Hands 48-53: Calling with King High
Hand 48: Daniel Negreanu raised to 90,000 from the hijack with the and Ike Haxton called from the small blind with the . Sam Greenwood came along from the big with the and three players took a flop of .
All three players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and again everyone checked. The river gave Negreanu two pair, and he bet 225,000 after it checked to him. Both his opponents folded.
Hand 49: Cary Katz raised to 90,000 under the gun with the and Justin Bonomo looked down at the in the hijack. He put in a three-bet, Katz called, and the flop came down .
Katz bet what looked like 225,000, Bonomo called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Both players checked, the completed the board on the river, and again both players checked. With that, Bonomo took down a 1.065 million pot.
Hand 50: Haxton raised to 80,000 with the in the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand 51: Bryn Kenney raised to 90,000 with the on the button and Negreanu defended his big blind with the . The flop was big for Kenney, and he checked behind after Negreanu did. The turn also went check-check, as did the river.
Hand 52: Katz raised to 80,000 from the button with the and Negreanu three-bet to 320,000 with the in the small blind. Katz folded.
Hand 53: Bonomo limped the small blind with the and Luca checked his option in the big with the . The flop saw Bonomo bet 40,000, Luca called, and the appeared on the turn.
Both players checked and the completed the board on the river. Bonomo bet 50,000 and Luca paid him off with king high.