Daniel Negreanu opened to 900 from the hijack and Neil Channing called on the button. Negreanu continuation bet for 1,200 on the flop and Channing made the call.
Both players then checked the turn and river and Negreanu flipped to Channing's .
"I'm chopping! Yay!" said a happy Negreanu. As the dealer began to split the pot, Channing quickly mixed up his cards in an attempt to give himself aces against . He then pointed out his cards to dealer and said, "What are you doing? I won!"
Temporarily confused the dealer almost began to believe him for a second but continued to split the pot.
Marc Inizan raised to 800 from middle position and Steve Sung called from the hijack seat. Danny Wong called from the button and then the two blinds came along.
The flop came down and action checked to Inizan. He fired 2,225. Sung was the only caller.
The turn brought the and both Inizan and Sung checked to see the fall on the river. Inizan checked and Sung fired 4,500. He won the pot after Inizan folded and moved to 42,000 in chips.
Vanessa Rousso is also pushing up the poker daisies. She'd lost a couple of big pots to leave herself with 8,000 and in need of a double through. She then pushed queens into Big Slick, but didn't live to tell the tale.
Richard Ashby needn't worry about multi-tabling later tonight, as he's just been eliminated from this year's WSOPE Main Event. According to former table mate Tony Bloom, Ashby got it all with a pair and a flush draw, but lost to a bigger flush. Still, a potential WCOOP win in tonight's final will surely soften the blow.
Dmitry Bayramov opened with an early-position raise to 600, the minimum. Steven van Zadelhoff three-bet to 1,775 a couple seats over, and the table folded back around to Bayramov. He asked how much it was, then plunked his whole stack in the middle, 22,100 worth. Van Zadelhoff quickly called with the covering stack, and Bayramov flipped up .
"That's a nice hand," van Zadelhoff said flatly. He turned up , needing some help.
There was none on a board of , and Bayramov has doubled up over 45,000. That's just pushed him ahead of van Zadelhoff who has dropped to 43,000 now.
Young UK players are dominating the behind-the-bar tables at the moment, with James Mitchell consolidating the lead he received right at the beginning of the day and building up to a stack threatening the top of the leaderboard. Right behind him is Sam Trickett, fresh from winning the World Poker Open, with 75k of his own.
Richard 'Chufty' Ashby, who has final-tabled the WCOOP and actually brought his laptop to play online if he needed, has just taken a hit on a tough table. He's seated between JP Kelly, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Antonio Esfandiari and just now paid off November Niner John Dolan in a sizeable pot.
The board was reading and Ashby had checked the river across to his opponent who bet 7,600 with the 2010 Stud bracelet winner making a reluctant call only to see the rivered two pair holding of his opponent, which took the pot.
Barry Greenstein check-called the flop of for 4,600 from his opponent. They both then checked the turn when the fell to see the fall on the river. Greenstein fired out 4,500 and his opponent folded. Greenstein's now on 26,00 chips.
In a battle of the blinds (and the Dans), Dan Heimiller limped in from the small, and Dan Shak raised to 1,100 from the big. Heimiller called, and a big pot would brew from there.
The flop came with two spades, and Heimiller led out into the pot with 1,200 chips. Shak promptly raised to 3,500 total, and Heimiller called. The board paired with another on the turn, and Heimiller check-called another 6,000.
The river came a , and Heimiller knocked the table again. Shak set him all in for about 12,000 total, and the other Dan tanked for a long while before making the call for his tournament life.
Shak rolled over , and he immediately apologized to Heimiller. "Sorry, Dan. I know you had a four. Just..." he trailed off as Heimiller gathered his coat, wished everyone luck, and disappeared off into the masses.
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flop and Channing made the call.
turn and 
river and Negreanu flipped 
to Channing's 
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and action checked to Inizan. He fired 2,225. Sung was the only caller.
and both Inizan and Sung checked to see the 
fall on the river. Inizan checked and Sung fired 4,500. He won the pot after Inizan folded and moved to 42,000 in chips.
, and Bayramov has doubled up over 45,000. That's just pushed him ahead of van Zadelhoff who has dropped to 43,000 now.
which took the pot.
for 4,600 from his opponent. They both then checked the turn when the 
fell to see the 
with two spades, and Heimiller led out into the pot with 1,200 chips. Shak promptly raised to 3,500 total, and Heimiller called. The board paired with another 
, and Heimiller knocked the table again. Shak set him all in for about 12,000 total, and the other Dan tanked for a long while before making the call for his tournament life.
