Daniel Negreanu Names WSOP Events As Toughest Poker Tournaments
March 9th, 2010
Negreanu says the WSOP is tougher than even his video game Stacked.
Professional poker player Daniel Negreanu is known both for his skill at the poker table and his willingness to put all his opinions out there for the world to see. Yesterday he combined both of those traits into a single poker blog, giving his fans some insight into what it takes to win the toughest tournaments in the world.
Negreanu’s choice for the world’s toughest poker tournament is the $50,000 Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. Formerly known as the $50,000 HORSE event, this year’s Players Championship will retain the HORSE games – Hold’em, Omaha/8, Razz, Stud, and Stud/8 – but add 2-7 Triple Draw, Pot Limit Omaha, and No Limit Hold’em to the mix in order to offer the ultimate test of poker ability. Add in the return of ESPN coverage after an off-year and Negreanu thinks that this event should draw 150 players despite the steep price tag.
Another four events on Negreanu’s list are also WSOP events: the $25,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em event (#2), which will run for the first time in 2010; the WSOP Europe Main Event (#3); the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up World Championship (#8); and the grandaddy of them all, the WSOP Main Event (#6). The first three get the nod due to the strength of the fields, while the last one is, well, the WSOP Main Event.
Other tournaments on Negreanu’s list include the NAPT High Roller Shootout, the WPT Championship, the EPT Grand Final, the PCA main event, and the LA Poker Classic. But left off the list were made-for-TV events like the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and Poker After Dark, which he says “boast strong starting fields” but “have such fast paced structures that there is little room for high level poker to be played.” Also missing were big online events, since Negreanu says that online poker is a completely different game.
There’s bound to be plenty of discussion of Daniel Negreanu’s picks. What do you think are the toughest poker tournaments out there today?
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