09-05-2009 23:21 UTC+3

Negreanu Continues To Play Small Ball

donpeters

Nothing small about Negreanu's stack now -- 82K

A player in middle position opened to 2,100 and Daniel Negreanu flatted on the button. The flop came down {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{2-Hearts}

. The player bet 2,300 into Negreanu. Negreanu made the call.

The turn came the {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

and the player bet again, this time for 3,500. Negreanu called again.

The river was the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

and Negreanu called a bet of 7,000 from his opponent. The player turned up {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

for two pair, but Negreanu held {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

for a better two pair. Negreanu moved up to 82,000 on the hand.

He has been given a little flack from Lex Veldhuis about his small-ball strategy and after the hand mentioned, "You would've liked that one, Lex. You see it?"

Lex commented that he saw it after the flop, but also made a reference that Negreanu might've been able to get a lot more chips than he did had he raised at any point in the hand.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Lex Veldhuis