Daniel Negreanu was in middle position and bet every street on a runout. Todd Witteles called him down from the small blind, and his prevailed at showdown as Negreanu had an inferior kicker with .
Phil Hui was big blind on and put in a check-raise against Eric Panayiotou, who bet in middle position. Panayiotou put in a third bet, giving Hui pause.
"Whoops," he said.
About 20 seconds later, he called, but Panayiotou had run out perfect with .
Shaun Deeb was under the gun against Juha Helppi, who defended his big blind and check-called the first two streets on a board. On the river, he checked and tank-folded to a final bet from Deeb, who has turned his 60,000 into over 80,000 in a hurry.
At other tables, notable regs Brock Parker and James Chen have taken seats.
With on the felt, Yuri Dzivielevski checked from under the gun and then raised a bet from Sean Yu on the button. Yu called and then called a final bet on the river. Dzivielevski showed for top full house and Yu mucked his face up.
Despite the setback, Yu has a stack well above the starting count.
Ronnie Bardah said a good hand was developing with six players to the turn, and there looked to be about 18,000 in the pot already. The board read and action checked to the cutoff, where Michael Moore bet. James Chen raised on his left, Alex Torry cold-called in middle position and a fourth player came along for the river. Torry bet, Moore called and Chen was torn.
"This can't be good anymore," he said with a sigh.
Still, he called, and he was right that whatever he had was not good as Torry had for the nuts.
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With 7,000 in the pot, Eric Wasserson bet from the small blind on . Toru Wakamatsu called and the turn was a . Wasserson flicked in another bet but this time, Wakamatsu raised after about a minute of thought. Wasserson called and the river was a . He checked and faced a final bet.
After muttering to himself for a bit, he laid it down.