World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006 Final Table [Full Episode]

The history of the

tournament

of

champions

has been short but spectacular there was a lot of drama the first year when phil hellmuth went on a rampage with annie duquan oh my god i won last year the sparks kept flying you're a punk can you ever shut up what like mike? madison took the

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table

now this year's

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features a cast of characters who promise to deliver all i know is i have 12 cute idiots to beat he's still in kindergarten the race is on for the prize of a million dollars for first place i have guys like daniel the granule gus hans and mike matt so they are absolutely amazing players.

I feel like I'm in a hurry to get there. Top ten professionals will stop at nothing to win. You know, I have chips and it's Bob and me. I'm leaving, I feel at home, especially defending the reigning champion, that's what it's all about. Will another professional claim this title? Yeah, that's me or Mike the mouth will do two in a row. I have only one goal in mind and that is called back to back welcome to the

2006

tournament

of

champions

presented by soviet adrenaline this illustrious event has attracted a huge crowd to the rio

poker

room and everyone in this room is ready to see this powerful Star-studded final table reach business top ten players remain, each looking to take home the coveted Tournament of Champions trophy and the $1 million first prize.

Hello everyone, I'm Lon McCarron along with Norman Chad. In the two years of this event, the excellent

poker

was almost eclipsed by the verbal fireworks surrounding the table. Finally two worthy champions were crowned. Annie Duke, then Mike Mataso, now Mike La Boca is in great shape to go back to back. There are two games of poker to watch tonight mike mataso against others and mike against himself can be brilliant and can explode while having to worry about the big stacks of daniel negrono and andrew black, the biggest threat to mike the mouth at times is mike the mouth.

Mike Madison outlasted himself and the rest of the field to capture last year's $1 million. The first prize andrew black is the biggest obstacle for mike at this final table tonight as the dominant chip leader. I'm happy when the fool has the chips. I'm not a fool. Andrew says I'm a Buddhist. 10 players left. Only nine will receive their payment. Andrew. Black leads with more than double the chips, while second place Daniel Negranu Mataso is in fifth place. Gus Hanson and Chris Reslock, the two short stacks. He could get eliminated next time with a Mike Madison blowing up 45,000.

You're in a bad situation. seat, you deal with crazy people and crazy people, your daniel refers to him and andrew the two big stacks to the left of madison chris jesus ferguson qualified for this tournament of champions by winning a

world

series

circuit event he will get out of the way others they fold to daniel negranu daniel with five threes of the same suit i think daniel calls in advance for suited connectors every time he plays he will limp in the blinds in two and four thousand now to our chip leader andrew black with pair of nines as you will remember andrew He turned to Buddhism in 1997 after being eliminated he left the main event and stopped playing poker for a while and Andrew is going to raise the bet to 16,000 with nines in hand over Gus Hanson.

He will play any two cards, but those are good cards. The ace king bets everything with those. big strong arms with his final 74,000, he's all in now in action against daniel bergsdorf who made the main event final table in 2005, get out of the way, look what happened, raise my blind and the aggressive keto fan He says not to raise my blind, but he folds just like Negrono, it's 58,000 plus Andrew 58. He said he called he said he called lon and black calls for 58,000 and that means that Gus Hanson runs the risk of being the first player eliminated from this final table and the first player eliminated today will not be paid so gus is in danger of going home with bupkus now the black flop with a slight advantage eight two three black two nines are still the best ago a couple of years people magazine named gus the sexiest poker player alive aha a queen on the turn no help for gus hanson he has one card left maybe in his tournament gus hanson will need an ace or a king or he will go to house with no paycheck the river card is a jack of hearts andrew black wins a hand gus hanson eliminated from In this tournament of champions, in 10th place, the chip leader becomes much healthier, that's what you get for put your money on bad andrew black, increasing his chip lead here at this final table reminiscent of his chip lead in the 2005 main event, he's going to need every one of them don't worry, it's true, i have to get ahead of myself a lot, I have to go that far, I gave up that big chip lead I had in that main event, well you were so far ahead in the

world

series

, I didn't think you could. you lose, so I mean, everything you played really well during the whole world series, actually the more I think about it, no one has played as well as you, they never did during that period of time and also for you it was the best . you had ever played so it was the best anyone has ever played and it was the best you've ever played oh yeah that's amazing sorry I'm bothering you Mike I don't mean to bother Mike mouth won't take it well a compliment.

I think he feels more comfortable being insulted. I have to admit, he played well in that world series, a million dollars for our winner and several ways to get to this field of 27. Yes, we had the 12 winners of last year's circuit, the nine players who made the final table of the 2005 main event and six sponsor exemptions action on daniel bergdorf 28 years old from Sweden king king daniel once worked at ikea and also worked as a forklift operator, he raised it to 15 000. action on daniel negranu letters from the same stick again queen 10 Negrono once worked as a telemarketer, it's the only time he had a legitimate job.

Negrono called and the rest of the table was

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, so these two will flop. Bergdorf with the kings he has a big advantage. The flop is nine jack eight. and that's a straight flop for negronu and daniel sitting there looking like he's waiting for his car to be washed. bergsdorf now we will bet with his kings he comes out with 20,000 seeing 300 cards on the board bergsdorff takes a step down Wrong way with that bet Negronu is going to raise 30,000 more and what is going through Bergstorff's mind well, she said that he He must have liked that flop because there are three cards under his pocket of kings and he moves with more than 184,000 more chips, yes. through those sunglasses daniel bergstar sees the darkness so blackno with a good chance of collecting many chips bergsdorf needs runner runner for quad kings a

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house or a straight now the turn is an eight that matches the board scaring me like that, come on don't do it make four eight or a king i just wanted a three no sweat bergsdorff with an outside four now he needs a king or an eight for a full or he will be eliminated river card now it's a seven oh and that scares the granu but he won't do it by berkshire eliminated in 9th place he will win 25,000 from this tournament of champions what a failure man got kings nothing you can do what you said said owen it's delicious true you say it says it all in music to daniel's ears the world series of tournaments of champions of poker

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is presented by adrenaline soviet sustained energy to live without stopping and in part by partypoker.net the largest poker school in the world and the race for men protects the men who risk the world series of poker tournament of champions presented by soviet adrenaline 27 players played in the tournament of champions I don't think I have ever played so tight in my life among them were many of the best professionals in the game they have been more interesting each fighting for a share of the prize pool of 2 millions of free roll.

I have miles to go before I sleep, but this exclusive field proved too difficult for most players and only the best of the best earned a seat at tonight's prestigious final table. I'm quite impressed with some of the players who participated in the tournament of champions but didn't make the final table here in Rio, they're watching in the crowd. There you see the winner of the 2005 main event, Joseph Hashem. I can never make denim work on the trail. he's the guy that hashem beat heads up to take that title steve dannon i hope mike wins again yeah that would be great because he'll spend all the money in the poker community mike is known to have done that, but he has a long way to go go win this I know you know I know that's why that's why that's why it doesn't matter how many chips you have you can't win because I know everything you know I'm literally thinking about it if I did Losing to you would be cause for quit poker.

I told you it would be because you don't worry. I already have a doctor ready for you. Make sure you don't kill yourself. You have some cocktails for me so someone can have them. They say they know that everything would mean for me, what are you? Why don't you mess with him a little? Leave me alone I'm not even talking to you yeah, but he doesn't, he doesn't set himself up as a target like As much as you do, Andrew Black is a third wheel here, these two work alone on a traveling show. Well, Andrew Black may have found a scary way inside Madison's head and all of chip leader Andrew Black's cards are blocked by an elaborate card protector, but he will raise.

