10-02-2009 01:32 UTC+2

Early Heads Up Action

[user46298]

First hand - Shulman raises 180k, Negreanu calls. {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{2-Spades}

{Q-Clubs}

comes down - Negreanu check-calls Shulman's 250k bet.

The turn: {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

Both players check.

The river: {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

Check-check one more time, and it turns out that Negreanu's {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

for, as Jack Effel puts it, "A pair of deuces with a large kicker," is good enough to take the first pot.

Tags: Barry Shulman Daniel Negreanu