Dan Smith Takes on MJ Gonzales in $500/$1,000 Heads-Up Battle

After offering to take on Shaun Deeb in a cage fight, Dan Smith has settled for a high-stakes fight with MJ Gonzales in Ivey’s Room at the Aria Casino, Las Vegas. The pair have been sat with seven figure stacks in what must be the biggest stakes played in a heads-up match in recent times.

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Millionaires Territory

At these stakes, the players can burn through a fortune in no time at all—even playing in a live environment at a snail’s pace. But that shouldn’t bother Dan Smith so much after winning more than $37 million from live tournaments during his career.

MJ has racked up only a million from live events but he is, of course, a cash game specialist. In fact, Gonzales is the guy who coached Daniel Negreanu during his match against Doug Polk earlier this year.

There have been two sessions so far, with one win each for the duo. Gonzales dropped $32k on the first day after being down $280k right off the bat, and he picked up a tidy $72k win in the following session. Not exactly wild swings so far on the score chart, but maybe we’ll see some more aggressive action in the coming weeks.

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No Stream Yet

As soon as this match was scheduled the fans were asking if it would be streamed live but unfortunately the PokerGO studio was fully booked for the next three months. There must have been a bit of an outcry because Gonzales tweeted that if there was enough interest they would pay themselves to have it professionally streamed. Joey Ingram was quick to offer his services so hopefully by the time the next session is played we will hear where we can watch.