Six sessions are now in the books in the heads-up grudge match between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu. And it’s abundantly clear at this point that there isn’t much gap in skill level between these players.

Daniel Negreanu hit his daily quads early on Day 6 against Doug Polk. (Image: WSOP.com)

Entering the match two weeks ago, Polk was a 4-1 favorite and few gave his opponent any shot at winning. After all, the Upswing Poker founder is considered to be one of the top heads-up hold’em players ever. So, certainly he should have no problem crushing a live multi-table tournament specialist, right? Not exactly.

The fact of the matter is Negreanu has been more competitive than most anticipated. That doesn’t mean the match will go down to the wire. We’re still in the early-ish stages of the 25,00-hand online poker competition. For all we know, Polk will end up running hot and dominating the remainder of the match. But though the first six sessions (five online), it’s difficult to proclaim either player as superior in terms of skill.