Doug Polk Podcast

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 Intro1:33 Eric joins3:18 Phil Hellmuth and the HU match19:40 The hand vs Garrett27:30 Playing on live streams36:40 Speech play44:24 High Stakes Poker49:29 Private games, How to get in?1:05:59 Managing casinos/cardrooms, More on private games1:23:07 OutroSponsored by CoinFLEX! Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. Sign up at https://trade.coinflex.us/DougPolk

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 OutroSponsored by CoinFLEX! Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. Sign up at trade.coinflex.us/DougPolk 

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 Intro4:18 Where has Joey been?13:21 Crypto, Taunt Battleworld45:13 CoinFLEX Bankroll challenge & Giveaway57:16 Poker cheating scandals, Council/Blacklist?1:31:59 Art of podcasting/content, The lodge1:54:34 Poker content: Hustler, PokerGO, Lodge2:19:35 Women in Poker2:40:37 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

 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. This podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:58 Jungleman joins, Starting his own podcast9:17 Status of the durrrr challenge43:50 Hellmuth's latest controversy52:35 Recent cheating allegations, Poker blacklist?58:18 Jungleman hates the hate1:06:33 AI/solvers in Poker, Junglemans goals1:16:05 Junglemans softcore endeavors1:22:19 Love life, Dating today1:31:58 Poker GOAT, Is Jungleman still playing?1:36:40 Big announcement, OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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. Get the details on Uri's new course Elite Cash Game Exploits: https://upswingpoker.com/elite-cash-game-exploits0:00 Intro3:02 Uri joins6:21 RTA in high stakes19:30 Ghosting and other ways to cheat33:28 Exploitative strategy49:42 Why deviate from GTO?54:25 Analyzing Doug's hand history1:06:46 Uri's Upswing course1:16:15 Where solvers are wrong, Splitting sizes1:26:55 HUD's1:33:30 Leveling wars, Timing tells1:40:20 Course rundown, OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro2:13 Martin joins, Meeting Bryn and getting staked9:30 Horse collusion, Bryn could see Martins screen?20:00 RTA Bans, The HE22 account, Lauren Roberts28:51 Ghosting, Mark Herm34:49 The Shaman, Frog poison rituals47:52 Multi-accounting, GG's Agent program53:50 The Psychic, Cult lifestyle1:02:57 More Bryn stories1:10:42 The rake pyramid1:17:30 SummaryThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

