Daniel Negreanu Wins Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller For $265,200

Daniel Negreanu secured his first recorded reside match title in August of 1997. Greater than 27 years, and $53.3 million in profession earnings later, the 50-year-old Poker Corridor of Famer logged his forty seventh win by taking down occasion no. 6 at 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Restrict Omaha Collection II.

The seven-time World Collection of Poker bracelet winner bested a subject of 104 entries within the $10,100 buy-in to earn $265,000 in prize cash. He additionally secured loads of rankings factors with this victory. The 600 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors he nabbed on this match grew his annual whole to 4,396, which is nice for twenty first place within the 2024 POY standings offered by International Poker. This was his fourth title and thirteenth final-table end of the 12 months.

Negreanu additionally secured 265 PGT factors. With 19 cashes and three wins in certified occasions, Negreanu now sits in second place within the season-long standings with 1,998 factors. He trails solely Jeremy Ausmus, who has accrued 2,501 factors throughout 24 cashes, together with a final-table displaying on this occasion.

“I believed I performed extremely properly,” Negreanu instructed PokerGO reporters after popping out on high. “There have been a few key spots the place I needed to go for it and did towards Foxen, and did, and so they labored out. Apart from that, I ran good, and that’s what it takes to win the match.”

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The $1,040,000 prize pool on this occasion was break up up amongst the highest 15 finishers. Large names like two-time Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl champion Isaac Haxton (fifteenth), two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb (14th), bracelet winner Joni Jouhkimainen (thirteenth), three-time World Poker Tour champion Chino Rheem (ninth), Sean Winter (eighth), and 2023 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl: Pot-Restrict Omaha champion Jared Bleznick (seventh) all ran deep.

Bracelet winner Alex Foxen got here into the ultimate day because the chip chief with six gamers remaining. He added to that lead when he flopped high set of kings towards the pocket aces of Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero, who shoved after the flop together with his overpair. Barbero earned $52,000 because the sixth-place finisher. This was his third money of the collection, and ninth final-table end of the 12 months. He now sits in twenty fifth place within the POY standings.

5-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman was the following to fall, together with his double-suited pocket jacks unable to beat out the double-suit pocket sevens of Negreanu in a battle of the blinds. Schulman obtained his quick stack in forward preflop, however Negreanu made a straight on the flip and held from there to slender the sphere to 4. Schulman earned $67,600 for his efforts, surpassing $20.6 million in earnings within the course of.

Ausmus’ run concluded in fourth place after he three-bet jammed with AOk83 going through a button increase from Negreanu, who had overtaken the lead in the course of the early going. Negreanu referred to as with OkJ107 and made journey jacks to safe the knockout. Ausmus prolonged his lead within the PGT standings and climbed to fifth on the POY leaderboard due to this newest robust displaying.

Matthew Wantman, who gained occasion no. 3 at this collection, has now cashed 5 occasions by means of six tournaments at this pageant. The WPT champion obtained all-in after a QJ6 flop for his final handful of huge blinds with OkJ98. Negreanu referred to as with AQ62 and the Q flip gave Negreanu a full home for a lock on the hand. The 7 confirmed Wantman’s elimination in third place ($119,600), rising his haul for the collection to $424,300.

Heads-up play started with Negreanu holding 9,700,000 to Foxen’s 3,300,000. He was quickly capable of convert that just about 3:1 beginning benefit into the win. Within the ultimate hand, Foxen raised to 450,000 from the button with A1074 and Negreanu referred to as with AQ62. The flop got here down QQ10 and Negreanu check-called 300,000 together with his journey queens. The A on the flip gave Negreanu queens full. He checked and Foxen checked behind with aces and tens. The river introduced the ten to enhance Foxen to tens full. Negreanu guess 1,000,000 and Foxen raised to three,200,000, leaving simply two huge blinds behind. Negreanu moved all-in and Foxen referred to as to see the unhealthy information. He earned $171,600 because the runner-up. This was his sixteenth final-table end of 2024. He moved into 18th on the POY leaderboard, with 4,505 factors and greater than 42 million in to-date POY earnings.