Daniel Negreanu Grows his Stack to More than $2 Million at PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller

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Eugene Katchalov was the early chip leader on day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event while players busted quickly all around him. He ran into a big confrontation hand with Daniel Negreanu a little bit earlier today that changed the complexion of the tournament. David Benyamine was eliminated during the hand in 15th place, but the majority of the action took place preflop.

Negreanu raised to 28,000 under the gun preflop and Katchalov made the call on the button. Benyamine then raised all in for 150,000 total. Negreanu reraised to 278,000, and then Katchalov reraised to 528,000. Negreanu reraised all in for 1.2 million and Katchalov went into the tank. He spent some time thinking before he mucked his cards.

Negreanu then revealed K K and Benyamine turned over 9 9. The board ran out Q 4 2 3 3 and Benyamine was eliminated. Negreanu took the chip lead at that time once the pot was added to his stack.

Daniel Negreanu’s Hand Analysis

“So I have kings, I raise under the gun, I’ve been pretty active. Eugene just calls me on the button; I know he’s tricky so he would do that with a lot of hands because we have a lot of chips. At that point I think he can have a wide range, really wide. He could have suited connectors, but he could have a small pair, or he could also have queens, jacks, tens and just want to play it small. I don’t think he has ace-king or better than that, because I feel like he will three-bet me there.

David goes all in for 125,000 more so my goal here is to try to make it look like I want to shove him out. So I just min-reraise it to try to get Eugene to maybe think that if he has a hand like queens, jacks, or tens, that it’s good and he’ll come over the top of me and go all in. So it worked somewhat. He reraised and put in half of his stack.

That was 500,000 and he only had 500,000 left. At that point there’s no sense doing anything but moving in, so that’s what I did, I moved in. He tanked for a while and that helped me. When he tanked I thought I was good.

I think he made a good fold. I think a lot of people would argue that he has to call once he puts his chips in, but I’m so narrow in terms of what I could have it is pretty obvious I have a big hand. So he is at best up against ace-king but very unlikely, and it’s way more likely to go against aces or kings.

So I think he makes a good fold. I think a lot of internet players are going to laugh at it but I just don’t think they get the value of being in a tournament still and being able to come back. The EV of it or the math, I think they’re going to laugh at it, but I think they are flat out wrong. The fact that he has doubled up doesn’t prove it necessarily, but it’s one of those interesting spots where you can fold getting the right price if it means your life.”

Katchalov has recovered since the loss and he holds 1,020,000 and Negreanu is now second in chips with 2,193,000.

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