Episodes

  • We Need To Talk About The WSOP Scandal (w/ Daniel Negreanu and Alan Keating)
    Jul 23 2024

    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, How big is the edge?
    16:59 Where should the line be drawn?
    25:31 How to enforce the rules?
    40:48 Dominik's response
    46:24 Opinion of the masses
    51:01 Rule changes to make tournaments more fun
    1:14:25 GGPoker, Game of Gold
    1:21:14 Aftermath of the Main Event
    1:28:08 Poker is in a good place
    1:33:14 WSOP Winter
    1:43:10 Outro

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • The $10,000,000 Poker Scandal: Runner-up Speaks Out
    Jul 22 2024

    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

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    46 mins
  • The WSOP $250,000 Scandal - Suspected Player FIRES BACK
    Jun 22 2023

    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

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • A Tough Conversation (Twitter Spaces Recording)
    May 5 2023

    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

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    4 hrs and 51 mins
  • The Million Dollar Cash Game (ft. Ryan Feldman & Nick Vertucci)
    May 2 2023

    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

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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • It's Time To Talk To Garrett Adelstein
    Mar 28 2023

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

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Hustler Casino Live Drama! Nik Airball Talks Garrett Adelstein
    Mar 22 2023

    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)

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • The Hellmuth Destroyer Eric Persson Speaks Out
    Jun 22 2022

    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

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    1 hr and 24 mins