Scotty Nguyen completed with a ten, and Gina Hecht raised with a six. Nguyen called. Hecht bet fourth street, and Nguyen called. Nguyen gained the betting lead on fifth, and he bet on every street until showdown. Hecht called, and both showed aces in the hole, but Nguyen had the pair of nines on his board and won the pot.
Jeff Madsen: / /
Frank Kassela: / /
Player: / folded fifth
Jeff Madsen just hit about as good as you can hit against two players who also hit pretty good. He started by completing with a two showing and got two callers. On fifth street, each player showed three cards below a seven. Madsen bet, and Frank Kassela was the only caller. Kassela gained the betting lead when Madsen paired his two on sixth, and he check-called bets on sixth and seventh.
Brian Stonoff: / /
Jason Mercier: / /
Bruno Fitoussi: / folded sixth street
On fourth street, Fitoussi had the lead and bet. Stonoff called, and Mercier raised. Both Fitoussi and Stonoff called.
On fifth, Fitoussi had the lead still, and the action checked to Mercier, who bet. Fitoussi and Stonoff called again.
On sixth, Stonoff gained the betting lead by hitting a pair of twos. He checked, Mercier bet, and Fitoussi folded. Stonoff called, then bet seventh himself, and Mercier called.
Stonoff showed for a full house, and Mercier mucked.
Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth jumped into the $3,000 HORSE tournament together. Each has already earned some chips, and each just won a hand.
Stud
Hellmuth : / /
Opponent: / /
Hellmuth raised with the , and his opponent called with the showing. On fourth street, his opponent paired the ten and bet a single bet. Hellmuth called. His opponent bet again on fifth, and Hellmuth called. On sixth and seventh, his opponent check-called bets from Hellmuth. Hellmuth rolled over two diamonds for a flush, and his opponent folded.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Negreanu was playing Omaha Hi-Lo, and the board read . He bet, and his opponent raised. Negreanu called. The river was the , and Negreanu check-called and showed for two pair. That beat the single pair of kings from his opponent, who held .
With a decent-sized pot shaping up, Jared Bleznick called a bet on fifth street and faced another bet on sixth. Bleznick thought for a moment before giving up and releasing his cards to the muck.
The number of bracelets won in this room has just gone way up, as 14-time WSOP champion Phil Hellmuth and six-time WSOP champion Daniel Negreanu have just walked through the doors of the Amazon Room together and parted ways towards their respective tables.
It's not clear if they planned it beforehand, but both players know how to make an entrance.
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folded fifth
for a six-low, and Kassela mucked.
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. He bet, and his opponent raised. Negreanu called. The river was the 
, and Negreanu check-called and showed 
