PokerGO’s Excessive Stakes Duel returned on Tuesday with Jared Bleznick besting Patrik Antonius for the $100,000 payout at Aria in Las Vegas.
The occasion featured a departure from previous duels, mixing no-limit maintain’em with pot-limit Omaha the place the sport would change each 10 palms. Every participant put up $50,000, and had the “run it twice” possibility they may use one time per spherical. The loser might additionally select to take a double-or-nothing rematch or stroll away from the duel, permitting one other participant to take their place.
Bleznick is a Las Vegas sports activities card store proprietor and poker participant initially from New York. A PLO specialist, he has $7.4 million in stay event earnings and received the $50,000 excessive curler this summer season on the World Collection of Poker for greater than $2 million and the $100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl PLO occasion in 2023 for $1.3 million.
Antonius, who was inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame this 12 months, grabbed the largest event rating of his profession final week in a Triton Poker occasion for $5.1 million. In March, he banked $1.7 million at Triton Jeju after which in April, he received the EPT Monte Carlo excessive curler for $2.1 million. His success this 12 months has introduced his recorded event earnings to simply shy of $29 million.
Inside The Motion
One attention-grabbing early hand got here in PLO. On a board of A
Q
3 7
, Antonius appeared to be in good form with Q
J 8 3. However a large wager on the flip by Bleznick with simply J 9 8 7 noticed Antonius fold his two pair and Bleznick gather a pot of $15,200.
Antonius and Bleznick had been affable all through the match, discussing the high-stakes poker scene, blended video games, and different matters. A short while after the PLO hand, Bleznick added a $24,600 pot with 10 7 towards Antonius’s A 8. Bleznick caught a pair of sevens on the flop and Antonius couldn’t get away from paying off together with his ace excessive.
Bleznick continued with aggression all through the match, which paid dividends in just a few key spots. The back-and-forth motion got here to a sudden finish when each caught a pair of queens in a no-limit maintain’em hand.
Bleznick raised to $2,500 with Qs 8s and Antonius made the decision with Okay Q. The flop of Q 8 6 gave Antonius high pair, however Bleznick snagged high two pair. Antonius checked and Bleznick wager $2,000.
Antonius check-raised to $6,500 and that introduced a reraise to $14,000 from Bleznick. Antonius then moved the final of his virtually $40,000 chips in. Bleznick known as and it was throughout because the flip and river bricked out. He collected a complete payout of $100,000 within the course of.
With the match concluded, Antonius agreed to a rematch, set for Nov. 19 with stakes now at $100,000 every.
Excessive Stakes Duel initially launched in 2020 and has featured the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Jason Koon, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Doug Polk, Shaun Deeb, Mike Matusow, Nick Wright, Tom Dwan, and Scott Seiver. You’ll be able to watch a full replay of the match, in addition to all future episodes of Excessive Stakes Duel on PokerGO.
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