It's up to fifteen hundred taquito fam jack three 35 years old from dallas in some dental business there in dallas keto gave a very bad beat to joe hashem on his way to winning his world series circuit title in las vegas I'm in and keto is I'm going to move everything in why wow over 131,000 chips jack three suited why keto is aggressive well there is aggressive grass but there is also absurd black calls it, this time you got me right let's see what Andrew Black's cards are a7 suited, has fan, but my family has two live cards, almost anything was going to beat jack three suited, so kino was at risk of being eliminated by our chip leader.

I told you after the third time he would move on, that's why he called, I probably shouldn't have said that. he keto, it's not over yet, it was all absurd, it reminds me of one of my wedding proposals, there just isn't enough upside to put that much money on the line, here's the king of the flop, two kings who fail keto fam and get he is left with the black ace up his sleeve. him in the lead, the good news for Keto is that he still has two live cards that he can hit. The turn card is a seven.

He gives black a pair of sevens and leaves Keto with little hope. Yes, now Keto only has one live card that he can hit. he needs a jack and a jack only or he will go home the river card is now a 10 and the kino family goes home the chip leader eliminates him keto fam will win 25,000 for finishing in 8th place and how about andy black our chip leader hits? from another player I'm standing there how many tips you have now like around 1.4 million I have no idea you know how much I need to make sure I win this stuff 2.7 million yeah cool what did you have last time? 98 chips or something, I'm ahead of that 30 or 33 or something when Andrew gets 2.7 million, he has one that's all the chips in play, he's the dominant chip leader right now, he told us he has that protecting yourself from becoming complacent with the chip lead leads to destruction there's our favorite Atlantic City cab driver, Chris Reslock, pocket deuces, okay, Chris will raise it to 16,000.

Reslock, the short stack, won his event circuit at home in Atlantic City, the action moves to our chip leader. andy black with pocket force black had 35 of the chips when we were down to six in the 2005 main event and couldn't seal the deal oh yeah so that's 11,000 more for me if black was in the big blind this it looks to be an automatic call and in fact it does, it will turn black and block again on the flop rezlock in big trouble with his pocket of twos, it's okay filming andy black with the two fours on the flop, come on and there a two, a pair of twos for reslock's black checks with the short stack, of course he goes all in with the three twos in the short stack, there is no reason for reslock to wait with only 34,000 left and if you didn't put You wouldn't have to take off your sunglasses.

Am I right or my line right, you're right Norman Chad, you wouldn't have ace king. Does that man look like he has ace king? Put your Andy black sunglasses back on. He makes a call 34 000 more, a little better than ice cream and black. Going for his third straight knockout will have to come from behind wow, I thought I was winning then when he turned around so reslock all in and forward as we go to the turn card, turn card is another two quads to reslock you know. the kind of hand I've been waiting for that will give chris reslock the reslock hand still doesn't have many chips to accumulate just over a hundred thousand he got the extra just below the chip leader oh well don't worry Amir has flesh wounds , but a mere meat wolf ran one last time at you guys, he took a lot of those stabs in the heart for some of us.

HeBlack says it's just a flesh wound, but giving those chips to Chris Reslock definitely got under Andy Black's skin in the river. the tournament of champions presented by sobi adrenaline rush has seven players left, including 1989 world series bracelet winner mike sexton, and in honor of my wpt broadcaster counterpart, he has a big slick mike was the creator of the champions from the original tournament years ago, this is the new version that he raised to 16,000. The action falls to Mike Mataso Madison with a jack and a mystery card. No, I think it was a jack ten, do you think?

Yeah, okay, we'll see whatever that other letter says. He will raise it. There's the call and he makes 35,000 more, yeah, if he had the 10 jack in that spot, he'd raise 35,000. You're sure it's connected and Mike Sexton comes back over and moves everything. Sexton says he learned from watching The Players. Youngsters on the World Poker Tour be aggressive, this would be for all of Madison's chips. Unless Mike has Jack Jack, I don't think he can call. Madison will surrender. Who didn't know that Sexton would take the pot with that aggression you were talking about. Yes, he tried the move again.

It was not so. work, you know, his reraised move, I told you how to eat this, he could, I don't want to tell you, but this is like a poker tournament, so you see the flops, you play poker, there's this whole game here, it's nice. interesting eh, you like that, eh, you're talking to him. Mike Sexton is the announcer, but Mike Madison is the mouth. Why are you going to talk to Mikey? That's what I'd like to know. I mean, what have I done? The only thing I know is. If I have any doubt, my hand isn't good, he's just bluffing with his money, that's what it is.

I'm going to donate some more chips to the guy because he's going to call me anyway, so I thought I'd give it to him. a little more on the way out, I could give you an extra 40,000. I figure that whenever you have the opportunity to hear some reasonable advice you should follow it. Listen, if I thought the guy could play a lick, I'd listen to him. you have to lose like always mataso and negrono give each other a hard time and when you see these two interact at a poker table you would find it very difficult to believe that they really like each other daniel negrono my hero mike mattis was friends with mine, most of People wouldn't know that we are good friends.

I hate you, Daniel and I had a lot of fun. I have one thing to say, Lebanese guys, we are who we are on or off camera. You better be careful. what you get from me and daniel we are two very good friends who like to get blooded in the game of poker. I don't have to worry about exploding. They never bother me with anything. I never stopped you before and Mike is a guy. He can take it in small doses because his mouth won't stop God will give it and God will take it away He begins almost every sentence with All I know is all I know is all I know is all I know is that he doesn't know much about me The Feelings get hurt if you want to get into a poker-induced war.

I will be victorious. He would own her dog and his house. Everything, son, you will never learn. Believe me, I know everything he does at a poker table. I'm just trying to pick my spot to arrest you, that's all you know, when you're going to deal with Mike, it's going to be a tiring day, shut up man, Mike Madison told me to shut up, yeah, I got over them, I got you, that That's what I tell that Daniel. he says the way to beat Mike is to let him fool you once and eventually his mouth will explode.

Well, the old microphone would have just been shoved in there, but the new microphone has no heart. How many new microphones are there? Well, this new microphone sounded pretty tight. throughout this tournament and took him here to the final table now our chip leader andrew black with pocket queens black says he's going to raise 17,000 to call ferguson retires daryl dicken retires action against daniel negronu negroni with five four of hearts, I would say it's your long neighborhood, which is from daniel negranu's exclusive collection of suited connectors. The starting hands cost him 12,000 more to call and he calls, look, whistles when he has suited connectors, I bought him black, he has the big advantage. on the flop, the flop is 6 10 5. black and his pocket queens maintain the advantage daniel negron who got a pair of fives yes, daniel and andrew are quite friendly at the table, they like each other's sensibilities, both check to the turn, it's a two blackno chosen with a straight draw and he checks again and black will bet 20,000.

He's betting 20,000 on a 35,000 pot. I don't think that's going to affect Daniel, in fact, Daniel will call, it didn't cost him much to stay in the group. black hand with a four to one advantage going to the river card and the river is a three and there is negroni with another straight daniel has a straight mojo tonight and daniel will come out with 40,000 chips oh and black goes for the Ladies Andrew says and sees that Daniel Negrono takes the boat. Andrew Black wrapped that one as a gift for Daniel. he checked the flop and then just made a small bet on the turn.

I can't believe what he saw on the river. That you love me? what to do I know I had a hand I don't know another flesh wound for the black but the psychological damage caused by the nigger couldn't be a worse injury welcome back to the river it's hard to keep Jesus down he keeps coming back he keeps coming back do you think? Jesus is fallen, he's coming back Chris Jesus Ferguson naturally has his own followers of his here in Las Vegas. Not only have we seen that he is a great poker player, but Chris has also shown us many of his other talents, whether it be explaining game theory, or cutting up objects while he plays. cards or cut a rug, but Jesus isn't the only player at this table who knows the dance floor.

