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High Stakes Snapshot: Negreanu Runs Bad, Plays Worse

Hand 1:

Matusow limps upfront with K♣ K♦ and Negreanu limps in from middle position with 8♣ 9♣. Eli Elezra makes it $5,000 with the A♣ 7♥ and it’s folded to Matusow who once again flat-calls.

Negreanu calls as well and they take a flop three-handed of K♠ 9♥ 9♦.

Matusow and Negreanu both check to Elezra who fires $8,000. Matusow flats with his nut full house and Negreanu makes it $28,800.

Elezra instantly mucks and Matusow thinks before making it $68,800.

Negreanu hems and haws before moving all-in for $151,300. Matusow snap-insta-beats Negreanu into the pot with a call.

They choose to run it twice and naturally Negreanu bricks the one-outer both times.

The only explanation I can think of for this atrocious flop play is that Negreanu just really didn’t want his $150,000 dollars.

Matusow (the tightest player in the game by a mile who limped UTG) check -alls a c-bet only to back-re-raise when Negreanu check-raises.

Is this ever not the nuts?

What does Negreanu hope to accomplish by moving in? Not only is it impossible for Matusow to have a worse nine, it’s impossible for him to have any nine in this situation given how tightly he’s been playing.

Yet Negreanu moves all-in.

Since Matusow never has a nine there are only two outcomes: either Matusow folds his bluff or he receives a belated Christmas gift of $150,000.

Either way it’s an awful play. It’s not like Matusow is going to felt AK here, so what does Negreanu expect to get value from?

Mistake number one costs Negreanu a $329,200 pot.

Hand #2

With the straddle on, Matusow once again limps up front with a big hand – this time the A♣ Q♣.

Benyamine, Elky and Galfond all call with trash hands and Negreanu makes it $16,000 in the small blind with T♥ T♣.

Matusow limp re-raises to $45,000 and everyone gets out of the way except for Negreanu who makes the call with his two tens, $200k effective deep.

The flop comes 6♥ 4♣ 7♣. Negreanu checks and Matusow shoves all-in for $199,100 into the ~$100,000 pot.

Negreanu thinks before eventually calling with his two tens.

Matusow is a very slight favorite with his overcards and a flush draw and when they run it twice Matusow manages to win both and the enitre $496,800 pot.

Again, obvious bad luck for Negreanu losing both in a coin flip.

However, he didn’t play the hand well by any means. Sure, once the cards are turned over, it looks like a decent enough call but that’s results-oriented thinking.

Negreanu was lucky enough to run into the very bottom of Matusow’s range. Matusow limped UTG then re-raised a massive $16,000 raise from the small blind.

Given how tight he’s been playing a limp re-raise screams strength but Negreanu calls 10% of his stack pre-flop out of position anyway.

Negreanu has already put himself into a tough spot. He’s going to be left guessing on every flop and, out of position, he’s seldom going to be making the right decisions.

But he calls pre then checks and Matusow shoves for 2x pot on the flop.

Negreanu makes the call – and believes it’s a good call – because he has so much invested and it’s a coinflip. But in reality it’s a terrible call vs. Matusow’s range.

Against Matusow’s very hand it’s correct, but against his entire range it’s terrible. Negreanu was very lucky to run smack into the bottom of Matusow’s range and even the bottom of Matusow’s range is a favorite. So the call is actually negative g-bucks.

Negreanu used up all his luck just not to be up against aces, so when both boards bring Matusow flushes it should come as no surprise.

It’s a good thing Negreanu’s won $12 million in tournaments because he’s lost – and continues to lose – a boatload on High Stakes Poker. 

 

More Strategy Snapshots from High Stakes Poker Season 6:

Episode 10: The Old Triple Straddle
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Episode 7: Negreanu Bluffs Into The Nuts
Episode 6: Good2cRaSZi Bluffing
Episode 5: Welcome to Ivey World
Episode 4: Ivey Goes Vegetarian
Episode 3: Negreanu Bailed Out by River
Episode 2: Hoivold Sent Packing

Episode 1: Hellmuth Felted

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High Stakes Poker Snapshot: Good2cRaSZi Bluffing

The Set-up

With the blinds $400/$800 and a $200 ante Negreanu raises in early position to $3,000. Veldhuis, immediately on his left, makes it $11,000 to go and everyone folds to Robl in the big blind.

