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WATCH: Mr. Beast Plays Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Poker For $25,000

Famous YouTubers "MrBeast" And Ludwig Ahgren Played A Couple $25,000 Heads-Up Sit n' Goes

by Steve Schult  |  Published: Sep 13, 2021

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A pair of internet celebrities played high-stakes poker Sunday with the owner of one of YouTube’s largest channels walking away $25,000 richer.

Jimmy Donaldson, known as “MrBeast” on YouTube, played a couple of high-stakes heads-up no-limit sit n’ goes against popular video game streamer Ludwig Ahgren. After several hours of play, Donaldson walked away up the five-figure sum.

Donaldson, 23, hosts a YouTube channel with 69 million followers with his videos regularly getting an average of 12.5 million views each. His videos are typically centered around reality stunts.

Ahgren, 26, has 1.85 million subscribers to his YouTube channel and a Twitch channel where he streams video games to his 2.9 million subscribers.

The two social media moguls played for several hours on Twitch, according to a report from Dexerto, but Ahgren posted an eight-minute video on his YouTube channel that summarized the day’s action.

The pair of internet stars played a pair of freezeouts with each with a buy-in of $25,000. Donaldson earned the victory in the first match to give himself a $25,000 cushion. It appeared that ‘MrBeast’ was going to win the second match as well, but after discovering a mistake by the dealer on the final hand, Ahgren earned the victory.

With blinds of 400-800, Ahgren tried to raise to 600 on the button. It was played as a call and Donaldson min-raised to 1,600 out of the big blind with 5Diamond Suit4Diamond Suit. Ahgren moved all in with ADiamond Suit8Spade Suit and Donaldson called, having the shorter of the two stacks.

The flop was JSpade Suit5Spade Suit2Diamond Suit, moving ‘MrBeast’ into the lead with middle pair. The turn was the JHeart Suit and the river was the 9Diamond Suit, sort of. Shortly after Donaldson thought he won the pot, Ahgren realized that the dealer didn’t burn a card before the river. After fixing the mistake, the river was the 8Club Suit and Ahgren dragged the pot to win the second match and pull back to even for the day.

The two wealthy 20-somethings decided that finishing even wasn’t any fun. Instead of walking away, they decided to do a $25,000 flip. Deal out one hand blind and let the winner take home $25,000.

Donaldson was dealt QHeart Suit4Heart Suit and was in great shape against Ahgren’s 4Spade Suit2Diamond Suit. The board ran out clean for Donaldson and he claimed the $25,000. You can watch the video below:

While Donaldson is clearly new to no-limit hold’em, he has jumped into the deep end of the pool and has been spotted playing some of the biggest games available.

At the end of August, the 23-year-old took part in a yet-to-be-aired Poker After Dark episode where he played a high-stakes cash game with 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, poker legend Doyle Brunson, Sen. Ted Cruz, among others. Hellmuth confirmed the lineup on his Twitter page and posted pictures with Cruz and Donaldson.

In the days following the filming, Hellmuth posted photos and videos of continued high-stakes action with Donaldson. About a week later, Hellmuth posted a video of the two playing heads-up at Hellmuth’s home.

 
 
Tags: Poker,   Heads-Up Poker,   Phil Hellmuth,   MrBeast,   Jimmy Donaldson,   Ludwig Ahgren
 
 
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