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Daniel Negreanu Wins $25K WSOP Fantasy Draft

Player disclosures of buy-ins, bullets, private side bets have renewed scrutiny of whether high-volume WSOP play produces net profit.

Overview

  • The 25K Fantasy League concluded Friday with Negreanu’s Team DNegs scoring 1,337 points and earning the $250,000 top prize in a record-tying 24-team field.
  • Negreanu also reported a highly profitable summer, saying he added an eighth bracelet and finished the series with $1,693,518 in profit, according to his final WSOP vlog.
  • Shaun Deeb disclosed that he fired 122 bullets, cashed six times for $956,086 including a bracelet and a runner-up finish, and publicly reported a net profit of $89,286 for the series.
  • Naoya Kihara emerged as the fantasy MVP with an unprecedented 510 points and two bracelets after being drafted for $1, marking one of the draft’s biggest value plays.
  • Players’ self-published entry and cash totals show extreme buy-in volume across the series, the figures are not independently audited, and the WSOP Main Event final table remains scheduled for Aug. 3–5 at Paris Las Vegas.