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Daniel Negreanu limped in from the button and Eugene Katchalov checked in the big blind to see the flop come down . Katchlov led for 60,000 and Negreanu raised to 260,000. Katchalov mucked his hand and Negreanu scooped the pot.
Skip one hand and then Negreanu raised the button to 120,000. Katchalov reraised to 300,000 and Negreanu folded.
Eugene Katchalov raised from the button to 120,000 and Daniel Negreanu folded.
On the next hand, Negreanu called from the button, completing the small blind. Katchalov raised to 180,000 and Negreanu called. The flop came down and a 120,000-chip continuation bet won the pot for Katchalov.
Next hand, Katchalov raised to 120,000 from the button and won the pot.
Eugene Katchalov shoved all in from the button to put Daniel Negreanu at risk for his last 810,000. Negreanu called.
Negreanu:
Katchalov:
The board ran out while Katchalov and Negreanu stood behind the table facing the card chatting it up and calling out cards. Negreanu's hand held and he doubled up to 1.64 million in chips.
There are a bunch of notables sitting in the stands and railing this heads-up battle, which features two of the best players in the game. Those on the rail are Team PokerStars Pros Anh Van Nguyen, Pat Pezzin, Vanessa Selbst and Max Lykov. Joining them are Jim Collopy, Adam Junglen, one of the Lerner brothers and Eddy Sabat. Oh, and third-place finisher Nick Schulman is sitting in the stands with David Oppenheim railing his best friend Eugene Katchalov.
Daniel Negreanu did some table talk while Eugene Katchalov was in the tank on one of the recent hands. Negreanu said, "I've played a lot of those $5K sit-n-gos lately -- thirteen of them. Went nine and four, ran good. This is just like that."
From the button, Daniel Negreanu limped in, sticking to his small-ball strategy. Eugene Katchalov checked in the big blind. The flop came down and Katchalov checked. Negreanu fired a minimum bet worth 50,000 and won the pot. He's back to 1.07 million now.