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WATCH: Top 5 Poker Rivalries at PokerStars Events
- Updated: September 19, 2016
Nothing like a good conversation at a poker tournament’s final table. But sometimes that friendly competition turns a little sour. Emotions run high. The last thing poker players need is another player busting their chops.
Even so, there’s nothing that brings fans together like watching the pros duke it out or seeing that two players are battling yet again. In honor of that very struggle, here are PokerStars top five notorious poker rivalries and instances of controversy.
Tony G, clock-calling on Andrew Robl and almost walking out because it ‘takes like 20 minutes,’ basically forces Robl’s fold at PokerStars’ The Big Game. Robl’s ace-jack with an ace in the flop would have beat Negreanu’s six-three in spades.
Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel, both No. 1 and 2 on the …