Daniel Negreanu Wins Eighth WSOP Bracelet in $100,000 PLO
He beat Artur Martirosian heads-up for $2.26 million in an 83-entry event at Paris Las Vegas.
Daniel Negreanu won the WSOP $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event at Paris Las Vegas on Thursday for $2,257,718, collecting his eighth career bracelet and beating Artur Martirosian heads-up. The result moved him into a tie for 10th on the all-time bracelet list with Nick Schulman.
The event drew 83 entries, down from 121 last year, and built a $7,968,000 prize pool. Only the top 13 finishers cashed, and the six-figure bubble burst on Day 2 when Naoya Kihara was the last player sent away empty-handed.
Negreanu came back for the final day as the second-largest stack among the last five players. Chris Frank led with 13,660,000 chips, while Negreanu sat on 12,320,000, ahead of Yosuke Miki, Philip Sternheimer and Martirosian.
Philip Sternheimer finished fourth for $705,448. Frank took third for $1,002,107, and Martirosian earned $1,477,434 as runner-up.
Martirosian began heads-up play with roughly a 3:2 chip lead, but Negreanu worked his way back and closed it out. On the final hand, Martirosian three-bet shoved with A♣9♦8♦8♥ and Negreanu called with K♦9♠3♦2♠, then flopped the wheel and the nut-flush redraw on A♦5♠4♦ before the Q♣ turn locked up the pot.
Negreanu said the game has suited him all summer, calling Pot-Limit Omaha the format best designed for his skillset. He also said he does not study PLO with solvers because the game makes sense to him and he plays by feel.
The win ended the bracelet drought that lasted until his 2024 Poker Players Championship victory, making this his second bracelet in three years. Poker.org said the result put him back in the Player of the Year mix, and Negreanu said, “That’s always a possibility. You never give up.”
CardPlayer listed his lifetime earnings at $59,697,774 and said the victory pushed him back into poker’s top ten on the all-time money list. The Hendon Mob tracked him past $60 million in live tournament cashes, and Poker.org said the event was not streamed because the Main Event was underway and ESPN wanted no competing broadcast.
