Eights Not Lucky for Akenhead
flop.Akenhead checked to Negreanu, who bet 100,000. A call, and they now saw a
turn. Again, Akenhead checked, and now Negreanu bet 162,000. A brief moment of chip riffling from Akenhead before he called.The river was the
and both players checked. Akenhead turned over
, but Negreanu had pipped him with
for a pair of nines, and he took the pot.