No-Limit Hold’em: 5,000/10,000, 15,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
Daniel Negreanu
No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Hye Park raised to 30,000 on the button and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 90,000 in the big blind. Park called. Both players stood pat.
Negreanu placed out an overbet of 375,000 after the draw and Park entered the tank for several minutes. He shuffled his chips and peeled his cards and eventually folded.
No-Limit Hold’em: 5,000/10,000, 15,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
Daniel Negreanu
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
Daniel Negreanu limped in from under the gun and Hye Park called in the small blind as James Obst checked his option in the big blind.
"Limpin' is pimpin!" commented Allan Le, which prompted Negreanu to bust into a poker rendition of Three 6 Mafia's Oscar-winning hit "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp."
"You know it's hard out here for a pimp," Negreanu rapped, "when you're trying to get through a limp. All these big stacks lined up behind me ..."
The flop of A♠3♣10♠ checked through and Park checked again on the J♠ turn. Obst bet and Negreanu and Park both folded.
No-Limit Hold’em: 5,000/10,000, 15,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
Christopher Vitch
No-Limit Hold'em
Hiroyuki Noda raised to 25,000 in the hijack and Christopher Vitch called in the small blind with Jake Schwartz calling behind him in the big blind.
The flop rolled out K♠10♦4♠ and action checked over to Noda who bet 45,000. Vitch raised to 260,000, leaving himself one chip behind and Jake Schwartz went into the tank for a little bit before throwing his hand into the muck. Noda raised Vitch and he quickly called to put himself at risk.
Christopher Vitch: Q♠J♠
Hiroyuki Noda: 10♠9♠
Both players shared a flush draw, but Noda had paired up one of his cards to be ahead. The script flipped on the turn Q♥ which put Vitch in the lead and he held up on the 7♥ river to double through Noda.
No-Limit Hold’em: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 8,000/16,000, 24,000 Ante
Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Brian Rast raised to 26,000 from the cutoff and in the small blind, Marco Johnson raised to 90,000 and Rast called.
Johnson drew one and Rast drew two, prompting Johnson to bet 140,000.
Rast took a look down at his cards, then contemplated his decision before tossing his hand into the muck. Johnson now sits over one million after that confrontation.
No-Limit Hold’em: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 8,000/16,000, 24,000 Ante
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
James Obst opened to 27,000 from under the gun and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the hijack and Hye Park in the big blind.
Park took two, Obst took one, and Negreanu took two. It checked to Obst who bet 70,000, Negreanu folded, and Park called.
Both took one on the second draw and Park check-called a bet of 155,000 from Obst.
Park still needed a card but Obst patted behind. Park took some time before he decided to lead for 370,000 and Obst quickly called. Park tabled 7x6x5x3x2x for number three to drag a huge one off Obst.
No-Limit Hold’em: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 8,000/16,000, 24,000 Ante
Jake Schwartz
No-Limit Five Card Draw
Jake Schwartz had just finished huffing Denis Strebkov's green bottle of Thai herbal inhalant — "I love this shit!" — before he raised to 110,000 in the hijack with just 1,000 behind and Hiroyuki Noda called on the button. Schwartz drew one and Noda drew two.
Schwartz checked after the draw and Noda bet 1,000. Schwartz went deep into the tank as two players were at risk at the next table with a pay jump looming. After both players survived, Schwartz called and announced two pair.
Schwartz proceeded to turn over AxAxQx7x5x, realizing that he had accidentally pitched his other five. His aces and fives wouldn't have been good anyway, though, as Noda made a better two pair with AxAxQxQxJx.
"That would be so tilting," Schwartz said. "I mean, it's still tilting."
No-Limit Hold’em: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 8,000/16,000, 24,000 Ante
Bradley Jansen
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Bradley Jansen raised to 42,000 from the hijack and Allan Le raised all in for 99,000 from the cutoff. In the big blind Daniel Negreanu called and Jansen called for 96,000 total to put himself at risk.
On the first draw, Negreanu drew two while Jansen drew one and Le drew one behind him.
The second draw saw Negreanu draw two, Jansen Draw one, and Le stood pat.
Negreanu drew one on the final draw and Jansen contemplated for a bit before tossing one card out of his hand and Le stood pat.
Bradley Jansen: 8x5x3x2xXx
Allan Le: 9x8x5x4x2x
Daniel Negreanu: 7x5x3x2xXx
The final draw saw Negreanu peel a 10x first, ensuring that Le would survive with his nine-eight and Jansen peeled a 7x to give him eight-seven. Jansen scooped the main while Le was left with just 6,000 after the hand.
Le put in that 6,000 in the following hand in the hijac while Hye Park raised to 26,000 from the cutoff and Barry Greenstein called in the big blind.
Everyone drew two and Greenstein check-folded to a 20,000 bet from Park.
On the second draw, Le drew two and Park drew one.
The final draw saw both players draw one.
Allan Le: 6x5x4x3xXx
Hye Park: 9x6x3x2x
Park peeled a 7x to give him nine-seven and Le only could muster an Ax to leave him with an ace-six. The WSOP bracelet winner wished his table mates luck as he exited the tournament.
