Daniel Negreanu's WSOP Main Event Dream Shattered by Brutal Cooler

Poker legend Daniel Negreanu's hopes for a deep run in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event were crushed when his pocket kings lost to pocket aces on day 1e. Negreanu was one of 797 players who paid the $10k buy-in for the biggest event of all, the fifth starting flight also including former champions Joe Hachem and Scott Blumstein.

Negreanu's 5-bet all-in with the red kings was called by Ayman Mahfoud with the black aces, and the flop all but sealed the GGPoker ambassador’s fate. The flop was 6♠ A♦ 8♣, the turn was 9♠ and the river was 7♣.

Chris Hunichen eliminated Ryan Leng and survived to day two. Hunichen had recently recovered from a bout of Covid and a subsequent Twitter spat with Justin Bonomo. A busy day at the table saw Hunichen KO Ryan Leng, another pro much in the news after a heads-up duel with Jungleman Dan Cates in that PPC tournament. A late big hit saw Hunichen thrown back into the chasing pack, but he’ll be around for day two.