Daniel Negeanu raised to be three-bet by Daniel Alaei. He calls and they see a flop. Negreanu checks before Alaei bets, is raised so he sets Negreanu all in who calls.
Negreanu
Alaei
The turn came and river . Negreanu makes broadway and doubles up.
Daniel Alaei raised it up, and John Monnette reraised from the button. Alaei put in the extra 50,000 to continue on.
The flop came , and Alaei bet, with Monnette making the call. The turn fell the , and the action repeated with Monnette calling an Alaei bet. The river was the , and Alaei put Monnette all in for his last 45,000. Monnette called for his tournament life.
Showdown
Alaei:
Monnette:
Monnette's aces take the high half, while Alaei snags the low with his ace-five playing. Chop it up.
Ben Boyd raised and Daniel Alaei called from BB to see a flop. It's checked to the turn where Alaei bets and is called before the same happens on the river.
Alaei takes the high with .
Boyd gets a quarter as they split the low after we see his
John Monnette raised before the flop, and only Scott Clements came along from the big blind position.
The flop came , and Clements check-called a bet from Monnette. Fourth street was the , and Clements checked again. Monnette bet, and Clements check-raised to put his opponent to the test. Monnette put in his remaining 50,000, putting himself all in with that call.
Showdown
Clements:
Monnette:
Clements had flopped the straight and had the better low as the cards lay. Monnette would need some help to stay alive, and the was a good card on the river, making him the same straight as Clements. Monnette will get one quarter of the pot, staying alive by the skin of his teeth.
Daniel Negreanu has seen his stack shrink to the point he was just all in on the river versus Ben Boyd. No need to worry just yet for Negreanu fans though as the pot was chopped so he lives to fight another day.
John Monnette raised to open the pot from the button, and Ben Boyd three-bet him from the small blind. Monnette put in the extra bet and it was heads up from here on out.
The flop came . Boyd led out, Monnette raised, and Boyd called.
The turn card came the , and both players checked. On the river, the drew a bet from Boyd, and Monnette thought it over before splashing in the calling chips.
Boyd opened up his hand, revealing for threes full of aces. It was the winner; Monnette mucked his hand and sent a good chunk of his stack to his next-door neighbor.
Greg Jamison opened with a raise and only Daniel Negreanu called before a flop came down. Jamison bet, Negreanu two-bet, Jamison three-bet, Negreanu four bet and Jamison called all in.
Jamison
Negreanu
The turn comes and river to see Negreanu scoop the pot on the river after already having the best high hand. We're down to five now.
Scott Clements opened with a raise, and Ben Boyd called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of . On the turn, Boyd checked, then called a bet from Clements. The river brought the . This time, Boyd led out into the pot, and Clements made the call.
Showdown
Clements:
Boyd:
Clements made Broadway on the river, but the gave Boyd the winning flush, scooping the pot for him.
Scott Clements has been leaking chips of late, staying with hands then having to let them and his chips go. This hand was a role reversal as he three bet Daniel Negreanu preflop, on the flop and on the river after the turn was checked through.
Before the flop, Tom Koral got his final 105,000 chips into the middle, and both John Monnette and Daniel Negreanu called to put him at risk.
The board ran with the two live players check-checking each street.
Showdown
Monnette:
Negreanu:
Koral:
The pot goes to John Monnette with his aces up, as his king kicker out-pipped Negreanu's queen. Tom Koral couldn't hold his kings, and he has been eliminated in 7th place. He'll take home more than $65,000 for his work over the last three days.