Daniel Negreanu is playing the 2026 WSOP exactly the way you would expect the leading GGPoker ambassador to play it, running two $10,000 bracelet events in parallel and surviving Day 1 in both with chip stacks that put him in the mix.
Negreanu bagged 154,000 chips at the end of Day 1A of Event #11: $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller, the new GGPoker-branded bracelet event running at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas through June 4. The Day 1A field reduced from 194 entrants to 92 survivors, with Chih Fan leading on 846,500 and Negreanu finishing in the middle of the pack. By the end of Day 1B the total field had reached 403 with two levels of late registration still open.
The Event 17 angle
Less obvious, but more interesting for Negreanu specifically, is that he also fired Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, a single-draw lowball Championship that started on June 2. He sits among the top stacks heading into Day 2. The 2-7 NL Championship is one of the smaller-field, sharper-skill bracelets on the schedule, and Negreanu has been vocal in past series about the format being underrated for late-career bracelet hunts.
Bracelets in this event live with mixed-game specialists. A Negreanu deep run here would land him on the ESPN Main Stage broadcast he has been hyping with a mid-Series bracelet, not a Main Event hero shot.
Onto Day 2 in two of the toughest $10K events on the calendar. Long way to go but I like the spots.
Daniel Negreanu (paraphrased from his daily vlog)
The GGPoker stake
Event 11 is GGPoker's first ever Las Vegas-branded WSOP bracelet event, and Negreanu is the most visible ambassador the room has on the live floor in 2026. The room has framed the GGMillion$ as a recurring fixture, and an Ambassador-led deep run in year one would do more for the brand than any of the surrounding marketing. With Phil Ivey also bagging a short stack in the same event, the broadcast and content potential of the field is already disproportionate to the buy-in.
What's next
Day 2 of Event 11 plays today at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with Day 2 of Event 17 running on the same calendar day. Negreanu is the most-watched player in both rooms. We will update the Negreanu profile as he advances, busts, or, more likely on his current schedule, does both inside a 12-hour window.
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