She started out the day with more than 20,000, but those chips are all gone by now. Limit Hold'em is a swingy game and we're not exactly sure what happened, but for Liu it swung the wrong way today. She's on her way to the exit right now, we'll see her in another tournament soon.
Daniel Negreanu checked in late last night, and departed early today. In his last hand he was allin before the flop with three opponents. He held which looked pretty solid on but when the hit the turn he could feel he was in trouble. The initial-raiser from under-the-gun was now involved in a war for the side-pot with the big blind and that came to a final on the on the river. The big blind bet out one last time and the under-the-gun plus one player made the call.
The big blind showed his for a turned two pair which bested Negreanu's ace-king and the under-the-gun plus one's . Negreanu was heading for the exit, but he might just jump in another tournament today because he still looked hungry for bracelets.
In a raised pot, Bryan Devonshire led out on a flop of . Two players, including Brent Wheeler, called. The turn was a repeat nine - the - and Devonshire fired out another bet. This time, only Wheeler called.
The river was the , Devonshire fired a third bullet, Wheeler raised, and Devonshire moved all in for 4,700. Wheeler called.
Devonshire showed for trip eights, but they were no good against Wheeler's for a full house.
After losing a series of pots, Terrence Chan was left with just a few thousand chips. He got most of them in preflop when he and Mark Gregorich capped the action, and the rest went in blind before the flop was dealt.
Chan:
Gregorich:
"It's just not my day," Chan sighed.
Gregorich held as the board ran out , and Chan was eliminated.
Matt Hawrilenko raised it up under-the-gun and he got a call from Sam Barnhart (mid-position) and David "ODB" Baker in the big blind. Hawrilenko made a continuation-bet on and both Barnhart and Baker made the call. All three players checked on the on the turn and the river hit: . Baker checked and Hawrilenko bet. Barnhart made the call but he wouldn't win the hand. As Baker folded Barnhart found out he wouldn't lose it either though, as he and Hawrilenko had the same hand. Hawrilenko tabled while Barnhart showed .
Gabriel Nassif didn't start out with to many chips today, and couldn't turn it around. Nassif was very short already and commited his last chips on a flop. We arrived on the flop but imagine quite some chips went in before that happened. and Nassif turned over his when the last chips had gone in. His opponent tabled and the hit the turn directly after. The on the river couldn't save Nassif who exited the tournament area.
From the small blind Terrence Chan raised it up and Francois Vigeant made the call from the big blind. on the board and Chan bet out. Vigeant made the call and raised it up when Chan bet out again on the on the turn. Chan made the call, and check-called another big bet on the on the river. Chan mucked when Vigeant showed for a flopped straight.