There was no live coverage of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em Championship last year because of the COVID pandemic.
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Doug Polk won $1.2 million from Daniel Negreanu in their recent heads-up No-limit Hold’em challenge match, the culmination of a yearslong feud.
The poker room has installed plexiglass dividers to allow games with more players at the table, joining most other Las Vegas poker rooms.
Henderson resident Doug Polk won $255,722 from Daniel Negreanu on Wednesday as the poker stars reached the agreed-upon total of 25,000 hands of heads-up No-limit Hold’em.
Negreanu is again facing a deficit of almost $1 million as the heads-up No-limit Hold’em challenge match nears its conclusion.
Doug Polk still maintains a sizable advantage after 19,362 of the scheduled 25,000 hands in their heads-up No-limit Hold’em showdown.
Doug Polk surged to a big win Wednesday to push his lead to seven figures in the heads-up No-limit Hold’em showdown with Daniel Negreanu.
Polk has won three straight sessions to halt Negreanu’s momentum in the 25,000-hand heads-up No-limit Hold’em challenge match.
More than 180 rings will be awarded over 13 series played this year on WSOP.com. Eventually, 256 qualifiers will compete for a WSOP bracelet
Daniel Negreanu has come out fighting in the second half of the heads-up No-limit Hold’em match, but Doug Polk still has a substantial lead.
Damian Salas of Argentina prevailed in a heads-up battle with Joseph Hebert on Sunday at the Rio in the culmination of a hybrid online/live version of the event.
Joseph Hebert from Louisiana and Damian Salas from Argentina will play heads-up for $1 million and a place in poker history Sunday at the Rio.
Daniel Negreanu said he would play the final 12,500 hands of the heads-up poker challenge. The rules of the match allowed the losing player to bow out at the midpoint.
Huckleberry “Huck” Seed, the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, prevailed in a vote by Hall of Fame members.
The heads-up battle between the U.S. and international winners was moved from Wednesday to Sunday because of pandemic travel complications.
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