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Pull up a chair and get your popcorn buckets ready folks because this time we have a lot of drama to report. Getting things in motion was none other than the ever-opinionated Luke Schwartz, who went after Phil Galfond on Twitter just a day after the PLO legend announced that he was suspending his ongoing challenge against ‘VeniVidi1993.’
Schwartz still backed off in the end, after Galfond subtly threatened to reveal the texts they had shared regarding their own challenge match-up. Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates, on the other hand, seems to have reached a point of no return with his anger against Tom Dwan. Even after a decade since the ‘Durrrr Challenge’ was abandoned by Dwan, Cates still hasn’t let Dwan off the hook. Though Cates has deleted the tweets wherein he had charged at Dwan and called him out for being unethical, something tells us we haven’t heard the last of the story yet.
Luke Schwartz Taunts Phil Galfond For Losing Over €900K
The brash Luke Schwartz is back at it again. Known for being outspoken (read: cocky), Schwartz took a pot-shot at Phil Galfond after the latter suspended his challenge against ‘VeniVidi1993′ after being stuck over €900,000 in his match.
Taking to Twitter to share his opinionated rant, Schwartz called Galfond a “washed up nice guy” who “can’t beat the top guys in PLO anymore.”
Solve for why …. pic.twitter.com/d43iBY6okq
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) February 12, 2020
As expected, this caused the poker Tweeteratti to come out in droves. While there was support for both parties, Galfond still got more people to side with him.
Maybe you should have a look at solvers and finally become a winning poker player?
— Rui Cao (@RuiCaoCooler) February 12, 2020
D list poker celebrity rips A list poker legend to further is troll brand. You seem like the friend who always tells it like it is but in reality you don’t have friends,so you’re just a bitter depressed dude yelling at his own shadow hoping someone over hears you and claps.
— imakewinhappen (@imakewinhappen) February 12, 2020
Way out of line Luke. You’re coming at Phil for losing money in a challenge that has been a positive for the poker community. This isn’t how you hype anything, this is how you stroke your own ego while putting someone down. I’m all for showmanship, but this isn’t that.
— Christopher George (@CeeGeePoker) February 13, 2020
I can’t wait for @PhilGalfond to fucking crush you
— Oliver A Owen (@Oliverao93) February 12, 2020
Truly appreciate you writing this down since most humans can’t understand a word coming out of your pie hole…
— OpusDogPoker (@RealOpusDog) February 12, 2020
Not to be deterred, Schwartz lashed out at those tweeting against him.
Fuk me u one E.T looking gremlin . And yeh I don’t need solver I haven’t had a losing month since 2016 stars or live .You on the other hand have been playing with fish in highstakes games for years and still can’t win . Litteraly never cashed a tourney and always spew on streams
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) February 12, 2020
Yet u have 19 followers and follow me ??? bless your pitty self m8
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) February 12, 2020
However, it was Galfond who ultimately gave the most fitting reply to Schwartz’ rant.
Come on, Luke
Call me a delusional, outmatched washed-up, nice(?) nerd all you want, but don’t act like I’m dodging our challenge. We’ll play when I’m done with a few of these, probably after WSOP, as we’ve discussed & planned. Do I have to post our texts?
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) February 12, 2020
Following Galfond’s response, Schwartz quickly backed off, claiming that he was “just hyping it.”
Ha u really are a nice guy . I’m just hyping it , was more of a slander about the post match essays and the miserable fanboys worrying about you and your bottomless pit of money ?. Rest up go get some Perkins money and avoid action freak . Be well phil x
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) February 12, 2020
Ever the gentleman, Galfond had a fitting reply for Schwartz yet again.
Ok, cool. Just fact-checking. I am happy with you talking shit about my posts and my play. Carry on ?
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) February 12, 2020
As the situation stands now, it looks like the match-up between Galfond and Schwartz will most likely take place after the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Dan Cates Calls Out Tom Dwan on His Unethical Behaviour
On the heels of Schwartz rant on Twitter, it seems that ‘Jungleman,’ aka Dan Cates, also has some bones to pick with Tom Dwan. The duo’s ‘Durrrr Challenge’ has time and again been a hot topic of discussion within the poker community, especially following Dwan’s disappearance from the limelight. But since Dwan has returned to the game two years back, Cates has tried all means to either get him to finish the heads-up challenge or pay Cates what he is owed, which according to the latter, is over a million dollars.
In a since-deleted tweet, Cates apparently called out Dwan, saying, “I have no problem calling @TomDwan out for behaving wildly unethically.”
It continued: “Not just with me but with others he owes money to including his friends who have no real power. The real dilemma I have in my mind is where the line between justice in vengeance is, and how far I should go…”
Dwan had made his comeback at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju in July 2018. Talking about his challenge with Joey Ingram, he had even revealed how he had managed to trick Cates. The latter wasn’t very impressed with the clip.
Well seeing something about @TomDwan bragging about how he ‘cleverly’ and ‘fairly’ tricked me is a bit annoying considering how he begged me to play props back then and our current misunderstandings involving me being owed over a million dollars.
— Daniel Cates (@junglemandan) April 28, 2019
Peeved at Dwan’s globetrotting lifestyle, Cates fired off the first in what would be a volley of Twitter shots at Dwan.
What happened to our arbitration of your challenge?
— Daniel Cates (@junglemandan) February 6, 2020
While Dwan did not respond to the tweet, Ingram brought up the Galfond challenge that Cates will also be participating in.
It seems impossible because @PhilGalfond knows what honor entails @TomDwan
— Daniel Cates (@junglemandan) February 9, 2020
This tweet was reportedly followed by Cates asking, “how far should I go?” However, this was later deleted.