We caught up to find the board reading . Daniel Negreanu tapped the table and Brandon Adams fired 3,500. Negreanu called and the paired the board on the river.
Negreanu checked once again and Adams fired 8,500.
Negreanu continued to talk through the hand to himself for a moment before finally calling. Just as Negreanu had said, Adams rolled over for the straight. Negreanu let out a hearty laugh and mucked his cards. By losing this hand he is currently at about 45,000.
Vanessa Rousso just sat down at Table 1. She will be playing against, among others, Roberto Romanello, Timothy Adams and John Duthie. Right now there are 201 players registered for Day 1b with 186 remaining. Late registration will remain open all throughout the dinner break.
We found Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and an opponent looking at a board of . Grospellier checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Grospellier came over the top for 7,275 and his opponent went into the tank for about a minute before throwing away his hand.
"Show it," said ElkY's opponent.
Grospellier let out a laugh and flipped up for quad queens. Despite winning this pot, Grospellier is still under the starting stack.
During one of the final hands before the break Ilan Boujenah played a big pot against Daniel Negreanu. Boujenah raised to 400 pre flop and got two callers, among which Negreanu from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Boujenah bet 600 after which Negreanu check-raised to 1,800. Boujenah made it 4,000 and Negreanu called.
On the turn the hit and Negreanu followed through with a 5,600-chip bet. Boujenah called.
The river brought the and Negreanu did not slow down. He fired out 12,500, putting a lot of pressure on his opponent. Boujenah tanked for a long time, but eventually he folded face up. Negreanu mucked his cards and is off to a very good start here in Cannes.
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. Daniel Negreanu tapped the table and Brandon Adams fired 3,500. Negreanu called and the 
paired the board on the river.
for the straight. Negreanu let out a hearty laugh and mucked his cards. By losing this hand he is currently at about 45,000.
, and Aguiar check-called 850.
hit and Aguiar check-called 1,500. The river brought out the 
and both players checked.
after which Petrov showed his 
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. Grospellier checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Grospellier came over the top for 7,275 and his opponent went into the tank for about a minute before throwing away his hand.
for quad queens. Despite winning this pot, Grospellier is still under the starting stack.
hit and Negreanu followed through with a 5,600-chip bet. Boujenah called.
