Phil Hellmuth wins High Stakes Duel Round 1
Phil Hellmuth has won the highly anticipated Round 1 of High Stakes Duel vs. Antonio Esfandiari. It was a very exciting and entertaining Heads-Up match. Antonio Esfandiari has already issued another challenge to play Phil Hellmuth again in Round 2 for a staggering $200,000. Watch High Stakes Duel Round 1 here!
What is High Stakes Duel and how does it work?
High Stakes Duel is a new and very promising poker TV Show on PokerGo. In the unique format, the best poker players in the world compete for a massive prize pool of $12,800,000, as the stakes are doubled in any of the eight rounds.
In Round 1, players are buying in for $50,000 each with the winner advancing to Round 2. However, the loser always gets the chance to ask for a rematch first.
Arch rivals Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari clash in the first-ever High Stakes Duel
The first-ever High Stakes Duel was played between arch rivals Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari, who have a nearly 20 year’s long rivalry, which provided a great setup.
Antonio Esfandiari said before the start of the match:
“This has been coming for a very long time. Phil and I have had a very big poker rivalry. Even though we’re very good friends off the felt, we really go at it on the felt. This is kind of a dream come true.”
They played a $100,000 heads-up poker match in Round 1 of High Stakes Duel. Nick Schulman and Ali Nejad commentate this exciting, edge of your seat new poker series from PokerGO.
Watch the High Stakes Duel Phil Hellmuth vs. Antonio Esfandiari in full-length here:
Antonio Esfandiari issued a challenge to play Phil Hellmuth again
After his victory the Poker Brat stated:
“I feel like it’s my typical match. I let them run me over, run me over, and then I throw a few big punches back. He played his game. He played really, really good. He ran me over. He might have won 12 out of 13 pots at one point. Now I’m letting him do it knowing eventually I’m going to win a big pot from him. But the big pots I had to bluff. I just never picked anything up when he was going crazy. So then I had to step up and fucking takes the plunge and made some big bluffs.”
Already on The Weigh-In before the match, Esfandiari confirmed he would ask for a rematch, if he loses:
Once the final hand concluded, he walked the talk and officially declared a challenge to play Hellmuth again.
$200,000 Heads-Up Match set between Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari
As the stakes are doubled after each Round, the next High Stakes Duel between Esfandiari and Hellmuth will be a $200,000 Heads-Up match.
Can Antonio Esfandiari take revenge or will Phil Hellmuth advance to the next round?
Phil Hellmuth concluded:
“He and I are both titans. We’re warriors. We’re just going to keep battling.”
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