Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 9th Place (A$36,415)
Play folded over to Roland de Wolfe in middle position and he limped in for 20,000. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu completed from the small blind and then Antoine Amourette checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down and Negreanu paused to think. He then pushed his chips across the betting line for an all-in bet worth 245,000. After Amourette folded, de Wolfe snap-called and tabled the for bottom set. Negreanu held the for top pair.
The turn card brought the and that gave Negreanu a nice sweat going to the river. He'd now need a queen, ten or a six to stay alive. When the river card was turned over, the was revealed and missed Negreanu. De Wolfe's flopped bottom set held and he eliminated the superstar in ninth place while moving to 1.22 million in chips.
"I'll pay 50,000 Australian dollars for a new river card!" yelled out Negreanu. Unfortunately for him, that's not in the rules.
Negreanu walked away with A$36,415 in prize money and added another final table for the notch on the belt.