He's down to 2.395 million.
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
He's down to 2.395 million.
Shulman's got himself a big old cup of coffee. Good move.
They saw a flop and Negreanu bet out 600,000. Call.
They saw a turn, too, and this time Negreanu moved all in. After a moment Shulman passed -- and Negreanu showed him . That's the third time Negreanu's had aces since we've been heads up. Or the third time he's shown them, at least.
And with that, we're back to more or less even.
2) Negreanu limps on the button; Shulman checks but wins the pot by betting out on the flop.
3) Shulman makes it 200k on the button; call. Again, Shulman bet the flop, this time to take it down.
These are really small pots comparative to how stacks were flying all over the shop in the middle of the day, but they all add up.
Negreanu checked the river, and when Shulman bet 500,000, Negreanu pointed two fingers to his face and made the universal gesture of shooting oneself in the head. He folded.
"Someone misread their hand," he said quite cheerfully considering, and raised his hand to own up. It's cost him a little -- he's back down to 3.8 million.
The turn: Now Negreanu check-called a 400k bet from Shulman.
The river: It seemed that Negreanu just immediately turned his hand over, but there must have been some speedy checking here - his wins him that tidy pot and brings him up to around 4.4 million compared to Shulman's 5.6.
Negreanu checked the river too, and Shulman stood up. He announced all in. Negreanu, with just over 3 million behind, gave it some thought -- but after a moment he passed, and we continue.
200k seemed like such a lot of chips just a day or so ago, and now it's the size of the smallest regularly repeated victory they gain.
As has so often been the case in this heads-up extravaganza, though, both players then eased off and checked down the turn and river. Shulman turned over for a flush draw that never came, and Negreanu took the pot with a mere .