Is Hellmuth vs Negreanu happening?

ChildPoker vs the Poker Brat?

We hinted at it final week and now it appears confirmed that Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth will play heads-up. 

Given each males are historically stay gamers it appears inevitable that it is going to be head to head and streamed on PokerGO. 

The early betting markets have steered Hellmuth is the favorite, which appears ludicrous given how a lot Negreanu improved in his heads-up problem towards Doug Polk. 

Happy to play anybody on @PokerGo App’s “High Stakes Duel.” Looks like they’re bringing me the GREAT Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker, the man that studied heads up for months w coaches I respect, so be it. It will likely be an incredible problem for me! Hoping I don’t appear like THIS photograph!! pic.twitter.com/EpE1BqRMWP

— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) February 13, 2021

Tice has pores and skin within the sport

The different massive heads-up match within the works is Landon Tice vs Bill Perkins, and it has been the topic of a variety of debate this final week.

Namely, how a lot does the poker wunderkind Landon Tice have invested in himself? Rumours circulated that he’s enjoying for simply 10% of himself on this problem the place he’s already paying Bill Perkins $720,000 to play. 

Tice confirmed that he has bought a variety of motion for this occasion however whereas his share is low, it nonetheless means he has a variety of his web value on the road:

Let me make one thing clear that I’m positive everybody cares about concerning my problem with @bp22

I’m promoting a variety of motion for it. So much.

I’m not rolled to battle at nosebleeds.

However, I’m placing a really great amount of my relative web value on myself successful it.

— Landon (@LandonTice) February 11, 2021

MicroMillions the largest PKO ever?

The MicroMillions Main Event was a PKO for the primary time in its historical past and it (in all probability) mechanically turned the largest area ever for a progressive knockout event. 

49,487 entries for the $22 Main Event, which was not fairly sufficient to hit the $1 million assure. 

It did result in one participant bagging nearly $60,000 for his or her troubles together with $18,651.13 in bounties alone:

Table stakes solely

OK, so this week’s meme basic from Reddit beats all these ‘rest room roll poker residence sport’ jokes from final 12 months:

When Polaks Play Poker from r/poker

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Barry Carter

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy and PKO Poker Strategy