I used to think Negraneau was good....

kurto · #1 05-09-2005, 11:09 AM

Watching the NL Poker Heads Up Tourny on Saturday showed me that Daniel has sold his sould. Clearly he made a deal with the devil.

Daniel was playing against Jerry (Bus???). Daniel called Jerry's all-in when he was dominated (I believe it was AKos vs JQos)... I forget exactly what the hands were... but here's the weird part-

Daniel flops a straight draw. There are 2 diamonds on the board. Daniel has the jack of diamonds. His opponent has the Ace.

To make it interesting,.... Daniel's on the straight draw. He asks outloud for the 8 .... (which would give him the straight) BUT, he asked for diamonds because it would put a flush draw on the table thereby giving his opponent a chance to suck out on him. Keeping it interesting. On cue, the 8 falls.

Now his opponent realizes he has some outs. He wants a diamond. Daniel, laughing, asks for the Q which will give him the straight flush.

On cue, it falls. Daniel wins with a straight flush after asking for 2 specific cards one after the other in order.

Furthermore... on the WPT on wednesday, he was in a hand against Mizrahi (spelling?), went all his 7s against Mizrahis 8s. Furthermore, someone else folded a 7-8 so there was only 1 of each person's cards left.

On the turn, the board was:
5-6-9-x

He's dead to 1 card which... he needs his opponent to make a set... Which of course falls on the river.

** I know over many many games, you're going to see some miracle hits. But this guy, 2 incredible odds-defying events happening in major televised events?

He made a deal!

toots · #2 05-09-2005, 11:13 AM

It's gonna happen on a televised event sooner or later, and you know that when it does, it'll be shown in the final edit.

This was not a random event, which is to say that the event itself was random, but getting edited into the show was not.

SunOfaJack · #3 05-09-2005, 01:31 PM

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It's gonna happen on a televised event sooner or later, and you know that when it does, it'll be shown in the final edit.

This was not a random event, which is to say that the event itself was random, but getting edited into the show was not.

[/ QUOTE ]

Above. Also the cards Daniel was asking for are not random either, other than the order of 8 then Q, but these are the logical cards to "ask for" in the kind of drama Daniel was thinking about, and so with the gagillions of hours of recorded for the hundreds of poker shows out there, it is possibly harder to believe this hasn't happened
sooner.

capjim · #4 05-09-2005, 11:36 AM

Daniel, is the best no limit hold 'em tournament player around. Also, even the best make mistakes.

I guess you have never made a mistake?

Sponger15SB · #5 05-09-2005, 11:38 AM

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Daniel, is the best no limit hold 'em tournament player around. Also, even the best make mistakes.

I guess you have never made a mistake?

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What the hell are you talking about?

RicktheRuler · #6 05-09-2005, 12:28 PM

I can't resist. Phil Ivey is a better tournament player than DN.

otnemem · #7 05-09-2005, 01:27 PM

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Daniel, is the best no limit hold 'em tournament player around. Also, even the best make mistakes.

I guess you have never made a mistake?

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Welcome to the board. You've captured the prestigious title of worst first post ever. Congrats.

jdock99 · #8 05-09-2005, 08:03 PM

That isn't even the worst of it. I was talking to a guy once in a side game who was talking about a hand he played with Daniel at one of the tournies Daniel won (maybe the Bellagio one, I do not remember). Anyways, he says he was all in against Daniel for most of Daniel's chips when he had a full house against Daniel's under-trips. (ie. AA vs 78 on a A88 board). Then Daniel preceded to hit his 1 outer and continue on to win the tourney. How is that for luck. Of course the truth is that no matter how good you are you have to get super lucky numerous times to win one of these big buy in tournies. The truth is that irregardless of our skill or how many tournies we play, most of us will go our whole lives and never be "lucky" enough to win a large buy in, MTT, and those that do probably are not that much appreciably better than those that do not, if at all.

MortalWombat · #9 05-09-2005, 07:36 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Daniel, is the best no limit hold 'em tournament player around. Also, even the best make mistakes.

I guess you have never made a mistake?

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exeph · #10 05-09-2005, 11:42 AM

First, it was AT vs QJ, which isn't domination. Second, AK vs QJ isn't domination. Third, who cares if the craziest two cards fell on the turn and river? How many people would call for the same cards there? How many times as he called for the similar cards in similar situations.