If you like high quality televised poker, there’s no doubt that you’re excited about the new episodes of the PokerStars Big Game. Just like other popular cash game shows, six players meet at a Las Vegas poker table to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars, with cameras on hand to show the folks at home the action from every angle. Five of those seats are taken up by the world’s most famous players and rich whales bringing their hard earned money to play with the best. The kinds of players you see mixing it up at the biggest tables on US poker rooms every day.

The sixth and final seat is filled by a Loose Cannon, an unknown player who has qualified on the PokerStars Download and successfully passed through the audition process. For Week 2 of the Big Game, aspiring poker pro William Davis was selected to take on the best of the best at their own game. 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. If the qualifier manages to pick up any profit over their starting stack it is theirs to keep.

The players the Loose Cannon had to battle against were the very best in the business. It’s not like grinding through a Poker Stars Marketing Code. Sitting alongside Davis were PokerStars talisman Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, David Williams, Abe Mosseri, and Jason Calacanis. The Loose Cannon trained his muzzle on Negreanu in particular. His wife doesn’t like the way Daniel chatters at the table and tasked her husband with taking all of his money.

A leading figure in the top texas holdem sites, Daniel didn’t keep quiet as Week 2 got underway, but he wasn’t such a dominant force in many pots. Doyle Brunson was the real winner early on. 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!” David Williams, meanwhile, was quietly building up his own formidable stack. The former Bodog player has recently joined the PokerStars Bonus Code sponsored team.

Sadly, the former Magic the Gathering player would come unstuck towards the end of the session, in a huge pot that also involved Davis and Negreanu. 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. Luckilly 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. Williams was all but out too and the 9 on the river did nothing to help him. In the end Daniel scooped the entire pot, sending both the Magic expert and Loose Cannon home without a cent. 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 PC or Mac Poker Stars client now and take part in one of the qualification