Daniel Negreanu Wins PokerGO Tour Mixed Games $15K Dealers Choice

Daniel Negreanu working away with the title for a lot of the remaining day of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Combined Video games $15,000 dealer’s choice event.

The seven-time bracelet winner overtook the lead early within the day and actually separated from the pack, such that he held greater than a 26:1 chip lead going into heads-up play with six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman.

Extremely, Schulman was capable of battle nearly all the best way again to even at one level, however Negreanu finally closed out the win to safe the title and the highest prize of $292,500.

This win introduced Negreanu’s profession earnings to almost $54 million. The 50-year-old Poker Corridor of Famer now sits in eighth place on the sport’s all-time money list.

This victory additionally got here with 432 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors, which had been sufficient to maneuver Negreanu inside attain of the highest 200 within the 2025 standings. The 2-time POY award winner additionally jumped to 3rd place within the series-long factors race with 302 PokerGO Tour factors throughout three cashes throughout the competition, together with a six-place exhibiting within the $10,000 Mori’s Combine occasion.

Two-time bracelet winner and $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. occasion champion of this sequence Ryan Miller was the primary to fall at this remaining desk, together with his pat J-10-9-6-3 shedding to the 10-9-8-2 draw of Negreanu throughout a spherical of no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. Negreanu drew a 4 to make a 10-9 low, sending Miller packing in seventh place ($39,000). This was the third money of the sequence for the Pennsylvania resident.

Negreanu started to tug away from the pack as six-handed play continued, with the entire quick stacks merely hoping one of many fellow chip-challenged desk mates would hit the rail earlier than they needed to take a stand. A number of gamers had been right down to lower than just a few large bets every earlier than the following knockout lastly occurred.

Mori’s Combine winner Maxx Coleman and Philip Sternheimer squared off throughout a spherical of no-limit 5 card draw. Sternheimer referred to as all-in from the large blind with a pair of sixes and drew three. Coleman, who had raised from the button, drew three with a pair of jacks. Neither participant improved and Sternheimer was eradicated in sixth place ($53,625). The rating noticed the UK resident surpass $3 million in profession match earnings.

2024 World Poker Tour Seminole Laborious Rock Rock’n’Roll Poker Open champion Dylan Smith was the following to hit the rail. He jammed his final six large blinds in no-limit maintain’em with J8 from the small blind and Coleman referred to as from the large blind with AOkay for almost all of his stack. The AQ7610 runout noticed Smith bust in fifth place, incomes $73,125 to develop his profession haul previous $3.8 million.

Coleman’s run got here to an finish in fourth place. The 2-time bracelet winner misplaced the vast majority of his stack throughout a no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball conflict with Negreanu, who made an 8-7 low. Coleman paired and was compelled to fold, leaving himself with just some large blinds. He was quickly basically compelled all in from the large blind. Negreanu raised sufficient to place Coleman in danger and drew one to make a 9-7-6-5-4. Coleman drew two and was unable to enhance. He was awarded $97,500 for his efforts.

5-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski was compelled all-in two palms after that. He had to attract three, leaving him with 8-6. He was up towards a pat A-Okay-10-7-2 for Negreanu out of the small blind. Dzivielevski paired his 4 and was knocked out in third place. The Brazilian professional earned $131,625 for his podium end, bringing his lifetime earnings to greater than $8.5 million.

That left Negreanu heads-up with Schulman, who had simply 3.5 large blinds left in his stack. Negreanu, then again, had practically 94 large blinds to work with.

On the primary hand of the conflict Negreanu was dealt J-10-9-3-2 in the identical sport. He raised sufficient from the button to place Schulman in danger. Just like the previous few gamers to be despatched house, Schulman had most of his stack dedicated by way of the large blind and the large blind ante. He referred to as and drew 4, dropping an ace, a queen, and a pair of kings. He saved a seven and by some means managed to hit a J-7 low to double to 5 large blinds.

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Negreanu then was capable of choose the following sport. He opted for pot-limit Omaha. Schulman managed to double once more, making a nine-high straight after getting all-in preflop with J-10-7-6 trailing the A-Q-J-6 of Negreanu.

Schulman then flopped fours full to double up but once more earlier than the following sport arrived. Schulman chosen stud. Schulman quickly doubled up but once more, getting all-in with a pair of kings main a pair of tens and a gutshot for Negreanu with one card to return. He held to shut the hole even additional. He practically doubled once more, profitable a large pot with eights and fours to chip as much as 4,700,000 after beginning the heads-up match with 350,000. Negreanu chosen pot-limit Omaha once more, and was capable of win just a few pots to place a ways between the 2 once more.

Schulman’s choice noticed Negreanu barely lengthen his lead earlier than it was again to PLO. On the primary deal Schulman picked up AQ73 and potted it to 750,000. Negreanu re-potted with AAOkayQ for two,250,000. Schulman moved all-in for two,925,000 whole and Negreanu referred to as. The board got here down 6652J and Schulman was eradicated in second place ($190,125). He’s now approaching $23 million in lifetime earnings throughout 250 profession cashes. He sits simply forward of Negreanu within the competition’s factors race, whereas Chino Rheem stays atop the standings with one occasion to play.

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