Daniel Negreanu had some mixed results on the 23rd day of his High Stakes Duel against Doug Polk. He finished the session in the black, which he desperately needed. But he also made a costly mistake and lost to yet another brutal bad beat.
Monday’s contest was the first of the second half of the high stakes heads-up challenge, and first of the year. The poker pros finished up the first half — 12,500 hands — December 28 with Polk in the lead by $770,000. At that point, Negreanu had the option to give up without having to pay a penalty.
He took a few days to ponder his decision before announcing he wants to play another 12,500 hands. So, the match is back on and will continue until these poker stars reach exactly 25,000 hands on the WSOP.com poker site. They are playing at the $200/$400 no-limit hold’em stakes, two tables at a time.
Bad beat, bad bluff
For most of the match, Polk has been in control. At one point, he led by just a smidge under $1 million. Negreanu’s bounced back nicely in recent sessions to make it look respectable, at least for the moment. But he can’t seem to find that huge score to put a severe dent in Polk’s massive lead.
