Negreanu Beats Blom at PokerStars SuperStar Showdown Rematch
Viktor “isildur1” Blom’s latest PokerStars SuperStar Showdown, a non-limit heads-up Texas Hold’em tournament played against legendary poker player Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu in two phases of 2,500 hands each has generated plenty of interest and excitement in the online poker gaming community.
Negreanu was definitely in the red for $150,000 halfway through the first phase of the Showdown and spectators believed that he was done for. The second phase of the heads-up was run this week, and in a surprising and dramatic turn of events at the poker table, Negreanu finished as the winner of the match and with a cool prize of $26,500 added to his bankroll.
When the second phase of the heads-up match began, Blom was definitely the lead play and he remained in the lead for $100k even after 1200 hands were played. Blom was still the leading player after 100 more hands, and spectators felt that he will win the match. But KidPoker drew himself neck to neck with his opponent when there were just 350 hands left for the match to end. When there were just 38 more hands to play, he was way ahead of Blom. Ultimately, Negreanu’s pocket aces won over Blom’s pocket fours, as a result of which he pocketed the prize of $20,000 and turned out as the winner of a tough poker battle.
The heads-up against Negreanu was Blom’s second loss. Previously, he had lost to the Australian professional poker player Tony G. Guoga. Otherwise, Blom had successfully won all the other five heads-up tournaments he had played as part of PokerStars SuperStar Showdown.
Blom’s next heads-up will be against Scott “urnotindanger” Palmer, another two-part event, the first part of which will be held on April 2nd, Sunday at PokerStars. The outcome of this match is definitely bound to be interesting.
