The final installment in Daniel Negreanu's WSOP Paradise 2024 vlog series has dropped, taking you through his final day and revealing his overall profit/loss for the series.
In his previous video, Negreanu did his best to cobble together a stack in more than one event while imbibing more than one alcoholic beverage along the way. The result? A Day 2 bag in The Closer and a ton of incredible content – over an hours' worth.
Last day in Paradise
In his final wake-up segment, the 7-time WSOP bracelet winner was clearly feeling the effects of the previous night's festivities but surprised to not be in worse shape.
After sorting himself out, Negreanu headed to Day 2 in The Closer, stopping along the way for a classic Phil Hellmuth rant following the Poker Brat's bustout from the $10K GG Million$ NLH Championship.
Negreanu then took viewers through the turbo swings in The Closer as he rode the tournament rollercoaster all the way to the final table.
During one of the breaks in play, Negreanu took the opportunity to offer his thoughts on the act of leaving one chip behind when moving all-in. In certain situations, the move can be beneficial to the player who employs it – keeping the one chip behind allows for the possibility of a pay ladder or, in the worst case, a spin up the next hand. In essence, retaining the chip is more valuable than deploying it as part of a bet.
However... It's becoming common practice in tournament poker – especially at the highest levels – and in Negreanu's eyes can lead to potentially "shady" situations, where the other player thinks they're facing an all-in and turns their hand face up, giving the player with a chip back the option to fold and stay alive. It happened twice in The Closer tournament Negreanu was playing.
"It's ugly, I don't know. It's one of those things – I don't have a solution because it's legal, but you know what I mean?" Negreanu said.
Looking back on 2024
Negreanu couldn't convert in The Closer. And, after finishing in fourth place, Negreanu took some time for a moment of introspection about the year as a whole.
"What do I want to say in closing? I don't know; the year's over. It wasn't a good one. We won four tournaments; the problem is it's just all skewed. All the big buy-ins – everything $100K plus – we did nothing. We never got anywhere, never got anything going."
The year wasn't a complete bust for Negreanu, as he picked up his 7th WSOP bracelet last summer in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship – one of the most prestigious accolades in a career chock full of them – and finished runner-up on the PokerGO Tour season leaderboard. However, he'll be hoping for a much better 2025.
And his profit/loss for Paradise? An ugly -$942,896.
