John Racener, in middle position, opened to 1,500. Action folded to Paul Volpe in the small blind, who called. The big blind folded.
The flop was . Both players checked. The turn came the , and Volpe bet 2,800. Racener called. On the river, Volpe checked, and Racener bet 5,300. His opponent shook his head and folded.
With the board reading and three players in the pot, the small blind checked, the big blind checked, and Michael Mizrachi bet 2,600. The small blind called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the and the small blind checked. Mizrachi bet 5,000 and his opponent called. The river was the and the small blind checked again. This time, Mizrachi bet 12,000 and after a long pause, his opponent called again.
"Two pair," Mizrachi announced, and showed for two pair on the flop. His opponent mucked and Mizrachi took down the pot.
According to Linard Louis, the cutoff opened, and Louis three-bet on the button. It folded back to the cutoff, who moved all in for 14,500. Louis called with pocket aces, and his opponent had kings.
The board ran out , and Louis eliminated his opponent.
Rainer Kempe opened to 1,150 in middle position. The button called, Daniel Negreanu called in the small blind, and the big blind came along, too.
On the flop, it checked around to button, and he bet 3,800. Negreanu called, and so did Kempe. The turn was the , and Negreanu bet out 5,700. Kempe called, and the button folded. Negreanu and Kempe were heads-up to the river, and Negreanu checked. After a couple minutes, Kempe bet 4,100 and Negreanu moved all in for 10,550.
Kempe let out an, "Ah," in surprise and thought it over. After a long while, he pushed his cards forward and announced a fold.
Kempe kept his cards in front of him and asked Negreanu if they could both show. Negreanu said he would be blogging about the hand, so Kempe could find out from that.
Kempe still didn't release, and Negreanu proposed another deal: He would show if Kempe would show one to him in the future. Kempe was hesitant, but eventually, he agreed.
Negreanu tabled for the flopped flush and the second nuts on the river, and Kempe now owes him one.