When I went to California to play in the poker tournaments there, I went to the swing dance clubs and when I went out once or twice I ran into Chris Ferguson. Mike is an amazing dancer. He's in the shag dancing hall of fame, so I have to say a lot about them. Chris is a small independent dancer. He is very innovative on the dance floor. credit for that and he moves pretty well, he makes some moves there, the others maybe don't, but he's fun to watch. I don't swing dance as much as I used to, so I just go out and do what I want and have fun.

It's entertaining, it's good exercise and I enjoy it. One thing I always believe as long as I live is that people who dance enjoy life more than those who don't, ironically Ferguson is more of an instinctive dancer while Mike Sexton is more of a mathematician. By the way, dancer, when Jesus won the main event in 2000, Sexton finished in 12th place that year. How much did you start the day with 20 210 20. two to reach 10 13. A lot? I made a mistake, but where is the microphone? talking about madison's lay down do sexton's all in I was casually watching him before he had queens or something and I thought I saw a weakness in his hand and there were two queens, he looked at his cards real quick and lo and behold, he didn't see them.

I don't have anything right, uh, no, I didn't think you had anything, just a jackpot, yeah, I told you I had jack ten, I'm an analyst, not a dancer, you were right, okay, Chris Ferguson will start the action with pocket sixes , famous for that statue. -pose like before making a decision at the poker table, he often says that he knows what he is going to do quickly and analyzes everything very carefully before committing chips. It certainly works for him. Jesus has made 25 world series final tables. The grain with ace. four of clubs jesus and daniel play two different games and they both work jesus is more mathematical and daniel depends more on reading other people while sexton folds we have ferguson negrono going for the flop straight daniel looking for the straight again i hope i can stay straight and here we go to the flop it's ace two nine well that's not going to work but daniel pairs his ace that's not going to work if you're looking for a straight probably the pair on the ace is pretty good a ferguson check a negroni check and there are four aces advantage for daniel now ferguson always has an economy of motion trapped with his small pair, he will check and daniel will bet daniel wins 18,000. and that's only 18,000 in a pot of 40 This is similar to the way Andrew Black played that hand before against Daniel.

That bet is almost inviting Chris Ferguson to call and Chris Ferguson is looking for chips and will force Daniel to call, so now Negrono has a big advantage going to the river. the river card is another four full house now for negrino and that gives him the check mark ferguson checks daniel wilbet ago 50,000. well, jesus often takes off his sunglasses when the only action left is his own, I think the only other time he takes the curtains off is when he's showering, well Ferguson is now deciding whether or not he wants to commit more chips, but no, in fact, he'll fold and Negrona will take the pot with a full house and Ferguson That will dance in your mind.

I want to show it, but I can't show Daniel, what do I have? Mike four five four five he has one of my cards right, that's pretty impressive, I thought he had five six, actually five six six andrew, you're sitting right next to him. Take a look: two million dollars in prize money, one million for our winner and this tournament was a free roll. What is a free roll? Well, every time we have dinner together, for example, you're on a free roll and thank you. Daniel Negrona was one of the winners of our circuit. He has nines in hand and Legrano raises it to 15,000.

He was the chip leader until the last moments of the previous day, when Andy Black took control of Chris Ferguson, another winner of the circuit falls to Daryl Dicken, also winner of the circuit of the world series of poker. with pocket fives dick on an internet legend nicknamed gigabet he used to play 10 or 15 hours a day it cost him 12,000 more he calls madison with king 10 in the big blind and madison will join the party and call three way flop negrono leads with his pair of nines a flop 10-4 ace matison gets the best of that pairing with his 10. that's his mom gloria and his brother scott on the left now all with pair madison although in a dominant position all three players move to the turn another ace ace is up for the three but mataso's tens have him way ahead dickens passes to madison now with 21,000 in the pot I can't believe daniel forgot he had pair of nines daniel will make the call he will call his friend and dicken will get out of the way so madison with a big lead over negrono these two are going to the negrono river looking for a lot of help behind the river card there is another ace a full pot for both but again madison's tens make the difference he bet 16,000 yes , you have a 10. daniel calls it and calls it daniel's aces over nines fall short to madison's aces over 10. and the winner of the defending champions tournament is no doubt thinking exactly the same thing in the world series of poker . tournament of champions presented by the irish with soviet adrenaline andrew black king of the table with 20 million chips andrew black takes a big hit on his stack early all in oh wow another big hit for andrew black a card to come maybe in life black's tournament is over he put on his coat and a sudden end to andrew black's day this is an immense disappointment andrew says he wasn't ready to win last year says he hadn't worked hard enough after finishing 14th in the 1997 main event abandoned poker this time he has redoubled his efforts to play better so far all good for andrew black in this tournament of champions he is still the chip leader who started with just over a million chips and has fallen back a bit.

Chris Ferguson is now the short stack at this table. daniel negrono is still in second place gaining some ground on our chip leader but you know what's going to happen mike listen you know this is going to happen let's be honest eventually you're going to get fed up and eventually you're going to make the play you're going to make the big blow up and then you'll be mad at yourself for a couple of weeks, you'll be fine, you'll get ready again and you'll keep doing it, it's a cyclical thing, I mean, it's not like it's not going to suddenly change unless you do this, You take the first step, come to me, eventually the horseshoe will fall off your ass and you'll stop getting all your money and you'll die and then you'll be a Hollywood nobody who's always doing buddy comedies why not play poker in your mouth of Mike as if he were right?

Daniel likes thank you, thank you brother, thank you, thank you and he's playing both sides of the fence now he's a smart politician with Daryl Dicken. ace eight of a suit folds against madison I don't think there is any buddy comedy in daryl dickens the future micro with ace three of hearts and he will make the call it has to be difficult for mike to have daniel on his left and it is It has to be difficult for daniel to have big stack andy black on his left, well, negrono picks up pocket kings and will limp in the blinds at three and six thousand ace king for andrew black, our chip leader, we'll raise it to 45,000. that's a calm announcer there at the corner table retreats to mike madison who moves out of the way now negrono with the raise for him, he's going to raise again, originally he had limped with those big kings and now he's putting pressure on that grondo 200,000 more ago I'm all in and Andrew raises all in call and Negrono with his kings will call and this makes it the degree everything at the moment Daniel at risk but very ahead with his pocket kings Daniel if I'm Andrew Black I feel tortured heHe is all in against the only player who can dent his big stack and against one of the only hands that could dominate him and the news is getting worse, there is only one king and one ace left in the deck this is not how I imagined it no no it is not terrible I think they both imagined they would go heads up but not so soon we go to the flop it's two nine queen two spades for black but not much more daniel all is still in great shape, Andrew has most of his chips, I think Andrew Black right now regrets that fact.

The turn card is a 10. Negrono's kings still lead, but Andrew Black has a straight draw. Now Daniel shakes his head at that straight draw. up to the board andrew the buddhist looking for some justice in poker from above well i would look towards the dealer you have a better chance there black can knock out the negrono with an ace or a jack the river is a seven negrono wins the grade check Mark double the chip later to become the chip leader and many of Andrew's chips will shift to his right. That big stack of 70 chips from Andrew now goes to Daniel Negranu and what's going on inside Andrew's head.

