On to Round 2 of the NBC Heads-Up Championship

After my 3^rd place finish at the High Roller event in LA, I knew I needed to make my way back to Las Vegas. I had an invitation to play in the NBC Heads Up Championship, how could I say no to that? 

I came back that same night after the finish of the High Roller event. I rode back with a couple buddies crammed in their tiny 2 door car… I rode in the back seat! 

We left around 2 am and arrived in Vegas around six. It was a miserable drive, but I was happy to finally get here. 

I chilled out the first day I was here, just hanging with friends, drinking some beers and having a good time. The next day was the drawing party for the event. It was pretty cool, I was able to bring two of my good buddies, Andy and the one and only- Daniel O’Brien, and two of his friends as well. 

We all had a great time there and I found out who I was matched up against, Daniel Negreanu.

He’s not exactly my first choice from the field, as there are plenty of much weaker opponents. However, I was not totally opposed to the thought of playing him as I knew there would be a good chance our match would be the featured one. 

I have also played a lot against Daniel and feel like I have a good read on how he plays. 

Our match did end up being on the featured table, and also the fastest one. I knocked him out of what I would guess to be around the 10^th hand of the match. 

I got all the money in on a board of J-3-3-2 holding QQ vs his 55 in a 3-bet pot. The structure of these matches are fairly fast paced, as they are made for TV.  

Saturday, I will be playing Pieter De Korver in my first match. If I win this match, I will be in the money and down to the final 16. Hopefully I can win both matches tomorrow and be on the final day on Sunday when only 8 players are left. 

First place in this tournament is a cool half million.  Not bad eh?

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High Stakes Strategy Snapshot: Negreanu Saved by River

It only took three episodes for Daniel Negreanu to try and spew off a stack on Season 6 of High Stakes Poker.

This time, however, the second river bailed him out for a chop and half the pot.

Other than that episode 3 was decent enough, PokerListings.com’s blogger Jason Mercier made his first appearance but didn’t play any real hands of note.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from him in future episodes.

But back to the Negreanu hand.

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High Stakes Strategy Snapshot: Negreanu Saved by River

It only took three episodes for Daniel Negreanu to try and spew off a stack on Season 6 of High Stakes Poker.

This time, however, the second river bailed him out for a chop and half the pot.

Other than that episode 3 was decent enough, PokerListings.com’s blogger Jason Mercier made his first appearance but didn’t play any real hands of note.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from him in future episodes.

But back to the Negreanu hand.

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High Stakes Strategy Snapshot: Negreanu Saved by River

It only took three episodes for Daniel Negreanu to try and spew off a stack on Season 6 of High Stakes Poker.

This time, however, the second river bailed him out for a chop and half the pot.

Other than that episode 3 was decent enough, PokerListings.com’s blogger Jason Mercier made his first appearance but didn’t play any real hands of note.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from him in future episodes.

But back to the Negreanu hand.

Visit PokerListings.com

High Stakes Strategy Snapshot: Negreanu Saved by River

It only took three episodes for Daniel Negreanu to try and spew off a stack on Season 6 of High Stakes Poker.

This time, however, the second river bailed him out for a chop and half the pot.

Other than that episode 3 was decent enough, PokerListings.com’s blogger Jason Mercier made his first appearance but didn’t play any real hands of note.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from him in future episodes.

But back to the Negreanu hand.

Visit PokerListings.com

High Stakes Strategy Snapshot: Negreanu Saved by River

It only took three episodes for Daniel Negreanu to try and spew off a stack on Season 6 of High Stakes Poker.

This time, however, the second river bailed him out for a chop and half the pot.

Other than that episode 3 was decent enough, PokerListings.com’s blogger Jason Mercier made his first appearance but didn’t play any real hands of note.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from him in future episodes.

But back to the Negreanu hand.

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The Weekly Turbo: NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, the Newest Member … – PokerNews.com

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Negreanu and Rousso lead LA Poker Classic – Bluff Europe Magazine

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