Daniel Negreanu Wins Final Heat ($32,000)!

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Daniel Negreanu has done it, he took down the final heat of action and will be moving on to the next round. He didn't lock up a final table berth just yet, but will have a chance when he faces off against JC Tran tomorrow in a best-of-three heads-up match with the winner going to the final table. The other heads-up match will be Ian Frazer taking on Roland De Wolfe.

Negreanu knew he needed to perform at the top of his game. He knew the standings and studied the points system so he could adjust his strategy throughout the heat and ended up coming out on top.

Here are the final standings.

x-1. Phil Laak �C 48 points
x-2. David Benyamine - 38 points
x-T-3. Giovanni Safina - 29 points
x-T-3. Luke Schwartz �C 29 points
5. Daniel Negreanu �C 26 points
6. Ian Frazer �C 26 points
7. Roland De Wolfe �C 22 points
8. JC Tran �C 20 points
9. Phil Hellmuth - 19 points
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko �C 16 points
11. Vanessa Rousso �C 16 points
12. Tony G - 11 points

x - clinched final table berth

Negreanu edged out Frazer in the tie breaker and that's what determined the final seeding. The two winners of the Negreanu/Tran and Frazer/De Wolfe matches will move on to join the other four players at the final table tomorrow and play for the big bucks.

The bottom four players, Phil Hellmuth, Yevgeniy Tmoshenko, Vanessa Rousso and Tony G all missed out on the next round and were eliminated from contention.

The heads-up matches and the final table will all be tomorrow, beginning at 11:30 a.m. local time.

We'll see you right back here at PokerNews for all the live updates!

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