Justin Fawcett raised to 8,000 under the gun and got a call from the player next to him to go see a flop . Fawcett announced pot for 26,000 and his opponent quickly folded. Fawcett tabled .
Six players limped to see the flop of . The big blind led out with a pot sized bet of 28,000. After three players folded, action landed on Daniel Negreanu on the button. The six time bracelet winner reached for his vlogging equipment, which elicited a litany of responses from around the table and the rail.
"You know what that means," Negreanu told the table, before shifting attention to talking to his vlog. "This crazy guy has been betting pot on every flop, and this is close to the money, but we're gonna gamble," as he moved all in for his remaining 42,000 chips. The big blind called, and it was time to showdown.
Daniel Negreanu:
Big blind:
Negreanu, with a pair of fives, was behind to his opponent's pair of queens. The turn improved Negreanu to two pair before the river hit the board, changing nothing.
"This is my 'solver stick'," Negreanu said in reference to the selfie stick which holds his phone to record his blogs. "One time Scott Seiver was trying to bluff me. I reached for this and he went 'Has he ever done that and not gone all in?'"
Negreanu capture the pot for his stack, and the hand for his vlog.
It folded to Patrick Leonard who raised to 10,000 on the button and Ryan Laplante jammed for 92,000 in the small blind. Leonard quickly called and they tabled their cards:
Ryan Laplante:
Patrick Leonard:
Laplante was in great shape for the double up, which he did after the board brought .
With 188 players remaining in the tournament, the tournament director has called for all of the dealers to hold up and stop dealing so that hand for hand play can begin. The money bubble will burst at 186 players; after two more players are eliminated from the tournament for a min-cash worth $2,400.
Just minutes after doubling up once, Daniel Negreanu decided to gamble again with the money bubble fast approaching.
Action was picked up with about 58,000 already in the middle as Negreanu moved all in on the flop. He got called by the same player he had doubled through before, who still had him covered.
Daniel Negreanu:
Opponent:
Negreanu had the nut flush draw, and the on the turn completed that draw. The on the river changed nothing, and Negreanu had quadrupled his stack in a single orbit with the bubble fast approaching.
With four simultaneous eliminations with 188 players left for 186 player being in the money, the four players split the first two money prizes.
On one of the elimination hand, Justin Fawcett, who was short stack with 30,000 chips left after Vincent Dale doubled through him a few minutes before, shoved with and was once again called by Dale who held .
The board gave and Dale's hand held to bust Fawcett from the tournament at the bubble. Dale, who was down to only 3 big blinds a few hands before, is now up to more than 120,000 after a few doubles up in a row.
The tournament directors have instructed dealers to deal out three more hands before play stops for the day. The surviving players will bag their stacks to return for play on Day 2.