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Daniel Negreanu brought on the flop when he checked after a middle-position player called followed by Hoyt Corkins in the cutoff.
The flop came down 
and Negreanu bet 7,200. The player in middle position folded but Corkins raised enough to get Negreanu to commit all his chips.
Negreanu: 
Corkins: 
The turn was the 
and the river followed with the 
, putting Negreanu at about 63,000.
Sully Erna peeked down at 
in the hole, and he got himself all in for his last 43,000 chips preflop. Unfortunately for Erna, he ran smack into Petter Northug's 
, and Erna was at risk for his tournament life against one of only two dominating hands.
There would be no salvation from the dealer; the board ran 
. Unable to improve, Erna has been Godsmack-ed right out the door.
Vanessa Selbst has continued her winning ways from the first two days of play, having moved past the 300,000-chip mark during the first hour-and-a-half today. She was just now involved in an interesting hand with 2002 WSOP Main Event champion Robert Varkonyi, sitting to Selbst's right.
The hand began with Selbst opening for 2,400 from under the gun, and the table folding around to the small blind who called. Varkonyi then called as well from the big blind.
The flop came 
, and all three players checked. The turn then brought the 
. The small blind bet 7,200, and Varkonyi made the call. Selbst then raised to 23,500, forcing out the small blind.
Varkonyi then went deep into the tank, taking several minutes while contemplating what to do. Finally he reraised all in, and Selbst snap-called.
Selbst showed 
for the straight, and was a bit surprised when she saw Varkonyi's hand -- 
! "Are you kidding or are you serious?" she asked, wondering about why he had taken so long to act when holding the current nuts. The river was the 
, and the pair chopped the pot.
They continued talking about the hand for some time afterwards, with Selbst ultimately apologizing for having reacted to Varkonyi's play. Selbst now sits with about 315,000, while Varkonyi has 132,000.
We passed by Allie Prescott's table as Prescott was checking behind after his lone opponent checked the turn, 
. That player bet 11,500 chips on the river. Prescott called and took down the pot with top two pair, 
, kings and queens. Adding that pot to his stack increased Prescott's count to 146,000.
They say it's a "skill game", but sometimes the cards fall in such a way that an all-in showdown is inevitable.
In a recent hand, Ernst Hermans - who finaled the now defunct E-WSOP in Vienna back in '06 - found himself entwined in an unavoidable blind on blind confrontation with his neighbor.
The big blind made the final call with for what was an additional 48,200 before flipping his 
onto the felt. Hermans showed .
The 
board changed nothing, and Hermans doubled through to what must be around the 150,000 mark.
Jared Hamby has found a much needed double to give himself a little breathing room. Hamby was all in preflop with his in strong shape against an opponent's 
and there were no surprises on the 
board.
Hamby doubles up to 34,000.
Maria Ho is the latest casualty in the field. She got all in pre-flop with and was called by a player with 
. The raven-haired beauty made a graceful exit after a board of 
did not improve her hand.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of 
, the blinds checked to the under-the-gun player who fired 4,000. Kathy Liebert was the only caller to see the 
hit the river. The UTG-player fired 11,000 into the middle, and Liebert made the call, but mucked when showed for a straight.
Liebert is back to 85,000.
Carter Phillips has amassed quite a stack, giving him ammunition to play lots of pots and to play them to many streets. He was one of three players to call a pre-flop raise to 2,700. Phillips had last action on a flop of 
and bet 4,500. The big blind quickly raised to 15,000, driving the two players in between him and Phillips out of the pot. Phillips called.
When the turn fell the big blind forcefully bet another 27,000. It did not take Phillips long to call. Both players checked the river, the . They chopped the pot with 
(big blind) and 
(Phillips). Each player had a pair of tens and used the ace, jack and nine on board to fill out his hand.
There was about 20,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when David "Devilfish" Ulliott checked and his opponent in Seat 7 bet 20,000. Devilfish grabbed four orange chips as if to make the call but then started to think it over.
He began talking to himself and even did the old fake toss to try and elicit information from his opponent. "If I fold will you show me?" he asked.
"Maybe," was Seat 7's response. The Devilfish then started talking aloud about possible hands before the dealer warned him that he couldn't discuss the hand. Devilfish explained that he was talking to himself but the dealer wasn't having it and called the floor.
The floor explained that the hand was not to be discussed aloud per tournament rules. "Whose rule is that?" inquired the Devilfish.
"[Tournament Director] Jack Effel's," was the response.
"Tell Jack he's an idiot," retorted the Devilfish. He then flashed the and tossed his cards in the muck. Seat 7 showed 
for a flopped full house. "Nice hand," complimented the Devilfish. He is currently sitting with around 80,000.
