Daniel Negreanu Busts WSOP Online $10K PLO Final Table

Daniel Negreanu entered the final table of the WSOP Online $10K GGMillion$ PLO with the second-biggest stack, but his bracelet bid ended in seventh place after a huge clash with eventual champion Andreas Freund.

Daniel Negreanu came within six eliminations of adding another WSOP bracelet to his collection, but his run in the WSOP Online $10,000 GGMillion$ Pot-Limit Omaha ended much sooner than expected.

The Canadian arrived at the seven-handed final table with the second-largest stack and more than 100 big blinds at his disposal. Around 20 minutes later, however, he became the first finalist to hit the rail.

Negreanu collected $71,409 for seventh place, while the player responsible for most of the damage, Austria's Andreas Freund, went on to win the tournament and his first WSOP bracelet.

Negreanu actually made a strong start to the final table, winning several early pots and briefly taking control of the action. One of those pots came against Freund, who had started the final table as the chip leader.

The dynamic between the two big stacks soon produced the hand that effectively decided Negreanu's tournament.

Freund opened for a pot-sized raise from under the gun while playing just under 100 big blinds. Negreanu, who had him slightly covered, called from the big blind.

The flop came 3c-Ah-2c, and both players checked.

An 8h on the turn completely changed the pace of the hand. Negreanu led for the size of the pot before Freund responded with another pot-sized raise. Negreanu then re-potted, Freund committed the rest, and suddenly almost 200 big blinds were in the middle.

Negreanu held Qh-Jc-4h-4c, while Freund showed Qc-Ts-8d-8c.

Freund's hand had Negreanu in serious trouble, with the Austrian holding a higher club draw in addition to his made hand. Negreanu had only around a 17.5% chance of winning the entire pot when the money went in.

The 5c river completed a flush for both players, but Freund's queen-high club flush was enough to claim the enormous pot.

Instead of competing for the chip lead, Negreanu was suddenly left with little more than six big blinds.

Negreanu did not disappear immediately.

He managed to nearly triple his short stack in the very next hand, giving himself at least a chance of rebuilding. The recovery proved temporary.

His remaining chips eventually went in with 8s-7s-6d-3d against Ac-7d-6c-5h on an As-8h-4c-3c board.

Negreanu still had plenty of ways to survive when the chips went into the middle, but the 2s on the river ended his tournament.

His seventh-place finish was worth $71,409.

For Negreanu, it was an abrupt end to a final table that had initially offered a realistic opportunity to challenge for another bracelet. Instead, the massive confrontation with Freund reshaped not only his tournament but the entire final table.

The huge pot against Negreanu gave Freund an imposing stack, and the Austrian used it to put pressure on the remaining players.

The final table moved at remarkable speed, lasting only a little more than an hour.

Freund eventually reached heads-up play against Venezuela's Vito Jhonny Recchimurzo, although the title was far from secured at that point.

Recchimurzo doubled through Freund several times and managed to erase much of his opponent's advantage, bringing the two stacks close to level.

Freund ultimately regained control and closed out the tournament to secure his first WSOP bracelet and $428,456.

Recchimurzo earned $317,844 as runner-up, while Finland's Samuli Sipila completed the podium with a $235,788 payday.

For Freund, the victory delivered the biggest prize at the table and a maiden WSOP bracelet. For Negreanu, meanwhile, a promising final-table position disappeared in the space of two crucial hands, with the near-200-big-blind confrontation proving decisive.