On the night, the WSOP in Las Vegas featured, among other things, the final day of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship. The tournament, which is considered the toughest poker event in the world, brought in 89 entries this year, making the prizepool $4,249,750.

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A bracelet with a prize of $1,178,703 awaited the winner here, and the top 5 players battled it out in the final table after four days of tough play. They were led by Chris Brewer with a stack of more than 10 million, followed by the legendary Daniel Negreanu with the second largest stack, thus nurturing his chance to win his seventh bracelet after an 11-year hiatus.

Daniel Negreanu made it

Chris Brewer gradually lost his chips and eventually had to settle for third place, which was worth $519,158. Bryce Yockey, with a stack of 15,750,000, and Daniel Negreanu, with a stack of 10,950,000, were pitted against each other in the final heads-up.

Heads-up play lasted for over 3 hours, during which both players took turns at the chipleader position. It all came to an end in the end with Pot Limit Omaha, in which Negreanu hit a full house to claim his seventh WSOP gold bracelet. In an interview after the win, he said that there is only one tournament in the world that he wants to win more than any other, and that is the Poker Players Championship.

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Daniel's 11-year wait for a seventh bracelet is not only over, but his nearly 20-year wait to win this tournament is also over. In addition to the bracelet, Daniel also bagged $1,178,703, surpassing the $53.8 million mark in live tournament winnings.

Bryce Yockey earned $768,467 for his second place finish. Bryce has appeared at a Poker Players Championship final table before and that was in 2019 when he finished in 4th place for $325,989.

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