Details were a bit sketchy on this one but Erik Seidel just got out of a chair with sitting in front of it, an ace-high board in the middle of the table with neither a queen or a ten there, and a gaggle of chips being pushed elsewhere.
George Danzer just doubled up, making a set of nines on the river of a draw-heavy board. Below is his chip count and a few others from around the room:
With the familiar call for payouts coming on table after table around the room as the event is now in the money, Maria Ho and Daniel Negreanu tangled over a pot.
We caught the end of the action with Negreanu betting 8,500 into about 15,000 on a board.
Ho took a minute, then pushed all in. Negreanu claimed ownership of a baby flush and a four that he would eventually fold as Ho showed .
After just a couple hands of hand-for-hand play, Pradeep Rajasekaran shipped it short with and got called in a few spots. One opponent isolated on the flop with , and Rajasekaran became the bubble when no jack came on the turn or river.
Jason Somerville limped and then called a raise from Max Silver to 1,500, and they were heads-up to a flop of .
Somerville check-called a bet of 4,000 from Silver on the flop, and then both checked the turn and river. Somerville turned over saying, “Do not turn over those cards. If you turn over ace-deuce, I’m leaving."
He stayed put, though, as Silver mucked his cards.