Hellmuth had a chance to make history with his 17th bracelet, but lost the heads-up match against Ausmus, earned $1.1 million and a bracelet. After losing that crucial pot, Negreanu would go on to finish third for $519,764. Negreanu proceeded to throw his chair in anger while Hellmuth exclaimed, “Yes! Yes! Yes!” and high-fived with supporters. Negreanu hit a 7 on the turn giving him a straight, but the river ten completed Hellmuth’s full house. Negreanu, with an open ender and a backdoor flush, decided to run his equity. The flop came T65 and Hellmuth, with two-pair, shoved his 2.9 million chips into the 3.5 million chip pot.

With AK43, raised it to 1.5 million, and Hellmuth called. The chip leader, Jeremy Ausmus, started the hand with 10.9 million and Hellmuth started with 4.4 million.Īusmus folded to Hellmuth who limped in the small blind for 250k with QT96. The Hand At the final table of the $50,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller event with only three player remaining, Negreanu was in second place with 10,175,000 chips.

His reaction was surprising, to say the least. What he isn’t known for is having outbursts at the poker table.ĭeep in a World Series of Poker event, Negreanu tangled with Phil Hellmuth and got burned on the river. Daniel Negreanu is known for his long-term poker success, veganism and being an ambassador of the game.