Daniel Negreanu Doubles Through Gus Hansen
. There was 40,000 in the pot. Gus Hansen made a bet that would have put Negreanu all in for his last 26,000. Negreanu went into the tank."I'm behind now, but I won't be by the river. I can't possibly fold here," he said.
Negreanu called and was surprised to discover that he was ahead. They both had an open-ended straight draw, but Negreanu was ahead with Queen-high.
Negreanu:
Hansen:
Patrik Antonius said, "I feel a spade coming."
"Don't say that!" yelled Negreanu.
"Sorry," replied Antonius. "I just feel it coming."
"I hope so," added Hansen.
The turn was the
and Hansen picked up more outs with a flush draw."I'll be happy to chop it at this point," said Negreanu as he sweated the river.
The dealer put out the
and Negreanu won the pot with a Queen-high straight.Negreanu increaed his stack to over 90,000.