From under the gun, Jani Sointula raised to 11,000. Garry "Beast Mode" Gates called from the next seat and then Marius Maciukas called from the next seat. Everyone else folded and the flop came down . Sointula was up first and checked. Gates also checked and then Maciukas fired 18,000. Sointula folded, but Gates made the call to see the turn.
Fourth street was the and Gates checked. Maciukas checked behind. The river then completed the board with the . With the board now paired, Gates fired 32,500. Maciukas insta-mucked and Gates won the pot.
Phil Hellmuth knocked out right before the money bubble.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 12,500 playing a stack of about 100,000. His perennial nemesis, Martin de Knijff made it 32,500 to go from the blinds and Hellmuth elected to flat call, seeing a flop.
De Knijff fired out a bet of 30,000 and Hellmuth went massively into the tank, counting and recounting his stack several times. Finally, he declared he was all in, De Knijff quickly called.
Hellmuth:
De Knijff:
Hellmuth was in trouble, he was drawing to a three or running spades if he wanted to survive and the on the turn gave him a flush draw, dramatically increasing his chances. The river was black but it was the and not a spade, the crowd groaned and many began to leave as at the same time as Hellmuth, now that their favourite player had been eliminated just before the money.
Martin De Knijff meanwhile, is over the 500,000 mark.
When we reached the table, the board read , and there was roughly 120,000 in the middle. Marc-Andre Ladouceur led for 66,000, and his opponent moved all in for 235,000. Ladouceur tank-folded, and is back under a million chips.
Sol Bergren raised from the hijack seat before action folded to the big blind. He reraised to 30,000. Bergren came back with a four-bet to 77,000. His opponent tanked and then gave it up, allowing Bergren to win the pot.
Jean-Robert Bellande opened for 12,000 from middle position, and it folded around to James Calderaro in the small blind who reraised to 27,500. The big blind got out, and after thinking for some time Bellande announced he was reraising all in.
Calderaro asked for a count of Bellande's chips, and the dealer initially said the raise was for 86,000 more before correcting himself to say it was 106,000. The gum-chewing Calderaro tanked for about a minute while Bellande stared silently at down at the felt. Finally Calderaro let his hand go.
"That would have been disgusting," said Bellande, "if you [the dealer] announce '86' and he calls based on that." The dealer nodded in understanding, and subsequent table talk confirmed that the 20,000-chip difference could well have been meaningful.
"Oh, that would have been the most disgusting thing," repeated Bellande. Then he raised his eyebrows as another thought occurred to him. "Or the most beautiful thing," he said with a grin.
In any event, Bellande survives his bubble-approaching all-in, and now sits with about 165,000. Calderaro meanwhile has 480,000.
A player in middle position raised to 11,000 preflop and it folded around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. Negreanu made the call and the flop came . Both players check the flop and fourth street fell . Negreanu checked once more and his opponent bet 15,000. Negreanu made the call.
The river came and Negreanu checked again. His opponent threw out 20,000 and Negreanu thought it over for about fifteen seconds before tossing out a call. His opponent triumphantly tabled . Negreanu shook his head.
"The nine plays, right?" Negreanu asked before mucking his hand. He's now sitting on about 87,000.
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David Rohm was all in preflop for his final 35,000 or so with against Martin de Knijff's and the short stack looked good all the way until the river of a board meant he goes out just a few spots away from the money.
. Sointula was up first and checked. Gates also checked and then Maciukas fired 18,000. Sointula folded, but Gates made the call to see the turn.
and Gates checked. Maciukas checked behind. The river then completed the board with the 
. With the board now paired, Gates fired 32,500. Maciukas insta-mucked and Gates won the pot.
flop.
on the turn gave him a flush draw, dramatically increasing his chances. The river was black but it was the 
and not a spade, the crowd groaned and many began to leave as at the same time as Hellmuth, now that their favourite player had been eliminated just before the money.
, and there was roughly 120,000 in the middle. Marc-Andre Ladouceur led for 66,000, and his opponent moved all in for 235,000. Ladouceur tank-folded, and is back under a million chips.
. Negreanu shook his head.
against Martin de Knijff's 
and the short stack looked good all the way until the river of a 
