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 edg...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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 ...
Jul 22, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 fin...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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...
May 05, 2023•4 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 4
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 P...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Garrett Adelstein joins Doug Polk to discuss everything from the Jack-Four hand to Nik Airball's recent comments
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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? 46:1...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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.
May 09, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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 Psyc...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 36
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...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 34
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, Bla...
Mar 23, 2022•2 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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...
Mar 16, 2022•3 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 32
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, ChaoRe...
Feb 23, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 31
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, Poke...
Jan 12, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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, V...
Dec 30, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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...
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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 m...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 Police 49:44 Difficulty of playing live MTT's for a living 54:46 WSOP's problems with Covid 1:05:33 Ba...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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's 41:20 Investing in to the crypto market today 47:46 Avalance, Polygon 55:24 ETH Gas price, Solana 1:0...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 T7 folds 1:01:11 Playing aggressive, Solvers, Working hard 1:17:00 Mark-up, Scammers 1:35:47 Getting ...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 Chess Championship, catering to newbs 51:17 Alexandra's thoughts on Poker, being competitive 1:02:00 ...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 is NL Hold'em THE game?, WPT, Mike Sexton 57:02 The WSOP Main Event, what tournaments will Norman pla...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 55:10 Thoughts on the crypto market, Bitcoin Cash 1:13:01 MarketMania, grinding out content vs life balance 1...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 10
FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver joins Doug Polk to talk about poker, politics, COVID, Twitter beefs and more. 0:52 Nate joins 2:55 Political betting, FiveThirtyEight vs sports betting markets 11:00 2020 Primaries, Superdelegates 16:29 Polarization of the US population 22:30 WSOP Covid restrictions 34:28 Nonsensical Covid policies 41:42 Nate's upcoming book on gambling/risk 46:22 Nate's poker background, talking all things poker 1:25:38 The Nassim Taleb beef 1:29:35 Why is Nate trending on Tw...
Aug 31, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow joins Doug Polk to share his thoughts on modern poker strategy, the 2021 WSOP, scammer stories from the early 2000s and more. Timestamps: 0:45 Mike joins 6:28 What is Mike playing nowadays 10:31 Matusows thoughts on GTO/solvers 20:50 What happened with UltimateBet? 27:01 WSOP 2021, Covid/Vaccination 38:06 Should the WSOP be cancelled? 55:44 Reminiscing early 2000s, scammer stories 1:17:30 Mikes biggest mistakes, growing up and grinding it back 1:29:55 Playing the victim,...
Aug 27, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The one and only Phil Hellmuth joins Doug Polk to talk about his run of heads-up wins and more. 1 :08 Hellmuth joins 3:25 Phil's Heads Up Duel win streak 13:28 Hellmuth's success in big field MTT's vs High Rollers 20:40 White Magic vs GTO 29:50 Hand histories from the DNegs match 44:48 Upcoming match vs Tom Dwan 47:15 Is Phil reasonable? 58:12 Doug's amazing fold vs Phil 1:05:50 High Stakes Poker 1:09:08 World Series of Poker & Covid 1:20:33 Bitcon Latinum 1:30:28 Final words 1:36:37 #POSITI...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Ethereum developer Mudit Gupta joins Doug Polk to talk about what really went down with the biggest DeFi hack in the history of cryptocurrency. 0:38 Mudit joins 1:54 Rundown of the hack 8:09 Did this hack use a new strategy? 14:25 Are DeFi projects really decentralized? 21:11 Bridges/Multi-blockchain 28:52 Should we be concerned about the hack? 33:35 Did the hacker dox himself? 41:14 Hackers plans, how much money will he keep? 47:30 Mudit's final thoughts 50:50 Outro...
Aug 13, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Former poker pro and current rich guy Mike "Timex" McDonald joins Doug Polk to discuss topics that would probably make no sense to your grandma. DeFi, NFTs, cryptopunks, oh my! 0:31 Intro 2:22 Mike joins 4:53 Crypto market today and in the future 15:17 Equity vs Tokens, FTT/FTX, Uniswap 30:28 NFT's, CryptoPunks 51:18 What CryptoPunks could perform well in the future? 58:25 Collateralized and Fractional NFT's? 1:09:22 Problems with an NFT representing a physical thing 1:16:35 Future of the most e...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
