High-Stakes Poker Season 2

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negreanu's raise with QJ against Unabomber was a big mistake. Laak will never ever call with a hand that is beaten, and will probably never ever fold a better hand.

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I disagree. His "act" may have been a big mistake, but not his raise. First, that board was damn draw heavy and top 2 was quite vulnerable. And while Unabomber had a great read, who knows if he would have overplayed TPTK if Daniel had quickly and quietly raised rather than feigning weakness.

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I agree. Daniel had to raise that flop, it was insanely dangerous for top 2 pair to just call and allow someone to draw, so many cards could come to kill his hand.

His mistake was opening his mouth. If he just raised and sat in silence, I think Phil would have called. The fold isn't terrible for Negraneu though, before Laak gave away his hand, Daniel could have thought he was against an OESD or FD and wouldn't mind the fold. Once he had Laak's hand nailed to AQ, he wanted a call but by then it was too late, he blew it with his "brutal" comment.