The first round of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Night in America "King of the Hill" event took place on Tuesday at Rivers Casino in Schenectady, New York.
Two long-awaited matches were set: Frank Kassela versus Daniel "Jungleman" Cates followed by Phil Hellmuth versus Doug Polk in a kind of 'Old School versus New School' battle. After substantial build-up for the event, especially among the Twitch poker community, Kassela and Cates took to the felt in a match that was a bit short-lived.