Daniel Negreanu Misses Ninth WSOP Bracelet in $10K PLO Online

Daniel Negreanu’s run at a ninth World Series of Poker bracelet ended in seventh place on Sunday, when he busted the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha event of the 2026 WSOP Online festival on GGPoker. The Poker Hall of Famer banked $71,111 for the finish, according to CardPlayer’s Erik Fast.

Negreanu carried the second-largest stack into the final seven, then ran a premium draw into a bigger one on a pot worth almost 200 big blinds that all but sealed his exit.

• Negreanu finished 7th in the $10,000 PLO event for $71,111, per CardPlayer.
• He entered the final seven second in chips (92.1 BB), behind ‘Elite’, later revealed as Andreas Freund (123.8 BB).
• A roughly 200-big-blind cooler ended on a 5♣ river that gave Freund the higher club flush and knocked Negreanu down to the felt.
• Negreanu won his eighth bracelet in July 2026, taking the $100,000 High Roller PLO in Las Vegas for $2,257,718, per CardPlayer’s July 2026 win report.

At 52, the Canadian pro and eight-time bracelet winner has spent decades chasing WSOP hardware, and you can read more about Negreanu’s career and background on his player profile. This time he was hunting number nine in one of GGPoker’s marquee WSOP Online bracelet events.

He reached the final seven with the second-biggest stack, trailing only the player known as ‘Elite’, later identified as Andreas Freund on Kevin Martin’s stream, per CardPlayer.

Here is how the final seven stacked up in big blinds:

• Andreas Freund (‘Elite’): 123.8 BB
• Daniel Negreanu: 92.1 BB
• Samuli Sipila: 48.3 BB
• Dirk ‘Venividi1993’ Gerritse: 19.1 BB
• Chris Nguyen: 15.5 BB
• Ding Biao: 9.4 BB

Negreanu had just moved into the outright chip lead when the defining hand arrived, one that anyone who knows pot-limit Omaha will appreciate. CardPlayer’s coverage walks through it hand for hand.

Freund raised under the gun with Q♣ 10♠ 8♦ 8♣, and Negreanu defended his big blind for 2.3 more with Q♥ J♣ 4♥ 4♣. The A♥ 3♣ 2♣ flop checked through.

The turn brought the 8♥. Negreanu led for 8 BB holding two flush draws plus blockers. Freund raised to 25.8 BB with a set of eights and a higher club draw, Negreanu repotted, and he called off when Freund jammed.

The 5♣ river filled both players’ club flushes. Freund’s was higher, winning a pot of nearly 200 big blinds that would have handed the leader about four times the next-largest stack. Negreanu was left under 7 BB and busted in seventh soon after.

Negreanu broke down the hand at length on X, calling the 8♥ “the sickest turn card.” He framed the decision as an ICM spot and noted that his pair of fours blocked the 4-5 nut straight, per CardPlayer.

The read was sound and the equity was there. The board simply cooperated with the one holding that had him crushed.

When CardPlayer published its report, Freund led heads-up against ’11Y11′ with the bracelet still up for grabs across the 2026 World Series of Poker. On the line for the champion were a $30,000 WSOP Paradise package and $428,888 in prize money. A victory would give Freund his first WSOP bracelet.

A seventh-place online finish stings more than it would for most players because Negreanu had a real shot at nine. The sting fades fast when you remember July 2026, when he won the $100,000 High Roller PLO at the WSOP in Las Vegas for his eighth bracelet and $2,257,718, a figure CardPlayer reported at the time in its July 2026 win coverage.

Bracelet number nine can wait. For a Hall of Famer still winning seven-figure events in his fifties, another shot is only a tournament away, and the felt tends to give the greats their spots back.