Daniel Negreanu won his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in three years on Thursday, and he locked up a winning summer.
The GGPoker ambassador returned to action for Day 3 with the second-largest stack out of four in the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event. He exited Paris Las Vegas with all the chips, his eighth bracelet, and $2,257,718.
Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 800 from middle position. Sam Snead Sweilem three-bet to 2,000 from the small blind in response. Ponakovs called to keep the pot heads up.
The 8♣2♠J♠ flop resulted in a bet of 2,000 from Sweilem. Ponakovs remained in the hand with a call.
The action slowed down after the flop as both players checked it down on the A♥ turn and the 8♥ river.
Sweilem tabled K♠J♣ for a pair of jacks, which was good, as Ponakovs pitched his cards into the muck as Sweilem continued to have a strong Day 1a.
Hannes Jeschka opened to 800 under the gun, only for Leo Margets to three-bet to 2,200 from middle position. Action folded back around to Jeschka, who made it 9,000 to go. Margets took some time before putting in the call.
On a flop of J♦7♦4♠ Jeschka carried on with a down-bet to 6,000. Margets called, and the two saw the turn 5♦. Here, Jeschka slowed down with a tank check, and Margets opted to take the betting lead, with 14,000 her sizing. Jeschka went back into the tank, before announcing "all in" for 38,600. Margets rechecked her cards, waited a few seconds, and flicked in a call.
Leo Margets: K♣K♦ 
Hannes Jeschka: A♠A♦
It was the classic cooler, as Margets had just two outs to stay alive. The 3♦ was not one of them, as the two improved to nuts and second nuts, with Jeschka holding the best of it.
About 8,000 was in the middle on a flop that read 9♦J♦6♣. Haavard Akselsen checked from middle position before Gino Fedele put out a bet of 7,200. Akelsen check-raised all in and Fedele called to put himself at risk for 22,300 total.
Gino Fedele: A♦7♦
Haavard Akselsen: A♣J♣
Akselsen had the lead, but Fedele was flush with outs.
Fedele did not have to wait long as the Q♦ turn gave him the flush.
The K♦ river completed the board as Fedele scored the double-up.
Benjamin Kramer opened to 1,000 from early position and Donald Burkhardt called from the small blind. William Reymond defended his big blind and the players went three-ways to the flop.
The 4♣3♠2♣ was dealt, and all players checked to the 5♦ turn. Burkhardt bet 3,000 and only Reymond called to see the 3♦ river card.
Burkhardt bet 3,000 and Raymond raised to 12,000. Burkhardt snap-called, and the pair tabled their hands. Burkhardt showed A♠7♥ for the wheel but Reymond had the best of it with K♣6♦ for the bigger straight.
John Johnson raised to 1,500 in the hijack, which both Erik Baum and Stephen McCulloch called in the cutoff and small blind.
The action checked through on the A♦A♥5♠ flop, but when it checked to Johnson for a second time, he bet 3,000. Baum raised to 6,000, which forced McCulloch out, but Johnson called.
The 10♥ river completed the board, and Johnson check-called another bet of just 3,000.
Baum flipped over A♠Q♥ for trips, and Johnson mucked his cards.
Thomas Perrino was already all in for approximately 45,000 from under the gun against Richard Rohr, who had Perrino covered from middle position, on a dealt flop of A♦J♦6♥.
Thomas Perrino: A♥K♦
Richard Rohr: A♣A♠
The 2♠7♦ turn and river kept Rohr best with his set of aces and Perrino was eliminated.
With around 20,000 in the pot on a board of 9♣7♣8♠10♠, Edward Mehnert checked from middle position before his opponent overbet to 40,000. Mehnert mulled it over before making the call with roughly 10,000 behind.
Both players checked the 3♦ river, and Mehnert tabled 10♣6♣ for a straight to win the pot.
Lucas Landa opened to 800 from under the gun and saw four players call behind. Maxim Panyak in the hijack, James Young in the cutoff, Eric Cloutier on the button and Philip Stark from the small blind.
A 10♠A♦Q♣ flop saw all five players check to the 8♦ turn. Stark bet 1,000 and Landa called. Panyak also called. Young mucked and Cloutier raised to 6,000.
The re-raise was enough to see all remaining player fold, and Cloutier was able to rebuild some of his stack.
David Erquiaga from early position clashed with Nilesh Sudrania in the small blind after a series of raises got the chips in the middle with Erquiaga at risk for 33,000.
David Erquiaga: J♣J♠
Nilesh Sudrania: K♣K♥
Erquiaga was in trouble against the pocket kings of Sudrania.
The A♣Q♦7♠ flop did not help Erquiaga's cause.
Sudrania held the lead on the 8♦ turn, and the 7♣ river was the final card Erquiaga would see in the tournament as he was unable to improve and fell to Sudrania's kings.
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