Negreanu Knocking at the Door on Day 2 of $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship will see 43 competitors return of the 91 who registered on Day 1. There will assuredly be a handful of new faces in the field, as late registration is available through the first level of the day. Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time with limits of 4,000/8,000 in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Among those who put their chips into play on Day 1, Viktor Blom bagged the lead (372,000). Blom recently made a final table in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship with none other than Daniel Negreanu, who also bagged a healthy stack (241,000).
Negreanu has made a claim that he will be playing a lower volume of tournaments with a better quality of rest and play. This plan seems to have come to fruition, as Negreanu has already made two final tables at the 2025 World Series of Poker, including a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($313,615) and a seventh place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship ($61,231).
Main Event champion Joe McKeehen also bagged a big stack (319,000). As a hold’em specialist, both limit and no-limit, McKeehen will be one to watch in the counts.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 372,000 |
| 2 | Benjamin Underwood | Canada | 361,000 |
| 3 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 319,000 |
| 4 | Justin Smith | United States | 246,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 241,000 |
| 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 240,000 |
| 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 212,000 |
| 8 | David Lieberman | United States | 191,000 |
| 9 | Corel Theuma | United States | 190,000 |
| 10 | Peter De Best | United States | 181,000 |
Reigning champion John Racener won his third WSOP bracelet just days ago in the $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em ($247,595), but only time will tell if he will enter the fray, as he didn’t put any chips into play on Day 1.
There will be a 15-minute break after Level 11 to accommodate the remaining late registrants. Day 2 will feature 60-minute levels through Level 15 and will extend to 90-minute levels from Level 16 through the end of the tournament. A one-hour dinner break is slated at the end of Level 15, at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time. The remaining field will put their chips in the bag at the end of Level 18, after eight levels of play.
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