Poker After Dark Table 2
By Glenn Cole | May 11, 2007
Wouldn’t it be nice having as much money as Jerry Buss, who can sits down at a table like this with $20.000 buy in and knowing its money lost already? Or is it…
Again Poker After Dark found a strong lineup with full blooded professionals except Jerry Buss, the owner of LA Lakers.
Seat 1: Gus Mike Matusow
Seat 2: Gabe Kaplan
Seat 3: David Grey
Seat 4: Doyle Brunson
Seat 5: Jerry Buss
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu
First big pot on this table was when Negreanu had pocket kings on the button, raising to $1.000 which was five times the big blind at the time. The both players in the blinds, Matusow and Kaplan called. The flop came, and was three under card to Negreanu’s kings. Matusow lead out with a bet, followed by a call by Kaplan holding a flush draw. At this point, it was a rather sweet pot to pick up, compared to the blinds. So the play by Negreanu with moving all in was in my opinion the right way to go. The board was quite scary with possible flush and straight draw and he had to make it expensive to draw. And of course neither Kaplan nor Matusow could call this raise, with the poor odds they got.
First one out from this table was the amateur, Jerry Buss. He went out in a hand versus Matusow; Jerry held pocket sevens versus Matusow’s AQ of clubs. So as it’s called, a coin flip situation. Matusow caught a queen on the river, which made Buss the first one out. Not a shocker perhaps, but he has improved his game since he was on the High Stakes Poker for the first time I must say.
Soon after; a flop made Doyle two pair, and Kaplan the nut straight, (97 and JT with 789 table). Both players went all in and the straight held up all the way, giving Kaplan the pot worth over $40.000 and Doyle was left with only one chip in front of him. Of course, even for Doyle it was a mission impossible to come back, but he doubled up a few times but went out later.
Next one who had to bite the dust was the well known poker commentator, Gable Kaplan. He raised with AQ of spades and the next to him, David Grey found pocket queens. The flop was a huge one for Kaplan; ATT which meant that Grey only had one out, the case queen. And what card, if not that queen came on the turn. At this pint Gabe was looking for the case ace, but he weren’t as lucky and went out in fourth place. The remaining players now at the table were Mike Matusow, David Grey and Daniel Negreanu. And to spice things up, Kaplan and Matusow had a side bet, regarding who will stay longest in the game. So at this point, Matusow had already won $5.000 from Kaplan. If Matusow would take the first or second place, this will bring Matusow a nice cash price by Kaplan of $15.000 respectively $10.000.
The first large pot three handed would be taken home by Negreanu when he held his favorite hand, T7. The flop was 986 which make Negreanu’s hand the nut straight. Matusow held 97, top pair and a open ended straight draw. Negreanu takes home the juicy pot worth over $42.000.
Later on Matusow and Negreanu were involved in a large pot yet again, and again the beneficiary at the end was Negreanu with his straight on the river against Matusow’s two pair. This pot meant that from now on it would be a heads up with Negreanu and Grey, and the fact that Kaplan didn’t loose any more money to Matusow.
A hand that changed the table around was a hand where Grey raised with pocket jacks and Negreanu called with KQ of spades. The flop gave Negreanu a queen and all chips went in to the middle; and the queens held up all the way.
The last hand of the table was a coin flip with Negreanu’s pocket sevens versus Grey’s J8. The sevens held up and the winner of Poker After Dark Table 2 was Daniel Negreanu.
View the first day of play
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