Poker Professional Daniel Negreanu Ends Dry Spell With Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Victory
It took two years and a few unhealthy beat, however Daniel Negreanu has lastly picked up one other main poker event victory. The Canadian poker professional and six-time WSOP winner shipped the $300K Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl (SHRB) for $3.3 million.
Daniel Negreanu participates within the WSOP 2021 poker event collection. The longtime professional lastly broke his shedding streak, taking down the $300,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl occasion (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Friday’s motion performed all the way down to a remaining desk that was going to go away one individual sad. There have been 5 gamers left, and solely 4 may finish within the cash.
Ultimately, the hated position of bubble man fell to Orpen Kisacikoglu, who began the ultimate desk motion because the brief stack. Taking him out was Andrew Lichtenberger, with Q-Q vs A-Q and a easy board. From there, “DNegs” Negreanu knew he had an actual shot on the title.
The Chips Start To Fall
Justin Bonomo, who took down Negreanu after they met within the remaining heads-up battle in the identical occasion in 2018, got here out in flip by the hands of Lichtenberger. His 8-8 wasn’t sufficient to compete towards J-J after the board ran out.
Bonomo missed the highest prize, however he collected $720,000. That was sufficient to push him to the highest of the All-Time Cash Record with $57.7 million, in keeping with Hendon Mob.
Lichtenberger, “Luckychewy,” wasn’t so fortunate as the sport progressed. He fell and ended up because the brief stack. Then, he hit the rail after Negreanu dominated him with A-6 over Okay-6. The US professional added $1.15 million to his $13 million in dwell event winnings as he shook fingers and left the desk.
YO @RadioAmanda
I DID IT!!!!
I really like you soooo a lot. Thanks for being there for me all the time via the tough patch final couple years.
You all the time believed in me and it makes a distinction! ❤️❤️❤️
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 8, 2022
This left solely two – Petrangelo and Negreanu. Heads-up begins very unbalanced, as “Child Poker” Negreanu had a large chip lead. He was sitting on a stack of round six million, whereas Petrangelo solely had about 1.3 million.
The inertia of the match by no means actually appears to alter within the first half-hour of play. Negreanu was on a mission – he was decided to interrupt his two-year shedding streak. Methodically, he chipped away at his opponent’s stack, carrying Petrangelo down.
With an awesome lead, Negreanu shoved all-in with Q-7. Petrangelo had no selection however to name, hoping his Okay-5 would discover a match on the board. There was no assist coming, although, and he must accept $2.01 million and a second-place end.
The Hand Heard’ Spherical The World
Negreanu scored a monster hand earlier within the 24-player tourney that turned the tides, and it couldn’t have occurred towards a greater opponent.
Child Poker, who misplaced over $1 million throughout this yr’s WSOP, suffered a nasty beat on the Poker Masters $50K occasion. His pocket Aces fell to pocket Jacks after Seth Davies picked up journeys on the flip. Undeterred, he instantly started making ready for the subsequent occasion.
It paid off, and he received his revenge on the unhealthy beat from the earlier occasion. Dealing with alleged poker cheat Bryn Kenney early on, he defended his place with a weak 3-3, not figuring out that Kenney was sitting on pocket Aces.
Kenney led off underneath the gun with a 5K guess, to which Negreanu responded in sort. When the flop revealed A-5-4, Kenney needed to recognize his journey Aces. Nonetheless, Child Poker was additionally a doable straight. After he checked, Kenney threw out one other 5K in chips and Negreanu referred to as.
The flip turned the turning level. A 3 gave Negreanu journeys and hope. He clearly didn’t know that Kenney was additionally sitting on a set, so he threw out 10K in chips, with Kenney following proper behind.
The river gave Negreanu the one card that will hold him from defeat. He would have possible made a run on the pot holding a set of 3s, which might have fallen towards Kenney’s journey Aces. Nonetheless, a 3 on the river gave Child Poker quads.
Negreanu put out 25K of his chips, with Kenney elevating to 105K, assured his Aces-high boat was unbeatable. Child Poker shoved, Kenney responded, they usually revealed their playing cards. Kenney may solely stroll away, whereas Negreanu gained much more confidence to hold him via to victory.
