The Legend of ‘Isildur1’ Closing in on First WSOP Bracelet; Negreanu Could Win Eighth

Daniel Negreanu ended an 11-year World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet drought final summer season, and he may quickly make it back-to-back years with a bracelet. However not if he cannot outlast on-line poker legend, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom.

Each poker legends have reached the ultimate desk in Occasion #9: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship. Negreanu’s enjoying to win the $470,437 first-place prize within the 217-player match. However he is additionally making an attempt to safe his eighth bracelet, and to get off to a robust begin on the 2025 WSOP, one thing he did not do final 12 months. Blom’s taking pictures for his first WSOP title.

Can Poker Legend End it Off?

Negreanu is not simply enjoying to win a bracelet. He is on the lookout for some 25k Fantasy factors as he drafted himself within the first spherical. A win within the $10k Omaha/8 occasion will surely enhance his odds of successful the fantasy league for the primary time.

Negreanu entered Day 3 on Monday first in chips out of 20 remaining gamers. David “Bakes” Baker and Eric Wasserson bowed out early, dropping the sector to 18 gamers rapidly.

The tides would flip a bit for Negreanu a couple of hours into the session. He went from chip chief to 3rd in chips with 11 gamers remaining. Blom, however, entered Day 3 with a barely above-average stack, and he is been on fairly a curler coaster all through the session, going from quick stack to chip lead, and sitting on the fourth-largest stack with eight gamers remaining as the ultimate desk started Monday night.

Negreanu is one spot beneath Isildur, whereas Ofir Mor held the chip lead. The match is anticipated to play all the way down to 4-5 gamers earlier than the session concludes.

Blom is without doubt one of the most legendary on-line poker gamers ever. He burst onto the scene out of nowhere within the late 2000s, enjoying below the “Isildur1” moniker on the now-defunct Full Tilt Poker web site in a number of the largest money video games on this planet. He is by no means gained a WSOP bracelet, however has now reached 5 WSOP ultimate tables. The Swedish excessive curler has targeted extra on reside tournaments in recent times.

As for Negreanu, the GGPoker ambassador will definitely have an entertaining vlog for his followers come Tuesday morning, and an much more thrilling one on Wednesday if he takes down the Omaha-8 occasion for his eighth WSOP bracelet. PokerNews will preserve you up to date with reside protection all through the remainder of the day.

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