Daniel Negreanu Wins PokerGO Tour Mixed Games $15K Dealers Choice

Daniel Negreanu operating away with the title for many of the closing day of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games $15,000 vendor’s alternative occasion.

The seven-time bracelet winner overtook the lead early within the day and actually separated from the pack, such that he held greater than a 26:1 chip lead going into heads-up play with six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman.

Incredibly, Schulman was in a position to battle nearly all the best way again to even at one level, however Negreanu finally closed out the win to safe the title and the highest prize of $292,500.

This win introduced Negreanu’s profession earnings to just about $54 million. The 50-year-old Poker Hall of Famer now sits in eighth place on the sport’s all-time cash record.

This victory additionally got here with 432 Card Player Player of the Year factors, which had been sufficient to maneuver Negreanu inside attain of the highest 200 within the 2025 standings. The two-time POY award winner additionally jumped to 3rd place within the series-long factors race with 302 PokerGO Tour factors throughout three cashes through the pageant, together with a six-place exhibiting within the $10,000 Mori’s Mix occasion.

Two-time bracelet winner and $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. occasion champion of this sequence Ryan Miller was the primary to fall at this closing desk, together with his pat J-10-9-6-3 dropping to the 10-9-8-2 draw of Negreanu throughout a spherical of no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. Negreanu drew a 4 to make a 10-9 low, sending Miller packing in seventh place ($39,000). This was the third money of the sequence for the Pennsylvania resident.

Negreanu started to tug away from the pack as six-handed play continued, with all the brief stacks merely hoping one of many fellow chip-challenged desk mates would hit the rail earlier than they needed to take a stand. Several gamers had been all the way down to lower than just a few large bets every earlier than the following knockout lastly occurred.

Mori’s Mix winner Maxx Coleman and Philip Sternheimer squared off throughout a spherical of no-limit 5 card draw. Sternheimer referred to as all-in from the large blind with a pair of sixes and drew three. Coleman, who had raised from the button, drew three with a pair of jacks. Neither participant improved and Sternheimer was eradicated in sixth place ($53,625). The rating noticed the UK resident surpass $3 million in profession match earnings.

2024 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Rock’n’Roll Poker Open champion Dylan Smith was the following to hit the rail. He jammed his final six large blinds in no-limit maintain’em with J8 from the small blind and Coleman referred to as from the large blind with AOk for almost all of his stack. The AQ7610 runout noticed Smith bust in fifth place, incomes $73,125 to develop his profession haul previous $3.8 million.

Coleman’s run got here to an finish in fourth place. The two-time bracelet winner misplaced nearly all of his stack throughout a no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball conflict with Negreanu, who made an 8-7 low. Coleman paired and was pressured to fold, leaving himself with just some large blinds. He was quickly primarily pressured all in from the large blind. Negreanu raised sufficient to place Coleman in danger and drew one to make a 9-7-6-5-4. Coleman drew two and was unable to enhance. He was awarded $97,500 for his efforts.

Five-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski was pressured all-in two fingers after that. He had to attract three, leaving him with 8-6. He was up in opposition to a pat A-Ok-10-7-2 for Negreanu out of the small blind. Dzivielevski paired his 4 and was knocked out in third place. The Brazilian professional earned $131,625 for his podium end, bringing his lifetime earnings to greater than $8.5 million.

That left Negreanu heads-up with Schulman, who had simply 3.5 large blinds left in his stack. Negreanu, however, had almost 94 large blinds to work with.

On the primary hand of the conflict Negreanu was dealt J-10-9-3-2 in the identical recreation. He raised sufficient from the button to place Schulman in danger. Like the previous few gamers to be despatched dwelling, Schulman had most of his stack dedicated by way of the large blind and the large blind ante. He referred to as and drew 4, dropping an ace, a queen, and a pair of kings. He stored a seven and by some means managed to hit a J-7 low to double to 5 large blinds.

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Negreanu then was in a position to choose the following recreation. He opted for pot-limit Omaha. Schulman managed to double once more, making a nine-high straight after getting all-in preflop with J-10-7-6 trailing the A-Q-J-6 of Negreanu.

Schulman then flopped fours full to double up but once more earlier than the following recreation arrived. Schulman chosen stud. Schulman quickly doubled up but once more, getting all-in with a pair of kings main a pair of tens and a gutshot for Negreanu with one card to return. He held to shut the hole even additional. He almost doubled once more, successful a large pot with eights and fours to chip as much as 4,700,000 after beginning the heads-up match with 350,000. Negreanu chosen pot-limit Omaha once more, and was in a position to win just a few pots to place a long way between the 2 once more.

Schulman’s choice noticed Negreanu barely lengthen his lead earlier than it was again to PLO. On the primary deal Schulman picked up AQ73 and potted it to 750,000. Negreanu re-potted with AAOkQ for two,250,000. Schulman moved all-in for two,925,000 complete and Negreanu referred to as. The board got here down 6652J and Schulman was eradicated in second place ($190,125). He is now approaching $23 million in lifetime earnings throughout 250 profession cashes. He sits simply forward of Negreanu within the pageant’s factors race, whereas Chino Rheem stays atop the standings with one occasion to play.

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