How is Daniel Negreanu Performing in His Second Tournament of 2026?

The largest buy-in blended video games event of the 12 months kicked off at present contained in the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas with the $100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Blended Video games, an occasion that drew the world’s finest blended recreation gamers for intense Stud, Omaha and triple draw motion.

The $100,000 buy-in blended video games occasion had 33 entrants on Day 1, a rise from the 29 runners who performed the inaugural occasion final March.

This 12 months’s subject massive names like Daniel Negreanu, in his second event look of the 12 months after ending fourth within the PGT Championship for $80,000, in addition to six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier, rising star Jesse Lonis, seven-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver, reigning occasion and tour champion Chad Eveslage, and Chino Rheem, one of many hottest gamers of the brand new 12 months.

Main 23 gamers on the finish of Day 1 is Brazilian professional Yuri Dzivielevski forward of huge stacks like eight-time bracelet winner and blended recreation finish boss Benny Glaser and high-stakes professional Chris Brewer.

Poker Corridor of Famer Brian Rast, who’s contemporary off a victory within the PGT Blended Video games $25K Championship, additionally bagged a top-ten stack.

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Glaser Dominates on Day 1

Glaser, who gained three WSOP bracelets final summer time in blended video games occasions, stole the present on Day 1. The British professional despatched all-time cash chief Bryn Kenney out within the first elimination of the day and constructed up a large chip lead at a function desk that included Negreanu and Seiver.

“A really nice begin,” mentioned commentator Chris Vitch. “He is been having a little bit of a tough collection in all of the preliminary occasions with zero cashes, and positively is hoping to have a little bit of a collection saver with a deep run on this $100k.”

Dzivielevski and Brewer, in the meantime, quietly constructed up stacks away from the function desk.

Glaser, Negreanu and Dzivielevski respectively completed fifth, fourth and third on this occasion final 12 months, whereas latest PGT Championship winner Eveslage gained the trophy and $1.2 million.

There have been some attention-grabbing conversations on the function desk, together with Negreanu telling the story of when he acquired cheated the primary time he performed 5-Card Draw.

“One of many first video games I realized methods to play, like after I was younger, however for precise cash,” Negreanu instructed the desk. “And I performed with these Italians who had been dishonest. However I knew and did not actually care that a lot. As a result of they had been unhealthy.”

Negreanu, who bagged a stack of 240,000, additionally introduced that all-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will be part of the sphere on Day 2, whereas commentators speculated that Phil Ivey might be part of the occasion.

The video games in rotation within the occasion embody No-Restrict 2-7 Single Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha Hello-Lo, Stud, Stud Hello-Lo, Badugi, and Pot-Restrict Omaha.

Among the gamers who had been eradicated throughout Day 1 embody Walter Chambers, Hal Rotholz and Johannes Becker.

Streamed protection of Day 2, which is out there on YouTube and PokerGO, will start at 5 p.m. native time on Friday. Motion kicks off within the PokerGO Studio at 1 p.m., at which level late registration will shut.

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*Pictures courtesy of Antonio Abrego & PokerGO

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Exterior Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 International Poker Awards for his writing.