Last night it was time for the second match between Daniel Negreanu and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom as a part of PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. Blom won the first match quite easy and many thought that Negreanu, who complained on his twitter during the game that he was unlucky, wouldn't have a chance in the second match either.
Viktor Blom quickly took the lead last night in the second match and it [...] Read more » SuperStar Showdown: Negreanu got his revenge last night!
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Not really. If you read the whole article, Daniel was only up $26 000. So he's still down $124 000. I don't call that revenge. Revenge would have been if he took all of Viktor's money. Maybe next time..
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This game lasts 2500 hands, right? And it says that isildur was up 120 grand after 2,500 hands, adn then things changed. The game should have been over after 2,500 hands! That was what i was trying to say.
Is it just me or are the showdowns incredibly boring to rail? Probably because of the relatively low blinds for nosebleed players Maybe would be better to 2 table 100 - 200 make it more interesting?
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You are 100% correct guys. The game lasted for 2500 hands and Blom was in the lead when about half of the match had been played i.e. 1250 hands..my bad! /Thomas admin
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Yeah lets wait for 3rd game Daniel will bust him in 3rd round even in the first he lost a lot .. :} sure isildur is very good and it is hard even for Daniel to beat him
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It would definitely be interesting to see a third match between Negreanu and Blom. Negreanu has been working on his game and trying to improve in the online world, and I would love to see if a third match showed that Negreanu's curve is way up, or was just a blip against Blom.
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no, actually after count down negreanu was +55k.and yes,i think in the 3rd DN will beat isildur because now he have a good read on him but i think also isildur will not accept that because now is affraid of DN.annyway daniel will remain the best.
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lol I watched the match about 2 hours on 4 tables, Isildur1 was very well-played and extreme lucky, he took pot over pot, had some hands like AA won KK or 33 hit quads against DN's AQ and when there was only 1 table opened, I thought that Isildur1 would take all DN chips and then I stoped to observe the table, now I see that DN left out of 2,5K hands with +$26K, that's incredible :-O
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Negreanu is on of the most inteligent and adaptable poker players. He stated more than once that if he plays first time against someone (amateur or pro), he could get beaten, but after "reading" the guy he will hardly loose again.
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wow didna expect that but real happy to see daniel put up a nice fight and win it. im sure isildur will want more HU with him after this and we sure can expect fireworks next time
Maybe would be better to 2 table 100 - 200 make it more interesting?
Daniel will bust him in 3rd round 
