Daniel Negreanu finally has a seat for Day 2 of the $10K GGMillion$ High Roller in a small turn of good fortune during what has been a rough trip to Vancouver.
The seven-time WSOP champ shifted to the western coast of Canada to stream the WSOP Online series, but his first cash didn't happen until the seventh day. That win — a min-cash in the GGMillion$ Super High Roller — took two $25K bullets. He followed up on Wednesday with an attempt at making Day 2 of the $10K, but that failed.
Negreanu finally broke through on Thursday night after he found a timely pair on the stone bubble, vaulting him above 30 big blinds and out of the danger zone with one elimination to go. He will join the surviving players from all nine opening flights of the $10,300 buy-in on Monday, September 29 to play the second day.
Late chips build healthy Day 2 stack
The do-or-die moment came when Negreanu was dealt a pair of pocket sevens in hand-for-hand play.
"This is an easy rip," he said with about 15 big blinds left. "We may be the bubble boy."
The table folded around to Negreanu and he shoved from the small blind. Voldymyr Palamar flashed a Good Luck Emoji from the big blind.
"Oh, you're calling," Negreanu chirped. "F*** me."
Negreanu went for it on the stone bubble. Palamar turned over 
and the virtual dealer fanned out 
before Negreanu peeled the 
to lock up the hand. His celebration — a lasso twirl — accompanied his jump to sixth on a leaderboard of 12. Another player hit the bricks a few moments later and Negreanu finished with a near-average 32 big blinds for Day 2.
"We are done. No more bullets. We put enough in this stupid thing, yesterday and today. Ok?"
Negreanu will return with the rest of the field on Sept. 29 to play for a spot in the finale on Sept. 30, but he will be there regardless. The seven-timer is scheduled to sit in on commentary.
With the GGMillion$ High Roller bag out of the way, Kid Poker broke down the plan for Friday. "Tomorrow morning I'll be up watching golf, laying in bed, and playing the 6:30 am heat of The Closer. After that, we're going to get through, but 12:30 (pm) tomorrow you will see yours truly."
