Casino Player November 2022

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Daniel Negreanu Comes Up Big in Super High Roller Bowl

➤ by Sean Chaffin

T here has been plenty of action for poker players across the country over the last fewmonths.It seems poker doesn’t seem to slow down and the last month saw Daniel Negreanu win a massive title, Chad Eveslage grab his second World Poker Tour win, PokerStars offer some massive opportunities for American players, and much more. What had been a disappointing year for Daniel Negreanu found a complete 360-degree turn in October: he took down PokerGO’s $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl.With his worst losing year in poker lying ahead, the 48 year-old poker pro landed the title and a payday of $3.3 million.The victory came after Negreanu experienced some tough card run-outs over the last two years. “I hate whining about bad luck, it’s the worst, nobody wants to hear it,”he told PokerGO’s Jeff Platt afterward.“I’ve been feeling it,my wife when I come home, she feels what it’s like— so frustrating.You feel like you’re playing well but the results are not there. “I felt super confident coming into this one, deepstack No Limit Hold’em, not all this all-in stuff. I’m petrified to go all in. I don’t ever want to be all in in any state, but actually in this tournament I was never all in for my tournament life,which is a blessing.”

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Professional poker player Daniel Negreanu won the $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl VII on Oct. 7. The Las Vegas resident outlasted 23 entrants to earn the $3.312 million first prize. The SHRB became one of the biggest wins of his career and he now has almost $50 million in live tournament winnings. Nick Petrangelo earned $2 million for finishing runner-up.

WSOP Online Wraps Up With More Bracelet Winners

T he World Series of Poker may have wrapped up this summer, but the action continued online through October.WSOP.com awarded 33 bracelets to players in the combined New Jersey/Nevada market as well as five bracelets each in Pennsylvania and Michigan. A few big winners stood out during the series. JeremyAusmus grabbed two bracelets and now has six careerWSOP titles.He’s also recently found major success in PokerGO high roller events and has $13.1 million in

live tournament winnings.

New Jersey online regular Frank Funaro also scored his first bracelet in the series. Former construction worker and now poker pro Jesse Lonis also found the winner’s circle for his debutWSOP victory. For Lonis, the win came after some considerable effort working on his game at the online tables. “Online used to be my weak point in poker,”he told USPoker.com.“Over the last year I really put in a lot of work and it paid off this series.”

Jeremy Ausmus

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