Daniel Negreanu’s tilt at the monster $50million WSOP Paradise prizepool came to naught last night as the GGPoker ambassador fired three $25k bullets but came up short, losing three crucial flips…
DNegs was livestreaming the day 1 online qualifier to this December’s record-breaking $50million GTD ‘Super Main Event’ in the Bahamas. If successful, he would make it directly into day 3 and the money without even setting foot in the Atlantis Paradise Island resort. The hybrid structure saw last night’s $5million GTD online opener offer a minimum of 30 spots, with a $20k package thrown in alongside the min. cash.
Although Negreanu doesn’t really need the bonus, this is the extra booty everyone had their eyes on:
- 14 nights’ accommodation at the Cove or Reef Suites at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
- A Super Saver Invitational seat in the $1,000,000 GTD live bracelet event.
- Complimentary meals, snacks and access to the Players’ Lounge
- A selection of WSOP Paradise merchandise
Back to the play itself and Daniel, playing from a beautiful hotel overlooking Vancouver Bay in Canada, was his usual mix of gregarious, fun, instructive and, of course, tilted when things went wrong.
Some excellent play had seen him build up a decent stack but it was all on the line pre-flop a couple of hours in… “the classic confrontation for all the money!” exclaimed Negreanu when his opponent showed up with queens…
Negreanu: A♠ K♠
Crescedno: Q♦ Q♥
The flop was fun…
Flop: 6♥ 4♠ 6♠
…but the turn was not what he or his fans were looking for…
Turn: Q♣
…and the brick that followed…
River: 7♦
…saw him with less than one big to his name.
“Fuck! We’ve been playing so good on the motherfucking bullet…fuck…son of a bitch! What a fucking run out,” ranted DNegs, understandably upset.
His tilt-rage at the chat even made his Twitter highlight reel…
This was a highlight of my day.
Yelling at the chat and telling it like it is. @GGPoker @WSOP Paradise day 1 pic.twitter.com/ZwJCwgtjZj
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 30, 2024
Bullet two was worth 50 bigs for Daniel as it looked like a big overlay was on the cards for GGPoker – needing 200 entries to break even with the $5million in guarantees but 70-odd short with less than two hours of late reg to go.
Daniel was soon to add another buy-in to that total, first losing another flip with 9s against AQo, prompting: “I tell you what…flips, for the most part, decide how well you do. We’ve played two big fucking flips and…we’ve lost both!”
…then walking into Leon Sturm’s kings at the wrong moment…
Sturm: K♠ K♦
Negreanu: 8♦ 8♣
Flop: 6♠ 4♠ Q♣
Turn: Q♠
River: 9♥
“All right, rebuy. Last bullet…last bullet coming. Re-enter, in for the maximum. Bullet numero trois…the last hurrah.”
Bullet three, however, was only worth 25 bigs, and although GG would be happy that they were only seven short of their GTD target, it was of no help to Daniel…
Negreanu: 10♥ 10♣
Negreanu’s “Please let him have AK and let me win a flip…” came half-true…
Happydbd: A♦ K♦
But the window bore all the bad news immediately…
Flop: K♥ 5♣ Q♣
Turn: 5♠
River: 9♣
“Rough day today…played fucking great,” was a resigned Negreanu’s summary of his three-bullet blast, but he’ll be hoping for better results when his day two of the GGPoker Million$ kicks off later today.
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