What's the math on 150k rake?

At the end of the day, Dnegs will come out of this as a much better player. Might be a very expensive lesson, but will probably pay off over the near future.

So Perkins solver was trash amirite

The closer he gets to breaking even vs Doug, the less action he will get in the future. He's ****ed either way lol.

I have changed my mind on this challenge.
I think this might be +EV for both players if we look at all aspects.

From Dougs point of view he is clearly the better player and much more advanced in his HU thinking and approach.
Also it gives his business of Upswing a big boost by being in the limelight.

From Dnegs point of view it keeps his branding in the public window and gives GG poker a mainstream boost.
Dnegs is a genius in marketing his persona.
(has anyone earned more from Poker Sponsorships than Dnegs?)
He has positioned himself in this challenge as the underdog yet emphasizes how unlucky he has been, which plays well with his fan base and casual poker fans who love bad beat stories!
He has the nice mix of tilt which makes people either love him or hate him.
(being polarizing is better than being boring)

The fact that its well known that Doug and Dnegs text a bit behind the scenes makes me think there is a bit of ProWrestling going on here.

Well that's just bad math

2.5*25000=62500

If I understood what they have said on this subject correctly, they are splitting the rake evenly. If that's correct, rake refunds won't effect the results, as both accounts will receive the same amounts. Also, I think it's refunded at the end of each month.

I am not too convinced about that, he doesn't seem to be the sort of person to admit he is wrong, so he won't learn lessons from his mistakes as he doesn't think he makes mistakes. His wanting to carry on this challenge past 25,000 shows this failure to recognise his limitations against a better player. It is like a boxer repeatedly getting beaten and asking time and time again for a rematch, with the same outcome. Sometimes in life one has to admit someone else is better than one.

Only if he plans to become a HUNL specialist. Chances of that are...?

Think they are seeing flops about 50% of the time, so rake will be in the range $31k-$33k

Oh, good point!

You think this may have been a set up from the start? The two of them vs.the world?

Are they paying full rake for the challenge or did they negotiate a rake deal with WSOP.com?

Paying up to $62.5k seems excessive and with all the publicity it's generating for WSOP.com and poker in general it seems like they would've had leverage to get a rake reduction.

They get all their rake back at the end.

Every second post ITT:

WOW THEY MUST BE PAYING SO MUCH RAKE

Daniel would be proud

Nah Doug just saw saw an opportunity to make some easy money and hes too smart to not capitalize. What is dnegs getting out of this except an ass whoopin?

Daniel confirmed on twitter, they are playing Tomorrow(Monday) 2:30pm PST like normal.

A challenge to get better. He's certainly improved.

Daniel seems to be years behind the rest of us.
Four years late in finding political twitter trolling and years late in finding GTO and tweeting about it.

Will be funny when he finds out Doug was once the top hu player in the world!

Says the guy using 2p2

There's a million cheaper and more effective ways for him to improve his game. Clearly he didn't take on the challenge to improve.

😂

I've looked around haven't been able to find anything on this.

Does anyone know if Daniel has said if he has any side action on this match? If so, how much and at what odds? (Besides "about three fiddy" ) I'm aware BP offered him 10:1 to finish the match (to protect his bet with DP), but I was curious about action placed by Daniel to win the match.

It seems strange if he doesn't since he admits he's an underdog--playing for even money but not taking advantage of getting odds?