Daniel Negreanu opened with a raise to 28,000 from the hijack seat and only Evan McNiff called from the small blind. The flop came and McNiff checked. Negreanu bet 33,000, then McNiff check-raised to 66,000. Negreanu called.
The turn brought the . This time McNiff bet enough to put Negreanu all in, and after some thought Negreanu let it go.
Level 20 hasn't gone so well for Negreanu, who is down to 185,000 now. Meanwhile McNiff is up to 1.524 million.
David Bach was just announced as the first player to cross the 3-million-chip mark, but he's got some company now. In fact, he's in second place again.
We just saw Russell Thomas get his last 580,000 chips into the middle on a flop, but we missed the betting action that led to the shove. It's hard to fault him for going with when he flopped the set, but Daryl Jace had flopped even better with . The nuts, they call that. He needed to fade a board-pair to earn the knockout, and the turn and river were safe and clean.
With the elimination of Thomas, Jace has worked his stack al the way up to about 3.3 million and into the top spot overall.
A player in early position raised to 27,000 only to have Gabriel Nassif three-bet to 66,000 from the hijack. As if that wasn't enough, Gionni Demers decided to four-bet to 131,000 from the cutoff. A good old-fashioned six-bet was in store as Narendra Banwari moved all in for 320,000, which only Demers called.
Showdown
Banwari:
Demers:
Demers' jacks were ahead but flipping against Banwari's overs. Much to Demers' delight, the board ran out a harmless and his hand held up, sending Banwari to the payout desk.
We missed the raising action that led to this pot, so we'll tell you what we know and let you fill in the blanks. When we walked up to the table, Wilfried Haerig was shoving for 685,000 from the small blind. Amanda Musumeci was under the gun, and she was calling all in with her covering stack, the two players racing for more than 1.4 million chips.
Showdown
Haerig:
Musumeci:
Musumeci found her pair right on the flop as it came out to pull her into a big lead. She applauded what she was seeing, but there were still two cards to come. The turn provided the gutterball sweat, and the river made Haerig the backdoor straight, marking his double up.
Andrew Pierce raised to 30,000 under the gun and it was folded all the way around to Sami Kelopuro in the big blind who called. On the flop, Kelopuro checked to Pierce who moved all in for 230,000. Kelopuro made the call and the players showed their hands.
Kelopuro:
Pierce:
The players were flipping pre but on the flop, Kelopuro’s set had Pierce dominated and down to runner runner for a straight. The gave Pierce wheel outs to the four but the on the river gave him a useless pair and he was eliminated.
Rupert Elder opened for 26,000 from under the gun and got a single caller in Jean-Robert Bellande in the cutoff. The flop came . Elder bet 42,000 and Bellande called. The turn was the . This time Elder checked, and Bellande bet 70,000. Elder made the call.
The river brought the and another check from Elder. Bellande -- the popular tweeter who often can be found reporting his bankroll at zero -- bet 200,000 this time. After some thought Elder made the call. Bellande tabled for a turned set of tens, while Elder showed his .
We heard the cry of all in and call over at David Bach's table, and saw that Bach was using the big stack to his advantage, putting Matthew Goldman at risk preflop. Bach held , and Goldman held .
The ESPN cameras came over to set up, and after about a minute of awaiting the fate of the hand, the flop was dealt . It was about as dry a flop as Goldman could get, picking up just one backdoor draw to the wheel in addition to his overcards. The turn didn't help any, coming the , and the river brought the . Back collected the bounty, and now he is just a shade under 3 million chips.
On a flop of , Alexandros Karnaos was all in for 130,000 with and up against the of Chris Bonita. Karnaos was at risk and needed a club or running straight cards to stay alive, with the turn making the latter a possibility; however, it'd be the former draw that was filled when the river gave Karanaos a winning flush.
Karnaos is up to 400,000 while Bonita took a hit down to 950,000.
At the break over on the secondary feature table we were able to update counts on all players. Over the course of the first level, David Barter had become the table's leader, moving up to 1.898 million, with Stefan Huber also moving up to 1.316 million. Meanwhile, Manoj Viswanathan slipped to 1.27 million by the first break.
Just now we saw Viswanathan trying to recover some of that lost ground versus Barter. A four-bet preflop from Viswanathan got Barter to step aside in one hand. But in another, Viswanathan ran into some more resistance from Barter.
Barter had raised before the flop from middle position, and Viswanathan defended his big blind. Viswanathan check-called a bet on the flop, then both checked the turn.
The river brought the and a bet of 150,000 from Viswanathan. Barter instantly called. Viswanathan showed for air, while Barter had for trip queens.
Again, we're reporting from some distance here, but it appears that Barter has around the 2 million-chip mark at the moment, while Viswanathan has about 1.2 million.
Erick Lindgren had 266,000 chips left, and he got them all in before the flop with . That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is when a guy like Julian Stuer looks you up with a covering stack and .
Things got better quickly for E-Dog, though, as the flop pulled him into a big lead with a set of tens. The turn was a good sweat, though, giving Stuer the nut-flush draw and a straight draw for chop outs, too. The river was the , though, the wrong kind of flush card. It gives Lindgren the full house, doubling him up to about 550,000.
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and McNiff checked. Negreanu bet 33,000, then McNiff check-raised to 66,000. Negreanu called.
. This time McNiff bet enough to put Negreanu all in, and after some thought Negreanu let it go.
flop, but we missed the betting action that led to the shove. It's hard to fault him for going with 
when he flopped the set, but Daryl Jace had flopped even better with 
. The nuts, they call that. He needed to fade a board-pair to earn the knockout, and the turn 
and river 
were safe and clean.
and his hand held up, sending Banwari to the payout desk.
to pull her into a big lead. She applauded what she was seeing, but there were still two cards to come. The turn 
provided the gutterball sweat, and the river 
made Haerig the backdoor straight, marking his double up.
on the river gave him a useless pair and he was eliminated.
. Elder bet 42,000 and Bellande called. The turn was the 
and another check from Elder. Bellande -- the popular tweeter who often can be found reporting his bankroll at zero -- bet 200,000 this time. After some thought Elder made the call. Bellande tabled 
for a turned set of tens, while Elder showed his 
.
. It was about as dry a flop as Goldman could get, picking up just one backdoor draw to the wheel in addition to his overcards. The turn didn't help any, coming the 
of Chris Bonita. Karnaos was at risk and needed a club or running straight cards to stay alive, with the 
river gave Karanaos a winning flush.
turn.
for air, while Barter had 
for trip queens.