Daniel Negreanu was in a three-way pot against Eli Elezra and Andrew Brown on a board of with around 210,000 in the middle.
Negreanu put out a pot-sized turn bet and Elezra folded before Brown raised all in. Negreanu called off as the effective stack before pulling out his phone to film the runout.
"Better get this for the vlog," he said. "What do you got over there?"
Daniel Negreanu:
Andrew Brown:
Brown had top two pair while Negreanu was looking for a heart or paint cards to make a straight. He couldn't improve as the river brought the for Brown to scoop the massive pot and for Negreanu to hit the rail with the money bubble approaching.
Andrew Brown opened for 25,000 from the cutoff and Filippos Stavrakis called from the button. Seungjin Lee called from the big blind as well.
The flop came and Brown continued for 35,000. Stavrakis got out of the way and Lee raised to 85,000. Brown called.
The hit the turn and Lee fired again, this time for 130,000. Brown, who had about 420,000 behind, went deep into the tank and clearly expressed that he thought Lee was bluffing.
After a couple of minutes, Brown told Lee "I'll let you have this one, buddy" and sent his cards into the muck.
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Tim Seidensticker opened the action from middle position and Paul Volpe potted from the button. Daniel Zack went all in for 450,000 and was called by both Seidensticker and Volpe, who started the hand with 155,000.
Paul Volpe:
Daniel Zack:
Tim Seidensticker:
The flop came , giving Zack trip fours and putting him well out in front, though Volpe was drawing to a low.
The turn was the , giving Zack the full house.
The graced the river and Zack earned the full scoop while Volpe missed out on his low and was eliminated.
Chino Rheem bet and Michael Sortino three-bet pot when the action got to him. Rheem re-potted and Sortino called to be all in and at risk.
Michael Sortino:
Chino Rheem:
The flop came to give Rheem a set of aces but leave Sortino with plenty of hope with a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the board finished out and he was eliminated as Rheem scooped another big pot.
"Chino is close to 2.2 million, boys!" Eli Elezra informed the remaining players.
"Flopped top set and he's live to scoop me 'till the river," Rheem added.