Daniel Negreanu Wins Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller For $265,200

Daniel Negreanu secured his first recorded reside event title in August of 1997. More than 27 years, and $53.3 million in profession earnings later, the 50-year-old Poker Hall of Famer logged his forty seventh win by taking down occasion no. 6 at 2024 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series II.

The seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner bested a area of 104 entries within the $10,100 buy-in to earn $265,000 in prize cash. He additionally secured loads of rankings factors with this victory. The 600 Card Player Player of the Year factors he nabbed on this event grew his annual complete to 4,396, which is sweet for twenty first place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker. This was his fourth title and thirteenth final-table end of the 12 months.

Negreanu additionally secured 265 PGT factors. With 19 cashes and three wins in certified occasions, Negreanu now sits in second place within the season-long standings with 1,998 factors. He trails solely Jeremy Ausmus, who has accrued 2,501 factors throughout 24 cashes, together with a final-table displaying on this occasion.

“I thought I played incredibly well,” Negreanu informed PokerGO reporters after popping out on prime. “There were a couple of key spots where I had to go for it and did against Foxen, and did, and they worked out. Other than that, I ran good, and that’s what it takes to win the tournament.”

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The $1,040,000 prize pool on this occasion was break up up amongst the highest 15 finishers. Big names like two-time Super High Roller Bowl champion Isaac Haxton (fifteenth), two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb (14th), bracelet winner Joni Jouhkimainen (thirteenth), three-time World Poker Tour champion Chino Rheem (ninth), Sean Winter (eighth), and 2023 Super High Roller Bowl: Pot-Limit Omaha champion Jared Bleznick (seventh) all ran deep.

Bracelet winner Alex Foxen got here into the ultimate day because the chip chief with six gamers remaining. He added to that lead when he flopped prime set of kings towards the pocket aces of Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero, who shoved after the flop together with his overpair. Barbero earned $52,000 because the sixth-place finisher. This was his third money of the sequence, and ninth final-table end of the 12 months. He now sits in twenty fifth place within the POY standings.

Five-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman was the subsequent to fall, together with his double-suited pocket jacks unable to beat out the double-suit pocket sevens of Negreanu in a battle of the blinds. Schulman obtained his brief stack in forward preflop, however Negreanu made a straight on the flip and held from there to slim the sector to 4. Schulman earned $67,600 for his efforts, surpassing $20.6 million in earnings within the course of.

Ausmus’ run concluded in fourth place after he three-bet jammed with AOkay83 going through a button elevate from Negreanu, who had overtaken the lead through the early going. Negreanu referred to as with OkayJ107 and made journey jacks to safe the knockout. Ausmus prolonged his lead within the PGT standings and climbed to fifth on the POY leaderboard due to this newest sturdy displaying.

Matthew Wantman, who gained occasion no. 3 at this sequence, has now cashed 5 instances via six tournaments at this pageant. The WPT champion obtained all-in after a QJ6 flop for his final handful of massive blinds with OkayJ98. Negreanu referred to as with AQ62 and the Q flip gave Negreanu a full home for a lock on the hand. The 7 confirmed Wantman’s elimination in third place ($119,600), rising his haul for the sequence to $424,300.

Heads-up play started with Negreanu holding 9,700,000 to Foxen’s 3,300,000. He was quickly in a position to convert that almost 3:1 beginning benefit into the win. In the ultimate hand, Foxen raised to 450,000 from the button with A1074 and Negreanu referred to as with AQ62. The flop got here down QQ10 and Negreanu check-called 300,000 together with his journey queens. The A on the flip gave Negreanu queens full. He checked and Foxen checked behind with aces and tens. The river introduced the ten to enhance Foxen to tens full. Negreanu wager 1,000,000 and Foxen raised to three,200,000, leaving simply two huge blinds behind. Negreanu moved all-in and Foxen referred to as to see the unhealthy information. He earned $171,600 because the runner-up. This was his sixteenth final-table end of 2024. He moved into 18th on the POY leaderboard, with 4,505 factors and greater than 42 million in to-date POY earnings.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the last desk:

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