Daniel Negreanu entered the World Series Poker late Sunday night to receive his fifth bracelet, which has become almost speechless than the people they call “kid poker.”
Negreanu, who is as busy as any player in the early stages of the 2009 WSOP, entered the head-up play of the $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em event by a narrow margin over Brock “TSOPRANO” Parker, and when he stretched the lead from about 500,000 chips to nearly 1 million in the first 40 minutes of the head-up play, the No. 5 bracelet seemed to be a good grip. 파워볼실시간
But remember, this is what we call poker, and poker is a cruel game. Suddenly, Negrianu’s card was broken. And when he got the right one, Parker did it by smashing the queens of Negrianu with a jack six and the jacks of the three-poro Negrianu, respectively. As time went by, Negrianu seemed to be getting more and more agitated, and before you know it, Parker was in the lead. And less than an hour after catching Negrianu seeming to be getting further and further ahead, he was eliminated in the final moments of the night when his teens were pushed by Parker’s aces.
When Negreanu collapsed after losing his last hand, there was an audible impact in the air inside a packed ESPN featuring table. Negreanu was polite and congratulated Parker, but he quickly left to play in the already ongoing $10,000 World Championship Omaha HL/8 or Better Event. According to Negreanu’s Twitter account, he was playing poker for 15 hours for seven consecutive days.
“This is mentally challenging,” wrote Negreanu, who already has three caches and two top 10s for this year’s series. “[It’s] not for everyone. I hate it, but I love pushing myself to the edge.”
Negreanu, who won second place in WSOP with three more bracelets than four, was filming for his third Limit Hold’em title at WSOP, where he would have tied Phil Hellmuth for the category. But instead, he had to settle for a second-place check worth $138,280.
Parker was awarded his first bracelet by a 27-year-old man from Maryland and the $223,697 top prize. He is not a familiar name for most poker fans, but he is also well-known to players as one of the best in the industry, especially in the field of No Limit.
“Daniel is great both as a player and as a person. But a lot of people get famous because their teeth have horns on themselves,” said WSOP bracelet winner Alex Borte, Brock’s close friend. “People don’t know Brock because he doesn’t post on poker forums or draw attention to himself all day. He’s substandard… He’s an online legend, and [this win] deserves it.”
Third place went to Tommi Horkko from Tampere, Finland. Kevin Hong of Los Angeles came in fourth, followed by Barry Shulman and Kyle Ray of Las Vegas.