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…

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 fr…

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 @martink…

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 …

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/roa…

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

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 se…

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 Stak…

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.Af Doug Polk

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 …

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: Ant…

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…

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…

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,…

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: …

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 …

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 H…

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…

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 1:04:0…

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 Europe…

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, Chainli…

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 …

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 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 mist…

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 NO…

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 u…

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…

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'…

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:…

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 …

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…

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. Sign up for the Upswing Lab to access Doug's new module when it comes out: https://upswingpoker.com/the-poker-l…

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 op…

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-…

Doug Polk explains what you can expect from the podcast.Af Doug Polk