Negreanu Always Performs Well In Europe
Daniel Negreanu is one of the most well-known poker players on the planet. He's here playing today upstairs in the Flame room, and when it comes to the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, Negreanu performs very well — much better than he has in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas over the years.
The WSOP Europe has only been around since 2007, making this its fourth year in the poker world. Out of those four active years, Negreanu has cashed in both 2008 and 2009. Not only has he cashed, but he's made his way to the final table of this extremely elite field both times! That's quite the feat and something that Negreanu will be looking to match again this year. In 2008, Negreanu placed fifth in the WSOP Europe Main Event for £217,200. He bettered his performance the following year in 2009 when he finished in second place behind champion Barry Shulman for £495,589. If Negreanu's going to continue his trend of improving his finish every year in this event, there's only one spot left to claim and that's first place.
Negreanu also came into the WSOP Europe this year tied for the most all-time WSOP Europe cashes with Chris Bjorin. Bjorin went on to cash in two events before Negreanu arrived and pulled ahead six to four. Negreanu did make the money in the heads-up event the other day to pull back within one. If he can cash in this event and Bjorin fails to do so, Negreanu will once again be tied for the most cashes. Negreanu also sits fourth on the WSOP Europe all-time cash list with £722,594 in total earnings.
When you compare his finishes in the WSOP Europe Main Event with how he does back in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, Negreanu's performances are much better here, across the pond. He's only cashed twice in Vegas in the Main Event. He placed 11th in 2001 for $63,940 and then 229th in 2006 for $42,882. With Negreanu playing in that Main Event far more often than he plays in this one, he clearly performs much better over here. Negreanu discusses the WSOP Europe and how well he does in the video interview we did with him a few days ago, so be sure to check that out!
Whether or not Negreanu will be able to make another final table run is yet to be seen. He's got a tough starting table including Mohsin Charania and Peter Jetten so we'll see how he goes throughout the day. Whether or not he makes another deep run though, Negreanu is still one of the best overall performers at the WSOP Europe hands down.