Robl cold-calls the three-bet and Negreanu calls as well. The flop comes Q♣ 7♠ 3♣ and Robl and Negreanu both check.

Veldhuis c-bets $23,800 into $34,400 and Robl flat-calls. Negreanu folds and the turn comes J♠.

Robl checks again and this time Veldhuis checks through.

The river comes A♦. Robl thinks and checks and Veldhuis bets $54,400. Robl goes back into the tank and eventually just calls.

Veldhuis declares a set is good and Robl turns over Q♦ Q♥.

Veldhuis mucks the 8♥ 6♥ and the $190,000 pot is sent to From Busto to Robusto 2 star Andrew “Good2CU” Robl.

The Breakdown:

Negreanu raises under the gun to $3,000 with the 3♦ 4♦. Negreanu just likes suited connectors far too much to fold them.

Veldhuis elects to three-bet the 8♥ 6♥ to $11,000. Veldhuis’ re-raise is a bluff and he’s hoping Negreanu will either fold immediately or call only to check-fold the flop.

Usually three-bet bluffing an early position raise is a losing proposition because EP raises tend to mean much stronger hands. Usually you three-bet light the late-position raises because your opponent’s range is generally much wider and he’ll be raise-folding much more often.

But this is TV poker and when Veldhuis three-bet bluffs an EP raise he may realize that he’ll be given more credit for three-betting an EP raise than an LP raise.

Everyone folds around to Robl who calls the $11,000 with Q♥ Q♦.

A cold-call is good in this spot. A cold four-bet of a UTG+1 raise and a UTG+2 three-bet would absolutely scream strength. QQ would actually be at the very bottom of his cold four-bet-for-value range.

By just calling the three-bet Robl keeps QQ near the top of his range, which is where you want to be.

Negreanu elects to call as well with his suited connectors. Everyone is deep and he has his favorite type of hand with decent odds.

When the flop comes 3♣ 7♠ Q♣ Robl checks his top set over to the three-bettor. He knows that someone who three-bets an early position raise is very likely to follow that up with a flop c-bet almost regardless of the board.

Negreanu flops bottom pair and checks as well. Veldhuis does c-bet the queen-high board, firing $23,800 into $34,400.

He showed a ton of strength pre-flop and follows it up on the flop. Robl elects to just flat-call with top set.

A flat is good in this spot because should Veldhuis be bluffing he’s likely to keep bluffing. A smooth-call also gives Negreanu a chance to either spazz out with a weird bluff or make a move if he had flopped a decent hand.

Robl doesn’t need to worry about building a pot because if Veldhuis has a hand worth stacking off, the effective stacks are such that he can get it in with a pot bet on the turn and a pot bet on the river.

So if they’re getting all-in, they’re getting all-in whether Robl raises or not and by just calling he gives Veldhuis a chance to hang himself.

The turn comes the J♠. Robl checks and Veldhuis checks behind. Robl checked again to let Veldhuis bet but this time he checks behind, perhaps realizing that Robl will not fold to a second barrel.

The river brings the A♦ and Robl thinks and checks again.

This check is really good. He knows that the A♦ is not only a card that hits Veldhuis’ range but it also is a great card for Veldhuis to bluff at.

Veldhuis elects to fire $54,000 into $82,000 – a bet that’s designed to look like an AK that one-barreled the flop only to check the turn and hit the river.

It’s a decent enough bet and should Robl have called preflop with something like 9♠ 9♦ or T♥ T♠ or even K♠ Q♠ he would have a very difficult river call on his hands.

But Robl’s preflop flat kept him at the top of his range, where he remains in this hand with Q♥ Q♦. Robl eventually chooses to just call rather than check-raising.

As it turns out Robl plays this hand near perfectly and makes the maximum amount vs. an aggressive opponent.

OH PS, Durrrr posted on 2+2 that Ivey has already bought out of the vegetarian bet for $150,000.

More Strategy Snapshots from High Stakes Poker Season 6:

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Episode 3: Negreanu Bailed Out by River
Episode 2: Hoivold Sent Packing

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