Daniel Negreanu’s 11-year World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet drought must wait not less than just a few extra days. As has been the case the previous few years, the Poker Corridor of Famer couldn’t win a race and was eradicated in sixteenth place within the $500 WSOP Kickoff No-Restrict Maintain’em Freezeout.
As we reported earlier within the day, Negreanu was deep and among the many chip leaders in a event that had over 3,400 entrants. At round 4:30 p.m. PT on Day 2 (Thursday), he went to battle with one other chip chief – Shawn Smith.
The hand, caught by stay reporter Kaitlyn Jeffers, started with Jason Wheeler elevating preflop earlier than Smith three-bet with 10♣10♦ on the button. Negreanu, holding A♣Okay♣ then jammed all in, forcing Wheeler off the hand. Smith, nevertheless, made the decision and off to the races in a virtually 100 massive blind pot.
For Negreanu, it was a lot the identical because the 2♣J♦5♠3♦9♠ board meant he’d misplaced one other race, and it put Smith atop the leaderboard deep on Day 2. Following the hand, Negreanu was all the way down to lower than one massive blind and busted proper after.
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Droughts do not final perpetually, proper? That is what Daniel Negreanu, who hasn’t received a World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet since 2013, is hoping for as he is deep and massive stacked in Occasion #3: $500 WSOP Kickoff No-Restrict Maintain’em Freezeout.
The event, which started on Wednesday at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, had 3,485 entrants, however solely a tiny fraction of these gamers are nonetheless standing on the time of publishing, one in every of them being the aforementioned Poker Corridor of Famer.
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Is it Lastly DNegs’ Time?
One of the vital baffling droughts in poker is Negreanu, a six-time bracelet winner, having not received a bracelet since 2013. Much more baffling is the actual fact he hasn’t received a WSOP title on American soil since 2008.
Throughout that 11-year drought, he is been a WSOP Participant of the Yr contender many occasions, an award he received in 2004 and 2013. He places in as a lot quantity annually as anybody, and his outcomes since 2013 on the WSOP have included some large scores, together with a runner-up end to Dan Colman within the 2014 $1 million buy-in Large One for One Drop for $8.3 million.
The GGPoker ambassador has completed one spot shy of a title 5 occasions since his final bracelet, which happened on the World Sequence of Poker Europe (WSOPE) collection on October 24, 2013 — 3,871 days in the past.
Negreanu’s followers can tune in to PokerNews stay reporting protection on Thursday and Friday (if he reaches the ultimate desk) to observe alongside in his quest to lastly finish the bracelet drought. On the time of publishing, solely 33 gamers remained and “DNegs” was second in chips, barely behind Tamas Lendvai. The winner will probably be paid $175,578.
Negreanu is off to a scorching begin in 2024 in event poker. As such, he commanded the very best worth — $132 — on the WSOP $25k Fantasy Draft. For the poker legend to present the group that drafted him full worth, he’ll have to win not less than one bracelet, if not two or extra. He simply would possibly make it occur earlier than the week ends.
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