At long last, one of poker’s all time greats — Daniel Negreanu — has ended an 11-year World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet drought by taking down Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
In doing so, the Poker Hall of Famer captured his seventh gold bracelet and the $1,178,703 cash prize that came with it. He beat out 89 of the top mixed game players in the world to secure the most prestigious win of his illustrious career — his first WSOP title in Las Vegas since 2008.
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WSOP Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Final Table Results
Early Action Goes Negreanu’s Way
Negreanu came back for Day 5 on Thursday second in chips out of five, trailing only Chris Brewer, a two-time bracelet winner. Brewer spent much of Day 4 coasting atop the leaderboard, but the cards didn’t come his way during the final session.
David Benyamine, the shortest stack entering Day 5, was first to go, losing a Razz pot to Yockey. Fifth place paid $265,054, but he’ll have to wait for another day to win his second bracelet.
Dylan Smith would bust in fourth place ($363,914), setting up a star-studded three-handed chase to win the second most prestigious tournament of the summer.
Early in three-handed play, Brewer had faded to around 13 big bets, the smallest stack at the table. He’d fight back, but ultimately succumbed to Yockey rivering a flush to crack his aces and went out in third place for $519,158.
Yockey opened up a heads up lead at one point as wide as 2-1, only for Negreanu to double in a crucial pot-limit Omaha hand. From there he took over a massive chip lead. Yockey would mount a small comeback, but then his run came to an end in PLO when Negreanu turned a full house to end the tournament. Runner-up paid $768,467, and the winner took home $1,178,703.
Negreanu immediately hugged his wife Amanda after finishing off the bracelet in front of a boisterous crowd inside the Horseshoe Events Center. For the first time in over a decade, one of poker’s greatest ambassadors exited a World Series of Poker event as a champion, and he did it in his favorite tournament.
Full final table recap to follow.