Some hands at the World Series of Poker are drama at every flop, turn and river. Others are magic just because you can see the years someone has been playing poker for decades by witnessing just a minute of action on a single street.

The latter certainly applies to this hand from the 2015 WSOP Main Event. Daniel Negreanu’s deep run had everyone gassed at the time – the chance of ‘Kid Poker’ winning the big one made everything seem more exciting, and while he would eventually miss out, finishing 11th for $526,778, his run to the brink of the final table was poker entertainment at its very best.

Negreanu would eventually be left on the rail as Joe McKeehen won $7.6 million for taking the bracelet. In the hand between the pair, however, it was definitely the Canadian player Negreanu who got the better of his American opponent. 

The action was fairly simple. McKeehen three-bet over an opponent’s opening bet, and Negreanu four-bet to 2.6 million chips with ace-king. McKeehen moved all-in with pocket aces and with only Negreanu needing to make the decision, and his stack covering McKeehen’s, the poker legend and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Negreanu went into the tank. As the commentary team of Norman Chad and Lon McEachern described the action as McKeehen prepared to make his move: