Daniel Negreanu Wins Super High Roller Bowl VII for $3,312,000

Daniel Negreanu is the Super High Roller Bowl VII champion. On Friday, October 7, Negreanu emerged victorious atop the elite 24-player field to capture the $3,312,000 top prize and Super High Roller Bowl championship ring.

Negreanu has had quite the run in six-figure buy-in poker tournaments, but he's never won one. He has placed second five times, though. In 2011, he took second in the first-ever $100,000 Super High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In 2014, he placed second in the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. In 2017, Negreanu was runner-up in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 Super High Roller. In 2018, Negreanu lost to Justin Bonomo in heads-up play of the Super High Roller Bowl. Then in 2019, Negreanu finished second in the WSOP $100,000 High Roller.

"I'll tell you what, heads up, I went through that crazy streak where I lost so many and I think I've won five straight heads-up matches in tournaments when I've got there," Negreanu said. "Obviously it feels great. The last two years have been really, really difficult mentally because I know my game is better than ever. But who cares? The public looks at it like, 'No, no, no, Daniel. You've got to look at your results. Your results are no good. You're playing bad.' I know how I'm losing. I've been doing this for 30 years. I know when it's me. I know when it's me making mistakes, and it isn't. I played a pretty close-to-flawless Super High Roller Bowl here and luckily the structure is so deep that it's not just a shove fest. If you play deep structures all the time, I'm going to be one of the favorites each and every time."

Negreanu came into the third and final day of play second in chips with five players remaining. A $720,000 money bubble loomed with only four spots paying out, and that bubble burst when Andrew Lichtenberger busted Orpen Kisacikoglu in fifth place. From there, Negreanu fought his way to the winner's circle to collect the second-largest live tournament score of his illustrious poker career.

The win also gave Negreanu 600 points in the PGT leaderboard race, vaulting him into the top 21. If Negreanu remains in the top 21, he will be eligible to compete in the season-ending PGT Championship for the tour's $500,000 winner-take-all prize. Negreanu now has more than $49,500,000 in career live tournament winnings according to TheHendonMob.com.

Super High Roller Bowl VII Payouts

How Negreanu Won Super High Roller Bowl VII

Daniel Negreanu's run began on Day 1 when he won a jaw-dropping hand against Bryn Kenney. Kenney had raised preflop with pocket aces and flopped top set against Negreanu, who called the raise with pocket threes out of the big blind. Negreanu flopped a straight draw and ended up going runner-runner to quads. The money went in on the river and Negreanu knocked out Kenney. From that point on, Negreanu remained one of the biggest stacks in the field all the way until the end.

Five players returned to action on Friday for what was the third and final day of Super High Roller Bowl VII. Justin Bonomo, who was looking for his fourth Super High Roller Bowl title, entered the day as the short stack, but he wasn't the first player eliminated. Busting in fifth place and bubbling Super High Roller Bowl VII was Orpen Kisacikoglu.

Kisacikoglu got short and eventually found ace-queen in the big blind after an under-the-gun raise from Andrew Lichtenberger and a flat-call from the cutoff seat from Negreanu. Lichtenberger had pocket queens and four-bet after Kisacikoglu three-bet jammed. Negreanu got out of the way, leaving Kisacikoglu all, at risk, and dominated by Lichtenberger. The board ran out clean for Lichtenberger's queens, eliminating Kisacikoglu on the money bubble.

With the remaining four players each guaranteed a $720,000 payday, Bonomo was the short stack. He had 420,000, and it was Nick Petrangelo in the lead with 2,915,000. In between Petrangelo and Bonomo was Negreanu with 2,315,000 and Lichtenberger with 1,550,000.

Bonomo did double up once through Daniel Negreanu but eventually ran pocket eights into Lichtenberger's pocket jacks. Bonomo opened from the button, Lichtenberger three-bet from the big blind, and Bonomo moved all in for about 40 big blinds with his pocket eights. Lichtenberger made the call with his pocket jacks and only a couple big blinds more than Bonomo. Bonomo was turned dead when a jack hit the board and he was out in fourth place for $720,000.

When three-handed play began, Petrangelo was out in front with 2,965,000, Negreanu was second with 2,120,000, and Lichtenberger was third with 2,115,000.

Three-handed play lasted for quite some time, as Negreanu, Petrangelo, and Lichtenberger battled hard to get the upper hand on one another.

Eventually, Lichtenberger found himself all in with king-six against the ace-six of Negreanu. Negreanu flopped an ace and held from there, eliminating Lichtenberger in second place for a $1,152,000 payday on his first-ever Super High Roller Bowl appearance.

Negreanu took the chip lead into heads-up play against Petrangelo, his 5,915,000 to Petrangelo's 1,285,000.

Petrangelo got down to about 10 big blinds before the money went in. He took his king-jack up against Negreanu's ace-three and was able to find the double up. Negreanu was quick to grind Petrangelo back down to around 10 big blinds, and that's when the money went in again for what would be the last hand of Super High Roller Bowl VII.

Negreanu moved all in from the button with queen-seven of clubs, and Petrangelo called all in for 10 big blinds with king-five. Negreanu flopped a seven and held from there. With that, Negreanu was crowned Super High Roller Bowl VII champion and the winner of $3,312,000.

Negreanu 21st On PGT Leaderboard

The win earned Daniel Negreanu 600 points for the PGT leaderboard, and he now has 1,437 total. That puts him in 21st on the leaderboard. While he is outside the top 10, being inside the top 21 is worth eligibility into the season-ending PGT Championship that will award a winner-take-all $500,000 prize. Negreanu will have to maintain his standing inside the top 21, so he'll have some work to do going forward as he is sitting in 21st piece.

It remains Stephen Chidwick in the top spot, followed by Phil Ivey and Jason Koon. Nick Petrangelo and Andrew Lichtenberger also moved into the top 21 with their results in Super High Roller Bowl VII. Petrangelo is now 13th and Lichtenberger is 18th.

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