Right now, that's a complicated business. Oops, sorry, you're not dead yet, buddy. What you are not yet dead. I still see us facing each other considering what has happened so far. Going head-to-head would be nirvana for this poker-playing Buddhist. The moment of the all-in degree. comes to you by grade for men protects men who take risks in the river andrew black trying to shake off that loss to negronu andy black's explosion doesn't sound as lyrical or poetic as mike mataso's explosion but the result is the same deadly for both at the poker table the action now continues with chris reslock sitting in the middle of the group right now with his stack of chips he folds to chris ferguson ferguson with pocket sixes again and jesus is going to move everything in his last 91,000 in the pot chris ferguson doesn't explode he just runs out of chips sometimes daryl dicken with pocket eights dicken doesn't have much more chips than jesus I'm all in he moves all in ferguson now at risk the rest of the table folds so It will be Ferguson with his six behind the eighth of Dickens Jesus in a lot of trouble the former world champion against the Internet champion okay Jesus, let's go to the choir in search of salvation for his man and Jesus will need a lot of help on the ropes dickens leads with his eights against chris ferguson's sixes ferguson hoping to add the toc title to his five world series bracelets and now our two queen nine flop isn't helping chris ferguson daryl dicken's eights are still in It's best they don't there is a tie now for Jesus, he is only looking for a six at this moment and now the turn card is an ace Ferguson, one card away from elimination and for Chris Ferguson, he is only looking for one card, Jesus will need a six and only a six or his knock is over and now the river card is a four chris ferguson has been eliminated from this tournament of champions, he will come out in seventh place and take home 50 thousand dollars in this free roll daryl dicken defeats superstar chris ferguson slow day for ferguson here he never achieved anything thanks to Jesus going to his people hey I have a fan club here the problem the problem with two sixes is that if you had a set you would have six six six you know, it's like swimming Upstream, who is more powerful, Come on, well, Jesus always has time for his fans to give away a souvenir autograph, but a player's favorite souvenir would have to be a blush and the annual granting of these honors is the theme of this edition of the Nets, take it, Norman . backed by popular demand anyway it's the stuffed animals the prizes for the other side of poker the best thing about the world series of poker is the way it brings people together these cookies where else could you find a welder mingling with a top professional when there's no room for friendly poker, a heavyweight champion with a lightweight challenger and a six-foot-eight celebrity with a five-foot teacher oh, I pick up men, I thank the academy, but when it comes to the spirit of unity, few can match serial hugger john gayle he hugs you when you win, he hugs you when you lose, hell he even hugged me and that alone gives him an award for best hugger as always in this year's world series people wanted to make a statement, some did it with their game, others did it with fashion and more. and more did it through Song Young and then there was the singular Pralad Friedman who gave us a wrapper that sounded like crap.

Poker is fun for everyone. Sorry Prahlad, you get the stuffed animal for worst song of the year. High stakes can create a lot of stress which often leads to fireworks at the poker table, how could you put me with King Jack and you know this was a banner year for bad behavior when Phil Hellmuth's antics were actually considered mild? Are you kidding? Some exchanges were as quick as a desert cactus and Jeffrey. Lissandra found that Prahlad Friedman's words are difficult to accept even when he is not rapping. You're not like an idiot. I'm acting like an idiot.

You're crazy, man, they never kissed or even made up and now they can fight over their color and with that, Pralad, Friedman becomes the first to win two colors in one year. Congratulations, Prahlad, on your groundbreaking achievement. Norman. I have mixed emotions about your hug. john gayle well i can't believe you did it at the same time i'm curiously jealous ok next hand skippy the cards have been dealt daryl dicken with the ace five of diamonds dickens shot the pool for income for six years Before he got into poker he now says that playing online he has seen more hands than anyone else and he says that gives him an advantage over even the most experienced pros at this table.

He raises the bet to 20,000. The action moves down the table to Mike Sexton, a very accomplished poker player. For the past 25 years, the big blind sexton's king five of spades is donating half of his winnings here to charity. He makes calling cost him 12,000 more. Dicken will have the big advantage coming to the flop. The flop is four. King. Four sacristans. his king but two more diamonds for dickens sexton checks dicken with just the flush draw will make a bet and bet 28 thousand dale describes himself as very aggressive online almost to the point of being manic this is just aggressive good sex going to pick him up and he makes it a hundred thousand and that would be for almost all of daryl dickens chips and he moves everything it would cost sexton 28,000 more no eco and sexton will make the call and put dicken at risk the thing is long because sexton is a announcer , he can see the other players hole cards, that's a big advantage, it was an easy decision for him, so advantage, two mike sexton actions now on daryl dicken dickens looking for help here on the turn, kick it all and now the turn card it's another four sexton now with a full house and because of that full back I guess the flush is now a moot point the sexton has control to stay alive dicken needs an ace for a higher full or if a four hits for four fours on the board, dickens ace kicker would win the river card it's a deuce sexton will win the hand, so the old school poker pro eliminates the new school internet poker wizard dicken in sixth place with 75 thousand dollars and the winner of the 89 bracelet, mike sexton, makes a little noise of his own in this challenging final table the 2006 world series of champions poker tournaments is presented by soviet adrenaline sustained energy to live non-stop and in part by partypoker.net the world's largest poker school and men's race protects men who take risks, welcome back to the river, we have five players left, all competing for the million dollar jackpot in this tournament of champions , this guy over there is an announcer and he doesn't talk at the table, tell me, chris reslock retires for mike madison danielle matassa with a jack at least again being shy he's screwing it up I think he has jack 10 again suitable connectors for daniel oh honey how much i did that i did madison raised it to 19,000 and negrono made the call i'm supposed to call to be whistling with suited connectors i thought you had it read yeah like that was my first misreading ooh, maybe this could be it, buddy, this could be the one, careful, careful, necron, poking his friend, the flop, eight, jack, two, all clubs, Mike makes top pair, daniel hits the middle. pair mullin how much total does your money count madison turning up the heat that money daniel auditioning for the new game show count that money 134 okay, let's figure out Mike's hand together king of clubs queen of diamonds you may have made a mistake answer no, okay jack queen out of the suit wrong answer get one more try absolutely nothing you got it i don't believe you how much is 134 daniel is trying to figure out if this is the mata so it explodes he predicted oh okay mikey you take it. folds, he did it right the second time, although, oh, I did it right, jack queen.

Wow, what a design with my pair of eights, jack queen, I got you, I got you, I called him a second time, that guy is amazing, this time he took me two, but I got it, Daniel, sometimes he's just a queen unearthed positively and then I went a little bit with Jack Queen. I guess I failed as big as I could. True, you had me crushed. I had an eight. I'm not going to start playing like a crazy person all the time. Off the top of my head, I mean, I may have been known to do that, but I'll try not to get lucky.

Well, there are five players left for this tournament of champions. You see, Daniel Negrono has a chip lead of almost a million over second place. mike sexton andrew black, who had the big chip lead at the start of this final table, is now the short stack andrew black is panicking at this point or are we way past norman? He has to be restless at this point and I assure you. Don't trust an announcer who never calls all the cards of the black king nine of diamonds worthy of a raise, he will make 22,000. Sexton goes back to his conservative ways madison with pair of kings now this is a guy who is not an announcer and he will never keep quiet how much you have left not much 91. that plus his original raise of 22,000 chips gives andrew 113,000 in total mataso will raise it to a hundred thousand in total almost putting andrew black all in folds negrono now look at mike sexton should bow down and tell Andrew to back off because Mike knows what everyone has, but Sexton doesn't say a word.

Wow, Black wants to risk everything now, that's fine and everything goes to pot. Oops, it will cost Madison 13,000 more there. There will be no doubt that Andrew Black will be all in and dominate for 113,000. Why were you so far ahead? Andrew Black once the dominant chip leader is far behind with his tournament life on the line. Andrew watching a replay of his final table from the o5 main event where he was the chip leader and then finished fifth. He was the chip leader here again looking to finish fifth. Yes, supporting his friend Madison. I don't blame you for supporting me because you know if you have to play with me. head up you can't win blah blah blah yeah like Daniel said come on let's have a miracle that's all that will help Andrew float his five queens four and two diamonds for black which will make black sweat Madison.

