Doug Polk Podcast

Debate rages on about what exactly went down at the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event. Jonathan Tamayo and Dominik Nitsche were seen on the rail using laptops and software during the final table. Tamayo went on the win the whole tournament and the $10,000,000 prize. Was this in violation of the rules? And what can we do about this in the future? Daniel Negreanu and Alan Keating join the channe...

A shocking turn of events has rocked the poker world. Jordan Griff is an amateur poker player who made it to the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event. It got down to heads up against Jonathan Tamayo, with a $10 million first prize at stake. Unfortunately for Griff, his opponent is a long-time professional and was getting help from his supporters with the use of poker software b...

Doug Polk is joined by the player at the center of a massive controversy. Martin Kabrhel, who has been accused by several high stakes poker players of potentially cheating in the World Series of Poker $250,000 event, is here to give his side of the story.  Martin Kabrhel can be reached via email at martin.kabrhel@ematiq.com or on Twitter at @martinkabrhell  0:00 Martin joins  4:00 Has Martin ever...

I just had a very long, very tough conversation with Daniel Negreanu, Phil Galfond, Matt Berkey, Joe Ingram, Will Jaffe, Eric Froelich, and Fernando Habegger (Jnandez). There's been a lot of poker drama and controversies. Let's get into it. 0:00 - Joe Ingram joins  26:24 - Will Jaffe joins  55:23 - Eric Froehlic joins  1:12:20 - Daniel Negreanu joins  1:56:06 - Shaun Deeb joins  2:08:30...

Today I'm joined by Ryan Feldman and Nick Vertucci from Hustler Casino Live to bring us a huge update about their upcoming Million Dollar Cash Game. This will be one of the biggest No Limit Hold'em poker streams of all time, if not the very biggest. Save your spot in the upcoming tournament course on Upswing Poker here: https://upswingpoker.com/road-to-victory-pre-reg   0:00 Intro  1:22...

Garrett Adelstein joins Doug Polk to discuss everything from the Jack-Four hand to Nik Airball's recent comments

There's a bitter feud within the Hustler Casino Live community playing out over Twitter. Nik Airball and other players have had some not so positive things to say about former HCL regular Garrett Adelstein. Nik Airball joins Doug Polk to flesh out his perspective.  0:00 Intro  2:22 Nik Airball joins  2:58 Garrett being "banned"  13:27 Garrett's game selection  20:16 Garrett&apo...

The man who beat Phil Hellmuth at his own game, Eric Persson, joins Doug Polk to discuss Eric's infamous match vs the Poker Brat, speech play on High Stakes Poker, and playing in big private games. 0:00 Intro 1:33 Eric joins 3:18 Phil Hellmuth and the HU match 19:40 The hand vs Garrett 27:30 Playing on live streams 36:40 Speech play 44:24 High Stakes Poker 49:29 Private games, How to get in?...

Daniel Negreanu rejoins the Doug Polk Podcast to discuss the cheating allegations, wild stories, and comical events that have been the talk of the poker world recently. 

Today I'm joined by Martin Zamani to cover some truly insane allegations about Bryn Kenney. This story has it all: ghosting, collusion, cheating, RTA, warlords, shamans, frog poison, acid, smuggling, and much more! 0:00 Intro 1:13 Martin joins, Meeting Bryn and getting staked 8:30 Horse collusion, Bryn could see Martins screen? 19:00 RTA Bans, The HE22 account, Lauren Roberts 27:51 Ghosting,...

Cash game pro Gary "GazzyB" Blackwood joins Doug Polk to discuss the ever-changing state of No Limit Hold'em games, player tendencies in 2022, making Upswing Lab content, hand histories from High Stakes Poker, and more. 0:00 Intro 2:13 Gary joins, Hellmuth Q4o hand: LOAT? 13:34 Poker in 2022, Solvers and Studying 33:40 HSP Hand History reviews: Antonius vs Adelstein 50:15 Negreanu v...

Thousands have cast their votes for the best poker players of all time. Doug Polk sits down with Kane Kalas and Mike Brady to reveal the results of the vote and the top 5 lists sent in by a number of well-known pros (including Brian Rast, Daniel Cates, Daniel Negreanu, and Andrew Neeme). 0:00 Intro 3:09 Mike and Kane join 4:45 Top lists from: Jason Koon, Dan Zack, DNegs 33:55 Top lists from: Jungl...

Thousands of people voted for the best poker player of all time. Doug Polk returns to reveal the results and debate the top 20 with help from Kane Kalas and Mike Brady.  0:00 Intro 2:08 Mike and Kane join 8:04 Notable snubs, 8-game and online underrated? 29:47 TOP-20 (not in order): Dwan, Reese, Seidel 1:02:55 Hellmuth, Chan, Negreanu 1:37:40 Haxton, Holz, Polk 1:57:50 Antonius, Isildur1, Doyle, J...

Doug Polk embarks on a 2 week-long journey to figure out who is the best poker player of all time (and he's going to need your help). This week, he runs through the list of candidates.  Make your voice heard here: https://upswingpoker.com/vote/ 0:00 Intro 2:41 The list explained 10:15 Mike joins 15:18 Getting into the players: Schindler, Petrangelo, Kurganov, Spirit Rock, Limitless 27:18 Chan...

