It was on the minds of all poker followers in a single day, and speak of the potential for the largest World Collection of Poker (WSOP) story in years was throughout social media.
With 11 gamers returning for the Day 3 of Occasion #13: $10,000 Sellers Selection Championship, there was an opportunity that two of the largest names in poker would battle it out on the ultimate desk.
Alas, it wasn’t to be as each Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu had been eradicated — the primary two eliminations of the ultimate day.
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Ivey First to Go
Ivey got here into the ultimate day eighth in chips, however had his stack decreased in Restrict 2-7 Triple Draw to Ryutaro Suzuki after which was left with one massive guess after tangling with Michael Martinelli in Stud Hello-Lo 8 or Higher.
Ivey was all-in throughout the identical recreation, with Martinelli scoring the knockout — narrowly lacking out on sending start-of-day quick stack Max Kruse to the rail within the progress. Ivey took residence $27,041 for his eleventh place end.
Negreanu Follows Him Out the Door
Negreanu had began the day with fewer chips than Ivey however managed to outlast his pal, about whom he shared a tweet earlier within the day that him and “this cat” go “waaay again.”
After virtually being eradicated within the hand that despatched Ivey to the rail, Kruse had then doubled by way of Negreanu — once more in Stud Hello-Lo 8 or Higher — with Child Poker propping up the chip counts with 10 gamers remaining on the primary break.
Once they returned, Negreanu was left with a single 5,000 denomination chip after folding the river in a Restrict Omaha Excessive pot towards Martinelli earlier than Martinelli finally despatched him to the rail in Stud Hello-Lo Common. Negreanu was awarded $27,041, his largest money of the summer season, for his tenth-place end.
What Subsequent for the Pair?
Little doubt the pair will each bounce within the subsequent $10,000 Championship occasion — the $10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship which acquired underway at present.
Negreanu will definitely be assured of one other probability to interrupt his bracelet drought, with two of his eight profession bracelets coming within the format. Ivey, in the meantime, famously hasn’t received a bracelet in No-Restrict Maintain’em however hasn’t picked up one in Restrict Maintain’em both. Keep tuned to PokerNews to see if one other deep run for both is on the playing cards right here in Las Vegas.
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He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
