Just a couple of days after livestreaming a final-table run in the 2026 World Series of Poker Online $10,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament, eight-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu once again found himself at the business-end of a high-stakes WSOPO event with the gold within reach. And just like his seventh-place showing in that PLO event, Negreanu was offering unparalleled access to tens of thousands of poker fans with a delayed, card-up live stream from the $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller championship.
“Does anybody else stream $25k final tables for a million dollars, and show all their cards? Might just be yours truly, guys… I dunno,” said the Poker Hall of Famer during the broadcast.
While the 52-year-old Canadian pro was rounding up a bit, there was $906,647 and the bracelet up top, but plenty of stiff competition between him and the spoils.
The final table began on GGPoker with Negreanu in third chip position among the last nine. Roman Samoilov (9th – $113,331) was the first to fall at the final table, losing a flip with pocket threes against the A-K suited of bracelet winner Pedro Neves.
Pocket Queens Help Negreanu Seize The Lead
Negreanu landed the next knockout blow. He opened with Q♦Q♥ from the cutoff and Parahat Nurmuhammedov defended the big blind with J♣7♣. The flop came down 6♥5♦5♣ and Nurmuhammedov checked. Negreanu bet 1.5 big blinds.
“This is a flop Euros… he’s from Turkey and not a pro, I don’t think… Euros love to check-raise these flops, they really do,” said Negreanu as his opponent weighed his options.
Nurmuhammedov then unleashed the predicted check-raise, making it 4.3 big blinds to play. Negreanu called and the J♦ hit the turn. Nurmuhammedov bet 7 big blinds with his turned jacks and fives and Negreanu called. The river brought the 5♥ and Negreanu said, “If he has a jack, somehow he has the J-7 of hearts, then I got him.”
Nurmuhammedov moved all-in for 17.2 big blinds and Negreanu called with the superior full house to send his opponent to the rail in eighth place ($146,972).
Three-Way All-In Goes Against Negreanu
Negreanu had a chance to score a double knockout with seven players remaining. Roman Emelyanov open-shoved from under-the-gun for under seven big blinds with 6♥6♦ and Ole Schemion moved all-in on his direct left for 11 big blinds holding A♠Q♠. Negreanu raised to 16.8 big blinds with A♥K♠ and it folded around.
The flop came down A♣Q♥10♠ to give Schemion top two pair and the lead. The 9♥ turn and 9♦ river changed nothing and Emelyanov was eliminated in seventh place ($190,599). Schemion, a two-time bracelet winner, essentially tripled up while Negreanu slid to fifth chip position.
Despite winning that pot, Schemion was ultimately the next to go. He fell to the bottom of the pack, and made his final stand with J♣4♣, three-bet shoving over Neves’ button open. Neves called with pocket queens and held to narrow the field to five. Schemion earned $247,177 as the sixth-place finisher.
Negreanu soon doubled, with pocket fives outracing K-Q for Neves. He turned a straight to chip up to 18 big blinds.
Spirits Soar, Then Crash In An Instant
Negreanu chipped up early in five-handed action, moving back into second chip position after getting a king-high bluff through on the river. Neves had been ground down to just a few big blinds before putting most of his stack in preflop. Negreanu opened for a min-raise under-the-gun with pocket fives and called Neves’ tiny three-bet to 3.5 big blinds. The flop came down 10♣9♦6♠ and it checked through. The 9♠ turn also saw both players check. The K♣ completed the board and Negreanu bet 1 big blind, which was enough to put Neves all-in. He called with A♦Q♥ and was eliminated in fifth place ($320,548).
On the very next deal, Negreanu picked up 10♥10♦ in the big blind. Erwann Pecheux folded as the first to act with 11 big blinds and Fabiano Kovalski got out of the way from the button with 8 big blinds. Chip leader Casimir Seire of Finland open-shoved, having Negreanu’s 28 big blinds by nearly 30 big blinds. Negreanu quickly called and was in great shape to double into the lead against 9♣8♦, with Seire only set to win 14 percent of the time according to Card Player’s poker odds calculator.
The flop came down A♦9♥6♣, making Negreanu a 4:1 favorite to win the pot. The 8♠ rolled off on the turn though, giving Seire two pair and the lead. Negreanu peeled the K♣ river and was eliminated in fourth place, earning $415,700.
“That was it, that was our chance to win the tournament right there,” said Negreanu.
Seire held roughly five times as many chips as his nearest competition when Negreanu shut down the stream. No full results have been released by the time of publication.
Negreanu will tick over $60.4 million in recorded earnings with this score. That will put him back on top as the highest-earning Canadian player in tournament poker history and in 10th on the overall all-time money list.
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— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 23, 2026
