Daniel Negreanu called a raise from Matt Szymaszek out of his big blind, and each player drew one and checked. Both drew again, and Negreanu check-called a bet. Negreanu drew a final time and Szymaszek was pat. Both players checked and Negreanu shook his head and said he had a pair of fives. Szymaszek had and took the pot.
Daniel Negreanu folded his big blind and was left with 3,200 chips when the small blind came around.
Farah Galfond raised and Negreanu three-bet all in for 3,200. Anna Wroblewski called and Galfond called.
All three players drew two.
Wroblewski and Galfond both checked.
Negreanu drew two again, Wroblewski drew one, and Galfond drew two. Wroblewski bet and Galfond called.
Negreanu drew one, Wroblewski stood pat, and Galfond drew one. Wroblewski checked and Galfond bet.
"Noooo," said Negreanu while recording the hand for his vlog.
Wroblewski called and Galfond had a pair of twos, Wroblewski an . Negreanu rolled over and then flipped over his last card, which he hadn't looked at yet. It was an eight, giving him and the pot. Wroblewski picked up a couple bets from the side pot.
The next hand Negreanu three-bet Michael Wagner from the button. Both players drew one and checked. They drew one again and Wagner checked. Negreanu bet and Wagner called. They both drew one again and Wagner checked again. Negreanu bet and Wagner folded. Negreanu showed .
Michael Sanders raised in the cutoff to get most of his chips in, and Brian Brubaker reraised on the button, isolating him. Sanders drew two and Brubaker one, then they got the rest of the money in before drawing one each. On the final pull, Sanders was pat and Brubaker took a card.
"Gonna be tough to beat me," Sanders said, showing .
Brubaker revealed .
"You can tie," Sanders observed.
Brubaker sweated out his card and then rolled over a , much to Sanders' disgust.
Daniel Negreanu checked and called a bet after the first draw and then took a card, as did Kyle Miaso. Negreanu came out betting and Miaso raised. Negreanu called.
"You trying to make me break?" he said. "All right."
Negreanu did take a card, and Miaso was pat. Both players checked, and Miaso showed a , while Negreanu tabled a jack. He jumped up and swore when he saw Miaso's hand.
Jonathan Duhamel got his remaining chips in and drew one after two players in front of him drew three.
"Good game," Jon Turner, one of the opponents, joked.
Timothy Batow checked, Turner checked, and they drew one and two, respectively, while Duhamel still needed a card. Batow then bet out Turner. Both remaining players patted, and Batow's bested Duhamel's .
Yuval Bronshtein raised from the cutoff and Mark Roland three-bet from the button. Bronshtein called.
Bronshtein drew three and Roland drew two. Bronshtein checked and Roland bet. Bronshtein raised and Roland called.
On the second draw, players drew one. This time Bronshtein bet and Roland raised. Bronshtein called and then on the final draw drew one. Roland stood pat.
Both players checked and Roland turned over a nine-eight. Bronshtein won the hand with an eight-seven.
One of the players who could least afford a slow start today was former WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel. That's exactly what's happened though, as he's down to just a few bets after he and Timothy Batow (small blind) each took a card on the second draw and checked. They pulled again and Duhamel called a bet on the end, but couldn't beat a nine-seven.
and took the pot.
