Eugene Katchalov raised from the button to 100,000 and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop came down and Negreanu checked. Katchalov fired 125,000 and Negreanu folded.
Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 100,00 and Eugene Katchalov folded. After the hand, Negreanu commented that he's gotten tens, sevens, ace-king and ace-king in the past few hands. Unfortunately for him, Katchalov gave him no action on any of them.
Daniel Negreanu limped from the button and Eugene Katchalov checked in the big blind. The flop came down and Katchalov checked. Negreanu fired 50,000, the minimum, and Katchalov folded. Negreanu showed two queens and got a little bit of action this time with a big hand.
From the button, Daniel Negreanu limped in, sticking to his small-ball strategy. Eugene Katchalov checked in the big blind. The flop came down and Katchalov checked. Negreanu fired a minimum bet worth 50,000 and won the pot. He's back to 1.07 million now.
Daniel Negreanu did some table talk while Eugene Katchalov was in the tank on one of the recent hands. Negreanu said, "I've played a lot of those $5K sit-n-gos lately -- thirteen of them. Went nine and four, ran good. This is just like that."
There are a bunch of notables sitting in the stands and railing this heads-up battle, which features two of the best players in the game. Those on the rail are Team PokerStars Pros Anh Van Nguyen, Pat Pezzin, Vanessa Selbst and Max Lykov. Joining them are Jim Collopy, Adam Junglen, one of the Lerner brothers and Eddy Sabat. Oh, and third-place finisher Nick Schulman is sitting in the stands with David Oppenheim railing his best friend Eugene Katchalov.
Eugene Katchalov shoved all in from the button to put Daniel Negreanu at risk for his last 810,000. Negreanu called.
Negreanu:
Katchalov:
The board ran out while Katchalov and Negreanu stood behind the table facing the card chatting it up and calling out cards. Negreanu's hand held and he doubled up to 1.64 million in chips.
and Negreanu checked. Katchalov fired 125,000 and Negreanu folded.
and Katchalov checked. Negreanu fired 50,000, the minimum, and Katchalov folded. Negreanu showed two queens and got a little bit of action this time with a big hand.
and Katchalov checked. Negreanu fired a minimum bet worth 50,000 and won the pot. He's back to 1.07 million now.
while Katchalov and Negreanu stood behind the table facing the card chatting it up and calling out cards. Negreanu's hand held and he doubled up to 1.64 million in chips.