Just before the break, Daniel Negreanu raised from the small blind only to be three-bet by a short-stacked Martin Jacobson. The rest of the chips got in and it was off to the races.
Negreanu:
Jacobson:
The flop was safe for Jacobson, and the turn actually locked up the hand as Negreanu was drawing dead. The was put out on the river to make it official, and Jacobson was awarded the pot.
Daniel Negreanu min-raised to 48,000 from the cutoff, and Richard Yong tossed all of his chips in the middle from the big blind. This is only pot-limit preflop, however, so Yong was only allowed to raised to 166,000, leaving 26,000 behind. Negreanu wanted to just get the rest in but announced, "call," so the two took a flop of .
Yong said that he only looked at one card, then showed for ace-high. Negreanu tabled for sevens and fours.
The on the turn took away two of Yong's outs because Negreanu had two hearts, and the completed the board, giving Negreanu a flush for kicks and giggles.
Yong hit the rail, and the final nine players are now moving to the final table.
From early position, Patrik Antonius raised to 50,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called on the button, and Martin Jacobson called from the big blind.
The flop came down , and Jacobson checked. Antonius bet 60,000, and Timoshenko called. Jacobson folded.
The turn was the , and Antonius bet 125,000. Timoshenko used up nearly all of his allotted 30 seconds, then called to see the land on the river. Antonius checked, and Timoshenko checked behind.
Antonius showed the , but Timoshenko's was the winning hand and he was pushed the pot.
Doug Polk opened for 55,000 under the gun and received calls from Patrik Antonius and David Steicke in the cutoff and big blind respectively. When the flop came down , Steicke checked, Polk bet 92,000, and Antonius folded. Steicke gave it a little thought and then did the same.
David Polk limped in from the small blind, Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked in the big blind, and the flop fell . Polk check-called a bet of 30,000, the turn was the , and Polk checked again. Timoshenko bet 50,000, Polk called, and the completed the board.
Polk checked a third and final time, Timoshenko fired out 150,000, and Polk called. Timoshenko showed for quad sevens, and the rail whooped while he raked in the pot.