This week, the Hand of the Day was a battle for a monster pot between a Poker Hall of Famer and a billionaire entrepreneur.Īction began with Tilly raising to $1,500 from an early position with K ♠ Q ♠ and receiving calls from Negreanu's 2 ♠ 2 ♥ and Tang's A ♠ 8 ♣ on the button. Matusow emerged victorious in that match for $20,000, despite once again having to suffer Deeb's slow rolls against him.Last week, Antonio Esfandiari and Bill Perkins played an epic $600,000 pot with both players getting stacks in on draws. It was a $10,000 one-and-done match between the two. Prior to that match, the first ever 'Undercard' took place in High Stakes Duel last weekend between Shaun Deeb and Mike Matusow.

I believe the rules state that a challenger must step up in the next 30 days and I imagine there will be a line 😂 Īs per the rules of the show, another challenger has 30 days to step up and take on Negreanu for $100,000.

I guess that means… seat open for who’s next? I enjoyed the match Eric and sorry to hear there won’t be a rematch However, Persson decided to withdraw from a second match: The plan was for Persson to potentially play Negreanu again tonight for a $100,000 buy-in. The new format change means it is now the first player to two consecutive victories can claim their winnings. 📺 - Watch the event replay here: /wqIQqmOnTn It's a cooler spot that ends Round 1 as Negreanu's ace-king holds to take down the match. It's all over folks! puts the finishing blow on in High Stakes Duel 4: Round 1. On the table itself it was pretty much one way traffic for Negreanu. However unlike that famous debut, the atmosphere was good-natured with friendly banter, something we haven't seen much of lately in poker. Negreanu came dressed in a muscle suit and vest, donning oversized hands and making a finger gesture, to mock how most people were first introduced to Persson when he played Phil Hellmuth heads-up. This is Negreanu's first victory in the format, having previously lost three times to Phil Hellmuth. Daniel Negreanu has defeated Eric Persson in their opening $50,000 heads-up match in the PokerGO High Stakes Duel.

Negreanu on high stakes poker