Mike Matusow guess a big proportion of his bankroll that fellow poker professional Daniel Negreanu will defeat Doug Polk of their upcoming heads-up grudge match. Half of it to be actual.
In a Thursday afternoon tweet, Matusow stated that he guess $10,000 of his $20,000 bankroll on Negreanu to win, getting 4:1 on his cash. He stated one other quarter of that roll went to a guess he positioned in March that President Donald Trump could be elected.
Well I did it! I guess 10k of my 20k bankroll on
RealKidPoker</a> getting 4 to 1 vs <a href="https://twitter.com/DougPolkVids?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
DougPolkVids. I’d of guess all of it however wanted 6k for payments on nov. 1st. Plus the 5k I guess on Trump to win in March that might be in jeopardy. Let’s go @RealKidPoker don’t let me go bust once more!— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) October 22, 2020
The aggressive bankroll administration displayed by Matusow was somewhat regarding to the 2 gamers concerned within the match.
“Please don’t do this,” Polk tweeted to Matusow.
Negreanu additionally acknowledged the insane danger and easily responded with a gif.
— Daniel Negreanu (@ActualKidPoker) October 22, 2020
Given the chances supplied on Negreanu, the four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner wasn’t the one one seeking to guess on “Kid Poker.” 15-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth tweeted Wednesday that he was seeking to guess on Negreanu as nicely.
Hellmuth cited the value as the principle cause he needed to guess on Negeranu.
I believe
DougPolkVids</a> is an amazing heads up player! Especially in no limit holdem, esp online, esp over 25,000 hands. But, I’m hearing Doug is 4-to-1 favorite over <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKidPoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
RealKidPoker. This appears excessive, and I’ll guess on Daniel at 4-to-1. Reach out to me in case your credible— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) October 22, 2020
Hellmuth bought the motion instantaneously as Polk responded to the tweet providing to take the guess himself. Hellmuth agreed and booked the guess, risking $20,000 to win $80,000 from Polk.
25-year-old high-roller Ali Imsirovic, who has $8.9 million in match earnings, responded to Hellmuth as nicely. Imsirovic stated he would take the guess and danger $400,000 to win $100,000 from Hellmuth. Hellmuth didn’t reply to Imsirovic.
While there haven’t been a ton of public statements relating to facet motion, there’ll probably be some huge cash being guess on Polk from a few of the youthful high-stakes gamers. Imsirovic was clearly keen to place some money on Doug and Adam Hendrix, who has $1.4 million in match earnings tweeted that he was seeking to guess on him as nicely.
Looking to guess Polk 4 to 1 vs dnegs. Min 1k.
— Adam Hendrix (@AdamHendrix10) October 22, 2020
Polk and Negreanu agreed to start out their match Nov. 1. Throughout October, there have been very public negotiations on Twitter relating to the principles surrounding the match, particularly when it got here to the use preflop charts.
The match will principally be performed on WSOP.com and can be two tables of $200-$400 heads-up no-limit maintain’em with 100-big blind stacks that can robotically high as much as the max as quickly as both participant falls beneath that threshold.
High-stakes professional Kane Kalas will present streaming commentary for the match and in change for the banning of preflop charts, there can be a quick phase that can be performed dwell with gap playing cards uncovered.