Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with three World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles.
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“I need some money. You got any money?”
Daniel Negreanu
“I bet $5,000, ... Kido calls and raises $20,000. The other guy and I call the $20,000 rather quickly, hoping that it goes check-check on the river.”
“I thought to myself that with the raise he made, he looked like he had a pair of 8s, 9s or 10s, ... But I thought I'd try to take a flop and catch a king, queen or a couple spades, so I called.”
“BK makes very few mistakes before the flop.”
“I could fold and still have $80,000 in chips, which would be a good day,”
“If I'm wrong, I've got $38,000,”
“I'm going to go with my read. What tipped me off was, if he had a real hand, he would've bet $30,000 or $40,000. But when he bet $50,000, it's a huge amount, and I'm thinking, 'He really wants me out; he doesn't want to make it easy on me at all.' It led me to believe that he didn't want me to call at all.”
“Love it. Way cool…”
“I'm like, 'Oh, no,' ... I check. I'm hoping he bets so I can throw my hand away. But he checks.”
“I'm thinking, 'If he has a set, he has a set. Nothing I can do about it,'”