WSOP Main Event: Daniel Negreanu misses November Nine

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The November Nine are set – and US-Boy Joe McKeehen has managed to gather the Chip lead in the WSOP Main Event. Pierre Neuville from Belgium (4th) and Federico Butteroni of Italy are the only two European players who made it to the final table. Poker-Superstar Daniel Negreanu missed the November Nine. The canadian finished 11th and takes home $526,778.

It was beyond midnight in Las Vegas when Alex Turyansky from Germany was the last player to leave the tournament before it is frozen till November. Turyansky went All-In with AK against chipleader McKeehen with QQ. With a Flop of 7 6 5, an 8 at the Turn and a J on the river, McKeehen managed to stay in the lead and send Turyansky home. The German takes $757,000 with him – by far the biggest win in his career. All the remaining players have already won at least $1,000,000.

Shortly beforte Turyansky, “Kid Poker” Daniel Negreanu had to leave the table. He finished 11th and did not seem to be too unhappy about the $526,778. In a Periscope-Livestream he said thank you to all his supporters:

LIVE on #Periscope: Thanks everyone https://t.co/4TIpVjPZ8h

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) 15. Juli 2015

With Negreanu sidelined, Joe McKeehen will be the big favourite on the title when the tournament continues on November 8th. McKeehen has the biggest poker experience of the remaining field. And he has by far the most chips. 63 million chips – thats almost a third of all the chips in game. Here are the complete November Nine:

Seat 1: Zvi Stern – 29,800,000 (74 bb)
Seat 2: Pierre Neuville – 21,075,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Joshua Beckley – 11,800,000 (27 bb)
Seat 4: Max Steinberg – 20,200,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Thomas Cannuli – 12,250,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Joe McKeehen – 63,100,000 (160 bb)
Seat 7: Patrick Chan – 6,225,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8: Federico Butteroni – 6,200,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9: Neil Blumenfield – 22,000,000 (55 bb)

End day 6 of WSOP main event with 8,495,000. Felt good all day and will be back to work tomorrow with the final 27

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) 14. Juli 2015

[UPDATE]Day 7, the last day before the November Nine, has begun. According to an official statement on Twitter there will be no live streaming today:

@gn75015 Here's the coverage, no live streaming, all is being taped for TV: http://t.co/AMfK4u865g

— WSOP (@WSOP) 14. Juli 2015

[/UPDATE]

Negreanu is the only canadian left in a US-dominated field of 27 surving players. Thomas Kearney leads the pack with 14,4 Million Chips, followed by Matt Guan with 14,23 Millionen Chips. Four other US-boys, among them Joseph McKeehen, complete the Top 6. Alexander Turyansky (7th, Germany) and Zvi Stern (8th, Israel) are the only non-american players in the Top 10. Only seven players from Europe have made it to the last Day before the November Nine, among them four germans, Pierre Neuville from Belgium, Federico Butteroni from Italy and George McDonald from the UK.

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