PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel returned on Tuesday with sports card shop owner Jared Bleznick beating Finland’s poker legend Patrick Antonius in the thrilling High Stakes Poker Duel Opener for $100K in a four-hour battle.
All the heads-ups have been played in No-Limit Hold’em (NLH) format. Now, the organisers have come up with a new feature that will let viewers enjoy both Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) and NLH formats in the Poker gameplay. The game was played on PokerGO which cost $50,000 per player to enter. Each received $50,000 chips and the blinds started at $100/$200. The newest edition of the game featuring PLO alternates every 10 hands and each player has the option to run it twice on an all-in bet once per round.
The High Stakes Poker duel is a heads-up competition which began in 2020 and so far 12 matches have taken place. Phil Hellmuth defeated Antonio Esfandiari three consecutive times, winning $350,000. The 17-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth then defeated Daniel Negreanu in three consecutive matches and set a benchmark with his run 9-2 overall on the show. Further on High Stakes Duel 4 last year, Negreanu defeated Eric Persson in a one-off match. The high stakes heads-up match returned on Tuesday and saw two high profile players battle it out, making it a more thrilling experience.
High Stakes Duel 5 Result
The High Stakes Duel taking place on Tuesday was the fifth edition and it saw Patrik Antonius and Jared Bleznick pitting against each other. Patrik Antonius, a recent WSOP Hall of Famer, has been playing poker for over 20 years, and has over $29 million in live earnings. Just recently, he made headlines for winning the Triton Poker SHR Series $200k Triton Invitational, where he took home his career-high score of $5,130,000.
On the other hand, Jared Bleznick is the owner of a sports card shop in Las Vegas, who has been playing tournament poker since 2006. He has more than $7 million live earnings. Last year he won the $100K PLO Super High Roller Bowl event for $1.3 million. This summer, he took down the $50K high roller this summer at the World Series of Poker, taking home more than $2 million.
Both players put in $50,000 and played at blinds of $100/$200 in the latest high-stakes duel. Following back-and-forth battles of over 4 four hours, Jared Bleznick eventually emerged as the winner. The game ended in NLH format. On the last hand, Bleznick opened to $2,500 with Qs 8s and Antonius called with Qh Ks. The flop came with 6c 8c Qd, giving Bleznick the lead. Facing a bet, Antonius check-raised to $6,500 and then moved all-in for $39,900. Bleznick snap-called and hit full house on the turn 8s. The river As changed nothing and just like that Bleznick won the match.
However, Antonius immediately challenged his opponent to a rematch, which is scheduled to take place on November 19, but for the next match players will have to deposit $100,000 each. Keep following PokerProNews for the latest updates and news from the world of live poker! Follow us on our social media platforms –Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Youtube for all the interesting stories and updates from the world of poker!
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