Kid Poker Not Fighting Back

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On back-to-back hands, we watched Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu (and really, Negreanu is 34 years old now -- can someone come up with a more appropriate nickname for him?) open preflop for 1,800. The first time, action folded to Mickey "Mouse" Mills on the button, who moved in for roughly 12,000.

Negreanu tried to eyeball Mills' stack, causing Mills to start to break it down. "The more you fiddle with it, the worse it gets," said Negreanu with a grin. "Just leave it alone. You're like making cookies or something." Satisfied that Mills had more chips than Negreanu wanted to call off, he folded his hand.

The next hand Negreanu opened for 1,800 again. This time the player to his immediate left reraised to 5,500. Negreanu didn't take a flop for that hand, either. He still has 53,000 chips. Paul Darden, on his immediate right, has 90,000.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Mickey Mouse Mills Paul Darden