Hellmuth KOs Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:35:05 +0000

Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year’s event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.

The Poker Players Championship, one of the summer’s marquee events, is widely regarded as the ultimate mixed-game test. A stacked field remains in contention for the newly redesigned Chip Reese Memorial Trophy, the $1,331,322 first-place prize, and a WSOP gold bracelet. But the reigning champion won’t be among them.

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Hellmuth KOs Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship