Poker Hand Matchup: Isaac Haxton vs. Daniel Negreanu
Isaac Haxton	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 1,715,000	81.31 %	91.62 %	95.45 %	Winner!
Daniel Negreanu	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 3,035,000	18.2 %	8.38 %	4.55 %

Posted On: Feb 26, 2014

Outcome

Preflop, final table, four-handed, with the blinds at 60,000 and 120,000 and a 10,000 ante, Haxton called in the small blind, Negreanu went all-in from the big blind, and Haxton called and was all-in.

Analysis

Haxton set up a limp-trap out of the small blind, with his chip position most opponents in the big blind would expect an open shove with an above average hand. So by just calling out of the small blind with his 14 big blind stack he courted a raise from Negreanu who enjoyed a chip advantage. Negreanu was unfortunate to wake up with a pocket pair in this spot, it was a bit of a cooler against him to pick up this hand at these blind levels in a heads-up pot against a short stack in the small blind. The hand cost Negreanu 56% of his stack and his run later ended in 4th place for AU $1,250,000. Considering Negreanu bought into the tournament for three bullets this result was quite welcome as it dug him out of a AU $750,000 hole. Earlier Negreanu also finished 6th in the AU $100,000 Challenge for a AU $550,000 score. Given the astronomical prices of the buy-ins and the extremely volatile structure of the event in a field populated by elite players Negreanu did quite well to post these results. We’re betting Negreanu is also very interested in keeping pace with Seidel and Ivey as they all aim to surpass Esfandiari on the all-time money list.