Iraj Parvizi and Ryan Hughes got their stacks into the middle preflop.
Parvizi drew two, and Hughes stood pat. Parvizi then drew one, and Hughes stood pat. Parvizi then stood pat, and Hughes thought about his decision before standing pat, also.
Parvizi showed , and Hughes showed . Hughes reached across to see what card he would have drawn if he had broken his eight: A . Parvizi doubled up.
On the turn with the board reading , Ismael Bojang checked over to Kenneth Fitzgerald, who annoucned, "Pot," for 19,600. Bojang thought for a bit before calling.
The river was the , and Bojang checked again. Fitzgerald potted once more — this time for 58,800, which was more than Bojang's remaining stack. Bojang thought for a bit then tossed his cards away, folding.
Fitzgerald showed for just a pair of sixes.
"That's good," Bojang said after the hand. "What did you think I had? I had ace-queen high."
Fitzgerald raked in the chips and increased his stack.
Kenneth Fitzgerald raised to 9,000 from under the gun. Sergey Altbregin called in the small blind and drew one. Fitzgerald drew two. Both players checked, and Altbregin showed for two pair. It was good.
In the very next hand, Tuan Le raised from under the gun to 7,000. Altbregin called on the button, and Fitzgerald called in the big blind.
Fitzgerald drew two, Le three, and Altbregin one. Again, all players checked. Fitzgerald showed aces, but Altbregin showed for two pair again.
"You raise," said Altbregin, "and I have two pair." He grinned.
While we didn't see the action of the hand we got to the board on the river. Negreanu was already all in and called by Ashton Griffin and Iraj Parvizi. Here's what each player was holding:
Negreanu:
Parvizi:
Griffin:
The board read and that gave Negreanu the high hand with a set of queens. Griffin was holding ace deuce for the low. So the two chopped the pot. Griffin also won a small side pot from Parvizi holding two pair.
Andrew Kelsall raised to 6,500 on the button and was three bet to 22,000 by Ismael Bojang in the small blind. Kelsall thought for a bit before moving all in for 96,200 . Bojang thought a bit himself before calling.
Bojang stood pat, and Kelsall took one. Bojang tabled , and Kelsall tabled his . Kelsall needed a three, five, eight, or nine to stay alive, and he drew a on the river to remain in the tournament.
Bojang, on the other hand, was left with less than 20 big blinds.