Results by Daniel Negreanu
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Fri Oct 02 2009 04:15 GMT
O. M. G.
Our final two saw a
flop and Shulman bet 300,000. Negreanu responded by raising to 900,000. And Shulman responded to that by moving all in.
Negreanu turned to the rail in the hope that they might help him with his decision. "So you all wanna go home, right?" he asked them. "I'm not saying I'm gonna lose..."
"Ah, I shouldn't listen to the rail. I call."
On their backs.
Negreanu:
Shulman:
Oh dear.
But wait!
Turn: to massive screaming from the suddenly very awake crowd --
But wait some more!
River: ...
...
...
!
The noise was deafening. In what we are confidently declaring the Hand Of The Day, Shulman doubled to over 8 million, and Negreanu is right back down to under 2 million. Extraordinary. We play on. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 04:03 GMT
Negreanu Takes One Down; Stacks Are Still Even
Negreanu bet out 300,000 on the
flop and Shulman called.
Like in so many hands previously, they then checked down the turn and 
river. The dealer is still woefully not letting us see the cards, but Jack Effel announced that Negreanu's 
won the hand. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 04:01 GMT
Betting Now Occurs With Lego-Hand-Like Pushes
The blinds are big now, really big. A flop bet, or first bet post flop is often 500k, one neat stack of white tournament chips, which can be sort of pushed out in front of one's stack, and then manoeuvred back in place with a sort of coffee-cup clenching motion if no call. The days of flippant chip throwing are over - this is stack-betting poker and there's been barely a light-hearted chip trick or flashy fold for over an hour.
Just now another pot went to Shulman, who'd called Negreanu's preflop button raise, checked the flop:
and then bet out 500k on the 
turn. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:51 GMT
Seesaw Levels, Then Shulman Tips It Back Down
Another tasty pot for Daniel Negreanu levels up the chip counts once again after his two paint cards (sorry, occasionally no announcing + no camera view + no access to table = no detail) were deemed the winning hand on a
board. If I had to suggest a hand (which he bet on the river and got a call) it would be 
but I can't be sure.
But then the very next hand, after raising small on the button, Negreanu called a 550k reraise from Shulman, and then passed on the
flop when Shulman bet out 400k. He looked reluctant though, reminding the hole card cameras of exactly what it was he was letting go... -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:45 GMT
Daniel Getting Fitted For Permanent Set of Boots
Button Shulman minraised, and found big blind Negreanu raising a further 450k - a sizeable chunk of his stack. Shulman made the call...
Flop:
Negreanu bet 850k, as sure a sign of commital to the hand as a wedding ring. Shulman passed and Negreanu showed - for the fourth pair of (shown) Aces on this final! -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:42 GMT
Recovery in Progress?
Shulman bet out on the
flop and then called the raise from Negreanu.
Both players appear to have backed off once again come the
turn, checking both that and the 
river. Both players turned their hands over, but woefully the dealer did not think to show them to the camera so all we know comes from TD Jack Effel: "Daniel shows a pair of sixes and it's good to take the pot." -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:37 GMT
Shove Straight Off the Bat
Right away Negreanu moved all in over a standard Barry Shulman preflop raise - uncalled as his previous three goes at getting them all in the middle have been.
The next hand got to a flop: 
. Check to Negreanu on the button now, who bet 275k, again greeted with a fold. This time he looked a little frustrated about it, saying, "Yes that's the flop!" rubbing his cards together before throwing them back to be shuffled yet again. I think he would have been quite happy to commit the lot there too, but Shulman's being very careful to avoid doing that and giving his wily opponent another chance to get back in the game. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:22 GMT
Bigger Loss Sends Negreanu Into Danger Zone
A slightly larger than usual pot saw a limp-checked flop of
which neither player bet . On the turn Negreanu checked and Shulman bet 200k. Negreanu made the call.
The river was the
and again, check to Shulman, who bet 300k... a slight pause, but another call, although Negreanu mucked when he saw Shulman's winning for rivered trips. I wonder what Negreanu had - we couldn't see if he flashed his hand while mucking. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:07 GMT
Negreanu Down to 2 Million
600,000 chips found their way into the middle preflop, and when they all came out again after the
flop, they went into Shulman's stack.
2 million chips is a bare 20% of the chips in play. Negreanu may be in some trouble. -
Fri Oct 02 2009 03:05 GMT
Negreanu Moves All In, Room Holds Its Breath
The flop which got the action was a surprisingly non-threatening looking
. 400k was stacked in front of Shulman and button Negreanu was thinking about what to do about that. Suddenly he announced he was all in, and a Mexican Wave style "Ooooh," filtered around the room. But Shulman passed, handed the pot over, and play continues apace.
