Kevin Malis<\/strong>. As a result of making his fair share of second-best hands per the WSOP.com live updates, Negreanu fell flat before reaching heads up.<\/p>\nThe summation of the final few hours of Negreanu\u2019s tournament was his elimination. Negreanu lost with king-four against the pocket kings of Malis when Negreanu held two pair versus a set.<\/p>\n
He came up short of the ultimate goal but the result is Negreanu\u2019s first cash of the summer and perhaps a sign of more deep runs to come.<\/p>\n
WATCH:<\/strong> Negreanu\u2019s vlog from the $1,500 8-Game Mix event can be found below.<\/p>\nNot the first time<\/span><\/h2>\nThe Eight-Game Mix event proved once again how strong Negreanu is at tournaments with variations of all the games. In 2017, Negreanu made final tables in No-Limit Hold\u2019em, Omaha Hi-Lo, H.O.R.S.E., and Eight-Game when he placed fifth in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\nNegreanu won the $2,000 Limit Hold\u2019em event for his fourth bracelet and looked like a lock to join the exclusive club of double-digit bracelet winners soon after. A bracelet won in Europe and Australia in 2013 brought the total to six, but more glory has eluded Negreanu despite multiple chances to add hardware.<\/p>\n
Eight podium finishes between the 2009 WSOP and 2018 for Negreanu all come in different formats. Most notably, Negreanu took second in the Big One for One Drop<\/strong> in 2014 to earn his largest career score of $8.288 million.<\/p>\nOddly enough, all of Negreanu\u2019s losses in heads-up play in the 10-year span are to multi-bracelet winners with the exception of Dan Colman<\/strong> in One Drop.<\/p>\nNegreanu was on the short end of Abe Mosseri\u2019s<\/strong> third bracelet win last summer. Before then, Paul Volpe<\/strong> got the better of him in 2014 in the $10,000 2-7 Single Draw event when Volpe won his first bracelet. The year before, Eli Elezra<\/strong> took down the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw tournament at Negreanu\u2019s expense. When Negreanu was heads-up in the $2,500 Limit Hold\u2019em Six-Max in 2009, Brock Parker<\/strong> defeated him.<\/p>\n