0:00 Intro2:47 Greg joins7:56 Ali Imsirovic cheating?16:30 Shuffler cheats, Preflop charts, Preventing cheats29:11 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 today1:06:35 Overanalyzing hands on TV, WSOP 2022, Vegas security1:19:48 How much Greg/Doug play poker nowadays1:32:10 Personal life, Sobriety1:42:08 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro2:13 Gary joins, Hellmuth Q4o hand: LOAT?13:34 Poker in 2022, Solvers and Studying33:40 HSP Hand History reviews: Antonius vs Adelstein50:15 Negreanu vs JRB1:02:55 Tilly vs Hultman1:16:13 Personal life: Tornado, Vlogging, Poker Stories1:35:08 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro3:09 Mike and Kane join4:45 Top lists from: Jason Koon, Dan Zack, DNegs33:55 Top lists from: Jungleman, Neeme, Rabichow1:09:00 Top lists from: Rast, Kruk, Strelitz1:58:45 Top lists from: Jaka, Blackwood, Brady, Kalas, Polk2:26:56 Fan voting results2:35:00 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro2:08 Mike and Kane join8:04 Notable snubs, 8-game and online underrated?29:47 TOP-20 (not in order): Dwan, Reese, Seidel1:02:55 Hellmuth, Chan, Negreanu1:37:40 Haxton, Holz, Polk1:57:50 Antonius, Isildur1, Doyle, Jungleman2:29:20 Bonomo, Ivey, LLinusLLove3:01:05 Galfond, Koon, Ungar, Chidwick3:34:36 Outro, VOTE: https://upswingpoker.com/vote/This podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro2:41 The list explained10:15 Mike joins15:18 Getting into the players: Schindler, Petrangelo, Kurganov, Spirit Rock, Limitless27:18 Chan, Luckychewy, Cloutier, Adelstein, Reese36:42 Harman, Mercier, Esfandiari, Rast, Seed46:39 Ungar, ChaoRen160, Koon, Lamb, Berri Sweet57:11 Peters, Mosseri, Kanu7, theASHMAN103, ragen701:06:49 Greenwood, Baxter, Drinan, Hennigan, Seiver1:14:13 Imsirovic, Juanda, Robl, Slim, Hastings 1:22:15 Merson, Marchese, Flack, Addamo, Ben861:29:24 Kenney, Dwan, O'Dwyer, Holz, Lena9001:35:38 Chidwick, Kaverman, Aldemir, Antonius, Foxen1:42:35 Jacobson, Monnette, Bilzerian, Kostritsyn, BenCB1:46:55 Cal42688, Seidel, Bicknell, Deeb, Timex1:54:30 Bonomo, South, Forrest, Busquet, Polk2:01:00 Selbst, Ferguson, Jeans89, Hellmuth, Adams2:05:26 Ashton, Schulman, Nitsche, Negreanu, Hac Dang2:12:57 LLinusLLove, fish2013, OtB_RedBaron, Moss, Colman2:20:20 Isildur1, Galfond, Jungleman, LarsLuzak, Volpe, 2:28:49 Vogelsang, Brunson, Mizrachi, €urop€an, Moorman2:37:10 Ziigmund, Zinno, forhayley, Trueteller, Sauce1232:44:46 urindanger, mith, Greenstein, Haxton, Ivey2:52:25 Where and how to voteThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro2:13 Jordi joins10:55 Bitcoin, Stagflation, Bitcoin politics33:26 Scam exposing content, OHM50:35 Ethics: Making money from ponzi's, Multi-accounting/swapping in Poker1:11:07 Insider trading, Why you shouldn't trade1:18:20 NFT's, Web3, OpenSea, LooksRare1:40:40 NEW SEGMENT: Have I mentioned my personal life?1:57:06 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:17 Cole joins3:39  Cole's poker journey16:28 Hastings vs Isildur drama, Ziigmund28:23 Moving from NLHE to PLO36:53 Let There Be Range, Coaching46:40 When did Cole get into Bitcoin?52:51 NFT's1:00:36 coins.fyi, $20k from an Airdrop?1:05:48 ETH: Gas and competitors, DeFi1:16:28 BTC, Solana hack, Bitfinex hack1:23:54 Cole's E-Commerce advice for Doug1:37:34 Doug punting at the Lodge, Brian Townsend1:41:40 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee joins Doug Polk to talk about the turbulence on the cryptocurrency markets, Litecoin, and more. 0:00 Intro2:00 Charlie joins5:52 Litecoin, Future plans14:11 Fungibility, Mimblewimble21:40 Privacy32:28 Why did Charlie sell his LTC43:15 Litecoin in a few years51:50 Crypto markets today, Selling/HODLing, The cycles1:05:30 DeFi and it's safety, Hackings1:18:42 Satoshi's coins, Who is Satoshi?1:26:14 Charlie's backdrop1:27:28 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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.This podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:34 Andrew and Brad join3:25 The Lodge deal23:30 Naru Self Tanner, TikTok29:40 Brad's growth on YouTube34:02 Everything on Poker Vlogs54:28 Poker goals, Cash vs Tournaments1:12:45 YouTube: Revenue, Ads, Dislike-button, etc.1:28:02 Upcoming Poker vloggers, Twitch vs Youtube1:36:43 The Global Poker Awards1:40:53 Lodge meet up week, Poker in Texas and Vegas1:49:04 Poker vlogs in marketing, Future plans for the Lodge2:02:50 Outro, Lodge monster meet up week scheduleThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:50 Jason joins7:21 Switching from Poker to Trading16:48 What was the 2008 collapse like, Learning from it22:13 Poker players in Crypto, Chess34:19 Cryptocurrency44:12 Valuation, Bitcoin vs Traditional markets57:25 NFT's1:19:16 Optimal portfolio, Inflation, ´08 vs ´201:39:43 Gaming NFT's, Tesla1:44:48 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:16 Dan joins, offering to bet $1 million18:04 Dan's receipts23:45 Dan teaches Doug how to make money in poker29:40 Dan's online poker history37:32 Where did Dan's money come from?44:00 Is Dan a Poker Pioneer?51:20 Winning $186k in 3 weeks at 10/2056:00 Fan Questions1:11:09 Is Dan playing a character?1:25:33 Dan's biggest regret, Future goals, Vegas shooting1:36:27 Debating: Money vs Skill, Are Doug's videos truthful/fair?2:13:01 Heads-up challenge, Bragging2:19:33 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:25 Kane joins3:25 Kane's hedgefund12:40 Grayscale/GBTC20:36 Puerto Rico vs Austin/Vegas32:12 How did Kane get into Crypto?39:07 Alt-coins42:25 Craig Wright is Satoshi?1:01:44 2024 Election, 2020 Election, Various political topics1:33:40 Benefits of the tank top1:41:21 COVID/Omicron, Vaccination, Censorship2:05:55 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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 Intro1:12 Shaun joins3:30 Shaun's room break-in story24:02 Will Shaun break Hellmuths record?29:32 WSOP: too small buy-ins?, Ladies event, Prop bets35:17 Declining prestige of WSOP bracelets45:35 Hellmuth, Negreanu, Bracelet leaderboard58:30 Poker vlogging, Shaun & DNegs burying the hatchet1:07:01 Staking and mark-up1:16:58 Inventing games, Reminiscing 1:23:33 Current WSOP POY system, Scott Ball & Scams1:34:39 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX links: Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura joins Doug Polk to discuss the threat (if any) that artificial intelligence poses to both chess and poker.0:00 Intro1:10 Hikaru joins6:44 AI in Chess, World Chess Championship19:52 Difficulty of making money from Chess24:23 Hikaru's interest in Poker31:16 Poker/Chess Streams, Solvers in Poker42:38 Omaha vs Hold'em, Hikaru gets a solver lesson52:31 Possible changes to the World Chess Championship?1:01:17 Risk taking in Chess1:06:28 Can Alireza challenge Magnus?1:15:40 Investing in Crypto1:27:00 Hockey, Vancouver, Will Hikaru play poker in the future?1:38:05 Betting in Chess, Investing = Gambling?1:49:20 OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in 2019, CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and is committed to providing passive investors and active traders an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto.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.CoinFLEX is backed by crypto heavyweights, including Roger Ver, Mike Komaransky, Polychain Capital, and Dragonfly Capital.Telegram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Youtube | Reddit | Discord

