Daniel Negreanu Thrives...But Doesn't Survive

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Daniel Negreanu just passed the million-chip mark in the PLO w/rebuys event, but he was just eliminated (for real) in today's $10,000 Limit event. Negreanu was down to 1,100 chips and it was about to come around to his 1,200 big blind. There was just 25 seconds to go in the round and the player to Negreanu's right, in the big blind, could've tanked for a half-minute before mucking. That would've allowed Negreanu to make it to Day 2 and, possibly, play a few hands in person and try to double up a few times.

Instead the player instantly mucked and the dealer moved the button and dealt out one final hand. One that included the last of Negreanu's chips in the middle. "He's a Daniel hater," Erick Lindgren said about the player who didn't give Negreanu a chance to possibly play tomorrow. There was some discussion about whether Negreanu's hand would be turned over to see if he might win the hand, but you have to be at the table to play your hand. If you aren't, your cards go in the muck, and that's what happened to Negreanu's final hand.

Still, the million-plus chips Negreanu has in the PLO w/rebuys event might provide some consolation for the handful he lost at the end of play in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em event.

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