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Sites like Gambling911.com were among those that proclaimed Daniel Negreanu "World Series of Poker Player of the Year" last week. Now comes word Kid Poker has lost the title.
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A "data entry error" has led to the decision to take back the title.
A miscount as resulted in the title now going to Robert Campbell.
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The WSOP issue the following statement to explain:
We've been made aware of an error on the 2019 POY leaderboard. After verifying results and points, Rob Campbell (@SonicJaxx2019) is the 2019 POY.
— WSOP (@WSOP) November 8, 2019
We'd like to apologize for this error, and offer our sincere congratulations to Rob!
Please read our full statement below. pic.twitter.com/QqZaczMDJz
For his part, Negreanu seems to be taking the whole thing in stride. He tweeted Monday:
So I have a new title thanks to @tchanpoker as he referred to me as “The FORMER 3-Time WSOP player of the year”
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) November 11, 2019
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