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.Shownotes with the hands Koray and Doug discuss: https://upswingpoker.com/aldemir-show-notes0:00 Intro1:59 Koray joins3:55 Germans in poker, Being an MTT professional13:00 Main Event mark-up and ROI's21:51 Hand histories from Koray's first 3 days of the Main 31:14 The Bubble, The toll of long days and the pressure41:23 FT Bubble, The speed of play48:47 Big blind ante, Shot Clocks54:00 More hand histories from Koray's Main Event1:09:33 The Heads-Up1:33:45 Being a WSOP Main Event Champion1:38:54 Koray's advice to aspiring poker players, OutroThis podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX, the Home of Crypto Yield. If you're in one of the 100+ regions supported by CoinFLEX, sign up for the exchange today at https://coinflex.com/

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 Intro1:34 Josh joins 4:42 Pool, Cash vs Tournaments, Fortnite17:22 Josh's POY run 25:50 Tournament poker, Jungleman 44:45 Importance of a good mental state 51:22 Phil Hellmuth, Charity1:01:55 Winning POY, Stud, Scott Seiver 1:13:30 PocketFives Staking, Dealing with mark-up 1:23:35 Outro This podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX, the Home of Crypto Yield. If you're in one of the 100+ regions supported by CoinFLEX, sign up for the exchange today at https://coinflex.com/

CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb joins Doug Polk to talk about the effect of regulation on Americans, DeFi in 2021+ and more.0:00 Intro1:12 Mark joins3:02 Stablecoins, USD vs EUR13:57 US Regulation, $SHIB vs a House, Leverage31:34 flexUSD43:00 More on stablecoins56:33 Could the government attack the crypto space?1:08:10 DeFi explained1:33:28 Future of smart contract platforms1:43:27 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 Intro1:14 Taylor joins, CardRunners/Upswing12:26 Online poker in 200320:44 Online poker today34:07 Quitting poker, Starting DraftDay, DFS talk44:23 Establish The Run51:00 Are training sites ruining the games?56:40 Building niche communities1:04:17 Doug gets into self tanners1:13:03 CryptoPunks1:25:22 Crypto market, Poker players in Crypto1:35:07 The similarities of Doug and Taylor1:45:12 OutroThis 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 Intro0:54 David joins5:40 What has the WSOP been like so far?17:31 The Phil Hellmuth blowup31:30 Robberies at the Rio45:35 The Ladies event, Importance of role models1:04:05 Kelly Minkin re-registration issue1:18:10 Legends passing away, Aging1:26:13 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 Intro1:04 Bart joins, The housing market8:46 Moving out of California, pros and cons16:40 Poker in Texas21:54 Should Doug start a poker room29:41 San Antonio, Does Bart still play?33:56 Banning the Europeans?!, Game protection43:23 WSOP 2021, Mark-up Police49:44 Difficulty of playing live MTT's for a living54:46 WSOP's problems with Covid1:05:33 Bart's WSOP stories1:10:23 Making content on YouTube1:24:51 Mike Postle, The exhausting amount of scams1:41:00 Bart's election bets1:48:10 OutroThis and all other episodes of the Doug Polk Podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. Check https://upswingpoker.com/podcast/ for direct links.

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 Intro0:44 Bryan joins2:20 Layer Zero17:42 Oracles, Chainlink26:55 When will Layer Zero launch31:55 NFT's41:20 Investing in to the crypto market today47:46 Avalance, Polygon55:24 ETH Gas price, Solana1:02:09 The Doug vs DNegs challenge1:08:08 Bryans poker career1:14:15 AI in poker1:24:00 Should online players be afraid of AI?1:37:31 Bryans future schedule (WSOP?)This and all other episodes of the Doug Polk Podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. Check https://upswingpoker.com/podcast/ for direct links.

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 Intro0:46 Garrett joins, Marriage/relationships, Survivor12:30 Balancing life and poker23:52 Mental health 29:20 Current state of live poker34:14 Online vs live, Cash game streams45:40 GTO vs Exploit55:45 The identical T7 folds1:01:11 Playing aggressive, Solvers, Working hard1:17:00 Mark-up, Scammers1:35:47 Getting owned, dealing with swings1:42:05 The LULs1:49:07 Garrett's future plans1:51:51 Outro

Chess streamer Alexandra Botez joins Doug Polk to talk about chess, poker, and which game has smarter players.0:51 Alexandra joins1:43 Living in Austin, Making content13:54 The Chess Hustlers, Did AI ruin Chess?21:07 How to start studying Chess or Poker25:21 Poker players vs Chess players, Tells vs strategy35:20 The Chess Twitch boom, Would Chess benefit from a luck factor?42:00 The World Chess Championship, catering to newbs51:17 Alexandra's thoughts on Poker, being competitive1:02:00 Mike McDonald, NFT's, Regulation on cryptos/investments1:26:31 Which cryptos Alexandra and Doug like?1:37:38 Advice to young people, College1:46:30 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 joins2:00 The ex-wife jokes, dealers, poker in California8:45 WSOP 202118:42 Is PokerGo good for the industry?25:45 WSOP on CBS Sports, Norman+Lon, Jamie Kerstetter36:42 Who could replace Norman and Lon?43:10 Making mistakes, glorifying HendonMob stats, rake49:44 Why is NL Hold'em THE game?, WPT, Mike Sexton57:02 The WSOP Main Event, what tournaments will Norman play (Doug buys a piece)1:05:25 Phil Hellmuth, old school pros vs new pros1:11:25 Women in poker1:20:02 Gambling Mad with Norman Chad1:24:58 Doug vs DNegs challenge, broadcasting1:29:28 How to succeed in broadcasting/content creation1:45:34 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 joins2:55 Political betting, FiveThirtyEight vs sports betting markets11:00 2020 Primaries, Superdelegates16:29 Polarization of the US population22:30 WSOP Covid restrictions34:28 Nonsensical Covid policies41:42 Nate's upcoming book on gambling/risk46:22 Nate's poker background, talking all things poker1:25:38 The Nassim Taleb beef1:29:35 Why is Nate trending on Twitter today?, Covid talk1:48:48 Stimulus checks, GOP's future1:59:32 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.Sign up for the Upswing Lab to access Doug's new module when it comes out: https://upswingpoker.com/the-poker-lab-coaching/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 Mo43:33 to 1:39:34 - Kevin Rabichow 1:39:35 to 2:46:29 - Bill Perkins

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