Daniel Negreanu took down his fourth trophy of the year last night, scooping event #6 of the PokerGO PLO Series for his third cash of the series after toppling Alex Foxen in heads-up play.
While Europe’s finest are battling it out in Cyprus at the EPT, the US-based highstakes crew have been having four-card fun in Las Vegas, the PokerGO Studios in the Aria once again playing host.
The third of the $10k events saw 104 entries, a tidy $1,040,000 prizepool, and 15 paid spots. Jesse Lonis was the bubble boy, which left the remaining players with $20,800 locked up.
Among them, Ike Haxton fresh off a win in event #5, though he’d fail to improve on 15th this time, Joni Jouhkimainen (13th for $26,000), David “Chino” Rheem (9th for $31,200) and Sean Winter (8th for $41,600).
The final table of six was equally stacked, if not more: Negreanu was joined by chip leader Alex Foxen, with Jeremy Ausmus, Nick Schulman, Nacho Barbero on middling stacks, and Matthew Wantman seriously short.
The Final Table of Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha LIVE at the @PokerGOTour PLO Series II presented by @PLOMastermind is underway.@RealKidPoker | @WAFoxen | @jeremyausmus | @nacho_barbero | @NickSchulman | @MatthewWantman |
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) October 20, 2024
It was the voluble Barbero who’d depart first, though, as his aces were cracked by Foxen’s kings, despite the Argentinian holding a king himself. An hour or so later and it was Schulman all-in and at risk…
Schulman: J♥ J♦ 3♥ 2♦
Negreanu: 9♠ 7♠ 7♣ 3♣
Flop: 5♠ 4♥ 3♦
Turn: 6♣
…and Schulman’s night was over before the river fell…
River: K♠
Jeremy Ausmus was next to make his stand, down to just 10 bigs, but again Negreanu was there to ruin his day with no need of the river card.
Ausmus: A♣ K♣ 8♠ 3♣
Negreanu: K♦ J♣ 10♠ 7♠
Flop: 9♦ J♠ 3♦
Turn: J♦
River: 6♣
Wantman had done well to ladder up to third, but he’d go no further, Negreanu again the executioner, flopping top and bottom against middle pair and turning the house.
Heads-up, with a 3:1 chip lead over Foxen, Negreanu never looked in trouble and finished things off in style… or a cooler for Foxen, take your pick!
Full House vs Full House between @RealKidPoker and @WAFoxen for the win 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DGTR3dc5tg
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) October 20, 2024
$10k Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Daniel Negreanu | $265,200 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | $171,600 |
| 3 | Matthew Wantman | $119,600 |
| 4 | Jeremy Ausmus | $93,600 |
| 5 | Nick Schulman | $67,600 |
| 6 | Nacho Barbero | $52,000 |
After a horrendous 2023, Negreanu has bounced back this year in some style, this his 3rd PokerGO title of the year, with the boast-worthy $50k PPC WSOP bracelet as well.
“Well, I loved it. It’s like a group of friends of mine. Part of the reason I come down here is to hang out with these guys because they’re so cool,” DNegs explained after his win.
“And to be able to execute the way that I did… I thought I played incredibly well. There was a couple of key spots I had to go for against Foxen and I did and they worked out.”
“Other than that, I ran good and that’s what it takes to win a tournament.”
There was no rest for Negreanu following his victory, straight into event #7 with a 7th place finish worth $38,400, the final table set for today.
The $25k buy-in PokerGO PLO Championship also kicks off this afternoon and the series will culminate in the $100k buy-in PLO Super High Roller Bowl later this week.
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