Daniel Negreanu Set for Hustler Casino Live Debut on Aug. 28
The $100/$200 game will carry a $50,000 minimum buy-in, but the rest of the lineup is still under wraps.
Hustler Casino Live announced that Daniel Negreanu will make his debut on Friday, Aug. 28. The game is set at $100/$200 with a $50,000 minimum buy-in, and the rest of the lineup has not yet been revealed.
The reveal came through an AI-generated video posted on X, with HCL regulars singing about Negreanu and “Big D Energy coming to HCL.” Kid Poker shared the clip and said, “This video is sooooo ridiculous I had to share.”
As covered in July, Negreanu had just won his eighth WSOP bracelet in the $100,000 PLO High Roller. He has been mostly a tournament player in recent years, usually staying close to Las Vegas for the WSOP and PGT circuits, with the annual WSOP Paradise trip to the Bahamas standing out as the main exception.
PokerNews said the L.A.-based livestream has managed to lure the eight-time WSOP bracelet winner back to televised cash games. PokerOrg said his last real-money cash-game run was a 2023 PokerGO No Gamble, No Future session that left him down more than $300,000, including a painful pot against Phil Hellmuth, while PokerStrategy described the HCL appearance as his first cash game in two years.
PokerOrg also said Negreanu preferred pot-limit Omaha in a cash-game setting when explaining why he didn’t play after the Keating challenge.
The appearance had been a long time coming. PokerTube said the pairing had been on the cards since March 2025, when NSUS Group bought out Nick Vertucci’s stake in the company behind Hustler Casino Live, and speculation kept building without a payoff.
HCL also spent June bringing cameras to the WSOP for special livestreamed cash games, but Negreanu sat out every session. His next livestreamed poker run is already on the calendar too: PokerNews reported that he plans to stream the final 10 days of the 2026 World Series of Poker Online on GGPoker in September, starting with the $10,000 PLO event.