I hate poker. At this point I think Andrew Black hates him a little more. He still doesn't have a hand and if he doesn't improve he won't have any chips. This is the best place you could have been. You think he could expect better now that the turn card arrives. the queen of spades doesn't help black, but she still has some outs. Check that one of Mikey Black is running out of time for those outings and right now Andrew Black doesn't even want to watch. I feel like the two of hearts. Andrew Black is going to I need a diamond on the river or his tournament of champions is over, they just never make it easy for me and now the black card on the river is a ten of clubs madison and the defending champion has some chips to play, the only good thing now it is enough. light on his feet, huh, and andrew black has to wonder where it all went wrong, he overdid it on a couple of hands and just like that, andrew black wins a hundred thousand dollars for finishing in fifth place here, boys, boys, boys, it's almost a poker game.

The final table of the tournament of champions began with the top 10 players, it doesn't look good, but six players have been eliminated, including the man who once dominated the leaderboard. Yeah, I just had a black explosion. Yes, my mind went away for a moment and I played too much. ace king that's it now only four players left including defending champion mike themouth madison we're back in action guys which one will take home the title and the billion dollars that's what I'd like to know about norman chad i'm Lon McCarron, see you next time as the tournament of champions progresses.

Two of poker's biggest talkers are in the middle of a battle. I can't win because I know everything. If I lost to you, it would be reason to quit poker. Let me. alone, I'm not even talking to you, one apparently wants to be your friend, big plans for you, my friend, boy, it will be sweet too, the other wants your fury, all I know is that I have 12 idiots to beat, but bothThey want your chips. I'm just trying to pick my spot to catch you, that's the whole tournament of champions. Reigning king Mike Madison appears to be going back to back.

I don't think there is anything more important than defending my title in this tournament. Daniel Negrono aims to dethrone the mouth, basically The game plan with Mike is to simply wait for him to explode. I'm not going to start playing like crazy all of a sudden. It's like a walking time bomb. dollars and the championship grab your seats this is about to get crazy welcome to the 2006 tournament of champions presented by sobi adrenaline from the river in las vegas the elite field of 27 players has been whittled down to just four all have major wins in poker but only one can walk away with a prestigious tournament champion title and the first prize of one million dollars.

Hello everyone, I'm Lon McCarron, this is Norman Chad. History has told us to expect a showdown at this event and the verbal sparring between Mike Madison and Daniel Negrano does not disappoint. But now, with only four players remaining, the focus will be on the man who can elevate his game above the noise. This is an easy field to handicap lon in one corner, Mike Sexton and Chris Reslock, who won't do much talking in the other corner, Mike Madison. and daniel negrono, who will not remain silent for long, who will be the last man to speak here. nagrano usually has more play and at this moment he has the most chips.

Daniel Negrano has been smart so far, his reads have been spot on, which has resulted in the big chip leader Mike Madison lacking momentum at this final table to defend his Tournament of Champions title. 58-year-old WPT announcer Mike Sexton created the original Tournament of Champions. He is sometimes called the ambassador of poker. And there's 58-year-old Atlantic City cab driver Chris Reslock. Who is the short stack now? The only thing we have. Good for us, the old people are going to start getting more tired than us. I'm already tired and you, well, that gives me a greater advantage over the three of you.

The mouth does have an advantage because they have to listen to it well, a large crowd here in the poker room laughed enjoying some very entertaining poker at this final table, three professionals and a taxi driver, mike sexton, with kings in hand and is going to raise the bet to 22,000. There were three ways to enter the toc win an event circuit make the final table the o5 main event or get a sponsor exemption madison was at that final table 0-5 negrono and reslock won circuit events and sexton got a sponsor exemption negrono with queen two will make the call sexton with the advantage going to the flop the flop five seven six kings sexton's rainbow keeps daniel in trouble daniel checks and sexton will slowly play the kings until the turn it's a deuce daniel pairs his card a couple more outs for him daniel is still far behind but he he has to double 30,000 chips, well, for everyone, daniel knows that his deuces are the best hand right now.

The sexton might only have a couple of high cards and the sex is right behind him with the river call card. There are five others. The sexton gets the check mark with kings up negrono will be the first to act and passes it now mike sexton with kings and fives bets 50,000. that caught daniel's attention, he is betting 50,000 on a pot worth 110,000 betting this Baby Daniel is thinking, you know what I can beat and Of course, what does he have? You could have kings. I guess it's crazy. He could have two kings. That's supernatural. Daniel could be an alien.

Time and time again we heard him tell his opponent's cards. He might have x-ray vision. I just want to look at him, oh, he's going to pay for the information and make the call here. He's this guy, you have kings. How terrifying this was. Yeah, I thought that was the only brochure you could have. They were two kings. At least I called it right. What's that? up there now I had no idea what you had, how come I put them in kings and still called, that was impressive, it was a good read though, yes I could, I had no idea Michael, it was a good read, I would.

I threw it, but not really, it was a gala because it is the only hand. I thought it doesn't matter. I just paid him to see if he was playing well, basically, but you said kings, I'm talking about quality offices all over the United States. tomorrow yeah give me a confidence boost that's why the man was player of the year i was just going to say norman wish sexton would stick to his own net player of the year 2004 daniel negrono is our chip leader and with the last win from sexton he gets a little closer to daniel chris reslock is holding but it's an uphill battle against the three bracelet winners reslock with 10 nine of clubs will raise it to 25,000 the blinds are at four and eight thousand right now madison with king nine them go to the mud, I think Mike is waiting for a bigger audience before he pops Negrono with six four of spades, the usual small suited connectors he lives for, he'll make the call and king ten for Mike Sexton in the big blind and makes a pot of three.

I have visions of working with mike sexton one day queen 10 queen sexton and reslock par his ten sexton has the strongest kicker daniel checks he missed the flop sexton checks behind him reslock an accomplished scrabble player turns to poker because there is more money and he is all in 182,000 chips in the pot with a pair of tens. Well, negroni says reslock is a maniac in a conservative man's body. rezlock is more aggressive than he seems. daniel bent geez, he knows if reslock had a queen. his hand for three queens most likely he wouldn't bet as much he would bet less trying to induce a call from sexton so sexton is stumped as to why reslock would bet so much i'm not going to call sexton is going to try it might be a good call i got a 10.

And Mike Sexton loves to see that he has tens with a better kicker here. His best chance to survive would be a split pot. He knew it was a good call. Mike Good Talk, ace, queen or a 10. You'll see. those beads around reslock's neck are given to you here in the river i have a loaded trunk in my room along with those little shampoos the turn is a jack and that's the best card chris reslock could see right now he gives him a straight draw that It doesn't mean anything, are you kidding me now? a king or an eight, oh I have a direct tie with a king or an eight, oh okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the worst deck of cards for him, yeah, reslock had both feet in the grave at least for The moment he can get a foot out, I have a few more outs now I can even win the pot, now holy mackerel, he went from nothing to having a lot, we would have a pot split if there is an ace, a queen or a ten, Even so you like your hand better. rezak can win it all with a king or an eight to make a straight otherwise he is eliminated and it is a four it is a blank as far as reslock is concerned chris reslock is eliminated in fourth place made by mike sexton reslock will take home 150 thousand dollars, good result in this tournament of champions, you know, lon, I think we're supposed to support the announcer, right?

I think you are right about reslock leaving, mataso, our short stack, daniel is still leading, but his margin is small, good luck. with those chips mike i hope you win make me look better if you do mike sexton right now has the momentum in this tournament of champions final table the 2006 world series of champions of poker tournaments is brought to you by a rush of soviet adrenaline sustained non-stop energy living and in part by partypoker.net the world's largest poker school and a men's title protects men who risk the world series of poker tournament of champions presented by soviet adrenaline welcome back to rio in the tournament of champions a million dollars for our winner tonight three players left daniel negrono is still our chip leader, but the fireworks between daniel and mike demouth have cooled down a bit as mike sexton has been on a roll collecting chips and eliminating chris reslock, you're a very good player, I'm I'll put you in my fantasy group Mike Sexton is best known these days for talking about other players' successes, but his own prowess on the felt speaks volumes.

