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Daniel Negreanu's Epic Battle: How He Lost and Won Against Isildur1
TournamentsAugust 2, 2020·1 min read

Daniel Negreanu's Epic Battle: How He Lost and Won Against Isildur1


Daniel Negreanu played a SuperStar Showdown match against Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom in 2011. The match consisted of 2500 hands of $50/$100 NLHE, played over two sessions. Negreanu lost the first session, depleting his $150k bankroll in less than 4 hours. Negreanu returned the following week with another $150,000 for the rematch. Negreanu won the rematch by $26,500. Negreanu described Isildur1 as 'incredible' and 'the best'.

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