Stories from the worlds of poker, cryptocurrency and more, hosted by (retired?) high stakes pro Doug Polk.
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 [email protected] 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 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
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 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 Psychic, Cult lifestyle
1:01:57 More Bryn stories
1:09:42 The rake pyramid
1:16:30 Summary
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
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
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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