The river card brought the Queen of Hearts, driving a dagger through the hearts of Daniel Negreanu and his many supporters. Now he would win the hand with any Queen, diamond, Jack or Three. The turn brought the 3 of hearts, giving McKeehen even more outs. Negreanu was ahead with his top pair, though McKeehen had plenty of outs to win the hand. McKeehen called, and the two players turned over: It wasn't meant to be, however, as Negreanu was eliminated a few short minutes ago by the big stack in the tournament, Joe McKeehen.Īfter a flop of Ad-Kc-10d, Negreanu checked, McKeehen bet and Negreanu shoved the rest of his short stack. Daniel Negreanu didn't participate in that final table, however, as he was eliminated in 11th place for $63,940 after electing to make a final stand holding A-K.ġ4 years later, Daniel Negreanu was on the brink of making the final table that had eluded him for so long.
That tournament, which had a total of 613 entries, had a final table that featured the likes of Carlos Mortensen (who eventually won the event for $1,500,000), Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow and Phil Gordon. Daniel Negreanu Comes Agonizingly Close To Making 'November Nine' Final Table Published on 03:34:00īack in the spring of 2001, a 26 year-old Daniel Negreanu, who was one of the rising stars of the poker world, finished in 11th place in the World Series of Poker main event.
