ShareA recent Twitter dispute over poker results between Allen Kessler and Jans Arends ended harmoniously when "Chainsaw" congratulated the Dutchman for winning his second WSOP gold bracelet in the $100K High Roller for $2,576,729.
However, Kessler also sought recognition for being the impetus behind "Graftekkel" binking the event with the following tongue-in-cheek post on Twitter:
The Twitter spat began when Chainsaw busted out of a WSOPE tournament last November in a hand versus Arends. Kessler posted the hand result on social media while referring to Graftekkel as a "Loser Euro guy."
Of course, Arends took offense to that label and blasted Kessler with a retort of his own, getting a bit personal in the process:
Following that crack regarding Kessler's age, hairline and penchant for casino freebies, Chainsaw then inquired about Arends' live poker high stakes results. When it was pointed out to Kessler by others on Twitter that Arends has been crushing high stakes action online, including winning his first WSOP bracelet in an online event in 2022, Allen failed to be impressed, stating that online poker is not to be trusted.
"Lol so the guy is an online crusher," Chainsaw tweeted. "No proof it's even him that plays or doesn't have assistance. I don't use online results as a comparison....he has no right to rip live MTT players results when he has not much to speak of in that realm"
Fast forward to 2023 and Arends has been showing just how prolific of a poker player he is on the live felt. A 2nd place finish in a $15K event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Vietnam in March for $406,000 was followed a few days later by a Triton title in a $30,000 buy-in tournament for $921,178.
Three months later at the 2023 WSOP and Arends landed in 3rd place in a $50K High Roller for $694,019. Just a few days after that, Graftekkel grabbed the gold bracelet over 93 entries and a star-studded final table in the $100,000 High Roller for that $2.5 million payday.
Before receiving congratulations from Kessler for winning the title in the $100K and putting a likely end to their Twitter dispute, the Dutchman took one final shot at Kessler following his victory:
