With just a week until one of the most hotly-anticipated poker grudge matches of all-time begins, two familiar faces to poker fans have come out in support of Daniel Negreanu.

It’s just seven days until Daniel Negreanu takes on Doug Polk at two tables of $200$400 NLHE on WSOP.com, and while Poker Shares have Polk as a big favourite, better than 4/1 in fact, there are two big names who are more than willing to take Negreanu to win at that price.

Mike Matusow was the first big name to come out in defence of Daniel Negreanu’s chances and has put his money where his considerable mouth is, putting down $10,000 of his own money at odds of 4/1. Turns out, $10,000 is half of ‘The Mouth’s bankroll, at least, according to the man himself.

Well I did it! I bet 10k of my 20k bankroll on @RealKidPoker getting 4 to 1 vs @DougPolkVids. I would of bet it all but needed 6k for bills on nov. 1st. Plus the 5k I bet on Trump to win in March that could be in jeopardy. Let’s go @RealKidPoker don’t let me go bust again!