The voice of the aforementioned quote was one everyone in the tournament area recognized as it belonged to none other than Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu, who just hours earlier gave a dramatic exit from the tournament where he essentially gave away his chips, has decided to re-enter and give this tournament another go. Upon entering the tournament room, Negreanu strode over to the very tournament director who he argued with earlier, gave him a big hug, and collected his 50,000 in starting chips.
We arrived at the table in time to find Davidi Kitai all in and at risk before the flop against Andrew Lichtenberger. Kitai held and was leading against Lichtenberger's . After five community cards, however, Kitai made his way to the rail, as the run out paired Lichtenberger's ace. Lichtenberger dragged in the pot and now has about 40,000 in chips.
It might be the most asked question in poker. Often it's meant literally when inquiring about chip stacks or bet amounts. But the question often applies in other ways, too, as explained on the PokerStars Blog.
We found David Benefield and Ludovic Lacay looking down at a completed board of . With over 20,000 already in the middle Lacay checked over to the November Niner.
Benefield cut out a bet of 11,000 and Lacay wasted little time announcing a call. Benefield showed for top pair which caused Lacay to throw his hand into the muck. Benefield picked up the pot and boosted his stack to about 155,000.
Prior to the last break, Gerard Piqué moved back to 115,000 in chips after putting the ultimate pressure on former European Poker Tour Prague champion Martin Finger. With the board reading , Finger bet 11,000 with roughly 26,000 behind. Piqué raised all in, and that sent Finger into the tank for quite a bit of time. Eventually, Finger folded, and Piqué showed him the for bottom set of twos.
Before the last break, Tim Reilly was all in with the on the flop. Generally, getting your money all in with a set is a good thing, but not this time for Reilly as Sam Greenwood held the . The turn was the and river the , giving Reilly no miracle, and he was eliminated.