Phil Hellmuth had his heads-up winning streak snapped at seven at the end of August after losing to high stakes phenom Tom Dwan in the second round of PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel III. But the pair of poker pros will battle at least one more time. Over the holiday weekend, the 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner tweeted that he would play a rematch against the man known for his online prowess under the screen name “Durrrr.” Since it will be the third round of the duel, the buy-in for the heads-up sit n’ go will be $200,000. I texted my boy TomDwan</a> to let him know that I am officially challenging him to a match for $200,000 ($400,000 total) in “High Stakes Duel,” only on <a href=”https://twitter.com/PokerGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”> PokerGo App. Tom is a great great poker player, and he beat me last match. I’m sure next round will be a battle! #POSITIVITY pic.twitter.com/ITo0xV6NFP — phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) September 4, 2021 It’s the first time that Hellmuth will need to have more than his first round buy-in of $50,000 at risk in any match. Per the rules of the match, the stakes double with each consecutive round. Given that he swept Antonio Esfandiari and Daniel Negreanu in three straight matches , the worst he could do was lose the initial five-figure sum. He was freerolling the subsequent $100,000 and $200,000 buy-ins thanks to the positive variance. In his third appearance on the series, there was a bunch of speculation as […]
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