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Stories from the worlds of poker, cryptocurrency and more, hosted by (retired?) high stakes pro Doug Polk.
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I'm sitting down with Garrett Adelstein to discuss some of the craziest gambling stories of our lives. You can order Garrett's new book "Beneath the Cards: A High-Stakes, High-Anxiety Poker Journey" now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTB1PNCX Pre-order Garrett's new live cash game course: https://upswingpoker.com/garrett-adelstein-course-waitlist/
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 channel to weigh in. 0:00 Intro 0:56 Daniel and Alan's summer 5:58 The RTA controversy, How big is the edge? 16:59 Where should the line be drawn? 25:31 How to enforce the rules? 40:48 Dominik's response 46:24 Opinion of the masses 51:01 Rule changes to make tournaments more fun 1:14:25 GGPoker, Game of Gold 1:21:14 Aftermath of the Main Event 1:28:08 Poker is in a good place 1:33:14 WSOP Winter 1:43:10 Outro
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 between hands. Today, we're talking to Griff to get his thoughts on this bizarre incident on poker's biggest stage, the WSOP. 0:00 Intro 2:02 Jordan joins 5:06 The Main Event experience 13:45 The laptop/RTA controversy 28:10 NGC violations, DQ? Lawsuit? 31:44 Dominik Nitsche, Tamayos rail 35:02 The earpiece, Tournaments vs Cash games 42:23 Outro
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 cheated or been banned? 7:37 Card pressing 15:32 Standing up mid hand 20:21 Not coloring up, Sticky fingers 23:24 The rail, Martins play day 2 vs 3 26:49 The AT vs KQ hand 30:52 Giving the impression of cheating 42:18 Playing $300 and $250k tournaments 45:16 The Robl tweet 49:40 Playing high rollers in the future, Rudeness 57:45 The lawsuit 1:02:21 Outro
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 - Andrew Lichtenberger (LuckyChewy) joins 2:19:37 - Matt Berkey joins 2:56:55 - Fernando Habegger (JNandez) joins 3:43:43 - Kane Kalas joins 4:04:45 - Phil Galfond joins
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 The $1M Buy-in game 14:10 Players announced so far 14:54 Stanley Tang, JR, Double M 21:03 Blank Check Ben, Erik Persson, Brandon Steven 27:42 Charles, Rampage, Rob Yong, Mikki 46:19 Announcing new names 53:30 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 1:00:30 What makes a good stream? 1:13:53 Tracking Poker website 1:17:40 Berkey vs Airball match 1:26:44 Ryan's Robbi slip up 1:37:10 Outro
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's player rating system 26:55 Garrett's tweets 34:54 Nik's heads-up challenge 39:00 The Robbi incident 43:58 Garrett + LATB? 46:13 Mariano, How to play on streamed games 1:00:03 Why off-stream games play bigger 1:04:57 More on the Robbi incident 1:17:26 Will Garrett ever play on HCL again? 1:24:35 Doug rants about Nik vs Matt Berkey match 1:27:20 Outro (Upswing Promo)
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? 1:05:59 Managing casinos/cardrooms, More on private games 1:23:07 Outro
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, Mark Herm 33:49 The Shaman, Frog poison rituals 46:52 Multi-accounting, GG's Agent program 52:50 The Psychic, Cult lifestyle 1:01:57 More Bryn stories 1:09:42 The rake pyramid 1:16:30 Summary
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 vs JRB 1:02:55 Tilly vs Hultman 1:16:13 Personal life: Tornado, Vlogging, Poker Stories 1:35:08 Outro
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: Jungleman, Neeme, Rabichow 1:09:00 Top lists from: Rast, Kruk, Strelitz 1:58:45 Top lists from: Jaka, Blackwood, Brady, Kalas, Polk 2:26:56 Fan voting results 2:35:00 Outro
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, Jungleman 2:29:20 Bonomo, Ivey, LLinusLLove 3:01:05 Galfond, Koon, Ungar, Chidwick 3:34:36 Outro, VOTE: https://upswingpoker.com/vote/
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, Luckychewy, Cloutier, Adelstein, Reese 36:42 Harman, Mercier, Esfandiari, Rast, Seed 46:39 Ungar, ChaoRen160, Koon, Lamb, Berri Sweet 57:11 Peters, Mosseri, Kanu7, theASHMAN103, ragen70 1:06:49 Greenwood, Baxter, Drinan, Hennigan, Seiver 1:14:13 Imsirovic, Juanda, Robl, Slim, Hastings 1:22:15 Merson, Marchese, Flack, Addamo, Ben86 1:29:24 Kenney, Dwan, O'Dwyer, Holz, Lena900 1:35:38 Chidwick, Kaverman, Aldemir, Antonius, Foxen 1:42:35 Jacobson, Monnette, Bilzerian, Kostritsyn, BenCB 1:46:55 Cal42688, Seidel, Bicknell, Deeb, Timex 1:54:30 Bonomo, South, Forrest, Busquet, Polk 2:01:00 Selbst, Ferguson, Jeans89, Hellmuth, Adams 2:05:26 Ashton, Schulman, Nitsche, Negreanu, Hac Dang 2:12:57 LLinusLLove, fish2013, OtB_RedBaron, Moss, Colman 2:20:20 Isildur1, Galfond, Jungleman, LarsLuzak, Volpe, 2:28:49 Vogelsang, Brunson, Mizrachi, €urop€an, Moorman 2:37:10 Ziigmund, Zinno, forhayley, Trueteller, Sauce123 2:44:46 urindanger, mith, Greenstein, Haxton, Ivey 2:52:25 Where and how to vote
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 Upcoming Poker vloggers, Twitch vs Youtube 1:36:43 The Global Poker Awards 1:40:53 Lodge meet up week, Poker in Texas and Vegas 1:49:04 Poker vlogs in marketing, Future plans for the Lodge 2:02:50 Outro, Lodge monster meet up week schedule
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 weeks at 10/20 56:00 Fan Questions 1:11:09 Is Dan playing a character? 1:25:33 Dan's biggest regret, Future goals, Vegas shooting 1:36:27 Debating: Money vs Skill, Are Doug's videos truthful/fair? 2:13:01 Heads-up challenge, Bragging 2:19:33 Outro
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 52:31 Possible changes to the World Chess Championship? 1:01:17 Risk taking in Chess 1:06:28 Can Alireza challenge Magnus? 1:15:40 Investing in Crypto 1:27:00 Hockey, Vancouver, Will Hikaru play poker in the future? 1:38:05 Betting in Chess, Investing = Gambling? 1:49:20 Outro
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? 56:40 Building niche communities 1:04:17 Doug gets into self tanners 1:13:03 CryptoPunks 1:25:22 Crypto market, Poker players in Crypto 1:35:07 The similarities of Doug and Taylor 1:45:12 Outro This and all other episodes of the Doug Polk Podcast are available on Spotify, Apple, Google, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Check https://upswingpoker.com/podcast/ for direct links.
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 Legends passing away, Aging 1:26:13 Outro
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