Luke Schwartz opened to 16,000 from the button and Daniel Negreanu with two queens bumped it up to 52,000 in the small blind. Schwartz made the smart fold, and Negreanu mentioned that he mentally licked his chops when he saw his hand. Negreanu then gave us the physical demonstration of what he pictured himself doing in his head and literally licked his chops.
Roland De Wolfe after his laydown of kings, has won four consecutive pots including the second pair of kings we just spoke aboutin the previous post.
With , De Wolfe pulled a squeeze play coming over the top of Daniel Negreanu's and Phil Laak's .
The next hand, De Wolfe floated a flop with , which was behind David Benyamine's pocket sevens. When Benyamine checked the turn, De Wolfe bet 60,000 and Benyamine folded.
De Wolfe was back at it one more time raising to 14,000 with getting called by Negreanu, holding . The flop was and De Wolfe led out for 25,000 prompting a quick fold from Negreanu.
Roland De Wolfe raised preflop to 11,000 with pocket kings, and was called by the online qualifier, Giovanni Safina who held .
The flop came down , and De Wolfe quickly checked to Safina who bet 17,000. With absolutely no hesitation De Wolfe folded his kings, and Hellmuth in the booth said "De Wolfe could not have played that hand any worse."
The very next hand, De Wolfe had kings again, and raised it up to 11,000. This time however, he got no action and collected the blinds.
Daniel Negreanu opened the action to 8,000 with , and was called by Phil Laak with , and Luke Schwartz with . The players saw a flop, and it was checked around.
The turn was the and Negreanu and Laak checked to Schwartz who bet 20,000. Negreanu called, and Laak folded.
The river was the giving both players a flush, and once again Negreanu checked, this time with a jack-high flush to Schwartz, who bet 50,000 with his king-high flush.
Negreanu holding a handful of chips said "I feel like I've been owned this hand," and then made the call and congratulated Schwartz the hand.
Negreanu after his strong start slips to 225,000, and Luke Schwartz is now the chip leader with 465,000.