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Daniel Negreanu breaks online poker curse
Posted by: Jo Martin - Sat, 2010-07-31 09:57
Daniel Negreanu has been one of the most popular faces of poker in recent years, on television and in live poker events. He’s also been known for his lack of success at the online tables. The Canadian pro, one of PokerStars top representatives, had unsuccessfully attempted to shake the online poker monkey off his back several times in the past, but he finally achieved a breakthrough last week: in the wake of the
WSOP, Negreanu has made it a top priority to show up at Daniel’s Room at
PokerStars and to chip away at his $305,000 2010 losses by playing $100/$200 NL Holdem. Over 5 days, he logged 1,325 hands and he ended up with a $332,770 profit over that stretch, taking his game above the red line for the year.
He played a host of opponents like Joel Nordquist, Jason Mercier, Tom Marchese, Will Molson and Justin Smith.
Responsible for one of the biggest pots Kid Poker took down though, was Sussie Smith. Smith had a Qc, Jc against Negreanu’s Ah, 9h. After a bit of a preflop tussle, the 9s, 6c and 2h fell on the turn, missing Smith completely. Negreanu fired out a bet and Smith came back with a huge raise. Negreanu made the call to see the Ad fall on the turn. Smith checked and Negreanu fired out yet another bet. In an absolutely disastrous move, Smith then shoved all in. Negreanu made the call again and the river did not help Smith. The $100,200 pot was shipped the Canadian’s way.
Another huge pot that Negreanu pocketed was one against Will Molson, whose A,J fell to Negreanu’s pocket Ks.
Over at
Full Tilt Poker in the meantime, the PLO tables were the ones that once again drew the bulk of the nosebleed stakes action. Jared Bleznick walked away the biggest winner and Gus Hansen managed to recover some of his recent losses.
