If you like high quality televised poker, you’ll be glued to the screen for every episode of the PokerStars Big Game. This new cash game show from the biggest online poker site in the world follows the mould laid down by the likes of High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. Six players sit around a poker table, contesting pots worth thousands of dollars as the cameras keep track of their every move. Five of the six seats are filled by the finest exponents of the game, along with a few choice businessmen keen to wager their fortunes at the table. These are the kinds of players you see mixing it up at the biggest tables on US poker rooms every day.

One seat remains open for the Loose Cannon, a PokerStars Download qualifier who has had his or her audition tape approved. The man for the job in Week Two was mid-level pro William Davis. All of the Loose Cannons are given $100,000 to play in a $200/$400 Pot Limit Hold ‘em game, with $100 ante on the Button. Any profits they can make over their initial $100k are theirs to keep.

Making money isn’t easy at the best of times, but when you’re at the table with top class players, it’s a real uphill struggle. It’s not like grinding through a PokerStars Marketing Code. Davis had to contend with PokerStars poster boy Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, David Williams, Abe Mosseri, and Jason Calacanis. Daniel Negreanu was a particularly juicy target for the Mr. Davis. His wife is not a fan of Daniel’s famous table patter and specifically requested that her hubby bust the Canadian pro.

A leading figure in the top texas hold em hands sites, Daniel didn’t keep quiet as Week 2 got underway, but he wasn’t such a dominant force in many pots. Most of the profits were heading in Doyle Brunson’s direction. The Godfather of Poker is a formidable player at the best of times, but with a stream of pocket pairs in his favour, no one could stand in his way. In just the first 30 hands, he hit KK, QQ, QQ, 77, and then KK again. If anyone got that run of hands on download free poker sites, there would be cries of “rigged!” One seat to his left, David Williams was also raking in his fair share of pots. The former Bodog player has recently joined the PokerStars Bonus Code sponsored team.

Unfortunately his fortunes wouldn’t last and it would be Daniel Negreanu that orchestrated his undoing. As the last 30 hands of the 150 limit began, the Loose Cannon was still down over $20,000. Not the kind of money you can make up with a pokerstars bonus deal. With little time remaining, he’d have to start playing loose and aggressive if wanted to take home any money. With just 10s-4s, he got himself involved in a pot against the Negreanu’s Q-Q and Williams’ KK. Luckily for him, the Ks-Js-3s flop was the perfect fit and left him in a comfortable lead. Both Negreanu and Williams called his all-in raise, finally giving the Loose Cannon the chance to bust the Canadian. It wasn’t to be, as the turn laid another spade, giving Daniel the third-nut flush with his Queen of spades. William Davis had very little hope left and could all but kiss goodbye to his $100,000. That left Daniel reaping the profits, with both William Davis and David Williams leaving the table empty handed. If you want a chance at busting Negreanu, you can find him regularly playing at the highest stakes in Daniels Room Poker on PokerStars.

In the final reckoning, Daniel had made a profit of over $134,000. The next closest were Doyle Brunson, who was up around $80,000 and Abe Mosseri who accrued an extra $40,100. Jason Calacanis finished down $65,200 and the two remaining players donated their full $100k to the table.

If you want a seat at the Big Game, download a PC or Mac Poker Stars client now and take part in one of the qualification.