Daniel Negreanu received his eleventh PokerGO Tour event on Friday — his second this 12 months — and he did so in comeback vogue.
The GGPoker ambassador, like he did final 12 months, is off to a powerful begin in excessive rollers previous to World Collection of Poker (WSOP) motion. He took down PGT PLO Collection Occasion #3: $5,100 Pot-Restrict Omaha, beating out 159 entrants to win $182,850 on the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.
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Negreanu, following Day 1 motion on Thursday, held the chip lead heading into the ultimate desk. However his benefit over Xiaoxiao Music and Bryce Yockey wasn’t important.
That might finally change through the ultimate session, a desk that wasn’t dominated initially by the Poker Corridor of Famer. Music would, nevertheless, take the early lead, a lead he held for some time earlier than Yockey, who ran poorly on the ultimate desk, busted in sixth place ($39,750). Music then fell on laborious instances and busted in fifth place ($47,700) to James Chen, who took over the chip lead.
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Chen would enhance his chip lead after busting Eric Blair in fourth place ($59,625). Dylan Weisman turned Chen’s subsequent sufferer in third place ($79,500), which led to a heads-up match that appeared can be one-sided with Chen main 5-1 in chips.
Negreanu rapidly began chipping up, after which he earned a full double-up with aces in opposition to kings. Impulsively the chip stacks have been practically an identical. Chen, who has over $11 million in reside event cashes, based on The Hendon Mob, would battle, however the playing cards did not fall his method. The match would finish with Negreanu, who had taken over an enormous chip lead, hitting a set of kings to complete off the event. Chen acquired $115,275 for his second place end.
Negreanu received his second PGT occasion this month, and he did so in an reverse method. The seven-time WSOP bracelet winner had practically all of the chips in play deep in his early March victory — $15,100 Vendor’s Alternative — earlier than practically dropping. This time round, he got here from behind to drag off the win, which introduced him to over $55.3 million in reside event cashes.
The PGT PLO Collection, which options 11 pot-limit Omaha occasions, continued on Friday with Day 1 of Occasion #4: $10,100 Pot-Restrict Omaha. The ultimate desk will air at 1 p.m. Saturday on PokerGO.
