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We Need To Talk About The WSOP Scandal (w/ Daniel Negreanu and Alan Keating)
Jul 23, 2024
1h 43m 51s
The $10,000,000 Poker Scandal: Runner-up Speaks Out
Jul 22, 2024
45m 44s
The WSOP $250,000 Scandal - Suspected Player FIRES BACK
Jun 22, 2023
1h 06m 03s
A Tough Conversation (Twitter Spaces Recording)
May 5, 2023
4h 51m 11s
The Million Dollar Cash Game (ft. Ryan Feldman & Nick Vertucci)
May 2, 2023
1h 39m 25s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 7/23/24 | We Need To Talk About The WSOP Scandal (w/ Daniel Negreanu and Alan Keating) | 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 controver... | 1h 43m 51s | ||||||
| 7/22/24 | The $10,000,000 Poker Scandal: Runner-up Speaks Out | 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... | 45m 44s | ||||||
| 6/22/23 | The WSOP $250,000 Scandal - Suspected Player FIRES BACK | 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 han... | 1h 06m 03s | ||||||
| 5/5/23 | A Tough Conversation (Twitter Spaces Recording) | 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 ... | 4h 51m 11s | ||||||
| 5/2/23 | The Million Dollar Cash Game (ft. Ryan Feldman & Nick Vertucci) | 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... | 1h 39m 25s | ||||||
| 3/28/23 | It's Time To Talk To Garrett Adelstein | Garrett Adelstein joins Doug Polk to discuss everything from the Jack-Four hand to Nik Airball's recent comments | 1h 47m 50s | ||||||
| 3/22/23 | Hustler Casino Live Drama! Nik Airball Talks Garrett Adelstein | 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 ... | 1h 27m 58s | ||||||
| 6/22/22 | The Hellmuth Destroyer Eric Persson Speaks Out | 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 | 1h 23m 49s | ||||||
| 5/9/22 | Let's Talk About Everything (w/ Daniel Negreanu) | 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. | 1h 47m 59s | ||||||
| 4/22/22 | Cheating, Fake Psychics & Frog Poison - The Story of a Bryn Kenney Horse | 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 ... | 1h 20m 16s | ||||||
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| 3/30/22 | Let's Talk No Limit Hold'em Strategy (w/ Gary Blackwood) | 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 | 1h 36m 01s | ||||||
| 3/23/22 | Top 5 GOAT Poker Players Revealed | 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,... | 2h 32m 49s | ||||||
| 3/16/22 | The Top 20 Poker Players Ever (According to YOU) | 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 O... | 3h 34m 12s | ||||||
| 2/23/22 | Who Is The Greatest Poker Player Ever? | 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 Un... | 2h 52m 36s | ||||||
| 1/12/22 | Texas Poker Room Plans (w/ Brad Owen & Andrew Neeme) | 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, ... | 2h 05m 41s | ||||||
| 12/30/21 | Dan Bilzerian Fires Back At Fraud Accusations | 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 goal... | 2h 17m 15s | ||||||
| 12/18/21 | Is AI Taking Over Chess & Poker? (w/ Hikaru Nakamura) | 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 chall... | 1h 47m 39s | ||||||
| 10/19/21 | What Was Poker Really Like in 2005? (w/ Taylor Caby) | 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 1:25:2... | 1h 47m 03s | ||||||
| 10/12/21 | Robberies, Blowups & Winners at the 2021 WSOP (w/ David Williams) | 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 | 1h 29m 01s | ||||||
| 10/4/21 | The WILD Texas Poker Scene (w/ Bart Hanson) | 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 1:05:3... | 1h 49m 46s | ||||||
| 9/28/21 | The State of NFTs and Poker AI (w/ Bryan Pellegrino) | 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... | 1h 41m 05s | ||||||
| 9/21/21 | Folding the Second Nuts (w/ Garrett Adelstein) | 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 ... | 1h 52m 59s | ||||||
| 9/14/21 | Chess Players vs Poker Players (w/ Alexandra Botez) | 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... | 1h 54m 04s | ||||||
| 9/9/21 | Norman Chad's POV on the 2021 WSOP | 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 ... | 1h 49m 24s | ||||||
| 9/8/21 | Is It Too Late To Buy NFTs? (w/ Bryan Micon) | 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 Market... | 1h 45m 35s | ||||||
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