Daniel Negreanu made full use of the unlimited rebuys in the $60 million guaranteed WSOP Super Main Event on Wednesday.
After being eliminated from the $100K Triton Main Event, Negreanu bought in for the first time at around 6pm. Between then and 11pm, Negreanu fired six bullets in total – finding a seven-figure stack on the last bullet to take through to Day 2.
Even if things didn’t go to plan at first, Negreanu said it was all part of the bigger strategy – as he explained in his daily vlog. However, an obviously fatigued Negreanu also admitted that how he played on Day 1A "didn't feel right."
Pushing every edge in Paradise
Before his first bullet, Negreanu explained what his strategy was going to be: “This one (the Super Main Event) is massive. It’s going to be gambly, pretty crazy. We’re going to play for a stack, which means rebuys could fly – they’re unlimited. We’re going to push every edge.”
And he followed through immediately, sitting down and dusting off his first bullet in minutes with 
against aces. Halfway through the evening he admitted, “Fatigue level is high... we’re tired. So far the plan to get chips hasn’t worked. I seem to run into it a lot. A lot. I’m going to have chips at some point. It’s just been a rough start.”
The Day 1A field in the Super Main Event was huge – bigger than anyone expected.
Day 2 bag secured – but it wasn’t cheap
Negreanu's sixth bullet was the one that stuck, and he ended the day with 1,105,000. Talking afterwards, Negreanu said, “Okay, we’re done with the debauchery. We made it through.”
Looking up at the tournament screen, he talked about the huge Day 1A field.
“This is insane – Day 1A we have 869 entries," Negreanu said. "That’s bonkers. I didn’t think it was going to hit the guarantee. I think it’s going to hit the guarantee. It’s crazy... $60 million. It helps when dumb-dumb over here goes all-in six times."
“Today was fatigue, not on my game,” Negreanu admitted. “It’s okay. A little too frisky, messing around too much. Fine, that was the plan. I just don’t like it, it just doesn’t feel right... It doesn’t feel like you’re doing it the way it needs to be done.”
Negreanu capped off the night by saying, “Anyway, forget all that, we’re done, happy to be done… We need sleep, man.”
Negreanu will take his 1,105,000 stack into Day 2A of the Super Main Event on Friday.
