Hellmuth won as the betting underdog in all three matches (+129 on Wednesday on ). Negreanu could split the pot with a ten on the river, but the three of spades sealed his fate. Negreanu went all-in and could only shake his head when Hellmuth called and showed him the bad news.
Holding six-five, Negreanu bet a gutshot straight draw on a flop of nine-seven-deuce, and Hellmuth, who held a narrow chip lead, called with his own gutshot (and flush draw) with ten-six.Īn eight on the turn gave both players straights, but Hellmuth’s ten-high straight had Negreanu’s nine-high straight crushed. There was no avoiding a clash in the final hand of the 5½-hour match. “You played great, buddy,” Negreanu said on the broadcast. Negreanu has criticized Hellmuth’s poker ability, but he offered kudos after losing Wednesday. Hellmuth won two previous matches, but Negreanu had the right to rematches at double the stakes.
Hellmuth completed a three-match sweep of their “High Stakes Duel” on the subscription video service PokerGO on Wednesday, winning a $200,000 buy-in heads-up No-limit Hold’em showdown. Phil Hellmuth won the battles with Daniel Negreanu, and now he has won the war. Daniel Negreanu plays in the third round of his 'High Stakes Duel' with Phil Hellmuth on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at the PokerGO studio.
