We caught up with the action on a three handed flop of . JP Kelly checked to Nicolas Divella, who fired out 36,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act, and he min raised it to 72,000. Kelly quickly got out of the way, but Divella made the call. The turn was the , and Divella checked as did Negreanu. The river came the , and Divella checked to Negreanu, who assembled a bet of 105,000, and stuck it in.
Divella tanked for about three minutes, checking his cards a few times before sending them towards the dealer. Negreanu shoots up to 495,000 after that hand, while Divella drops to 651,000.
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. Thus far, we've lost notables like John Juanda, Andrey Zaichenko, 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Brent Hanks, and Fabrizio Gonzalez.
Robert Salaburu is battling with Paul Volpe for the chip lead, and a few big hands went down:
Eric Legoff opened to 26,000 from middle position, Freddy Deeb moved all in for 115,000 from the button, Timothy Adams re-raised to 210,000, and Legoff re-raised to 500,000. Adams folded.
Action folded around to Kyle Knecht's button and he popped it up to 24,000. Erik Cajelais three-bet to 68,000 in the big blind. Knecht called and the flop came down .
Cajelais continued out with a bet of 75,000 and Knecht mucked his hand. Cajelais shrugged and casually flipped over for top set. Cajelais has been having a stellar day and is currently sitting on about 2,075,000 in chips.
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but Sam Holden informed us of Andrey Zaichenko's. According to last year's November Niner, Zaichenko shipped his stack under the gun with . Holden, who was next to act, then looked down at and made the call. The board ran out dry for Zaichenko, and he made his way to the payout desk just shy of the first break.
Action folded to Nghi Van Tran in the cutoff seat and he raised to 27,000. On the button was Jacob Balsiger and he reraised to 63,000. From the small blind, Lawrie Gibson moved all in for 349,000. Play folded back to Tran and he tanked for a couple of minutes before folding. Balsiger quicly mucked right after and Gibson won the pot.
. JP Kelly checked to Nicolas Divella, who fired out 36,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act, and he min raised it to 72,000. Kelly quickly got out of the way, but Divella made the call. The turn was the 
, and Divella checked as did Negreanu. The river came the 
, and Divella checked to Negreanu, who assembled a bet of 105,000, and stuck it in.
, and Deeb doubled.
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for top set. Cajelais has been having a stellar day and is currently sitting on about 2,075,000 in chips.
for an open-ended straight draw.
