Nicolas Cardyn Carves Up Kid Poker

We saw Daniel Negreanu going through his familiar routine of talking through a hand, and we soon found out why as he was faced with a bet for most of his chips.

The action started before the flop, when Negreanu opened for an undetermined amount, and called a raise to 25,000 made by Nicolas Cardyn.

When the flop fell , Cardyn went for the power play and moved all in for his last 78,100. Negreanu began to calculate and contemplate, speaking to himself as he did so.

"You have the nine of spades and the nine of hearts..." he said, working through the various permutations to arrive at the correct conclusion. "That's exactly what you have isn't it?"

With Cardyn sitting perfectly still, Negreanu searched for a read to work with, but no clues were forthcoming from the impassive Frenchman.

Eventually, after counting out the chips he would be left with in the event his hand was no good, Negreanu announced "OK, I call," and moved a stack forward to signify his commitment.

When Cardyn rolled over the , Negreanu exclaimed "oh s--t!," before tabling his .