During the previous episode of High Stakes Poker, Daniel Negreanu made his triumphant return to the felt. It was his first appearance in season seven, and in the first six seasons of HSP, nobody ran worse than Kid Poker. Negreanu has suffered a myriad of horrible beats, including this gem against Gus Hansen where Negreanu ran a full house into quads. Can Negreanu shake the HSP jinx, or will a black cloud forever hang over his head?
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Seat | Player | Stack Size | Win/Loss |
---|---|---|---|
Seat 1 | Johnny Chan | $255,400 | +$55,400 |
Seat 2 | Phil Galfond | $313,500 | +$113,500 |
Seat 3 | Daniel Negreanu | $200,000 | – |
Seat 4 | Eric “Rolex” Boneta | $279,200 | +$79,200 |
Seat 5 | Robert Croak | $158,600 | -$41,400 |
Seat 6 | Bill Klein | $585,700 | +$85,700 |
Seat 7 | Doyle Brunson | $78,500 | -$121,500 |
Seat 8 | Phil Laak | $115,000 | -$85,000 |
Enter Kid Poker: Daniel Negreanu sat down at the table, made a few jokes, and in the first hand he played, he opened to $3,000 from the cutoff with
“Little extra ooomf on that one," he said as his chips rolled around haphazardly. “It’d be fun to go broke the first hand.”
Boneta tank-called, and the river was the
Looking Stupid: Bill Klein straddled to $1,600, and Johnny Chan opened to $4,500 with
The
“I might look stupid,” Galfond sighed to himself after counting out enough chips to call.
He pushed the two stacks of chips forward, making the call, and Chan showed him the bad news.
“Nice hand,” Galfond told him. “I did look stupid.”
Rolex’s Audemar: In a five-way limped pot that included Eric “Rolex” Boneta (
Both players quickly checked, tabled their cards, and the pot was shipped to Boneta.
“Is that even a Rolex?” Daniel Negreanu asked Boneta as he raked in the pot.
“No,” Boneta responded. “It’s an Audemar.”
The entire table erupted with laughter.
“Only Rolex can show up without a Rolex,” Phil Laak chuckled.
Limp Fest Part II: Bill Klein straddled to $1,600, and Doyle Brunson (
High Stakes Legends: David “Chip” Reese was arguably the most respected rounders to play the game. Reese graduated from Dartmouth, but rejected an offer to study at Stanford Law School to instead play poker professionally and quickly mastered both hold’em and stud. He won the inaugural $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the WSOP (now the Poker Players Championship), and since his passing, the trophy has been named the “David Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.”
Chip Counts:
Seat 1 | Johnny Chan | $334,200 | +$134,200 |
Seat 2 | Phil Galfond | $224,200 | +$24,200 |
Seat 3 | Daniel Negreanu | $228,600 | +$28,600 |
Seat 4 | Eric “Rolex” Boneta | $266,900 | +$66,900 |
Seat 5 | Robert Croak | $135,100 | -$64,900 |
Seat 6 | Bill Klein | $585,700 | +$85,700 |
Seat 7 | Doyle Brunson | $64,700 | -$135,300 |
Seat 8 | Phil Laak | $169,100 | -$30,900 |
Croak Counterfeited, Leaves: Robert Croak opened to $2,500 with
The river was the
Laak tabled his hand, and Croak looked sick to his stomach.
“I’m going to take off,” he announced to the table.
Unstuck FTW: Phil Laak opened to $3,000 with
“A hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred,” he announced.
Chan studied the Unabomber for a bit before folding, and Laak raked in the pot.
“Poker is fun,” Laak professed. “But it’s more fun when you’re unstuck.”
Doyle Doubles: Johnny Chan limped in with
Klein checked, and Brunson moved all-in for his last $38,700. The action folded back to Klein who called, and Brunson was pleasantly surprised to see he had him absolutely crushed. The turn and river came
Galfond Sets Up Klein: Daniel Negreanu opened to $3,000 with
Galfond led for $22,500, Negreanu folded, but Klein surprisingly called. The turn was the
The
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