{"id":4214,"date":"2020-07-27T08:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:24:31","slug":"first-episode-of-high-stakes-duel-will-feature-antonio-esfandiari-and-phil-hellmuth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/first-episode-of-high-stakes-duel-will-feature-antonio-esfandiari-and-phil-hellmuth","title":{"rendered":"PokerGO&#8217;s &#8220;High Stakes Duel&#8221; EP1 To Feature Esfandiari &amp; Hellmuth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/pokergo-high-stakes-duel.jpg\" alt=\"pokerGo's High Stakes Duel\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/pokergo-high-stakes-duel.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/pokergo-high-stakes-duel-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">Two of poker\u2019s most popular and highly-accomplished figures will come face to a face in an upcoming show on Poker Central\u2019s direct-to-consumer OTT subscription video service <strong>PokerGO<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Antonio Esfandiari<\/strong> and <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong> are the first two players to take part in the revamped popular show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/poker-central-to-bring-back-popular-high-stakes-poker-tv-series\">High Stakes Poker<\/a>\u201d and have aptly named it \u201c<em>High Stakes Duel<\/em>\u201d which is set to make a debut on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>The brand-new show follows an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/poker-central-and-nbc-sports-announce-revamped-partnership-till-2020\">announcement by Poker Central that it\u2019s renewing its partnership with NBC Sports<\/a>, which will continue to bring top-notch poker tournaments to mainstream audiences around the world. <\/p>\n<p>High Stakes Duel will showcase heads-up matches between the poker elites, and the first episode will bring together no other than WSOP\u2019s winningest player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/phil-hellmuths-first-blowup-at-the-2019-wsop-ends-in-embracing-positivity\">Phil \u201c<em>The Poker Brat<\/em>\u201d Hellmuth<\/a>, and multiple poker world title holder Antonio \u201c<em>The Magician<\/em>\u201d Esfandiari. <\/p>\n<p>High Stakes Duel is not your typical heads-up show as it includes some unique elements. Players kick off the action on Round 1 with a buy-in of $50,000. The winner of that round will then progress to Round 2, however the loser still gets the chance to set a rematch. Multiple Round 1 matches can take place between other players, doubling the stakes, and which can potentially generate a massive $12,800,000 in total prize pool by the time Round 8 takes place. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Poker Central<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJgRMfk5H8o?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In order to win, the player is required to take down 3 consecutive matches prior to Round 6, or win 2 straight matches beginning on Round 5. The player will need to wait for 30 days for possible challengers, but if none emerges, he or she will take home the largest slice of the money.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"comments-from-esfandiari-and-hellmuth\">Comments From Esfandiari And Hellmuth<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/antonio-esfandiari-set-to-fight-celebrity-kevin-hart-in-march-2019\">Esfandiari<\/a> said the match is a dream come true for him as he\u2019s been trying to convince Hellmuth to play against him face to face on a unique condition \u2013 the winner will shoot the loser with a taser gun. Esfandiari, the winner of the second largest single payout in tournament poker history, is excited to play against Hellmuth and can\u2019t wait to see who\u2019s brave enough to proceed with the challenge and who eventually turns it down.<\/p>\n<p>Hellmuth also responded, citing his previous heads-up matches with Esfandiari, from playing against each other at a young age, to guesting in televised cash games, and then bringing their heads-up skills to the <em>NBC Heads Up Championship<\/em> more than a decade ago. <\/p>\n<p>Both players will take on each other at the PokerGO Studio at <a href=\"https:\/\/aria.mgmresorts.com\/en.html\">Aria Resort &amp; Casino in Vegas<\/a> on Thursday, July 30 at 9 pm. ET (6 pm PT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of poker\u2019s most popular and highly-accomplished figures will come face to a face in an upcoming show on Poker Central\u2019s direct-to-consumer OTT subscription video service PokerGO. Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth are the first two players to take part in the revamped popular show \u201cHigh Stakes Poker\u201d and have aptly named it \u201cHigh Stakes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,8,9,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PokerGO&#039;s &quot;High Stakes Duel&quot; EP1 To Feature Esfandiari &amp; Hellmuth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two of poker\u2019s most popular and highly-accomplished figures will come face to a face in an upcoming show on PokerGO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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