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If a million dollar tree falls in the middle of a casino and no poker reporters are there to write about it, did anybody get rich(er)?
I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean. I just know that it’s a pretty interesting night when there is a $100,000 buy-in poker tournament reaching its conclusion and finding any news about it is like looking for a Yeti in the Sahara.
No, I don’t know what that means, either. I just know what I know from Twitter, which is that Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu just managed to win nearly a million bucks, and the only reason I know that is that he was providing his own live updates via Twitter.
Here’s the story as told through the tweets of Kid Poker himself, beginning with last night’s last update.
Finishing for the night 5 handed I have 1,472,000 avg is 1,170,000 in second ish behind Ike Haxton with Dan Smith slightly behind
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
HUGE HAND
Dan Smith opens Ah Ks I call 55 and Haxton calls BB with A5. Flop A53hh Dan bets 85k I make it 310k Haxton makes it 600k I go all in for 1.2 mill and hold! #100kBellagio— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Chip counts
Me 2.8 mill
Dan Smith 2 mill
Haxton 450k
Schillhabel 345k
Sergio Aido 240k— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Flipped with Ike for 440k he had 99 vs AQ first card in the door is a Q!!! Followed by a 9 lol. He doubles
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Dan Smith eliminates Sergio Aido moving in from SB with AK suited and Sergio called with 9T. Flop K83. Down to 4!
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Here is what we are playing for #100kBellagio pic.twitter.com/vd6duw1n7Y
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Schillhabel doubles up a 4 bb stack with T4dd vs Dan Smith A2 hitting a runner runner flush. Still 4 left
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Schillhabel doubles through Dan Smith TWICE. Catching a Jack on the river with QJ against AT. From 4 bbs to like 35 ish in a hurry
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
Haxton eliminated with A6cc vs my 99. Down to 3 and guaranteed at least $624,000 going for $1.4 million and in the lead
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 1, 2017
3 handed chip count #100KBellagio
Me 3.4
Schillhabel 1.2
Dan Smith 1.2— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
And then Negreanu went radio silent for a long time, leading us to believe a black hole opened and sucked the Bellagio into a vortex.
Or maybe they went to dinner. We have no way of knowing. All we know is that some time later, Negreanu resumed his reporting.
Schillhabel A-7 down to 500k chops all in with Dan Smith A-6
I have 4 million of 5,850,000
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Schillhabel all in again with A6 vs Dan Smith T7 and doubles for about the 5th time through Dan Smith. He has about 850k now playing 20k-40k
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Schillhabel doubles through me this time with my AT vs Q8ss. Flop was QT7 turn Q
He has 1.6 mill now
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Dan Smith all in with AQ vs AJ of Schillhabel for 1.42 mill.
Board ran out T94 Q A
Dan Smith takes over chip lead. I have 2.7 mill Schillhabel will be short again
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Had Schillhabel all in with T5 to my AT on a K42 flop. He doubled again with a 5 on the turn lol
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Holy moly!!! Dan Smith AA all in against Schillhabel JT flop JTT!!!!!
TURN ACE!!!!
Heads up now guaranteed $936k playing for the title and $1.4 mill!
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
Heads up with @DanSmithHolla he has 3.2 to my 2.6 mill
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
It was around this point that we wondered if there was a universe in which we poker reporters didn’t even exist and where Negreanu et al had been self-reporting the action through the entire poker boom.
The heads up match wasn’t a long one, but it gave us a dramatic final hand, reported by…yep…same guy.
Damn got it all in on a JT4 flop with QT vs AK. Turn 7. River Q made two pair and lost to the rivered straight. 5 million chip pot. Happy with the result! Hard work pays off! @avoidthe9to5
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 2, 2017
So, in the end, Dan Smith won the $1.4 million, while Negreanu had to be satisfied with $936,000.
If he wants to make up the difference, we can offer him some live reporting work in Prague.
We pay pretty well, Daniel.
And congrats.
Brad Willis is the PokerStars Head of Blogging. Follow him on Twitter: @BradWillis.
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