Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened to 1,200 from early position, and the action folded all the way to Dario Alioto who called in the big blind. Both players discarded one card, and Alioto led for 2,500. Grospellier snapped it off, and Alioto just threw his hand into the muck.
Grospellier was forced to show his hand - - and scooped the pot.
Action folded around to the blinds, and Dan Smith opened to 2,000. Steve Zolotow defended his big, and he took two cards. Smith was pat, and he checked to let Zolotow bet 3,500 before raising to 12,000. A puzzled look came across Zolotow's face, and he spent some time considering before announcing the call.
Smith tabled , and it was good. Smith is back up to 46,000, and Zolotow falls back to about half of that with 23,100.
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott ended up all in for 17,450 against David Benyamine. Both players stood pat, but Ulliott's was best and he doubled his stack to 36,000. Benyamine was down to 6,700 after the hand.
When we reached his table, Daniel Negreanu had an opponent all in for roughly 19,000 chips. was spread in front of Kid Poker, his opponent's hand was in the muck, and Negreanu raked in the pot.
Jennifer Harman just eliminated another player when her pat held against his draw. She seems to be in a good groove as she won the next hand with a three-bet before the draw as well.
Mike Watson opened to 1,000 from the cutoff seat, and Carlos Mortensen called next door. From the small blind, a player we don't recognize moved all in for 9,675, and Watson reraised all in over the top. That folded Mortensen, and each of the two live players took one card.
Watson started with and added a to make a ten-eight. The small blind could only come up with a queen-low, and his elimination moves Watson up to 31,000.