We missed the action over at Table 31, but we do know Brazil's Bruno Kawauti got his chips in against Daniel Negreanu on a flop.
Kawauti:
Negreanu:
Kawauti flopped various straight and flush draws, which he needed to hit to overcome the flopped set of Negreanu. The turn have Kawauti the said straight, but his lead was short lived as the on the river gave Negreanu a winning full house.
Not long after, a short-stacked David Lim got his chips in preflop against Ismael Bojang.
Bojang:
Lim:
The board ran out all low cards — — and Bojang's aces held to send Lim to the rail.
On the turn, Aaron Lim checked out of the small blind and Daniel Negreanu one seat over bet 7,500 into a pot of 12,000. Initial preflop raiser Antonio Esfandiari folded but Lim made the call to see the on the river. Lim checked and Negreanu checked behind before tabling . That was good enough to scoop the pot and boost his stack above average.
David Wang opened for 1,400 under the gun and Jamie Pickering called from the button. Jonathan Duhamel then three-bet to 5,900 from the big blind, Wang called, and Pickering got out of the way. When the flop fell , Duhamel bet pot, Wang moved in for 16,800 total, and Duhamel called.
Duhamel:
Wang:
The 2010 WSOP champ held aces while Wang had a pair of eights. The turn changed nothing, but the the river did give Wang two pair, which he thought was good until Duhamel pointed out he had made a flush. Duhamel was pushed the pot while Wang took the long walk out of the tournament area.
A preflop raising war resulted in Scott Clements committing 5,000 and Billy Argyros moving all in for 8,700. Mike Watson reraised the pot and after some consideration, Clements put in his stack of around 36,000 as well. Watson called it off and they tabled their cards:
Argyros:
Clements:
Watson:
Argyros was requesting clubs in order to stay alive and his wish was granted on the board. Clements lost the bigger side pot to Watson and was eliminated whereas Argyros tripled up.
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The action folded to Brian Rast and he raised to 1,800. Jeff Gross on the button reraised the pot and Rast called to create a pot of 13,000 chips to the flop of . Rast threw in three yellow 1,000 chips for a pot-sized bet and Gross checked his stack carefully before letting go.
Daniel Negreanu opened to 1,600 and Ismael Bojang three-bet to 5,100 to see a flop of . Bojang bet 4,000 and the Canadian called to see the on the turn. Now the German check-called 6,000 and did so again for 14,000 after the river.
Negreanu showed for a full house and scooped the pot.
flop.
turn have Kawauti the said straight, but his lead was short lived as the 
on the river gave Negreanu a winning full house.
on the river. Lim checked and Negreanu checked behind before tabling 
turn changed nothing, but the the 
. Rast threw in three yellow 1,000 chips for a pot-sized bet and Gross checked his stack carefully before letting go.
. Bojang bet 4,000 and the Canadian called to see the 
on the turn. Now the German check-called 6,000 and did so again for 14,000 after the 
river.
