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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 Sponsored by CoinFLEX!...

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...

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 Intro 4:18 Where has Joey been? 13:21 Crypto, Taunt Battleworld 45:13 CoinFLEX Bankroll challenge & Giveaway 57:16 Poker cheating scandals, Council/Blacklist? 1:31:59 Art of podcasting/content, The lodge 1:54:34 Poker content: Hustler, PokerGO, Lodge 2:19:35 Women in Poker 2:40:37 Outro This podcast is brought to you by CoinFLEX. Founded in...

 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...

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 Intro 1:58 Jungleman joins, Starting his own podcast 9:17 Status of the durrrr challenge 43:50 Hellmuth's latest controversy 52:35 Recent cheating allegations, Poker blacklist? 58:18 Jungleman hates the hate 1:06:33 AI/solvers in Poker, Junglemans...

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-exploits 0:00 Intro 3:02 Uri joins 6:21 RTA in high stakes 19:30 Ghosting and other ways to cheat 33:28 Exploitative strategy 49:42 Why deviate from GTO? 54:25 Analyzing Doug's hand history 1:06:46 Uri's Upswing...

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 2:13 Martin joins, Meeting Bryn and getting staked 9:30 Horse collusion, Bryn could see Martins screen? 20:00 RTA Bans, The HE22 account, Lauren Roberts 28:51 Ghosting, Mark Herm 34:49 The Shaman, Frog poison rituals 47:52 Multi-accounting, GG's Agent program 53:50 The...

World Series of Poker champion Greg Merson joins Doug Polk to talk about recent cheating allegations involving a some high stakes tournament pros, the shot clock in poker, sobriety, making a deal in the WSOP Main Event, and more. 0:00 Intro 2:47 Greg joins 7:56 Ali Imsirovic cheating? 16:30 Shuffler cheats, Preflop charts, Preventing cheats 29:11 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 today 1:06:35...

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 This...

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,...

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,...

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 Ungar,...

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 Intro 2:13 Jordi joins 10:55 Bitcoin, Stagflation, Bitcoin politics 33:26 Scam exposing content, OHM 50:35 Ethics: Making money from ponzi's, Multi-accounting/swapping in Poker 1:11:07 Insider trading, Why you shouldn't trade 1:18:20 NFT's, Web3, OpenSea, LooksRare 1:40:40 NEW...

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 Intro 1:17 Cole joins 3:39  Cole's poker journey 16:28 Hastings vs Isildur drama, Ziigmund 28:23 Moving from NLHE to PLO 36:53 Let There Be Range, Coaching 46:40 When did Cole get into Bitcoin? 52:51 NFT's 1:00:36 coins.fyi, $20k from an Airdrop? 1:05:48 ETH: Gas and competitors, DeFi 1:16:28 BTC, Solana hack, Bitfinex hack 1:23:54...

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee joins Doug Polk to talk about the turbulence on the cryptocurrency markets, Litecoin, and more.  0:00 Intro 2:00 Charlie joins 5:52 Litecoin, Future plans 14:11 Fungibility, Mimblewimble 21:40 Privacy 32:28 Why did Charlie sell his LTC 43:15 Litecoin in a few years 51:50 Crypto markets today, Selling/HODLing, The cycles 1:05:30 DeFi and it's safety, Hackings 1:18:42 Satoshi's coins, Who is Satoshi? 1:26:14 Charlie's backdrop 1:27:28 Outro This podcast is brought...

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...

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,...