The last few days of hype are upon us, and while Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk have been at the practice tables a fair bit this week, they’ve not been doing so very quietly, updating fans on the plans to bring the first 200 hands of action to viewers on PokerGO.  

Yes, far from all the action being online, the first 200 hands – admittedly of 25,000 in total – will take place in the PokerGO studio with viewers able to see hole cards throughout.  

Negreanu was understandably excited to announce this on Twitter.  

It’s soon, so I figured I would get everyone straight on the start date for the match.