Before we get into Daniel Negreanu's success, we need to talk about the previous tournament in the PGT Mixed Games series. That was the $10,200 buy-in Mori's Mix, which brought 70 entries and a prizepool of $700,000. There was $309,500 waiting for the winner, and names like Daniel Negreanu and Mori Eskandani battled it out at the final table.
Daniel finished in 6th place with a $38,500 prize and Mori Eskandani made it all the way to the final heads-up where Maxx Coleman sat opposite him. Maxx Coleman was the eventual winner, winning his third PGT title.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Maxx Coleman | United States | 210 | $210,000 |
| 2nd | Mori Eskandani | United States | 137 | $136,500 |
| 3rd | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 95 | $94,500 |
| 4th | David Funkhouser | United States | 70 | $70,000 |
| 5th | Steve Zolotow | United States | 53 | $52,500 |
| 6th | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 39 | $38,500 |
| 7th | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 28 | $28,000 |
Daniel Negreanu champion again
Event #7 of the PGT Mixed Games series was the $15,200 buy-in Dealer's Choice, which drew 65 entries and a prizepool of $975,000. A $292,500 prize awaited the winner.
This amount was again played for at the final table by familiar names such as Dylan Smith, Yuri Dzivielevski, Nick Schulman and Daniel Negreanu. The chipleader was Maxx Coleman, who thus had a great opportunity to win another title.
Even though Negreanu started with the fourth largest stack, he only needed a few hands and already held more than 60 percent of all the chips in play when playing six-handed. By the time Negreanu reached the last four, he already held 90 percent of the chips.
Nick Schulman sat opposite him in heads-up play. At this point, Daniel had up to 96 percent of the chips in play, leaving Nick with a tough task ahead of him. Although Nick was able to multiply his stack, it didn't change the fact that Daniel Negreanu was the eventual winner.
His incredible run earned him a $292,500 payday, 234 points, his first win of the year and his record tenth career PGT title. Daniel currently shares the top spot in the number of PGT titles with Stephen Chidwick.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 234 | $292,500 |
| 2nd | Nick Schulman | United States | 152 | $190,125 |
| 3rd | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 105 | $131,625 |
| 4th | Maxx Coleman | United States | 78 | $97,500 |
| 5th | Dylan Smith | United States | 59 | $73,125 |
| 6th | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 43 | $53,625 |
| 7th | Ryan Miller | United States | 31 | $39,000 |
Negreanu stirs debate around WSOP Hall of Fame
Even before Daniel sat down at the final table of the seventh PGT Mixed Games tournament, he managed to start a debate around the WSOP Hall of Fame. In fact, on social media, Daniel suggested some changes that should be made. He suggests inducting two new members every year, instead of one, and also inducting one person from the industry every 3 years.
Poker Hall of Fame changes I will push for:
- Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) February 26, 2025
-2 players each year
-1 industry person every 3 years
Change voting system from 10 votes to whomever, to ranked voting, must choose 3
1st 5 points
2nd 3 points
3rd 2 points
I suspect this year we see the following front runners:...
He also suggested a change in the voting method. Currently, living WSOP Hall of Fame members can give 10 votes to anyone. However, Daniel is proposing to change the scoring:
1st - 5 points
2nd - 3 points
3rd - 2 points
Daniel then went on to list the names that he thinks should be among the nominees this year, and they are Nick Schulman, Scott Seiver, Ted Forrest, and Miami John. To these players he added one more name from the industry and that is Isai Scheinberg. When Daniel was asked who he thought should be inducted into the WSOP HoF this year, his answer was Nick Schulman. Little did he know at the time that he would end up heads-up with him in just a few hours.
The likes of Matt Berkey and Mustapha Kanit also weighed in on the debate. Most commenters said that adding only two new members a year is still not enough, because there are a large number of players and people in the industry who deserve to be there. In addition, a number of commenters questioned why Mike Matusow is still not in the Hall of Fame.
What do you think, should there be changes to the Hall of Fame? Who do you have as your favorite for a new member? Let us know in the comments on our social media.
Source - PGT, Pokernews, Twitter/X
