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SuperStar Showdown: KidPoker Strikes Back

Daniel Negreanu won the latest instalment of the SuperStar Showdown on Sunday, March 27. Although it seemed for long Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom would once again annihilate him, the Canadian pro managed to crawl back and eventually win with a profit of $26,500.
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As you may have read here, Isildur1 never gave a chance for Daniel Negreanu on March 20, on their first clash in the SuperStar Showdown promotion: he won KidPoker’s entire $150,000 challenge bankroll in just a matter of 1,439 hands. The rematch took place yesterday, and it was a narrow escape for Negreanu from being knocked out prematurely once again.

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom
Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom

The two PokerStars Pros started playing on four $50/$100 NLHE tables with a $150,000 challenge bankroll each (the Showdown lasts for 2,500 hands or until one of the opponents loses their bankroll). Isildur1 had a lead of $28,000 after a mere 350 hands and he did not seem like slowing down, taking all the major pots for the next 1,000 hands or so. After 1,279 hands, Negreanu was down $119,600.

At this point Negreanu himself could not have possibly thought that he could win the match, but in only a couple of minutes, he first doubled up with higher two pairs on Table 2, then on Table 5 with getting an ace to his {#}A {#}8 hand against Isildur1’s nines. He won another all-in on Table 1 when he called Blom’s 5-bet all-in on {#}J {#}T with pocket queens; the pot was $30,400.

Following a short break, Negreanu took a huge pot again; after calling his preflop 4-bet, Isildur1 went all-in with $55,700 on the {#}T {#}9 {#}4 board. The Canadian called with $9,550 and pocket kings and won against Blom’s {#}9 {#}7 on the neutral turn and river.

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Negreanu kept being dealt premium hands and he soon came back to even, but Isildur1 once again managed to be up $50,000 against him. The finish was, however, Negreanu’s: in one of the last hands, he called Isildur1’s all-in on {#}A {#}2 with {#}A {#}Q on the {#}Q {#}4 {#}3 flop, and with the turn and river not changing the picture, he was ahead $20,000. He eventually profited $26,500 and won the Showdown:

Isildur1: gg, nice comeback!
KidPoker: I won? wow sick! gg man thanks
KidPoker: I broke so much stuff in this room the first half
KidPoker: my assistant has lots of cleaning to do lol jkjk


It seems the next SuperStar Showdown takes place on April 3, which will be the first of another two-part 5,000-hands clash, this time between Isildur1 and high stakes pro Scott ‘urnotindangr’ Palmer.

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