Daniel Negreanu is finally stepping up to be the next opponent for Viktor "Isildur1" Blom in the Superstar Showdown on PokerStars.Blom and Negreanu will face off on two consecutive Sundays, March 20 and March 27, at 15:00 ET. The details are much the same as previous Showdown matches, although this time the contest is spread over two weekends.
They sit down with $150,000 available over four tables of $50/$100 no-limit hold'em on March 20 at 3 p.m. ET, and after 2,500 hands their finishing stacks are carried over to round two on March 27 at 3 p.m. ET for another 2,500 hands across the same tables.
Negreanu has blogged about his interest in the challenge and admiration for Blom. He has stepped up his play since the start of the year, building up his volume and multi-tabling respected players in longer battles than he is accustomed to prepare for an eventual match.
Blom record stands at 4-1, having won the last contest versus an online qualifier by the slimmest possible margin ($10), after all the previous matches had much larger margins of victory or loss. Blom defeated Eugene Katchalov, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, and Tony G. while losing his first match to Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton. Blom is up over $150k in profits in his five matches.
This 6th installment of the Superstar Showdown should be the most watched match by far due to Negreanu's popularity.
