As the WSOP continues on through the month of June, we are seeing more and more big name players taking home bracelets and making it to final tables. Yesterday was no different as “Kid Poker”, Daniel Negreanu (PokerStars) won Event #20 at the 2008 WSOP, the $2,000 Limit Hold’em tournament. This was Negreanu’s 4th WSOP bracelet putting him in a class of poker elites such as, Puggy Pearson, Amarillo Slim, Tom McEvoy, Huck Seed, David Chiu, Scotty Nguyen. The entire tournament lasted almost 24 hours but as players were eliminated, the final table looked like this:
Final Table – Event #20 – 2008 WSOP – $2,000 Limit Hold’em
David Baker: 409,000
Ugur Marangoz: 402,000
Daniel Negreanu: 308,000
Greg Woheltz: 301,000
Richard Li: 195,000
Derek Lerner: 133,000
Fu Wong: 67,000
Hien Tran: 58,000
Jeremy Kotler: 47,000
What you will notice about the final table, is really the absence of big player names except for Negreanu and Richard Li. If you look closer you will notice Fu Wong back at the final table. Fu finished 2nd just a few days ago at the 7 Card Stud Championship. After a number of quick eliminations, Negreanu was leading the pack in terms of his chip count thanks to a “full house” that helped him take a huge pot against Richard Li and was the turning point for the match.
Final Hand – Event #20 – 2008 WSOP
The final heads-up match came down to Daniel Negreanu and Ugur Marangoz.
Flop: Kh – 5s – 5d
Both players checked at this point.
Turn: Qh
Both players continued to check.
River: 3h
Negreanu raised and forced Marangoz to go “all in”.
Negreanu showed: 9s – 5h, giving him three of a kind or three 5’s. Marangoz couldn’t beat the hand and Negreanu took the pot and the championship. Negreanu earned $204,874 for his first place finish as Marangoz earned $126,408 for his runner up finish.
After the grueling final table and the win, Negreanu went over to where his mother was sitting and gave her a kiss and also thanked his fans that remained for hours during this match. He also shouted out “Negreanu 1, Ivey 0″ as he and Phil Ivey have a $200,000 bet this year on who will win the most bracelets. There are still a number of events left this year, so Negreanu should watch his mouth.
Daniel Negreanu Email Address
For those who would like to contact Daniel Negreanu, he can be contacted via email directly from this page on FullContactPoker or directly at daniel@fullcontactpoker.com. Please note that Daniel will not be able to answer all emails due to the number of emails he receives daily.
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April 14, 2009
Dear Mr. Daniel Negreanu;
I have been watching you play for a long time and feel one of the best things I have tried to take away from your game is your demeanor in how you play. Whenever you get into a bad beat you get right back up and continue to play your game and that’s great.
Our company has just come up with a unique electronic card protector. This card protector is housed inside a standard 2-1/4″ milled pool ball. When rotated from top to bottom it will display one of three options a player can make. FOLD in red, PLAY in yellow, or RAISE in green. We can also have it engraved with any wording or artwork.
I think your poker playing has helped changed my attitude about many things. Because of your demeanor when playing cards, I have used the way you play to not worry about bad outcomes and a chance to come up with this unique electronic card protectors design. Because of this, I would very much like to send one to you. This is my way of saying thank you.
Only a couple questions: What is your favorite pool ball number? How would you like your name engraved on this card protector.
Daniel,
Need to know why i have not heard from ppa
have tried several times and several players to find out where my pro number is
I would like to get in touch with daniel negranew
Mr. Negreanu;
First let me say I am a very big fan.
I have a reality poker show concept in which you would be the principle pro representing Pokerstars. Is there any way that I could email you this concept?
Thank you,
Brian Mckay
Brian and others, this is not the place to contact Daniel Negreanu. We are simply an online news source for poker. I would suggest contacting him through his site.
Thanks – Markus