Daniel Negreanu was down to just 74,000 and moved all in, declaring he had finally found a hand. Action folded around slowly to Mustapha Kanit in the big blind and he called.
"I have a pair of kings!" Negreanu said while showing .
"I have a pair of aces" Kanit answered while showing .
The board ran out and Negreanu made his exit. "Yes!" shouted Kanit teasing Negreanu.
Negreanu was unhappy with the board and took the deck from the dealer to put another five cards on the table, but those gave Kanit an even better hand with trips. "The whole deck was against me," Negreanu laughed, stating he thought that was unfair and wanted a new hand. The floor, smiling, declined and Negreanu was heading for the rail.
Ivan Luca moved all-in preflop with for his final 200,000 and he was hoping to be flipping when he got a call. He was not, however, after he ran into the freezer hand of Stephen Chidwick's .
Luca was up and out of his seat before the flop, and walking away after the board played out .
Daniel Colman has definitely used the dynamics of the bubble to grab a chunk of chips from Mustapha Kanit. Pre-flop, Kanit and Colman clashed with Kanit raising it up and Colman calling in the big blind.
The flop of saw Colman call Kanit's c-bet of 45,000 and on the turn of , Kanit's bet of 90,00 again got a call. However, on the final street, the river of saw Kanit check and Colman bet 300,000.
A huge bet and it put Kanit into the tank, but eventually, the Italian folded it away and Colman took the table captaincy in the move.
Action folded to Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button and he moved in for 429,000. The small blind folded right away but big blind Ben Tollerene needed some more time to make up his mind. Tollerene, one of the shortest if not thé shortest, tanked for a bit before he called all in for 322,000 total.
Oleksii Khoroshenin:
Ben Tollerene:
The board ran out and Tollerene doubled up, leaving Khoroshenin short.
The next hand, Khoroshenin shoved all in from the cutoff. Action folded around to big blind Daniel Dvoress and he called instantly.
Oleksii Khoroshenin:
Daniel Dvoress:
The board ran out and just like that, the bubble was over with.
The final table have assembled, with the remaining nine players all in the money. Daniel Colman leads the way, with over 1.2 million in chips, but can he seal yet another High Roller victory?
Here is the full seat draw and full chip counts:
Seat
Player
Chip Count
1
Stephen Chidwick
890,000
2
Cary Katz
276,000
3
Byron Kaverman
1,139,000
4
Daniel Dvoress
1,007,000
5
Daniel Colman
1,273,000
6
Mustapha Kanit
968,000
7
Ben Tollerene
653,000
8
Sergi Reixach
429,000
9
Bryn Kenney
270,000
These are the players in order of who has the most chips as the final table begins in just a couple of minutes time.
With the final table under way, all nine players are hoping not to be the first player to vacate the table and play has begun cautiously.
One player who has got off to a strong start is Cary Katz. He raised from under the gun to 50,000 preflop and got a call from Stephen Chidwick in the big blind. The flop came and Katz c-bet 98,000 to take it down.
Mustapha Kanit has enjoyed the best of the opening half-dozen hands, however. He got his additional chips from Daniel Colman, who until that point had been using his chip lead to raise and take a few stacks. In this particular hand, however, he lost some to the Italian. Kanit's early position raise in the next seat to Colman was called by the former Big One for One Drop winner, who sat in the big blind.
The flop of saw Kanit c-bet to 40,000 which was called. The turn of was checked by both men, but the river saw Colman lead out for 125,000. A chunky bet, and Kanit took his time, but eventually called to see that Colman only had ace-high, while Kanit held and they were good enough to scoop a decent pot.
Bryn Kenney shoved all in under the gun for 191,000 total. Stephen Chidwick asked for a count but folded and after that, action folded to Ben Tollerene in the small blind rather quickly. He over shoved for just over 500,000 and medium stack Sergi Reixach folded his big blind.
"Best case for Bryn" Cary Katz said upon seeing the showdown.
Bryn Kenney:
Ben Tollerene:
The flop came , helping Kenney in front. The turn and river were blanks and Kenney doubled.