Doug Polk Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Stories from the worlds of poker, cryptocurrency and more, hosted by (retired?) high stakes pro Doug Polk.
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.
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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
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It has not been a good few weeks for the cryptocurrency world, and all of the turmoil seemed to start with the collapse of Luna and terraUSD (UST). Doug Polk is joined by CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb to talk about the current crypto landscape, why Luna failed, and the future of stablecoins.
0:00 Intro
1:40 Mark joins, Markets today
14:00 DeFi platforms
26:20 Staked ETH
32:32 Downfall of LUNA
40:00 Importance of shorting
48:00 How to educate people on scams vs legit projects
55:05 HODLers vs no-coiners, Crypto adoption
1:05:50 Outro
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Joey Ingram joins the Doug Polk Podcast to talk about scandals in poker and maybe share what he's been up to since going off-grid last year.
0:00 Intro
4:18 Where has Joey been?
13:21 Crypto, Taunt Battleworld
45:13 CoinFLEX Bankroll challenge & Giveaway
57:16 Poker cheating scandals, Council/Blacklist?
1:31:59 Art of podcasting/content, The lodge
1:54:34 Poker content: Hustler, PokerGO, Lodge
2:19:35 Women in Poker
2:40:37 Outro
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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.
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Dan "Jungleman" Cates joins Doug Polk to talk about his never-ending heads-up challenge vs Tom Dwan, poker scandals, and ranking himself as the GOAT poker player. He'll also announce another high-profile challenge he's got coming up.
0:00 Intro
1:58 Jungleman joins, Starting his own podcast
9:17 Status of the durrrr challenge
43:50 Hellmuth's latest controversy
52:35 Recent cheating allegations, Poker blacklist?
58:18 Jungleman hates the hate
1:06:33 AI/solvers in Poker, Junglemans goals
1:16:05 Junglemans softcore endeavors
1:22:19 Love life, Dating today
1:31:58 Poker GOAT, Is Jungleman still playing?
1:36:40 Big announcement, Outro
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High stakes poker pro and coach Uri Peleg joins Doug Polk to talk about exploitative poker strategy, the problems with GTO and solvers, and his new course on Upswing Poker.
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0:00 Intro
3:02 Uri joins
6:21 RTA in high stakes
19:30 Ghosting and other ways to cheat
33:28 Exploitative strategy
49:42 Why deviate from GTO?
54:25 Analyzing Doug's hand history
1:06:46 Uri's Upswing course
1:16:15 Where solvers are wrong, Splitting sizes
1:26:55 HUD's
1:33:30 Leveling wars, Timing tells
1:40:20 Course rundown, Outro
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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
2:13 Martin joins, Meeting Bryn and getting staked
9:30 Horse collusion, Bryn could see Martins screen?
20:00 RTA Bans, The HE22 account, Lauren Roberts
28:51 Ghosting, Mark Herm
34:49 The Shaman, Frog poison rituals
47:52 Multi-accounting, GG's Agent program
53:50 The Psychic, Cult lifestyle
1:02:57 More Bryn stories
1:10:42 The rake pyramid
1:17:30 Summary
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World Series of Poker champion Greg Merson joins Doug Polk to talk about recent cheating allegations involving a some high stakes tournament pros, the shot clock in poker, sobriety, making a deal in the WSOP Main Event, and more.
0:00 Intro
2:47 Greg joins
7:56 Ali Imsirovic cheating?
16:30 Shuffler cheats, Preflop charts, Preventing cheats
29:11 The SHRB hand: did Ali see Phuas hand?
37:39 Should poker have a blacklist?
41:45 Shot Clocks: Good or Bad?
52:28 Poker streams/shows today
1:06:35 Overanalyzing hands on TV, WSOP 2022, Vegas security
1:19:48 How much Greg/Doug play poker nowadays
1:32:10 Personal life, Sobriety
1:42:08 Outro
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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Poker player turned macro trader turned crypto investor Jordi Alexander joins Doug Polk to talk about Bitcoin's long-term value, fighting virality with virality when it comes to cryptocurrency scammers, and more.
0:00 Intro
2:13 Jordi joins
10:55 Bitcoin, Stagflation, Bitcoin politics
33:26 Scam exposing content, OHM
50:35 Ethics: Making money from ponzi's, Multi-accounting/swapping in Poker
1:11:07 Insider trading, Why you shouldn't trade
1:18:20 NFT's, Web3, OpenSea, LooksRare
1:40:40 NEW SEGMENT: Have I mentioned my personal life?
1:57:06 Outro
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Online poker legend turned businessman/investor Cole South joins the Doug Polk Podcast to talk about the poker gold rush back in the mid-2000s and more.
0:00 Intro
1:17 Cole joins
3:39 Cole's poker journey
16:28 Hastings vs Isildur drama, Ziigmund
28:23 Moving from NLHE to PLO
36:53 Let There Be Range, Coaching
46:40 When did Cole get into Bitcoin?
52:51 NFT's
1:00:36 coins.fyi, $20k from an Airdrop?
