.
Petersen bet 300,000 and Hellmuth pushed his entire stack forward, a bet totaling 1,960,000 more.
"You probably don't have aces," Petersen said, muttering to himself all Hellmuth's potential hands.
"I'll take this one. You take the next one. Or you can double me up, my wife is here," Hellmuth responded.
Petersen went into the tank for more than five minutes, using up several of his time bank chips. He eventually decided to commit the chips.
Phil Hellmuth: ![]()
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Alexander Petersen: ![]()
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Hellmuth had top two pair, while Petersen had tens and a flush draw. Hellmuth filled up on the
turn, leaving Petersen with two outs heading to the river which he failed to hit when the
fell.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
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3,500,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
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The remaining six players are on a 60-minute dinner break. The action will pick up again at approximately 9:55 p.m. and will be televised.
Daniel Negreanu has a massive chip lead with a stack of 8,740,000 as players head to break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,740,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
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|
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4,975,000
2,675,000
|
2,675,000 |
|
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|
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4,795,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
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|
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3,245,000
2,355,000
|
2,355,000 |
|
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|
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2,540,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
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1,150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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The has been a slight delay in the action as a few players are doing televised interviews.