At the end of September, Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari returned to the PokerGO Studio at ARIA for their Round 2 match in High Stakes Duel. In July, Hellmuth defeated Esfandiari in Round 1 to win $100,000, but a rematch was issued, albeit for the increased stakes of $100,000 apiece.
For those who don’t know what the show is all about, here’s the description from PokerGO:
High Stakes Duel is PokerGO’s newest original series that begins with each player posting the $50,000 buy-in. The winner progresses through to Round 2 where the loser has the first option to challenge.