03 Nov
Bill Perkins has offered Daniel Negreanu 10 to 1 odds on beating Doug Polk, the long odds an “incentive” for Kid Poker to win the highly-anticipated grudge match that kicks off this week.
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Perkins has been taking a keen interest in the match, revealing last week that he had already booked $1million in sidebets, half of that with Polk himself.
A short flare-up between Bill Perkins and Doug Polk almost upset the High Stakes Feud that Polk and Daniel Negreanu are battling. Perkins Calls out Polk for Using Software to Give Himself Advantage The ongoing High Stakes Feud between Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk took an unexpected turn when Bill Perkins called for the suspension of the game, accusing Polk of using big data to analyze hands that have taken place. Bill Perkins wants to update that paradigm, as he explains in Die with Ze ro, hitting bookstores this month. The Houston-based hedge fund manager, poker player, and wild bet maker proposes a new philosophy based not in the hope of future enjoyment, but in prioritizing life experiences now. We asked Perkins how he developed the ideas behind Die with Zero and about the connections between investing and poker.
The multi-millionaire who made his money as a hedge fund manager tweeted:
“Have about 1MM so far booked on @RealKidPoker vs @DougPolkVids HU poker battle. With about 500k booked directly w/ the HU Master D Polk himself. I think Doug is a fav but trust Dnegs has been studying w/ the #HybridPoker wizards & their accelerated learning tool so better than 4/1.”
That 4-1 price on Negreanu is what Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow got last week when they placed a total of $25k on Negreanu, although for Mike it included his entire bankroll of $10k.
The ‘Grudge Match of the Century’ between Negreanu and Polk took quite some time to arrange, although the rules have now been set as we explained recently…
- Rule #1: Online NLHE $200/$400 across two tables simultaneously
- Rule #2: Play will take place on WSOP.com, each player loading $1million onto the site.
- Rule #3: Match will consist of 25,000 hands, losing player at halfway point allowed to buy out.
- Rule #4: Preflop charts, HUDs and hand trackers are not allowed.
- Rule #5: Hole cards will be shown for a portion of the match only at the PokerGo studio.
Interest in the battle has of course been huge, with Fedor Holz still looking for some action on Negreanu at 4.5-1, while Jonathan Little thinks Negreanu is well worth a bet at those odds.
Little tweeted out:
“I think most people are not aware of how Negreanu has substantially improved his skills in various games in short periods of time in the past (especially 6-max NL). I bet Negreanu at 5:1 presuming Doug was one of the best at HUNL. Seems like a reasonable value bet to me.”
DNegs himself has apparently been struggling in his warm-up sessions…
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…while Polk has peppered his timeline in recent weeks with tales of his pre-match prep, and he revealed the exact figures…
“My results since getting back to playing:
- 25/50 and under: +$165,055.94
- 50/100: +$85,760.59
- 100/200 ACR: +$70,102.42
- 100/200 WSOP: -$366,955.90
- Total: -$46,036, Up 30 buyins
[ ] Doing it right.”
The match is due to kick off this Wednesday, November 4th.
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