1:05:48 ETH: Gas and competitors, DeFi
1:16:28 BTC, Solana hack, Bitfinex hack
1:23:54 Cole's E-Commerce advice for Doug
1:37:34 Doug punting at the Lodge, Brian Townsend
1:41:40 Outro
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Litecoin founder Charlie Lee joins Doug Polk to talk about the turbulence on the cryptocurrency markets, Litecoin, and more.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Charlie joins
5:52 Litecoin, Future plans
14:11 Fungibility, Mimblewimble
21:40 Privacy
32:28 Why did Charlie sell his LTC
43:15 Litecoin in a few years
51:50 Crypto markets today, Selling/HODLing, The cycles
1:05:30 DeFi and it's safety, Hackings
1:18:42 Satoshi's coins, Who is Satoshi?
1:26:14 Charlie's backdrop
1:27:28 Outro
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Poker pro Nick Schulman joins Doug Polk to talk commentating, poker world drama, and more. Parts of this podcast were edited out due to connection issues.
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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
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Former high stakes poker pro Jason Strasser joins the podcast to talk about making the transition to trading as a career, traditional finance markets, and cryptocurrency pessimism.
0:00 Intro
1:50 Jason joins
7:21 Switching from Poker to Trading
16:48 What was the 2008 collapse like, Learning from it
22:13 Poker players in Crypto, Chess
34:19 Cryptocurrency
44:12 Valuation, Bitcoin vs Traditional markets
57:25 NFT's
1:19:16 Optimal portfolio, Inflation, ´08 vs ´20
1:39:43 Gaming NFT's, Tesla
1:44:48 Outro
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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
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Kane Kalas joins the Doug Polk Podcast to talk about cryptocurrency investing approaches, the politics of COVID, DeFi, and why Kane thinks Craig Wright really is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
0:00 Intro
1:25 Kane joins
3:25 Kane's hedgefund
12:40 Grayscale/GBTC
20:36 Puerto Rico vs Austin/Vegas
32:12 How did Kane get into Crypto?
39:07 Alt-coins
42:25 Craig Wright is Satoshi?
1:01:44 2024 Election, 2020 Election, Various political topics
1:33:40 Benefits of the tank top
1:41:21 COVID/Omicron, Vaccination, Censorship
2:05:55 Outro
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Poker pro Shaun Deeb made a bold prediction when he said he will surpass Phil Hellmuth's World Series of Poker bracelet count "within a decade or two." Shaun joins Doug Polk to discuss his path to the record.
0:00 Intro
1:12 Shaun joins
3:30 Shaun's room break-in story
24:02 Will Shaun break Hellmuths record?
29:32 WSOP: too small buy-ins?, Ladies event, Prop bets
35:17 Declining prestige of WSOP bracelets
45:35 Hellmuth, Negreanu, Bracelet leaderboard
58:30 Poker vlogging, Shaun & DNegs burying the hatchet
1:07:01 Staking and mark-up
1:16:58 Inventing games, Reminiscing
1:23:33 Current WSOP POY system, Scott Ball & Scams
1:34:39 Outro
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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
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Doug Polk is joined by the 2021 World Series of Poker champion, Koray Aldemir, to discuss a lot of hands from Koray's $8 million win, battling fearless amateur George Holmes heads-up, and more.
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0:00 Intro
1:59 Koray joins
3:55 Germans in poker, Being an MTT professional
13:00 Main Event mark-up and ROI's
21:51 Hand histories from Koray's first 3 days of the Main
31:14 The Bubble, The toll of long days and the pressure
41:23 FT Bubble, The speed of play
48:47 Big blind ante, Shot Clocks
54:00 More hand histories from Koray's Main Event
1:09:33 The Heads-Up
1:33:45 Being a WSOP Main Event Champion
1:38:54 Koray's advice to aspiring poker players, Outro
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Doug Polk is joined by poker pro Josh Arieh to talk about winning the 2021 World Series of Poker Player of the Year title, trash talking Phil Hellmuth, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:34 Josh joins
4:42 Pool, Cash vs Tournaments, Fortnite
17:22 Josh's POY run
25:50 Tournament poker, Jungleman
44:45 Importance of a good mental state
51:22 Phil Hellmuth, Charity
1:01:55 Winning POY, Stud, Scott Seiver
1:13:30 PocketFives Staking, Dealing with mark-up
1:23:35 Outro
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CoinFLEX creates innovative solutions to bring investors and crypto markets together through yield products such as flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most capital-efficient automated market maker in the world.
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CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb joins Doug Polk to talk about the effect of regulation on Americans, DeFi in 2021+ and more.
0:00 Intro
1:12 Mark joins
3:02 Stablecoins, USD vs EUR
13:57 US Regulation, $SHIB vs a House, Leverage
31:34 flexUSD
43:00 More on stablecoins
56:33 Could the government attack the crypto space?
