Daniel Negreanu check-raised Joe Hachem's bet of 7,000 to put Hachem all in on the board. Hachem snap-called holding the for top full house to Negreanu's .
Hachem was all in on the flop for 37,000 and doubled up to over 100,000 after the river completed the board with the .
With 37,000 chips in the middle on the board, Joe Hachem bet 17,000 into Tobias Reinkemeier. Reinkemeier took some time and then raised all in for around 55,000. Hachem gave it up and was knocked back to roughly half of the starting stack.
When we walked up to the table, the turn was already out on a board, and Daniel Alaei had 12,000 out in front of him. He was heads up, and Tobias Reinkemeier called the 12,000 to see the on the river. When Reinkemeier checked, Alaei grabbed his last 42,000 chips and slung them across the line.
Reinkemeier tanked for a couple minutes, then made the call. We'd never get to see his cards. Alaei turned up , and the worst set was the best hand.
Trip deuces double Alaei back around 125,000, knocking Reinkemeier back down to about 65,000 or so.
Sorel Mizzi has just stepped away from the table for a moment. Actually, he sprinted away in the direction of the restrooms, making a comment about taking a couple hands off as he bolted out of the room. When you've paid $100,000 for a seat, you want to make sure you spend as much time in it as possible.
"Yeah... it's only 100k," Dan Smith said with a big grin and a shake of the head.
From the hijack seat, Sorel Mizzi raised to 1,500. JC Tran flat-called from the cutoff seat and then Tom Dwan put in a three-bet to 6,000 from the button. Action folded through the blinds and back to Mizzi. He called, then Tran folded.
The flop came down and Mizzi passed the action over to Dwan. He fired 8,500 and Mizzi folded.
Gus Hansen has just taken his seat and is up on the televised feature table stage next to Masa Kagawa in Seat 7. JOnathan Karamalikis has also joined the mix and is seated to the left of Nam Le. Here's how those tables now look:
With 20,500 chips in the middle, JC Tran bet 8,500 on the board into Dan Shak. Shak put in a raise to 22,000 and Tran mucked his hand after a few seconds of thought. Shak flashed the for a flopped flush and then Tran pulled his cards from the muck pile and showed the that he laid down.