Young Poker Pro Denies Daniel Negreanu His Latest High Roller Title

Daniel Negreanu was looking to go wire-to-wire as the final table chip leader of Event #9: $26,000 NLH , but poker's biggest star had to settle for a runner-up finish in the penultimate event of the 2026 Poker Masters . The Poker Hall of Famer fell to a new kid on the block as young American pro Nicholas Seward claimed his first PokerGO Tour (PGT) victory for $412,500 . "It feels great," Seward told PokerNews in a winner's interview.