Daniel Negreanu upstaged the archetypal time of the World Series of Poker Main Event connected Thursday.
The superstar pro won the $100,000 buy-in High Roller Pot-limit Omaha lawsuit astatine Paris Las Vegas, defeating Artur Martirosian of Russia successful heads-up play to assertion the $2.25 cardinal archetypal prize.
It is Negreanu’s eighth vocation WSOP bracelet, which are awarded for tourney wins, moving him into a necktie for 10th connected the all-time database with Nick Schulman.
Negreanu was debased successful chips astatine the five-handed last array aft the archetypal 30 minutes of play but rebuilt his stack to get heads-up with Martirosian. He faced a 3-to-2 shortage but rapidly took control.
On the last hand, Negreanu flopped a consecutive and his hostile was drafting dormant aft the turn. Negreanu raised his arms successful triumph and hugged his wife, Amanda, connected the obstruction arsenic the assemblage chanted his name.
Martirosian, a four-time bracelet victor who was looking for his 2nd triumph of this series, earned $1.47 cardinal for his runner-up finish.
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