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Daniel Negreanu Defeats Eric Persson in Round 1 of High Stakes Duel 4 for $100,000

  • It was Negreanu’s first High Stakes Duel win after being swept in High Stakes Duel 2
  • Persson bowed out of a rematch because of “scheduling conflicts”
  • A new challenger can step in to play Negreanu in Round 2 for double the stakes
Dan Katz

Dan Katz graduated with a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Emory University. He clearly uses neither of those degrees now, having been writing about the gambling industry (specializing in poker) since 2005. Prior to that, he was an IT and management consultant. He is an avid gamer, primarily on PC, and enjoys collecting retro video games and consoles; finding room to set them all up is his current challenge. Dan lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. You can get in touch with Dan at [email protected].

Daniel Negreanu in High Stakes Duel 4
Daniel Negreanu won the first High Stakes Duel match of his career, beating Eric Persson in the first round of High Stakes Duel 4. [Image: PokerGO.com]

Daniel Negreanu finally got off the schneid. After being swept by Phil Hellmuth in High Stakes Duel 2 two years ago, Negreanu finally captured his first win Monday night, defeating Eric Persson in High Stakes Duel 4, Round 1. For the victory, the Poker Hall of Famer claimed a $100,000 prize pool.

PokerGO had changed the rules for High Stakes Duel 4, making Round 2 a mandatory rematch for double the stakes, but in a congratulatory tweet, Persson said that “due to scheduling conflicts,” he could not continue. Thus, any challenger can now step in to take on Negreanu in Round 2 for a $100,000 buy-in, or a $200,000 total prize pool.

I didn’t really do anything special. I just ran better than he did.”

Negreanu, who wore a padded muscle suit and tank top as an “homage” to Persson, was humble in victory, saying, “I just had all the hands. I had so many big hands, and he never really had much going on. He bluffed me a few times. I didn’t really do anything special. I just ran better than he did.”

According to the show’s new rules, anyone who wins two straight matches is the High Stakes Duel champ, so Negreanu needs just one more. Stakes double every round. High Stakes Duel 3 got all the way up to an $800,000 buy-in late last year; nobody challenged winner Jason Koon to take it up to a $1.6 million buy-in.

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