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I'm sitting down with Garrett Adelstein to discuss some of the craziest gambling stories of our lives. You can order Garrett's new book "Beneath the Cards: A High-Stakes, High-Anxiety Poker Journey" now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTB1PNCX Pre-order Garrett's new live cash game course: https://upswingpoker.com/garrett-adelstein-course-waitlist/

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

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 [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/

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, ChaoRen160, Koon, Lamb, Berri Sweet 57:11 Peters, Mosseri, Kanu7, theASHMAN103, ragen70 1:06:49 Greenwood, Baxter, Drinan, