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The 2026 World Series of Poker Online on GGPoker has ended, and Daniel Negreanu made headlines in the final week by reaching three final tables in five days. Negreanu, who lives in Las Vegas, flew to his native Canada for the series.
His last shot at a bracelet came in the $5,000 High Roller Bounty pot-limit Omaha (PLO) event, where he finished sixth in a 378-entry field for $72,253.30. He also placed seventh in the $10,000 GGMillion$ PLO and fourth in the $25,000 High Roller Championship.
One of poker’s most popular players fell short of becoming the 10th player in history to win nine WSOP gold bracelets. Negreanu has won eight, including one this summer in the $100,000 PLO High Roller event, but he has yet to win one online.
Negreanu busts sixth in Bounty PLO
Negreanu entered Friday’s seven-handed final table fourth in chips with 35.4 big blinds, well behind chip leader Yigal Papi, who had 134. He also carried a $15,493.17 bounty, second only to Tsach Barak‘s $20,261.72. Negreanu streamed the entire final table on his YouTube channel.
After folding for the first orbit and a half, Negreanu picked up A♥️A♣K♥️T♦️ and got all-in against Markus Ristola‘s A♠K♠J♣9♥️ on a Q♣4♦️9♠5♠ board. Negreanu was a slight 62.5% favorite and doubled up when the 8♦️ river came. That left Ristola with 5.8 big blinds and moved Negreanu to third in chips. Ristola was eliminated in seventh place a few hands later.
On the next orbit, Negreanu lost half his stack. He got all-in with A♠A♣Q♣3♥️ against Anatoly Zlotnikov‘s A♦️A♥️J♥️6♥️. The hands were likely to chop, but Zlotnikov made a runner-runner flush, dropping Negreanu to 32.7 big blinds and fifth place. Negreanu also missed out on a potential $12,765 bounty.
Later, Negreanu chose not to go all in against Blaz Zerjav with a set of nines on the turn of a straight-heavy board with two flush draws. The river card, revealed after he folded, would have given him a full house. A few hands later, Zerjav eliminated him.
Negreanu opened the hijack with A♥️K♠T♠2♣, and Zerjav defended his big blind. The flop came K♥️5♠7♥️, and both players got all in. Zerjav showed 8♥️7♠7♦️5♥️, a middle set with a flush draw, giving him 90.6% equity. Negreanu turned the 6♠ to pick up a flush draw, but the river was the T♦️.
Bad beat ends $25K championship run
Negreanu began the final day third in chips with 14 players left, chasing the $906,647.32 top prize. After about an hour, the field reached the final table of nine, and he was still third. He then went from chip leader with seven players left to last in chips with six left. Despite being down to eight big blinds, he rallied to second place with four players left after eliminating Pedro Neves.
Then came the week’s most viral hand. Negreanu, with 28 big blinds, picked up T♦️T♥️ in the big blind. Action folded to Casimir Seire, the chip leader with 57 big blinds, who went all in. With Fabiano Kovalski and Erwann Pecheux short-stacked at 7.9 and 11 big blinds, the spot was complicated under the Independent Chip Model, which weighs payout implications. Negreanu yelled, “F— off, let’s go!” and snap-called.
Seire showed 9♣8♦️, leaving Negreanu an 85% favorite to take a commanding chip lead. The board ran out A♦️9♥️6♣8♠K♣, giving Seire two pair. Negreanu finished fourth in the 198-entry tournament and earned $415,699.75.
Bigger flush ends GGMillion$ PLO run
Negreanu came into the seven-player final table second in chips but finished seventh for $71,409 after a costly hand against eventual champion Andreas Freund.
Freund opened from under the gun, and Negreanu called from the big blind with Q♥️J♣4♣4♥️. Both players checked the A♣2♥️3♣ flop, and the 8♥️ turn gave Negreanu two flush draws. After Negreanu potted, Freund re-potted. Negreanu potted again, and Freund called, putting the two chip leaders all in. Freund held Q♣T♦️8♣8♦️ for a set of eights.
The river was a club, giving Freund the bigger flush and the win. Negreanu voiced his displeasure on X, formerly Twitter.
Negreanu could return to Las Vegas to chase more bracelets during the Fall WSOP Online Poker Festival, which began Sept. 27. Players can compete on WSOP.com only while physically in Nevada, Michigan, New Jersey or Pennsylvania.