I've certainly had more than my share of success in poker tournaments. I'm proud of my bracelet I won here at the World Series of Poker and I don't care how long you've been playing poker or how good you are. The best thing about the game is that you can always improve for most of my career. I'm pretty. Conservative player, you know, Ben, unless you're one, but I've watched every hand that's been played in the history of the World Poker Tour. The guys who get the money are the ones who bet the most, take risks and are aggressive.

I have adapted. My style now is a little more aggressive while I'm at it. I really think I've become a much better player. You play so well it scares me and I still consider myself a player first, a commentator second, before becoming. a world series of poker announcer sexton was in the top 10 of all time in world series caches before i became a world series announcer lon had the largest collection of pitchers in southern maryland thats scary mike madison with one of the biggest mouths on the king of the poker tour two of hearts equals the pig's blind which is now at ten thousand eight seventh for negrono offsuit daniel loves to play small connectors of the same suit or not 7-3 for sexton in the big blind okay, let's go with him sexton says i have rags deal the three to the flop the flop is nine queen three sexton paired his three madison with a heart draw and daniel has been a light flop so far he passes everyone wants a free ride to the turn let's go and that ace doesn't hit nobody's pair of threes sexton is still the hand to beat daniel checks again just like mike sexton madison won the heart tie which is 20,000.

If I were madison I would bet that there is a non-believer like sexton would say he will look for it daniel retired sexton made the call to the river jack of diamonds no help for the mouth sexton gets the check mark with a pair of threes and checks mike the mouth looks for chips and goes to bluff with 60,000. mataso tries to steal this one with a pot size bet his second bluff in a row in this pot sexton alone with a pair of threes he can essentially only beat a bluff sexton makes the call nice you have to catch him and madison says that it's all yours madison won't like the hand that beat him sexton shows the three oh my head you just toned yourself really badly there oh that was dirty microphone that was dirty hit it in the pot with two threes you have to swallow you can't swallow after that this could put your mouth half tilt that was pretty sick there wow he had you there come on leave it they had you tied right there yeah yeah I tied I had nothing you had nothing win a lot boats for Madison, but he got nails, a complicated announcer, maybe he did see them. final tables in which he was from the television booth sexton learned something about madison and it paid off there in rio, three great professionals who are still fighting for this tournament of champions title daniel negrono has felt very comfortable during this final table and continues as our chip Leader Mike Mataso has yet to be on a real streak now in defense of his title from last year, while Mike Sexton has played some tremendous short-handed poker.

Congratulations to you, brother, thank you three seven, huh, that's the best decision I've ever had. You see, you have to follow your good instincts, you know, oh, Mike Madison is going to need to get his instincts and his five senses working if he wants to experience the unique thrill of winning the tournament of champions two years in a row. Last year was very different. toc against a lot of the best players in the world I was more willing to prove a point it was time to go to work guys I thought I played fantastic madison wins the hand with a bluff I wasn't really looking to give it to phil i I'm at war with you now, but he continued to open up to it.

I never give up. I guarantee you won't get my chips and take advantage of a couple of breaks. Madison wins with a flush on the river. He was just great, even a great poker player. If I never win again, yeah, I could always look back and say well, I finally got my chance, but I want to win so badly on the day that you don't even know I only have one goal in mind. I've been thinking about this. day for the last six months without any pressure I know I'm going to do it you don't understand their mission is clarity when I like to put my mind on something in poker I really play well I'm ready to do something that's never been done and that's defend a million dollar championship, yes, that's what's going to happen.

Madison often can't stand prosperity. He's been on a terrible streak the last few months. He was losing so much online that his family and friends took his computer from his home. Daniel. negrono with a queen three of the same suit this is wonderful he raised to 25,000 mike sexton with a queen three of the other suit it's not going to be easy to defend that title years ago you know, I see this that was a wake-up call brother that was like like like like like like like like like the sickest call ever made Mike the mouse like like a cardboard plug that's the same old thing I'll probably call you in the dark but let me see clearly sexton doubles madison with 10 two of thesuited in the big blind and he'll be in the hands, so these two will go to the flop.

It was incredible. There's Mike's brother, Scott, and his mother. Glory. That sexton call was really impressive. The flop is 10-5-8. A pair of tens for Mike Madison. madison makes 25,000 to stay in the hand okay, okay, okay, daniel, kiss these chips, bye, turn eight of hearts, great, baby, and that gives Negrono a flush on the turn. madison got two pair and bets 30,000 like a machine, it's a machine. it never stops daniel just pays it's like he's preparing the mouth for the murderous rivers another five and daniel with the color gets the check mark madison will act first madison still with two pair of tens very sick that's thirty thousand more in ten daniel ago the call and shows the winning color a plus, yes, what do you think I play without anything?

I have a hand when I'm there ten ten, what will give them ten? Everyone is raising me like a little child. Private school tuition is high and that takes some of the air out of Madison's contingent in the stance and Daniel continues to poke his friend I thought he had the best hand I get it Madison hands over more chips and stares at the increasingly steep road to defend his title the world series of poker tournament of champions presented by the soviet drummond return to the river mike and daniel take a short break yeah, what time will we play them yeah, you know, we could do that because it's probably better to play for it, We'll play for this on the golf course, that would be nice, eight shots, while success at poker seems to come naturally to Daniel, his latest passion.

Golf is more of a work in progress. I'm just totally addicted to the game. it's so much fun, oh that was perfect if you play poker, you're always in a casino, you don't exercise much, you're always stuck inside golf, you're outside, you're still competitive, you're competing against yourself. just like you're a poker, go too much, it's a mind game too, so satisfy everything, drop baby, oh that's such a sick poker, frankly, I wouldn't say I've mastered it because you never do, but I I have it figured out pretty well. Wow, I got that right, Jack Queen.

It's good about golf, although there is always something you don't want to remember. That swing. Make sure you keep your arm here. Continue until the end. Make sure your backswing is not too big and you know a lot of new things. things to think about, don't you dare go in the bunker you'll never be able to master it, let go, darling, let go once, you can always improve, it's a game I feel I'll play until I'm seven, God willing, if I lived that long I'm worried about Daniel, he's recently married and he's addicted to golf. That's not a good combination.

Oh yeah, he bets too. i raised the 30,000. they play for a lot of cash on the golf course daniel says if i win the knock that's the golfer he almost has this queen of spades he's a defender believe me no daniel will stay here's the flop it's six two five what i know is that in fact daniel got the best thing about that is combining his deuce madison with a shot straight to the gut, you just bet anyway, you don't care about 20,000 of each, you know it's me and still so you bet, oxymoron type, oxymoron type, a new nickname for the face turn card is that Jack does. nothing to help Mike Mataso, he's coming anyway, that doesn't usually stop Mike from laying off 35,000.

I still, I mean, I still have some of that. I'm still working, still working on something. You know, it's like Daniel knows what Mike is going to do. before Mike does it, the river card is a blank black with a check mark with those two, well let's see if the mouth wants to take a third stab at this pot with a squatting sucker, he lost everything in his Hand, that protruding lower lip shows how determined Madison is. is to defend this title and shoot again with 40,000. that's a good value, that's a good value bet and now daniel in the same position that mike sexton was in a while ago against the mouth, he can really only beat a bluff, finally played a hand. good mike the first one today mike sexton was able to read mataso let's see if daniel can read his good sick friend this is like you're bluffing, you're just definitely if you're bluffing, you're definitely going broke very soon it's like there's no way around it yeah He's polishing that card wow, are you going to go broke?

