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YouTube Star Jimmy Donaldson Wins Big in High-Stakes Poker Match
Live Poker & StreamingSeptember 26, 2021·1 min read

YouTube Star Jimmy Donaldson Wins Big in High-Stakes Poker Match


Jimmy Donaldson, the popular YouTube star behind the channel MrBeast, recently engaged in a high-stakes poker match. With 70 million subscribers, Donaldson is no stranger to big challenges, and this time, he took on Ludwig Ahgren, a fellow blogger known for his streaming records on Twitch.

The heads-up poker match had each player contributing a buy-in of 25,000 dollars. The event was streamed live, and Donaldson, comfortably seated in his chair, emerged victorious, doubling his investment to 50,000 dollars.

This isn't Donaldson's first foray into the world of high-stakes poker. He previously participated in the Poker After Dark show, where he shared the table with poker legends like Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson. Although the episode featuring Donaldson has not yet been released, fans are eager to see how he fared against such formidable opponents.

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