From the hijack seat, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 7,100. Daniel Negreanu reraised on the button to 18,500, then action moved over to Philipp Gruissem in the big blind. He thought for a minute, then reraised to 40,000 even. Esfandiari folded, but Negreanu quickly called to see a flop.
The dealer spread out the , and Gruissem checked. Negreanu bet 12,000, and Gruissem called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Gruissem bet 30,000, and Negreanu folded.
When we reached the table, John Juanda led out for 10,000 on a board of . His opponent, Tobias Reinkemeier, called, and the completed the board.
Juanda led out again - this time for 27,000 - and Reinkemeier cashed in one of his time bank chips. As the dealer fidgeted with the clock at the table, the German moved all in for effectively 80,000 or so. Juanda made the call, and Reinkemeier showed for the nut straight.
The dealer started to count down Juanda's stack, then quickly learned that Reinkemeier had him covered. Juanda hit the rail, while Reinkemeier is up to nearly 200,000 chips.
On this final hand for Shak, he was all in from early position for 7,200. Mike Watson reraised from the cutoff seat to 11,600, and everyone else folded. Shak showed the and was up against the for Watson.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Shak was done in by the king on the river. Whether or not he'll return with a fourth bullet will be determined in time, and we'll keep you posted.
PokerStars Team Online's Isaac Haxton just busted... again, and this was the fourth time for him to do so. Haxton went straight to the cage, though, and reentered once more, making that five times he has entered. Will this be the one? We'll see!
PokerStars Team Online's Isaac Haxton is on his fifth bullet in this event, and lost an early pot right away to lose some of his stack.
On this hand, the flop was when Jeff Rossiter checked. Haxton bet 10,000, and Tom Dwan called. Rossiter then check-raised to 44,000, and Haxton and Dwan folded.