Tournament Of Champions (TOC) live coverage from the RIO going on now!

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Daniel Negreanu leading at final table, 6 left.

Daniel Negreanu $ 1,530,000
Mike Sexton $ 425,000
Chris Reslock $ 390,000
Darrell Dicken $ 185,000
Andrew Black $ 173,000
Mike Matusow $ 125,000


http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/530/10268

BlondeFish

Thanks, compuease, but both the Cardplayer and Pokerwire sites seem to have crashed!

Cardplayer.com: "Application error (Rails)".

Pokerwire.com: "Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Too many connections in /var/www/pokerwire.com/ad/connectsite_db.php on line 6
Couldn't connect to the database"

I'm surprised that Negreanu took time off from his golf addiction to actually play poker! ;-)

1) Daniel Negreanu 1,200,000 chips
2) Mike Matusow 925,000
3) Mike Sexton 475,000

AcidJoe

Here is the final result:

Mike Sexton limps in and Daniel Negreanu raises to to $64,000. Sexton then raises an additional $180,000 and Negreanu makes the call. The flop comes 10d-8d-4s and Negreanu moves all in. Sexton immediately calls and shows Ah-Ac. Negreanu turns over Qh-Jh and will need to improve. The turn card is the Ad, giving Sexton trips but also giving Negreanu a double gutted straight draw. However, the river is the 8c and Mike Sexton wins the 2006 Tournament of Champions and $1,000,000.

Wolffhound

I think i read that they played heads up for over 6 hours....

g2

Wolffhound wrote:

I think i read that they played heads up for over 6 hours....

From the Live Updates Log:

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Mon Jun 26 23:37:00 PDT 2006
Heads-Up Play Begins

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Tue Jun 27 06:16:00 PDT 2006
Mike Sexton Wins The 2006 Tournament of Champions ($1,000,000)

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Almost 7 hours. Wow

/g2

Flint Bones

In Daniel's Video Log he has a lot of detail about how mentally draining it was for the both of them. They were supposed to be both in Event #2 but opted out due to fatigue.

6+ hours of heads up is insane. I can't imagine how hard that would be.

Congrats to Sexton. It makes his WPT commentary hold so much more water with all of his wins.

Flint Bones

I just read this by Nolan Dalla

At the start of the tournament, Sexton – the eternal goodwill ambassador – pledged half of his TOC win to charity. That means a collection of Sexton’s favorite charities will split a whooping half-million dollars.