Kiyokazu Nishikawa opened from the button and Daniel Negreanu called out of the big blind. The two saw hit the felt and Negreanu checked to the raiser. Nishikawa continued out and Negreanu came over the top with a check-raise. Nishikawa called and the hit the turn. Negreanu slowed with a check and Nishikawa fired out a bet. Negreanu tossed forward a call.
The paired the board on the river and Negreanu check-called one more time. Nishikawa showed for king-high and Negreanu tabled a winning for aces and jacks. Negreanu took down the pot and now has 148,000 in chips.
Andrei Kaigorodtcev opened under the gun to 6,000 and found a call from Dan Heimiller in the big blind. The flop fell and Kaigorodtcev moved all in for his last roughly 8,000. Heimiller called and held for bottom set. We missed Kaigorodtcev's hand, but he failed at improving to beat Heimiller's set and he fell in 16th place.
Kaigorodtcev collected $5,721 in 16th place prize money. Heimiller, on the other hand, has about 165,000 in chips.
On a board of , Howard Smith got the last of his chips in against Christoph Haller.
Haller:
Smith:
The finished off the board on the river, giving Haller a winning straight to the queen. Smith was sent to the rail and Haller's stack soared to 305,000.
Picking up with the action on a completed board of , Thomas Butzhammer committed the last of his chips against Yehuda Buchalter. Buchalter called and the two hands were revealed.
Butzhammer showed for a flush and the second nut low. Buchalter, however, had him beat in both regards with for a higher flush and the nut low. Buchalter scooped and Butzhammer was sent to the rail.
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