Doug Polk is joined by poker vloggers Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme to discuss their new poker room venture in Texas, future expansion, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:34 Andrew and Brad join 3:25 The Lodge deal 23:30 Naru Self Tanner, TikTok 29:40 Brad's growth on YouTube 34:02 Everything on Poker Vlogs 54:28 Poker goals, Cash vs Tournaments 1:12:45 YouTube: Revenue, Ads, Dislike-button, etc. 1:28:02 Up...

Dan Bilzerian joins Doug Polk to discuss his poker past, playing in high stakes private games, the source of his fortune, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:16 Dan joins, offering to bet $1 million 18:04 Dan's receipts 23:45 Dan teaches Doug how to make money in poker 29:40 Dan's online poker history 37:32 Where did Dan's money come from? 44:00 Is Dan a Poker Pioneer? 51:20 Winning $186k in 3 w...

Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura joins Doug Polk to discuss the threat (if any) that artificial intelligence poses to both chess and poker. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Hikaru joins 6:44 AI in Chess, World Chess Championship 19:52 Difficulty of making money from Chess 24:23 Hikaru's interest in Poker 31:16 Poker/Chess Streams, Solvers in Poker 42:38 Omaha vs Hold'em, Hikaru gets a solver lesson 52:3...

Long-time poker pro and CardRunners founder Taylor Caby joins Doug Polk to talk about playing poker in the boom years, starting the first major poker training site, and more.  0:00 Intro 1:14 Taylor joins, CardRunners/Upswing 12:26 Online poker in 2003 20:44 Online poker today 34:07 Quitting poker, Starting DraftDay, DFS talk 44:23 Establish The Run 51:00 Are training sites ruining the games? 56:4...

Main Event runner-up David Williams joins Doug Polk to get you up-to-speed on the 2021 WSOP so far. Topics include a Rio hotel room robbery, notable winners and more. 0:00 Intro 0:54 David joins 5:40 What has the WSOP been like so far? 17:31 The Phil Hellmuth blowup 31:30 Robberies at the Rio 45:35 The Ladies event, Importance of role models 1:04:05 Kelly Minkin re-registration issue 1:18:10 Legen...

Poker pro Bart Hanson joins Doug Polk to talk about the wild Texas poker scene, the 2021 WSOP, and betting huge on the 2020 elections. 0:00 Intro 1:04 Bart joins, The housing market 8:46 Moving out of California, pros and cons 16:40 Poker in Texas 21:54 Should Doug start a poker room 29:41 San Antonio, Does Bart still play? 33:56 Banning the Europeans?!, Game protection 43:23 WSOP 2021, Mark-up Po...

Former poker pro and early cryptocurrency adopter Bryan Pellegrino (aka PrimordialAA) joins Doug Polk to talk about NFTs, artificial intelligence in poker, and his new project Layer Zero. The first 1 hour and 2 minutes is all about crypto, the last 39 minutes is poker related stuff. 0:00 Intro 0:44 Bryan joins 2:20 Layer Zero 17:42 Oracles, Chainlink 26:55 When will Layer Zero launch 31:55 NFT&apo...

Live cash game specialist Garrett Adelstein joins Doug Polk to talk about the state of live poker, balancing life with poker, folding the second nut straight, and more.  0:00 Intro 0:46 Garrett joins, Marriage/relationships, Survivor 12:30 Balancing life and poker 23:52 Mental health  29:20 Current state of live poker 34:14 Online vs live, Cash game streams 45:40 GTO vs Exploit 55:45 The identical...

Chess streamer Alexandra Botez joins Doug Polk to talk about chess, poker, and which game has smarter players. 0:51 Alexandra joins 1:43 Living in Austin, Making content 13:54 The Chess Hustlers, Did AI ruin Chess? 21:07 How to start studying Chess or Poker 25:21 Poker players vs Chess players, Tells vs strategy 35:20 The Chess Twitch boom, Would Chess benefit from a luck factor? 42:00 The World C...

World Series of Poker Staple Norman Chad joins Doug Polk to discuss the (potentially) upcoming series and more.  0:42 Norman joins 2:00 The ex-wife jokes, dealers, poker in California 8:45 WSOP 2021 18:42 Is PokerGo good for the industry? 25:45 WSOP on CBS Sports, Norman+Lon, Jamie Kerstetter 36:42 Who could replace Norman and Lon? 43:10 Making mistakes, glorifying HendonMob stats, rake 49:44 Why...

Early cryptocurrency adopter Bryan Micon joins Doug Polk to talk about mostly NFTs, as well as other crypto stuff and the 2021 World Series of Poker. 0:50 Bryan joins  3:40 NFT markets, Flexing, Rare Pepes  29:15 Where does the value of NFT's come from?  35:05 Will all this have a negative effect?  44:32 What happened to CryptoKitties?  48:00 Selling NOTHING?, where is the line, NBA Top Shots...