Es war ein spannendes High Stakes Duel III in den PokerGO Studios. Am Ende war es wieder Phil Hellmuth, der als Sieger vom Tisch ging, Nick Wright konnte die Siegesserie des Rekord-Braceletgewinners nicht stoppen. $100.000 kassierte Phil bei diesem Duell.
Das High Stakes Duel Format scheint wie für Phil Hellmuth gemacht. Antonio Esfandiari unterlag ihm in der ersten Ausgabe drei Mal, bei der zweiten Ausgabe war es Daniel Negreanu, der drei Niederlagen hinnehmen musste. Nun stand Fox Sport-Kommentator Nick Wright als Amateur und Außenseiter in der Chance, doch auch er konnte den Titan nicht bezwingen.
Die beiden lieferten eine gute Show, Nick dokumentierte den Verlauf bei Twitter:
Today is one of the biggest days of my professional life.
Me & @phil_hellmuth, heads up, for 100K. I’ve prepared for this as much as a human being possibly could prepare. I truly believe I’m going to win.
Pre-show at 7:30pm ET & cards in the air at 8pm ET all on @PokerGO
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 28, 2021
I know… surprised it’s not higher. https://t.co/mHILJSiMj2
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 28, 2021
One last bit of psychological warfare before the match with @phil_hellmuth begins. pic.twitter.com/8pTByXJMi3
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 28, 2021
Controversy right before the match begins! @phil_hellmuth is claiming he only agreed to 30-minute blind levels, while it’s set up for 20-minute levels.
He’s threatening to walk if I don’t agree with 30-minute levels!
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 28, 2021
I decided to agree to 30-minute blinds. The fact that we are arguing about blind structure tells me that Phil’s already tilted. I think I can jump out to an early lead. Let’s see. Cards in the air in 2 minutes https://t.co/qMr9jMGizc
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 28, 2021
I just told my first totally unnecessary lie of the match. I plan to lie basically pathologically this entire match. Should set me up better for Match 2 vs Phil.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
End of the first hour… I’m leading @phil_hellmuth 61K to 39K. Feeling great about how I’ve played so far. Stuck to my gameplan. Rest of match live on @PokerGO
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
Was up 72k-28k before the final hand before this break… then I tricked off 7k.
Still feeling really good about how it’s gone. 65k-35k my way after the first 3 levels.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
I just turned quad queens… Phil bluffed two streets, including big on the river. 67K-33K my way with blinds about to raise to 200-400. 2 hours in.
Going strong on @PokerGO
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
Really brutal 250-500 level by me. Did everything wrong. Flipped the match from 67k-33k my way to 70k-30k @phil_hellmuth’s way.
Short break where I get to try to compose myself.
Still think we are in for a long night but I gotta play much better.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
No chance I’m throwing in the towel. I made this as hard as I could have on myself by how I played that last level.
But there’s a lot of poker left. And I’ve got 50 big blinds left. I think we are going to be here a while.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
Somehow this is still going… @phil_hellmuth did what he said he was going to do & grinded me down, but I’m still alive. We are at 500-1K blinds, Phil is up 80k-20k.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
We have now entered level 10. I am delirious. Somehow still alive. @phil_hellmuth is definitely sick of me. I think I’ve got one more run in me.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
Wait for it… pic.twitter.com/L4pQf73dMY
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 29, 2021
Battled for 6 hours. Played some of the best (and a bit of the worst) poker of my life… and with the blinds at 800-1600, Phil called my check raise on the river in a 59k pot.
I had 6c7c for a 7 high flush… he had 8c5c for a 8 high flush.
Coolered & gutted. GG @phil_hellmuth pic.twitter.com/nUgzchfJql
— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 29, 2021
In den Tweets lässt sich erkennen – Nick Wright hatte eine Chance. Aber am Ende war es doch Phil Hellmuth, der das gewisse Quäntchen Glück auf seiner Seite hatte.
72 Stunden hat Nick Wright nun Zeit zu entscheiden, ob er in Runde 2 gehen will. Er meinte, dass er mit Sicherheit 71 Stunden zu dieser Entscheidung benötigen wird. Phil Hellmuth ist auf jeden Fall heiß auf das nächste Duel, wer auch immer sein Gegner sein wird. Er hätte allerdings schon gerne einen prominenten Gegner wie Tom Dwan oder Phil Ivey. Aber ob das in Runde 2 passieren wird? Das Buy-In in Runde 2 ist $100.000. Und Phil Hellmuth will auf jeden Fall seine Siegesserie fortsetzen. Wie es mit dem High Stakes Duell III weitergeht, wird in Kürze auf pokergonews.com veröffentlicht.
Das komplette Match gibt es exklusiv auf PokerGO.
High Stakes Duel II I Runde 1 (60 Minuten):
