“These matches ultimately come down to short-ish stack play and by then you just hope to have a lead when you get there. “It was pretty brutal the way it played out, but it didn’t impact how I approach the game.” Says Negreanu.

Negreanu isn’t motivated by revenge and processed the performance with more importance than the result. Here are the highlights from the series that ended 3-0 in favour of Hellmuth. While Eric Persson hasn’t featured on High Stakes Duel yet, ‘Kid Poker’ has already played three matches, all against the same opponent, long time poker frenemy, Phil Hellmuth. We caught up with ‘DNegs’ at Tight Poker and found out exactly what he has planned for the man behind the ‘double bird’. After Jason Koon walked away with the $1.6 million prize in High Stakes Duel III, the only surprise has been how long it’s taken for two challengers to step forward and start the $50,000 first round action in the follow-up.Īfter months of waiting, the two players have been revealed, and High Stakes Duel IV has been confirmed, beginning with a clash between Maverick Casinos owner Eric Persson, and the man who many claim to be the biggest name poker has ever had – Daniel Negrenau. In fact, poker fans have missed the intense, personal nature of the one-on-one action for several weeks. The return of High Stakes Duel is no surprise to anyone.