Negreanu Doubles Through de Wolfe
Four players saw the flop come down with 140,000 chips in the middle on the feature table. Those four players included Tom Rafferty, Daniel Negreanu, Manuel Hansimikali and Roland de Wolfe. Action checked around in that order to see the turn bring the .
Action checked on the turn to de Wolfe and he fired 70,000. After Rafferty folded, Negreanu took a minute and then moved all in for 338,000. Hansimikali got out of the way and de Wolfe asked for a count. "Just so you know, I'm not slow-rolling you," said de Wolfe. He was told the all-in bet was for 338,000 and then he made the call after another few seconds.
When the handds were turned over, Negreanu held the for a queen-high straight against the for de Wolfe. De Wolfe had a pair of aces and a royal flush draw so he wasn't dead just yet. The river completed the board with the and although de Wolfe made two pair, Negreanu's straight won the pot. He doubled up to 744,000 while de Wolfe dropped back under 500,000.
Negreanu turned his head around and shouted, "Hey! See that!" to Amanda Leatherman who showed up oh so timely to see his double. "I doubled up!" he said with two thumbs up. Leatherman clapped her hands with a big smile on her face.