Highstakes pro Luke ‘_fullflush1_’Schwartz took a scattergun to poker’s biggest names on Twitter yesterday, starting with digs at Matt Berkey and finishing with a possible heads-up match against Phil Galfond…
Heavy attacks on Twitter by Luke Schwartz
Bryn Kenney, Nick Schulman, Daniel Negreanu, Patrick Leonard, and Shaun Deeb were just some of the famous names in a flurry of often bizarre tweets from Schwartz.
Quite what inspired the Londoner to share his poker stream of consciousness on Twitter is unclear, although modern GTO and solver approaches to the game featured heavily.
All bar one of his posts were prefaced by ‘Solve for Why’, the name of the Matt Berkey-founded poker academy, as in this ode to the Great Dane Gus Hansen.
Solve for why GUS got sharked for 20mil online by teams of American and German nerds yet is still so filthy rich from gambling and can happily beat bobbys room every single year drawing 3 pre flop giving no fuks # can't study talent GOAT
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) January 5, 2020
Matt Berkey – or Berkeley as Schwartz would have it – seemed to be the initial target, this pair of tweets having a pop at him, the misspellings all the Englishman’s:
- ‘Solve for why Berkeley tweets like Shakespeare but has never won on a live stream’
- ‘Solve for why pads came like 50cent and also buried Berkeley’s life on the 107 hand’
Timofey ‘Trueteller’ Kuznetsov was apparently the GOAT, but so was Jungleman Dan Cates, Schwartz writing: ‘Solve for why Jungleman has been scammed for the untold millions yet is still one of the most caked players in the game # goat’.
Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald came in for some back-handed compliments as the Twitterfest continued throughout the evening…
Solve for why Timex must share his high horsed opinions on twitter . You have all the money allready you rosey cheeked , pinked lipped virgin now get it fuking quietly !
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) January 5, 2020
Daniel Negreanu and his archrival Shaun Deeb were both mentioned:
- Solve for why Shaun Deeb gives no fuks that he has no neck
- Solve for why Negreanu is just the undisputed king of this poker shit #goat
…while fellow Englishman Patrick Leonard, the partypoker pro and bitB staking guru, received the following: ‘Solve for why @padsPokerSquad was born in the UK . But has such an unidentifiable accent. Solve also for why he is an undeniable solving beast’.
Phil Galfond keeps his cool
It was Phil Galfond that attracted the most attention and comment, however, with Luke Schwartz taking a swing at the much-publicized Galfond PLO Challenge, before offering Galfond a challenge of his own.
Solve for why @PhilGalfond trying to promote theese pigeon challenges . Not a single fuker cares wether u can beat some online nobody like venvidi at this pigeon solved online omaha shit . Let's set a challenge any LIMIT or big bet mix game of your choice me v u il give you odds
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) January 5, 2020
Galfond responded in his usual friendly manner, even including a pigeon emoji…
Hi Luke! Happy New Year 🙂
Thanks for your interest in the #GalfondChallenge! What a great idea!!
We can play some 1k/2k 8-game (no pigeon stakes plz) but I‘d feel bad accepting odds from you, so I’ll offer 1.1:1 on a sidebet of $250k for a 15k hand match.
🐦 Flap Flap! https://t.co/LvDvh8Crd2
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) January 5, 2020
…but he may not feel quite so happy about Schwartz’s response, the mouthy Londoner throwing in a low-blow about the good old days on Full Tilt – the name obviously translating as Guy Laliberte…
Ok @PhilGalfond but no flying berry sweet and his solver over to help you . One vs One this isn't like the guy liberatore days where it was a cheating free for all for the team pic.twitter.com/6GDtc3V2P8
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) January 5, 2020
Schwartz rarely shies away from controversy. A couple of years ago we reported on a spat he had with Doug Polk, the pair accusing each other of cheating.
Last year he had a public slanging match with fellow English pro Daniel ‘DanMerrrrrrr’ Merrilees. The pair discussed a £200k boxing match to settle their differences.
Last night saw Schwartz showing off his physique in another swipe at his opponent…
Solve for why that mega pigeon Damneer thought he had a shot v me in the ring pic.twitter.com/L2FkfyAE0L
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) January 5, 2020
That seemed to be enough tweets for Schwartz for one session, and one wonders if he’ll wake up today wondering why his name is trending on poker Twitter.
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