Daniel has discovered it. Do you want to put his money where his mouth is? No, this time it falls, I guess I'm going broke bad, that's what I said, you're going to go broke bad, I had the devil, you're sick, I thought that was the bluff of courage, the bluff of courage, baby, here it comes. the explosion someone call a limousine for This gentleman will be going home very soon. Remember Daniel says the way to beat the mouth is to let it fool you once and then it will explode. Well, there's the only bluff, let's see if the rest of Daniel's prediction comes true as these three fight for The million dollar problem is that you're like that guy with a Wizard of Oz, you have a lot of heart, but you're missing something up, my friend, well, we all know that to say what they say they have to do it. be good friends mike madison jack eight the defending champion here at the tournament of champions we'll raise it to 25,000. daniel played snooker and snooker in the pool halls of toronto as a teenager, i guess it was inevitable that he started betting on golf. mike sexton folds seven five of diamonds from the big blind and mike will make the call so madison and sexton flop the flop is a seven and a pair of deuces sexton takes the lead by pairing his seven daniel would have flopped a pair of sevens with a better kicker than sexton passes madiso wanting to shoot bets 25 000. madison with you know one of those standard i don't care what my cards are i have a bigger heart than you bets sexton reaching he's going to raise to 75 000 with a bigger heart, I guess well, that should close the Madison Bluff factory, that's what it does and Sexton takes the pot.

Wow, that's impressive. The announcer is playing some pretty impressive poker. What could you have there? 75,000. This guy is teaching me. like there was no tomorrow, you, you, suck this guy, here he is teaching me. Mike Madison is starting to feel the heat and Mike Sexton is our new chip leader. I'm starting to get a little angry. Now, welcome back to the Tournament of Champions presented by Sobe. Adrenaline rush Three players went on the hunt for a million dollars This is like war boys. It looks a lot like a tougher war than Hellmuth. It's not supposed to be easy.

What kind of analysis is that? And he calls himself a poker announcer. madison, of course, is referring to when she played three-handed against phil hellmuth and hoyt perkins before winning this tournament of champions last year madison raises it to 30,000 with ace nine suited daniel with suited connectors again makes the call mike sexton king nine offsuit in the big blind, play, play, chip leader, fold, come on, I'll go to the world poker tour and show you how to play, this could be the one, mikey, I feel you bubbling, I feel that are you ready tick tock tick tock daniel hoping to take down madison here's the flop king nine ace mike madison got aces up and mike sexton is kicking himself he would get kings but he's lucky to be out daniel checks and mike checks behind he madison is going to sit with his aces up hoping to get more out of daniel then big card on the turn a five for black he doesn't get both a straight draw and a flush draw that's a good semi-bluff card for daniel if he's in the mood because he hasn't made a the hand is still behind, but he bets 30,000. he kills with aces and ninths he makes the call I'm just going to call why he's not ramming and blocking and there's a queen of diamonds and blackdoesn't get his flush blackdoesn't back down in a monster hand courtesy of mike the boca and with that flush daniel is going to fire with 120,000. a bet the size of daniel's pot and i don't know how the mouth gets away from the aces up and mike the mouth shows his aces up wow oh my god wow and everything is going wrong for Mike Madison is not going to believe us.

He had king nine. I put the king nine here. He wouldn't have gotten there. I put him as king queen. Yes, that's why I paid directly. I even saw the diamonds. I said, so I came up here. I can't have a diamond draw just bad luck I'm trying to catch it with three hands what am I going to do? I don't have it, you're very unlucky, you're very unlucky. I didn't call before the fuzz madison now in a very deep hole way while daniel negrono now retakes the chip lead but just above mike sexton daniel degrano will start the action ace six of hearts i can't put that hand down there i don't give a damn shit how could you put what how would you possibly fold, I would bet kings and queens 25,000 on mike sexton pocket sevens that works for him oh, many players would have raised instead of sexton ace four for madison I'm all in and mike is going to risk it everything now count it, count it all with a weak ace mike madison putting his life in the tournament on the line 244,000 total it's curious if sexton had raised from the small blind madison could have mucked instead madison pushes all in lo I'll abandon Daniel does the muck Get Sexton back up.

He just said 244. You need Vince Van Pat at your side to tell you that Tom Sexton is here in the crowd to support his brother. I'm going to call and Sexton will make the call. This is the degree. at the time defending champion mike madison all in and way behind kills deep doo-doo two outs i had a six of hearts good call mike sexton made a lot of good calls mike blew up brother scott now has upgraded mike to full tilt here Almost did it I call him he also has six of hearts, yeah, well, that's good, that's good, sixth upon hearing the good news that some of Mataso's outs are already taken, he's going to knock Mike out, Mike's going home, I just covered it, Mike, the mouth is left to reflect. the fact that he went all in with that ace four here's the flop now jack king three that doesn't help mike madison mike the mouth trying to defend his tournament champion title mike the announcer had his number and moved once It seemed like the right time Madison has played very conservatively throughout this tournament of champions, perhaps bemoaning the fact that four of clubs is now a pair of fours for Mike, but he needs more help, he would have beaten me, yes that's right Daniel trying to make small talk with the announcer who doesn't talk donkeys thinks the other one blew up this madison needs help on the river she needs an ace or a four and now the river card is and that will end the mouth mike sexton earns that agreed upon check mark by eliminating mike madison on Defending champion Scott Madison is not so kind to his brother.

Mike Mouth is close to getting back in but a couple of missteps turn into his final steps and Mouth comes out in third place and Mike Sexton has regained the chip lead for the time being. Well, this will be fun. Daniel Negroni was hot on his heels as his mouth moved toward the railing. He wanted defense so much. You know, it's a little strange. My body, my brain started acting strangely and I started not feeling so good. of like I got out of my rhythm I was really in a great zone all day this sucks sucks because I ruined the grade everything in the moment you are brought by grade for the men protect the men who take risks inside the river we are heads now for the tournament of champions title mike sexton versus daniel negranu both players have great experience both world series bracelet winners only one will collect a million dollars and the title I'm not an easy target I don't give much and I'm quite difficult to beat This guy, here he is teaching me.

I feel like I'm one of the best players, if not the best player. You have kings. How scary this guy is. I have a good chance of winning. I feel comfortable. I'm going to try my best. I have a hand when I'm there. It would be the most money I have ever won in a poker tournament and this would be a huge advantage in the car when I am here against some toughs. competition, that's another win for the books, cool, this one is huge, sexton won a bracelet in 1989 for stud high low, placed 12th in the main event in 2000, made 18 world series finals, looks like these guys are getting ready for golf tomorrow. game in which we will be performing so badly tomorrow will not be good, so of an elite field of 27 players we are in the last two with almost equal stacks and a lot of money at stake.

Sexton is donating half of his OCD earnings to five charities sexton limps in negrono with nine seven off the club checks his options I think Daniel is donating his OCD earnings to Sexton doyle brunson and eric lindgren on the golf course is getting better now here's the flop nine six seven negrono hits two pair mike sexton gets one even and straight draw daniel bets 20,000. sexton makes the decision worth it for mike with bottom pair and that turn card is a four, no Help mike sexton who still follows daniel checks noi know why daniel slows down there sexton checks behind him to the river let's go another six he gives sexton the best hand with triple sixes what river card for mike sexton daniel checks sexton will bet that's in cold blood there 90,000. that one It is a cold-blooded letter, which is what Daniel remembers with the two main parrots.

Wow, I don't see how I can throw it away, but I know you have like six threes or something, as usual, Daniel's radar is in working order. Will pay to see it 6 10. That's right and sexton. will take the pot daniel shows sixth place between the two pairs and that's good news for tom sexton and the rest of the cheering section, that's why you're supposed to get cards on the river. He had a great hand there. Mike Sexton has five finishes in the top 25 in the world. main event of the series and has made an early statement here tops the trophy and the money coming near sexton with 8-7 of clubs sexton went to ohio state on a gymnastics scholarship tells people he majored in cards because he played poker or bridge every day. ran to 50,000. negrona with inadequate connectors makes the call daniel sexton will have the advantage going to the flop flop jack four eight mike sexton pairs his eight and puts daniel in a deeper hole agrono gets a straight shot he checks sexton bets 60 000 with his pair of eights is enough to buy it should be daniel doesn't have much to hang his hat on on that flop just a shot to the gut oh daniel ain't going anywhere though daniel makes the call he's looking to get lucky or make a play Later in the hand's turn it is a ten of clubs.

