Daniel Negreanu opened on the button with 10?9?5?4? and Bryce Yockey defended his big blind with K?9?5?2?.
Yockey checked on the flop of J?3?A? and Negeanu bet. Yockey called. Yockey checked again on the J? turn and Negreanu checked back.
Yockey checked once more on the 3? river and Negreanu fired a bet with just ten-high. Yockey called with just king-high and it was good to win the pot.
Daniel Negreanu limped in from the button before Bryce Yockey raised to 550,000 in the small blind. Chris Brewer called in the big blind, while Negreanu also came along to see the 10?5?3? flop.
Yockey then bet 600,000 and Brewer raised to 2,300,000, leaving himself 325,000 behind. Negreanu tanked for a minute before folding, while Yockey quickly moved all in and Brewer committed his last chips.
Chris Brewer: A?A?
Bryce Yockey: J?10?
Brewer was ahead with his pair of aces, while Yockey had a pair and flush draw. "I had queen-ten of clubs. What a fold. That's how we do. We know what's up. This ain't my first rodeo," Negreanu said as all three players got up from their seats.
The turn was the 7? to complete Yockey's flush and Brewer was already drawing dead. The start-of-day chip leader had to settle for third place, while Yockey and Negreanu went on a short break before beginning heads-up play.
Chris Brewer raised on the button and Bryce Yockey defended in the big blind. Yockey drew two and Brewer drew three.
Yockey bet after the first draw and Brewer called. Yockey drew one and Brewer drew two. Yockey bet again after the second draw and Brewer laid it down.
Daniel Negreanu: 6?2?/7?Q? - folded fourth street
Chris Brewer: K?8?/K?A?9?3?/Q?
Bryce Yockey: 8?7?/8?5?5?J?/7?
Daniel Negreanu brought in and Bryce Yockey completed. Chris Brewer and Negreanu both called.
Brewer bet on fourth street and Negreanu folded as Yockey raised. Brewer called. Yocket bet on fifth street and Brewer called. Yocket bet again on sixth street and Brewer called.
Yockey then checked on seventh street and Brewer checked back before seeing the bad news.