First Blood to Negreanu
Player of the year Daniel Negreanu is here for the first hand, seated and ready to play. With four players at his table it is folded to the small blind who raises Negreanu’s big blind. “How much do you want?” Negreanu asked and threw in the required 225. “I have position, I get to see what you do first.” He continued to goad his opponent. They saw a flop of 
which saw Negreanu speculating that his opponent didn’t have a six. Undaunted his opponent bet 400 which Negreanu called. Turn card 
. “Oh you like that card.” Said Negreanu but they both checked and saw a river card 
. The small blind now bet 600. Negreanu counted out raising chips and made it 1,800 which seemed to confuse his opponent, but not enough for him to fold. He called and Negreanu quickly gave him the bad news. “Straight. I have a straight.” He said turning over 
. His opponent showed 
.
“First hand lucky. I am Romanian.” Said Negreanu’s disappointed opponent. There followed what was received as some passable Romanian from the PokerStars Pro before the dealer interrupted to tell him to take his phone off the table. He switched back to English to begin a monologue on his favourite topic: EPT tournament rules.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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32,425
2,425
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2,425 |
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