Sexton gets a little stronger, hits a flush and a straight to go with his pocket eights. That's a decent card for Daniel. He now he has a double. A belly-busting straight draw that will bet 120,000. Negron Negrono will take the lead and pretend he is strong now Sexton with another tough call or he comes back with 120,000. And again we see Sexton with the right instinct. The river is another ten. Sexton finally gets the check mark with eights and tens, but Daniel maneuvers Sexton with a wary eye on his opponent and Daniel goes for 250,000 chips on the bluff, on the flop Daniel had called to bluff and then actually bluffed in the turn and was going to bluff again on the river, took a stance when the 10 hit the turn and then went for 250,000 with a 10 on the river.

I think it's an easy decision, as I've noted before, because Sexton is a broadcaster who can see. the other players daniel wins i usually don't do this but something has to change and i have to bluff once ok he bluffed he usually doesn't bluff he's not trying to be sacristan he's just trying to set it up for later plant a seed in his head thanks daniel 4 sexton out of hand turn the tide somehow that was a good bet great play by daniel grain didn't have much but i didn't think he had to beat really i thought he was just trying to represent the 10 , the 910, the 10 queen, something like that, whatever he was trying to represent, it worked very well for daniel negranu, he just won't die just trying to hold on. en no, my old age will give way here, that's the plan, okay, sexton is 58 years old. negrono 32. sexton still has the leading chip survival plan pocket nines for mike sexton the grain with ace jack of clubs daniel says you want to get inside someone's head you understand how they approach the game and then you play with their tendencies sexton limped in negrono he raised it to 50,000 and mike sexton raises again sexton is tired but he's aggressive so 125. daniel will go with him, i'll even check it in the dark just for you, that's good, that's a big pot, daniel is already drawing many tricks from his bag sacristan with a slight advantage with his knives the flop three jack six negronu pairs his jack to take a dominant advantage remember that he had already passed sexton historically a conservative player but observing the young turks he is no longer so conservative they both pass until the turn is a 10 there is no improvement for mike sexton's hand negrono still leads fires with a hundred thousand with his pair of jacks top pair top kicker daniel likes it and mike sexton calls sexton without believing whatever daniel represents at this point they will go to the river it's a negrono seven now with the check mark and without hesitation on daniel's part it's 200,000 for sexton this is where daniel's bluff from earlier comes into play now he's betting 200,000 in a half pot million chips looks like a value bet, you're dying from there, call this, uh, and Sexton is trying to figure out if it's a value bet or if it's a value bet.

Bluff, Mike Sexton has really been tested today. He's been put in a difficult position many times, usually he's made the right decision, but one wrong move for Sexton to make the call and he'll lose to Negrono. Daniel shows the ace jack for a pair of jacks with a kicking ace. Daniel out, thanks to Mike. That's the one Daniel has. many gears and he just put it in fifth place, it's a tough battle but I know it would be yes, two great poker minds trying to maneuver each other negrono to lead again the 2006 world series of poker, tournament of champions presented by the Soviet Union adrenaline, sustained energy to live non-stop and in part by partypoker.net, the world's largest men's school and title, protects men who take risks again within the river daniel negronot in good shape to add this illustrious title to his already impressive poker resume he has a pretty good lead over Mike Sexton now this tournament of champions Negroni with the queen jack of diamonds do you know if daniel ever wants to become a broadcaster I have a feeling I'm out of a job I'll have your back I'm a dead man, Negrona raises it to 56,000.

Sexton with King Queen will raise it to 215,000. For the record, Sexton says the world series announcers are phenomenal. We appreciate that Mike didn't throw any away. sexton noting that daniel 15 call will see a lot of flops and daniel will call but sexton will have it down as they get to the flop you have a small pot brewing well i think we could all go to bed soon two pretty good hands and face up flop it's four king eight sexton maintains his advantage by pairing the king daniel picks up a draw of diamonds sexton is going to come up with 255,000. separating some chips from his stack race and a raise of 255 more and we see a lot of big raises with just a tie when he raises the heads up, do you hope to lower your hand right now or you could get lucky in the future and still win wow, I'm totally into sexton's moves, all in the goal is to bet, nigger doesn't make the call, what a hand we got, yeah, you could have a diamond tie, yeah, I'm telling you they can see each other's cars, you have ace king or something, a king, queen against queen, jack, oh you could win it.

Sexton needs to win it, he's all in. daniel knows he's the one in trouble even though sexton is all in but he ain't getting up now diamond corner pocket diamond corner pocket or a 10 make it exciting man if i lose this spot i'm in big trouble, a big problem, the turn card is a seven of clubs daniel is still in big trouble sexton is one card away from doubling and can almost taste the chip lead and daniel, a little tired, decides he can't take the rest of this sexton hand is still at risk here nigger doesn't need a diamond and diamond just to knock out mike sexton and take home the toc title river is a club and sexton wins these kitty hands, survives, is all in and doubles through negrono that's a big blow to children's poker what a victory for mike sexton who is now the overwhelming chip leader, back to the drawing board, well, welcome back, chips back to the drawing board, the drawing board daniel's drawing is pretty small right now and with that double, mike sexton is now the leader by 1.2 million chips and sexton with pocket aces and will limp with a jack of hearts for Negronu Daniel with a good hand too and in a bad time and it will rise 64,000 in total.

It would cost Sexton 40,000 more to make the call, but he's going to make more than that. a new raise to 220,000. I don't know if daniel is paying for the raise or is just exhausted tom sexton watching his brother play these pocket aces well. Every step Daniel takes now is crucial because of his dwindling stack. Daniel makes the call. it cost him 180,000. sexton with a big lead with those two aces going to the flop the flop is 8-4-10 no hearts daniel hit a straight draw I'm all in and I'm going all in on the draw wow, I call it sexting calls, you got it, you got a big pair, I need a nine and this might be me having my queen jack again.

Daniel channeling a little bit of Mike Madison here in that previous hand. I could see him calling them all in a cold deck of diamonds. brother way in every call deck, but going all in here with just a straight straight draw plus sexton had him out preflop or an ace on the turn would be good, then a king helps a jack, a lot of nine cards would be better Although nine of hearts is good, yes, I think a nine could come. I'm going to sit back down. Daniel is tired of talking and has covered all his bases.

Two in the entire Sexton team looking for low cards on the turn. Mike Sexton on the verge of a title, okay, here comes our turn and now the turn card, oh, it's an ace, yeah, that's not as good as you might think. They like that letter that was good for me. Yes, Daniel revitalized, here comes the king. Now Daniel has a double belly. destroyer straight draw heard a lot of shouting for the ace, put a king there, king or nine, that would be sick if the king comes, wait for one to be convinced to discuss the leads, will need a king or a nine or mike sexton is the winner of the tournament of champions and now the river card is an eight sexton has done it congratulations man mike sexton is a winner of the 2006 tournament of champions sexton started the final table seventh in chips now he finishes with all the chips he made some excellent reads in a very tough table negrohad no drivers at the final table mostly, but he couldn't reign in mike sexton and will finish in second place. too many refrigerators can't handle that and how sweet is that for mike sexton he created the original tournament of champions now he's coming back to win the remake and what a way to conclude congratulations to Mike Sexton the winner of the 2006 tournament of champions for Norman Chad.

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