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Negreanu can’t repeat last year’s success.

January 22, 2008

Daniel NegreanuDaniel Negreanu found the running at this years World Poker Open much heavier going than he did 12 months ago.

Negreanu, a fan’s favourite, finished in second place last year and was greeted enthusiastically by those who had come to watch him play. Unfortunately for his fans though, he was eliminated with just under an hour left to play on the first day of The Poker Tour’s annual tournament in Tunica, Mississippi.

He started slowly, but began to build up some momentum as the morning continued and seemed to have put any problems behind him when his A-K held up against Q-10 and a pair of fours to allow him to doubled up in a three-way pot. His joy was short-lived though and by the end of the day he had been forced out of the running.

He wasn’t the only big name searching for a bus fair home though as fellow professionals Ted Lawson, Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliot and Gavin Griffin also fell by the wayside.

With the World Poker Open competing with a number of other major poker tournaments around the world, the slightly low turn out of 117 players wasn’t totally unexpected. However, an enlarged field for Day 1B is expected to increase the number of players to around the 300 mark.

Written by ShortStack · Filed Under Poker News 

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