Congratulations to Daniel Negreanu
Thanks to his outstanding showing so far in the Five Diamond Classic at the Bellagio, going on as I type this, Daniel Negreanu has officially claimed enough points to win the Cardplayer Player of the Year award.
The latest update I've got has the field down to seven players. With 10.5 million chips in play, Daniel has 5 million, so it looks like he's well on his way. Of course, that's by no means a lock on the win, but if he were to go out next, he's still earned enough points to officially win POTY.
Not that he'll likely ever see this, but congratulations, Daniel, on a well-deserved win.
They are continuing play as I write, waiting until one more person gets knocked out. The final six WPT table will be played tomorrow. In addition to Daniel, the remaining six still playing are, in no particular order, Vinny Landrom, Humberto Brenes, Jennifer Harman, Hasan Habib, Nam Lee and Steve Rassi. The bad news is that Johnny Chan was knocked out in eighth, so we won't be seeing him at the WPT final table. Still, I do hope we will see Jennifer Harman and Humberto Brenes, with Humberto being my sentimental favorite to win.
Daniel's POTY win was earned with a little more drama than I imagine he'd like. After leading the race virtually all year, John Juanda became Mr. November to seriously challenge, and the two spent a few weeks neck-and-neck, with Daniel maintaining the lead. Then, just this week, David "The Dragon" Pham took over the lead, after winning a $3,000 NLHE tourney just prior to the main event. That must have lit a fire under Daniel, who has blazed a trail through this tournament field.
To follow the tournament, you can check out Daniel's website, www.fullcontactpoker.com. It took me awhile to find the live updates, so here's a direct link: http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forum/viewtopic.php?t=737.
You can also view previous events and previous days of the main event at either Cardplayer or Poker Pages.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m. EST: Jennifer Harman just doubled up at the expense of Humberto Brenes. She now stands at $800K. Jennifer had 55 to Humberto's 66, but Jennifer caught a set on the flop.
UPDATE, 12:02 a.m. EST: Sorry for the late update. Got caught up in watching a movie. The TV table is set, with Hasan Habib going out in seventh. He was knocked out by, who else, Daniel Negreanu. The hand was 10-10 for Daniel, AQ for Hasan, and Daniel now sits with nearly $7 million.
The latest update I've got has the field down to seven players. With 10.5 million chips in play, Daniel has 5 million, so it looks like he's well on his way. Of course, that's by no means a lock on the win, but if he were to go out next, he's still earned enough points to officially win POTY.
Not that he'll likely ever see this, but congratulations, Daniel, on a well-deserved win.
They are continuing play as I write, waiting until one more person gets knocked out. The final six WPT table will be played tomorrow. In addition to Daniel, the remaining six still playing are, in no particular order, Vinny Landrom, Humberto Brenes, Jennifer Harman, Hasan Habib, Nam Lee and Steve Rassi. The bad news is that Johnny Chan was knocked out in eighth, so we won't be seeing him at the WPT final table. Still, I do hope we will see Jennifer Harman and Humberto Brenes, with Humberto being my sentimental favorite to win.
Daniel's POTY win was earned with a little more drama than I imagine he'd like. After leading the race virtually all year, John Juanda became Mr. November to seriously challenge, and the two spent a few weeks neck-and-neck, with Daniel maintaining the lead. Then, just this week, David "The Dragon" Pham took over the lead, after winning a $3,000 NLHE tourney just prior to the main event. That must have lit a fire under Daniel, who has blazed a trail through this tournament field.
To follow the tournament, you can check out Daniel's website, www.fullcontactpoker.com. It took me awhile to find the live updates, so here's a direct link: http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forum/viewtopic.php?t=737.
You can also view previous events and previous days of the main event at either Cardplayer or Poker Pages.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m. EST: Jennifer Harman just doubled up at the expense of Humberto Brenes. She now stands at $800K. Jennifer had 55 to Humberto's 66, but Jennifer caught a set on the flop.
UPDATE, 12:02 a.m. EST: Sorry for the late update. Got caught up in watching a movie. The TV table is set, with Hasan Habib going out in seventh. He was knocked out by, who else, Daniel Negreanu. The hand was 10-10 for Daniel, AQ for Hasan, and Daniel now sits with nearly $7 million.
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