Over the past few years, many people have asked if I have played against specific big-name players:

World Series of Poker champions Joseph Hachem, Scotty Nguyen and Chris Ferguson? Been there.

World Poker Tour winners Michael Mizrachi, JC Tran and Erick Lindgren? Done that.

Poker legends T.J. Cloutier, Erik Seidel and John Juanda? Them too.

But the one person I have been asked about more than anyone is Daniel Negreanu, aka Kid Poker. I had not played with him until last December at the 2007 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event hosted by the Bellagio in Las Vegas. On Day One, the Kid was sitting to my left, giving him position on me for the entire day.

He definitely took advantage of this seat, winning multiple pots throughout the day.

The following hand was an example of his positional play.

Early in the fourth level (blinds 200 and 400, antes 50), my stack had dwindled to approximately 10,000 chips. Sitting in the cutoff seat, I looked down at Ac-10h. After the early- and mid-position players folded, the player to my immediate right raised to 1,100. Having position on this player, I decided to make the call. Unfortunately, the Kid, who had position on both of us, also made the call. After the blinds folded, we were off to a three-handed flop.

Js-7c-2h. We all proceeded to check this uneventful flop.

The dealer then turned the 10c. After the original raiser and I checked once again, the Kid bet 2,000. This bet seemed like a positional play, a strategy to take down this unwanted pot.

After the original raiser called, I decided to make my stand by raising all-in since I believed that my pair (10h-10c) was the best hand. As the Kid contemplated, I hoped he was on a flush draw and would fold. However, he eventually made the call.

Once the original raiser folded, I asked the Kid, “Are you on a flush draw?”

“No, I have a jack,” he replied, showing Qs-Jc.

Ugh! My tournament life was down to five outs. However, the poker gods decided it was not my time to be eliminated as they delivered one of my miracle cards - Ad.

Although I was outplayed on this particular hand, I got very lucky and now felt I was on a free roll. This pot definitely kick-started my tournament as I ended up finishing in 58th place, earning $28,905.

Of course, Kid Poker easily overcame this bad beat and finished 14th, taking home $96,355.

Daniel Negreanu will be my guest on “The Bernard Lee Poker Show” this Tuesday night.

E-mail Bernard Lee at BernardLeePoker@hotmail.com. Since finishing 13th in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, Lee cashed in numerous tournaments, capturing two titles. He is also a columnist for the ESPN.com Poker Club Web site.