Daniel Negreanu folded his button, and Eugene Katchalov raised from the small blind. In the big, Bryn Kenney three-bet, and Katchalov four-bet all in over the top. Kenney made the call for his tournament life, and the news was not good.
Showdown
Katchalov:
Kenney:
There wasn't much for Kenney to sweat on the board that ran out , and he has been eliminated. Kenney was short-stacked at one point during the late stages of Day 2, but he mounted a fine comeback, working his stack to a third-place finish. That's good for $643,000, though Kenney looks pretty disappointed by that result.
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From the button, Bryn Kenney raised to 120,000. Eugene Katchalov called from the big blind and the flop came down . Katchalov checked and Kenney fired 170,000. Katchalov folded and Kenney won the pot to move back to 1.8 million. Katchlov dropped down to 3.25 million.
From the button, Daniel Negreanu opened the pot to 90,000, and Nick Schulman defended his big blind.
Heads up, the flop brought , and Schulman checked. When Negreanu continued out with 110,000, though, Schulman check-raised to 330,000 total. Negreanu called.
The turn came the , and Schulman fired right out with 550,000 more chips. Negreanu called again, and the dangerous filled out the board on fifth street. Schulman wasn't slowing down now, and his bet of 1.07 million put him all in.
"I'll need a few minutes," Negreanu said as he leaned back in his chair to mull it over. He shot the occasional glance across the table, visibly tossing the decision back and forth in his brain. After some time, he called.
Schulman was forced to table his , a miss. "F***!" David Oppenheim yelled from the rail. Negreanu showed up , and his queen-high flush was good enough to earn him the pot and the knockout.
Schulman is out in 4th place, good for $400,000 and a long, frustrated walk.
Negreanu is now approaching 5 million chips, once again in command of this table.
Nick Schulman raised preflop, and Bryn Kenney was the lone caller.
Heads up, the dealer put out a flop, and Schulman continued out with a bet of 130,000. Kenney promptly raised to 310,000 only to see Schulman three-bet him to 610,000 straight. That ended the hand; Kenney could go no further, and he surrendered his cards back to the dealer.
Bryn Kenney opened the pot to 105,000, and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 245,000 total. When it came back to Kenney, he dropped the hammer and reraised all in for about 1.4 million total. Negreanu surrendered, and Kenney flashed the as the dealer pushed him the pot.