"Are You Serious?!"
We join a loony pot on the flop with four-handed action. The first three cards were spread out in the middle of the table, reading . Alex Kravchenko was first to act, and he put out a bet. Daniel Negreanu raised, and both Matt Glantz and James Van Alstyne called. Alex Kravchenko wanted to play for more though, and he raised the table. Negreanu four-bet it, and all three of his opponents called.
The turn came the . Kravchenko checked, and Negreanu bet all in for his final 1,500 chips. All three opponents called, then checked it down when the river broght the .
"Two pair is good," said someone at the table.
"I don't got two pair. I got one pair," said Negreanu, with a stalemate developing as nobody would show their cards for a few seconds. Finally, Van Alstyne tabled for a clean miss. Negreanu showed down , giving him top pair. To his shock, he watched his three opponents gather their cards and muck them in turn.
Negreanu stood all the way up on his chair to get a better look. "WOW!" he yelled. "Are you serious?!"
They were serious. Negreanu's dry pair of kings was somehow good enough to scoop a monster pot, pushing him all the way back up to 78,000. Negreanu had 4,700 just minutes ago, seemingly with one foot out the door.
Welcome back to the game, Kid.