Playing until 5:15am London time, Daniel Negreanu has just finished 2nd in the WSOPE Main Event. It would have been great to see him get the win but half a million pounds isn't too bad for the runner-up. Here are the final two hands:
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:15:29
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:15:29
O. M. G.
flop and Shulman bet 300,000. Negreanu responded by raising to 900,000. And Shulman responded to that by moving all in. Negreanu turned to the rail in the hope that they might help him with his decision. "So you all wanna go home, right?" he asked them. "I'm not saying I'm gonna lose..." "Ah, I shouldn't listen to the rail. I call." On their backs. Negreanu: 
Shulman: 
Oh dear. But wait! Turn: to massive screaming from the suddenly very awake crowd -- 
But wait some more! River: ... ... ... 
! The noise was deafening. In what we are confidently declaring the Hand Of The Day, Shulman doubled to over 8 million, and Negreanu is right back down to under 2 million. Extraordinary. We play on.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:19:45
Daniel Negreanu finishes as Runner Up (£495,589)
So, all in preflop, pair vs. pair, as one might expect, Daniel Negreanu, having come full circle back to short stack, had his tournament life on the line one more time. Negreanu: 
Shulman: 
The 
straight out on the flop brought a groan from the Negreanu supporters, and the rest of the board got him drawing dead by the turn: 
. But both players were thoroughly applauded as the final hurdle was leaped. 
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