Daniel Negreanu, already off to a robust begin to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the primary time since 2017, has reached one other closing desk as he chases his eighth bracelet.
The GGPoker ambassador is deep in Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, his second closing desk look this summer time. He completed second to Ryan Bambrick within the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship per week in the past, and in addition has an Eleventh-place end on the 2025 WSOP.
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Negreanu’s sturdy efficiency continued on Day 3 within the high-stakes 2-7 occasion, a event he completed in fourth place in 2023 and eighth place in 2021. He is one in all seven remaining gamers all vying for the bracelet and the $497,356 first-place prize.
The seven-time bracelet winner hasn’t began sturdy on the WSOP a lot in recent times. His final quick begin got here in 2017 when he reached two closing tables throughout the first week, and had three by June 15.
Negreanu is not the one participant left within the 233-entrant area who’d make headlines if he had been to win. Nick Schulman is chasing his seventh bracelet, which may come in useful in a couple of weeks. The PokerGO commentator turned 40 this yr, making him eligible for the Poker Corridor of Fame, and the voting course of is already underway.
Schulman and Scott Seiver, who additionally reached eligibility this yr, look like the frontrunners for the only 2025 Poker Corridor of Fame inductee. However there are different candidates in competition, together with Jeremy Ausmus, Ted Forrest, and PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg.
George Alexander busted in eighth place ($45,883), leaving seven gamers left. Negreanu, on the time of publishing, was sitting on one of many smallest stacks, though there is not a lot of a niche between seventh and first place. Schulman, who has been among the many chip leaders all through a lot of the day, was close to the highest of the chip counts.
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