Pimenta and Negreanu

Most of the interest is up on the featured table where nearly everyone is sitting with an above-average stack. The table includes Humberto Brenes, Caio Pimenta, and Daniel Negreanu, so we're spending the lion's share of our time sweating the action up there.

In an early after-dinner pot, we watched Caio Pimenta open to 15,000 from the button, and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind to see a heads-up flop. It went check-check through the {7-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} , and Negreanu led out with 21,000 chips behind the {10-Spades} turn. Pimenta called, and Negreanu went back to a check on the {2-Clubs} river.

After about a moment of thought, Pimenta asked, "Should I value bet ace-king?"

"Value bet ace-king?!" Negreanu answered back incredulously. With that, Pimenta flicked 15,000 into the pot, and Negreanu quickly surrendered. Pimenta flashed his airball {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} , and Negreanu disclosed the contents of his folded hand, too. "It would have been hard to call with king-high," he smirked. "I had king-high."