Door HansytheKing, geplaatst op woensdag 23 november 2011, 13:00. Views: 10.

De video van de poker pro's die melden dat de challenge van Jungleman12 weinig tot niets voorstelt heeft ook ThePokerFarm, organisator van de challenge, bereikt. Zij spraken vervolgens met de hoofdrolspeler van de €100.000 Heads Up live challenge, Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates: "A lot has been said that there is no incentive to play me. For me, competing for a world title and keeping it says more than money, and holding onto this title for a long period of time is something I'm keen to do to prove myself. It's true that I haven't played much live and that anything can happen in four hours of poker, but to me these are just excuses for players scared to put up the money." Cates zegt verder: "There has been talk of a challenge from Gus Hansen or Tony G, but talk is all it is. All I can tell you is that come December 6th, I'll be sitting at the table with my 100,000 euros."

Om de challenge iets meer cachet te geven heeft ThePokerFarm het omgedoopt in het World Poker Heavyweight Championship. Inclusief een echte winners-belt en een lijst met regels:

• Winner of the KPW Heavyweight Title will be determined by:
  • KO – if the player behind quits the match before the time period is up or loses the agreed upon stop loss
  • Decision - one player is ahead after four hours of play
  • Disqualification - if the player who is ahead quits before the time limit is up or is otherwise deemed by the match referee to have acted unfairly.  A disqualification will result in loss of the title but not stake money.

• The match will have a 100,000 euro sit down and stop loss
• Blinds will be 200-400 euro and only rise if both players agree
• The Event will be a World Poker Heavyweight Event Championship match sponsored by The Pokerfarm.com
• The Winner will receive a gold plated 6.5 lb. belt to keep for the remainder of the period they hold the Heavyweight Title
• The Winner will receive a compensation package for their title defence paid for by The Pokerfarm. This could include sponsorship, revenue share, or match expenses.
• The Winner will agree to a title defence in another match of equivalent stakes in a period not exceeding 6 months from the initial Championship
• If the Winner refuses a title defence or refuses to play an opponent as selected by nomination or application then the belt will be deemed vacant until another sanctioned match.

Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates twitterde na dit bericht de volgende update: Just to clarify, the heavy weight belt championship thing is the poker farm's design, not mine. I think the belt is a bit pretentious myself.

Niet alleen zal er op 6 december een World Poker Heavyweight Championship gespeeld worden, tenminste als iemand zich aanmeldt, maar ook een lichtere versie van het Championship zal gespeeld gaan worden. De uitdager in deze is enfant terrible Luke "FullFlush" Schwartz. Hij neemt het tegen een ieder op die met €50.000,- wil aanschuiven op €50/€100 stakes.

"Bruv, I don't care who I play. If they are stupid enough to sit down with me, I will own them. There are players whose game I respect, but I've never met anyone whose game is better than mine." Op de vraag waarom hij niet gewoon upmoved en tegen Cates gaat spelen: "Of course I want to play for the title but I've been told by the WPHC that I need to play a challenger match first. Whatever."