He’s been crushing since I was in diapers.”

The fact he’s putting up $800,000 to play me heads-up shows he’s got battle in him. “I look forward to being the guy he berates. “I know the fans really want the drama, and I’ll sure Phil will bring enough for everyone!’ he said. Jason Koon took to Twitter in looking forward to the bout, with the West Virginian paying plenty of respect to the 16-time WSOP bracelet winner. I’m selling 1% at face value, max piece size is 80 bucks. I joined PocketFives when I was in college, happy to give the community a sweat. If Koon is to replicate Dwan’s victory and deny Hellmuth the ‘walk away’ title, the first time anyone in High Stakes Duel would have won and taken the prize pot, it would be a huge accomplishment for the self-confessed early member of the Pocket Fives poker community. He was some way behind when he got unlucky in the final hand. Hellmuth’s early advantage, where he had 123,000 chips to Dwan’s 77,000 at blinds of 400/800, was the highest the Poker Brat rose, eventually dropping behind and only achieving parity thereafter. Looking back at that defeat to Dwan, what went wrong that Koon can use? Hellmuth had a big lead early but was unable to make it count. Indeed, the Dwan defeat was the first of two matches between the pair, with Hellmuth winning the double-or-nothing rematch, meaning technically, Hellmuth remains undefeated. Phil Hellmuth’s run of 10 games in this No Limit Hold’em heads-up format is phenomenal, with a record of nine wins and just a single loss deserving of respect. With Hellmuth a marginal underdog for most punters, will Koon take the crown and deny the Poker Brat the opportunity to walk away with $1.6 million return on his initial $50,000 investment? Phil Hellmuth’s 9-1 High Stakes Duel record isn’t just unparalleled, it’s a ludicrous record of success against players of the calibre of Tom Dwan, Scott Seiver and Daniel Negreanu, who recently told us his favorite place to play poker.

The stage is set, the hype is almost over and the match is about to begin.

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