New High for Negreanu
We caught up with this one on the turn with the board showing . Daniel Negreanu, sitting in middle position, had 37,000 in front of him, and his lone opponent sitting in the big blind was making the call. The river brought the and a check from Negreanu's opponent. Negreanu fired a bet of 48,000, and his opponent immediately called again.
"Flush," said Negreanu, showing his , and his opponent mucked. Negreanu stepped away from the table to allow himself a bit of celebration. "I've got more chips now than I've ever had… Yes!" he said, alluding to his frequent short-stacked status thus far in the Main Event.
Negreanu is still below the average, but his stack of 330,000 looks just fine to him at the moment.