Negreanu Instantly Loses Most of Stack of $50K Poker Players Championship
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
With late registration one of the hottest topics of the 2026 World Series of Poker, Daniel Negreanu made sure to avoid the debate entirely in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Kid Poker was in his seat from the very first hand, however ten minutes later, he had lost more than two-thirds of his stack.
The seven-time bracelet winner and 2024 Poker Players Championship champion suffered one of the roughest starts imaginable Sunday after paying off Chris Brewer in a massive pot during the opening level, watching his 300,000 starting stack shrink to 60,000 before some players had even settled into their seats.