Randy Ohel was the bring in and it folded around to Daniel Negreanu who raised. Bill Chen called and Ohel came along as well. On fourth street, Negreanu fired out a bet and both of his competitors stayed in. He did the same on fifth, but this time Chen opted to let his hand go. Ohel raised and Negreanu instantly announced that it was three bets to go, raising for his tournament life. Ohel called and Negreanu rolled over trip tens to best Ohel's jacks in the hole.
Ohel improved to two pair on the next streets, but that still was not enough to beat Negreanu's trips. He scored the double up and now sits at 200,000.
"That right there is the luckiest player in the world," remarked Richard Sklar from across the table.
Negreanu was all smiles and his rail gave a good cheer as he stacked his new chips.
Catching the action on fifth street we found Jeff Madsen betting 20,000 only to have Tommy Hang raise to 40,000. Madsen called, and then called bets on sixth and seventh.
Hang: / /
Madsen: / /
Hang tabled his / and scooped a monster pot to soar to 725,000 as Madsen was left crippled with just 15,000 in chips.
We arrived at the table on fifth street to find Jeff Lisandro all in for his tournament life against Max Pescatori. Lisandro stood up from the table and threw his hands up in the air to see that he made pairs on both fifth and sixth street. He peeked at his seventh street card then threw it into the muck, eliminated by Pescatori's eighty-seven.
With jut 10,000 in chips left, Jeff Madsen was all in against Greg Mueller and David Benyamine. Here's how it all went down that saw Madsen end as the tournament's bubble boy.
Benyamine: / — fold
Mueller: / /
Madsen: / /
Benyamine was the bring-in and Mueller completed the bet. Madsen called all in for 10,000, and Benyamine also called. After both active players checked on fourth street, Mueller bet out Benyamine on fifth.
When the cards were opened, Madsen was behind Mueller's pair of fives. Mueller caught two pair on the end, leaving Madsen drawing dead. The hand resulted in Madsen being the bubble boy for this event, and all remaining 24 players moved into the money.
Calvin Anderson was the bring it and it folded around to Chris Klodnicki who put out a raise. Richard Ashby called from the next seat over and it folded back to Anderson who folded as well. Ashby led out on fourth street and Klodnicki flatted to see fifth. Ashby bet once more and Klodnicki raised all in for an additional 8,000. Ashby called and rolled over his tens in the hole, which were ahead of Klodnicki's pair of eights.
Klodnicki found no help on the next two streets and became the first casualty in the money. He'll collect $18,254 in tournament winnings. Ashby, on the other hand, now sits on 390,000 in chips.
Picking up with the action on fifth street, David Benyamine fired out a bet and Greg Mueller called. Benyamine led out again on sixth and Mueller once again moved forward a tower of chips for a call.
The two looked at their seventh street cards and Benyamine bet one final time. Mueller called and Benyamine rolled over for trip deuces. Mueller nodded his head in recognition and showed for kings and jacks before mucking his cards. He's now down to just 50,000 while Benyamine has soared to 420,000.