[durron597]

At first I thought this hand was bad but then I was hard pressed to come up with hands that raise the turn.

Alright, assuming AA/KK reraise preflop, and let's even be generous and say QQ folds the flop.

So let's give him a hand range of AK-A8,QJs/JTs, 88 going into the turn, where QJs and JTs are peeling the flop because the stacks are deep and Daniel probably has a big ace since he raised from EP.

Then he raises the turn. I highly doubt AJ-A9 are raising the turn, so his range is:

Ahead:
AQ - 6 combos
A8 - 6 combos

Chopping:
AK - 4 combos

Behind:
88 - 6 combos
JTs - 4 combos

I think gambler's ruin makes Daniel's play correct, he won a decent pot without risking going broke where he's got about 50% pot equity. This changes of course if we think that AJ/AT raise the turn, but even so we should probably still check/call the river because those hands aren't paying off a river check/raise.