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Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari to Battle in PokerGo's High Stakes Duel
Live Poker & StreamingSeptember 23, 2020·1 min read

Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari to Battle in PokerGo's High Stakes Duel


PokerGo's new show High Stakes Duel will premiere on July 30. The first head-to-head match in High Stakes Duel will be between Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth.

The buy-in for the game is $50,000, and it doubles with each new round, potentially reaching $8,800,000 by the 8th level. Phil Hellmuth mentioned that he and Antonio Esfandiari have a long history of playing poker together. Antonio Esfandiari has been challenging Phil Hellmuth to a one-on-one match with an electric shock penalty for the loser for several years.

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