Vogelsang Takes His Time to Best Stern
Anton Astapau raised to 4,800 and Christoph Vogelsang called, opening up the possibility of a rematch between the two, but both blinds, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Dani Stern, made the call.
The flop brought out and all four players checked after which the turn brought the .
Negreanu bet 12,500 from the small blind and Stern, from his direct left, raised it up to 36,000. Astapau folded and Vogelsang tanked for quite some time before making the call, and Negreanu sighed as he folded right away.
The river brought the and Stern checked to Vogelsang who bet 66,000 after quite a bit of tanking.
Stern eventually folded, and Vogelsang took down this hefty pot.
"Do you know how long you thought before betting?" Negreanu asked Vogelsang.
After a pause, Vogelsang said, "Three minutes and 25 seconds?"
Negreanu laughed and said it was two minutes and 10 seconds, and he added that he couldn't think of a single hand he would have to tank this long with.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christoph Vogelsang |
545,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Dani Stern | 244,000 | |
Daniel Negreanu |
192,000
97,000
|
97,000 |