World champion evaluates high-stakes game featuring Negreanu

World champion Lucas Jumalon revealed that he has been invited to a high-stakes cash game that also includes Daniel Negreanu. The 22-year-old player, who won this summer's WSOP Main Event for $10 million, said on episode 1016 of the PokerNews Podcast that the game at Hustler Casino Live is very big.

Jumalon said he does not want to move up to high limits right away. He said he joined a $50/$100/$200 game on the Lodge Card Club stream, that the game was good, but that he is not a very active cash player and will be selective.

Jumalon said he takes a similar approach in tournaments. Although he has the financial means to play six-figure buy-in events, he said he does not feel the need to prove himself. He said he plays to win, but does not want to immediately battle the very best players.

As a WSOP Academy ambassador, Jumalon said he will travel across WSOP Circuit stops. The first stop will be the Dusk Till Dawn Casino in Nottingham on November 13. Jumalon argued that being able to tell someone who plays home games that he entered a $400 ring event and played against him has more value than high-limit tournaments, and that it keeps players coming back.