After greater than a decade with no win on the World Collection of Poker, legend of the sport Daniel Negreanu lastly broke by means of to safe his seventh WSOP gold bracelet. The victory was particularly monumental for the 49-year-old Poker Corridor of Fame member, because it got here in one of many hardest and most prestigious tournaments of the 12 months: the WSOP $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship. The Canadian professional defeated a area of 89 entries within the nine-game blended affair to earn $1,178,703 and the long-awaited {hardware}.
“That is the event,” mentioned Negreanu after popping out on prime. “That is the one the place all the perfect gamers present up. The constructions are very lengthy. It’s an actual grind and to remain, meant to be sharp for 5 days. If you win this event, you earn it and there’s no fluking the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship.”
With this win, Negreanu grew to become simply the tenth participant in poker historical past to have gained seven or extra WSOP bracelets.
“I received to be sincere, having six was type of embarrassing for me, actually,” Negreanu advised Card Participant when requested about lastly capturing his seventh. “It’s similar to I’ve performed so many tournaments and I solely have six and [Phil] Ivey has 11 and all these items, and I’m like, ‘Whoa, I’ve too many second place finishes.’ So this feels prefer it modifications issues up. Perhaps now I’ll simply go on a run and win a pair extra earlier than the collection is over.”
“I don’t assume I’ve ever performed higher. I discuss enjoying above the rim…. I imply, you’ll be able to play on the rim and that’s good, however for those who actually need to be a elite, it’s important to play above the rim,” Negreanu shared when requested about his emotions on his efficiency on this occasion. “There have been some issues I did, a few razz pots in a row that had been tremendous vital. Again to again eights, you’re damaged down after shedding one after which to have it occur proper once more and nonetheless make the proper choice. I do know that I performed prime notch and I executed my technique rather well.”
Earlier than this win, Negreanu’s final bracelet got here in on the 2013 WSOP Europe in a €25,000 excessive rolller. It was 3,899 days between that victory and this one. He now has two bracelets in blended video games (this and the 2003 S.H.O.E.) and 5 bracelets in maintain’em occasions. His first bracelet got here within the 1998 $2,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion. He then gained the $2,000 restrict maintain’em in each 2004 and 2008. His first no-limit maintain’em bracelet got here within the 2013 WSOP Asia Pacific predominant occasion. Later that very same 12 months got here his beforehand talked about excessive curler victory.
Negreanu now has $52,972,918 in profession event earnings, which is nice for seventh place on poker’s all-time cash record. Greater than $22.5 million of that whole has been earned by means of Negreanu’s success on the WSOP.
This was Negreanu’s third title and eleventh final-table end of 2024. The 816 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors he was awarded because the champion had been sufficient to maneuver him into thirteenth place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by International Poker. Negreanu is chasing his third POY title, having already earned the distinction in 2004 and 2013.
Negreanu additionally earned 700 PokerGO Tour factors for the win. With 1,645 whole factors, he’s now the top-ranked participant on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard.
The 89-entry turnout for this 12 months’s operating of this prestigious occasion resulted in a prize pool of $4,249,750. The highest 14 finishers made the cash, with huge names like two-time bracelet winner Maxx Coleman (14th), four-time bracelet winner Phil Hui (thirteenth), five-time bracelet winner and three-time champion of this occasion Michael Mizrachi (twelfth), two-time bracelet winner James Obst (eleventh), three-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira (ninth), and bracelet winner Johannes Becker (eighth) all operating deep.
Phil Ivey was the primary to be knocked out on the official last desk of seven, incomes $158,719 for his efforts. The 11-time bracelet winner lasted late into day 4, however finally was despatched to the rail when his 9-7-6-5-4 bumped into the 8-7-6-5-3 of Dylan Smith in no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw. The 47-year-old Poker Corridor of Famer now has $45,874,407 in profession earnings.
Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus quickly adopted Ivey to the payout desk. He received chopped up by two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer and David Benyamine in Omaha eight-or-better, incomes $200,896 for his efforts.
The fifth and last day of play started with Brewer within the lead and Negreanu in second chip place. The primary two eliminations got here instantly. Benyamine, a bracelet winner from France, had his 9-8-5-3-2 outrun by the 9-8-4-3-2 of two-time bracelet winner Bryce Yockey in deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball. Benyamine was awarded $265,054 because the fifth-place finisher.
Dylan Smith, only a month faraway from a fifth-place end within the World Poker Tour Seminole Exhausting Rock Poker Showdown predominant occasion, positioned fourth on this occasion. He additionally bumped into Yockey, who made a 7-5-4-2-A in razz to get rid of Smith (4th – $363,914).
Three-handed play lasted a number of hours, with Brewer spending most of that point because the quick stack. He finally received the final of his chips in with A
A
on a ten5
3 flop dealing with J10 for Yockey. The flip introduced the 7 to provide Yockey a flush and a lock on the hand. Brewer cashed for $519,158 because the third-place finisher. He now has almost $24.6 million in profession earnings after this newest sturdy displaying in a high-stakes occasion.
Heads-up play started with Yockey holding 15,750,000 to Negreanu’s 10,950,000. The 2 battled for over three hours, with loads of swings alongside the way in which. Each gamers held the lead a number of occasions. Negreanu was all-in and in danger at one level in pot-limit Omaha with a straight draw and a pair of deuces in opposition to two overpairs, aces and jacks, for Yockey. The flip modified nothing, however a deuce on the river gave Negreanu journeys and a double into the lead.
The ultimate hand of the evening additionally got here in pot-limit Omaha. Negreanu raised to 750,000 on the button with A
QJ7 and Yockey known as with 9632 from the large blind. The flop got here down 1077 and Yockey checked. Negreanu wager 600,000. Yockey check-raised to three,550,000 and Negreanu moved all-in. Yockey known as for six,100,000 whole. Negreanu had journeys for the lead, however Yockey had flush and straight attracts. The Q on the flip gave Negreanu sevens full, leaving Yockey drawing useless. He cashed for $768,467 because the runner-up, the biggest rating of his profession. The latest $5,000 pot-limit Omaha champion now has greater than $5.9 million in whole earnings.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Daniel Negreanu
$1,178,703
816
700
2
Bryce Yockey
$768,467
680
461
3
Chris Brewer
$519,158
544
311
4
Dylan Smith
$363,914
408
218
5
David Benyamine
$265,054
340
159
6
Jeremy Ausmus
$200,896
272
121
7
Phil Ivey
$158,719
204
95
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