1:08:10 DeFi explained
1:33:28 Future of smart contract platforms
1:43:27 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
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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
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 Bart's WSOP stories
1:10:23 Making content on YouTube
1:24:51 Mike Postle, The exhausting amount of scams
1:41:00 Bart's election bets
1:48:10 Outro
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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
1:02:09 The Doug vs DNegs challenge
1:08:08 Bryans poker career
1:14:15 AI in poker
1:24:00 Should online players be afraid of AI?
1:37:31 Bryans future schedule (WSOP?)
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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 owned, dealing with swings
1:42:05 The LULs
1:49:07 Garrett's future plans
1:51:51 Outro
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 Mike McDonald, NFT's, Regulation on cryptos/investments
1:26:31 Which cryptos Alexandra and Doug like?
1:37:38 Advice to young people, College
1:46:30 Will Alexandra play more poker in the future?
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 play (Doug buys a piece)
1:05:25 Phil Hellmuth, old school pros vs new pros
1:11:25 Women in poker
1:20:02 Gambling Mad with Norman Chad
1:24:58 Doug vs DNegs challenge, broadcasting
1:29:28 How to succeed in broadcasting/content creation
1:45:34 Parting words, will Doug play any events?
1:49:00 Outro
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
1:18:37 Bryans thoughts on WSOP 2021
1:23:09 Living in Antigua and Barbuda, driving a Tesla
1:27:18 Reminiscing the poker days, does Bryan still play?
1:32:18 Bryan and Doug exchanging gifts
1:37:09 Price predictions, poker talk
1:45:10 Outro
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 Twitter today?, Covid talk
1:48:48 Stimulus checks, GOP's future
1:59:32 2024 Election predictions?
2:07:13 Parting words, Nate's WSOP schedule
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, talent/luck/hard work
1:42:45 Social media, medicine/drugs, extra-long sessions
1:54:25 Deals in tournaments, NBC Heads up
2:05:03 Parting words, Mikes online home game and podcast
2:11:04 Outro
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 #POSITIVITY
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
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 expensive NFT's
1:27:40 Will America split up in our lifetime?
1:44:24 Is Bitcoin the future?
1:49:08 Outro
If you like hearing about Bitcoin, you're gonna like this one. Doug Polk is joined by the CEO of Riot Blockchain and former high stakes poker pro Jason Les. The duo takes a deep dive into a number of Bitcoin-related topics, including environmental concerns, mining, the recent China ban and more.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:33 Intro
5:56 Upcoming podcast schedule
8:00 Jason Les joins
9:20 Bitcoin/market in the last 6-12 months
15:00 Future of Bitcoin
29:13 Smart contracts on Bitcoin?
33:40 Mining, PoW vs PoS
46:29 The energy consumption of mining, energy sources
1:02:35 China mining ban, legislation in the US
1:15:44 Elon Musk
1:21:44 Transaction fees, can Bitcoins high value be a bad thing?
1:28:57 What happens when every Bitcoin is mined?
1:35:55 Jason's rise to success, RIOT, Bitcoins future
1:40:19 Outro
The elusive Daniel Negreanu joins Doug to talk about playing heads-up versus Phil Hellmuth, his recent victories in the PokerGO Open, and his pick for best tournament player in the world. Plus, Doug reveals a timing tell he had on Daniel.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:15 Upswing plug
2:00 Daniel joins
5:32 Daniel / Hellmuth match
23:10 Jake Schindler
29:04 More Heads Up Duel talk, live tells
52:25 Heads up variance
1:03:00 WSOP sanctity and re-buys
1:21:46 Loosey Goosey eating sandwiches
1:22:50 Landon vs Perkins
1:28:50 Heads Up format resurgence
1:41:55 Daniel's goals
1:46:30 Doug's content comeback
What is the current state of cheating in poker? Are things like preflop charts and HUDs considered cheating - and if not, should they be? Doug Polk sits down with poker pro Olivier Busquet to flesh out a heated discussion that started on the wonderful website Twitter dot com.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
5:52 - Olivier Joins, discusses preflop chart opinions
9:38 - History of preflop charts
13:28 - Lack of transparency in poker industry
23:45 - HUD use
24:50 - Who should be responsible? TOS evolutions
44:32 - "Fair and Square or Cheater There?"
1:08:05 - The slippery slope of pre-flop charts and the bigger fight against RTA
1:14:30 - What is good for Rec players
1:19:46 - Who is hurt most by preflop charts
1:24:00 - Doug and social media
1:28:20 - Olivier's history playing HUSNG
Young poker pro Landon Tice agreed to pay businessman Bill Perkins $3,600 for every 100 hands the two played in a $200/$400 heads-up challenge. The match was meant to last 20,000 hands, but Landon threw in the towel less than 25% of the way to the finish line. Doug Polk is joined by Jason Mo, Kevin Rabichow and Bill Perkins to parse out the not-so-epic conclusion to the match.
Timestamps:
0:00 to 3:53 - Intro
3:53 to 43:32 - Jason Mo
43:33 to 1:39:34 - Kevin Rabichow
1:39:35 to 2:46:29 - Bill Perkins