first some gossip then the hand: ivey is taking bets at 1.8:1 that he wins a bracelet this year. andy bloch has 180k on it, ted forrest has 500, eli elezra (who was sitting next to me and told me this directly) has 500k on it too. i heard greg raymer took action but im not sure of the amount.

i keep raising the full potsize preflop (important because we are playing pot limit) and when i do it vs negreanu's blind, before folding he tells me im raising too big and that i should make it smaller.

he asks "is that what you would do in no limit?"
gabe: "i dont play no limit"
dn: "well what do you play?"
gabe:" i dont really play poker, my parents just paid for me to play this"
dn:"oooh you got rich parents?"
gabe:"yea they are well off"
dn: "real estate??"
gabe:"yup"

then he leaned to guy next to him and whispers something right after this conversation, which im sure was about me but not sure what he said.

a few hands later he minraises, i call with ATo on button, old nit in blind calls. i have been splashing around alot and they have both been pretty tight.

flop T45, checked to me i bet 2/3 of the pot, old guy check raises me, i call.

turn K, he bets a little more than half, i call. i thought about folding because this was over an hour in and hadnt seen the guy raise anything.

river 4, he checks which makes me pretty sure i have the best hand, although he could have jacks. i bet the pot (remember i almost folded the turn, now im making a huge value bet), old guy calls and shows QT.

hand doesnt seem like too much ownage but getting value from an OLD GUY when i have 2nd pair is pretty sick imo.

BUT main point is while im collecting chips, negreanu makes eye contact and gives me a little head nod type of thing because he was watching the hand closely. i also talked to him some about the canadian football league and even got him to say 'atta boy!!' the first time i didnt raise full pot on his big blind