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, ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 2...

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 Th...

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 Outro

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.

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 Intro1:13 Martin joins, Meeting Bryn and getting staked8:30 Horse collusion, Bryn could see Martins screen?19:00 RTA Bans, The HE22 account, Lauren Roberts27:51 Ghosting, Mark Herm33:49 The Shaman, Frog poison rituals46:52 Multi-accounting, GG's Agent program52:50 The Psychic, ...

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 Outro

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, Blackw...

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:...

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, ChaoR...

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 Tex...

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 sho...

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...

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 mar...

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 WSO...