Phil Hellmuth raised preflop to 24,000 from early position and a middle position player called while the rest of the action folded around. "I think we both have strong hands," said Phil to his opponent.
The flop came out and Hellmuth checked to his opponent who bet 30,000, which Phil responded to by raising to 60,000 which the opponent called.
Hellmuth moved all-in dark for 60,000 on the turn which then came out the which the opponent tanked but eventually called. "I have a set of eights," Hellmuth told his opponent "You have nines don't you."
Phil Hellmuth:
Opponent:
The river came out the and Hellmuth who started his new table with 30,000 has now doubled his stack up to ten times what it was.
A player opened under-the-gun to 16,000 which James Romero from one seat over responded by three-betting to 28,000. From one seat over, Bart Lybaert went all-in for 182,000 which folded the action over to George Wolff on the button, who decided to move all-in for 178,000. The initial raiser folded and Romero snap-called.
Bart Lybaert:
George Wolff:
James Romero:
The board ran out which gave no improvement to any player, leaving Wolff to triple up and Romero to take a tiny side pot to eliminated Lybaert.
The action picked up blind versus blind on a flop of . The small blind led out for 100,000 and Romero called to the turn of .
Action checked to the river of . The small blind checked and Romero fired out a 40,000 bet. The small blind went into the tank before flicking in the call. Romero showed for a full house, fives over jacks.
Action was recapped by the table. Negreanu moved his remaining 80,000 in from the small blind into Brian Yoon's big blind. Yoon called and the cards were tabled.
Daniel Negreanu:
Brian Yoon:
The board ran out as no help to Negreanu and the 6-time bracelet winner exited from the tournament field.
Felipe Ramos moved all-in from the small blind into Mike Matusow's big blind and Matusow called for the few chips he had remaining.
Mike Matusow:
Felipe Ramos:
The board ran out bringing no improvement to either player and allowing Matusow to double. "I cannot win with ace-king," said Matusow in reference to an earlier hand he lost "but I can win with Jack High."