Should Polk win Round 2, then Negreanu will be able to challenge to double the buy-in and play at double the stakes in Round 3.

$200,000 is on the line, then, and should Kid Poker win, then he’ll be proclaimed the champion and have access to pulling out that $200,000 as cash – along with the infamous HSD championship belt, something that will surely appeal to the Rocky superfan. That means this bout is for $100,000 each rather than $50,000 each. Persson immediately turned down the rematch, as the cash game ‘Maverick’ bowed out at the first opportunity. This is the 2 nd round of HSD IV, after Negreanu beat Eric Persson in the first round, and comprehensively, too. The return of High Stakes Duel comes with a slight change to the rules of the game. v – Find out more about the upcoming match here: /eHedS09cnU ICYMI: High Stakes Duel 4 Round 2 is coming in August. Negreanu was chilled about it, but after three years, is looking forward to getting his revenge. Winning the first 200 hands bode well for Kid Poker’s hopes, but across the other thousands of hands, it was Polk who easily got the better of his opponent, winning the eventual battle for a total result of $1.2 million. Here’s how that initial ‘High Stakes Feud’ was hyped by both men.Īnother heads-up match that likely takes a long time to determine a winner starts Wednesday with the first 200 hands of the 'High Stakes Feud' on between Negreanu and Polk.

On that occasion, Doug Polk got the better of Kid Poker to the tune of $1.2 million, but what many people might forget is that Negreanu had much the better of the first 200 hands which took place in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA.

It’s been a long time since Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk broke the internet during the COVID-19 lockdown to play heads-up for a seven-figure sum. With the two poker legends going head-to-head at the live felt, will Kid Poker or his conqueror from their online bout of 32 months ago prevail? Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk will meet in a $100,000-entry heads-up match in August after the famous frenemies agreed a deal to appear as the latest High Stakes Duel on PokerGO.

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