A Flush for Negreanu; or, "Now I Know!"
Hands #3-#7
After David "ODB" Baker won the blinds with a button raise and David Chiu won a pot off of Scott Seiver without a showdown, Hand #5 began with a Daniel Negreanu button raise and a call by Eli Elezra in the big blind.
Both drew two on the first round, with Elezra betting and Negreanu calling. Elezra then stood pat as Negreanu drew one card twice. Elezra bet after the second draw and Negreanu called, then both checked on the end.
Elezra showed 
, then Negreanu showed he'd actually made a flush — 
— which you don't want to do in deuce-to-seven.
"Oh, a flush is bad?" said Negreanu afterwards. "Now I know!"
The next hand saw David Chiu get a walk in the big blind. Then Chiu and Baker tangled in a hand that made it to showdown, with Baker ultimately drawing a 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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570,000
-47,000
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-47,000 |
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450,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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340,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
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240,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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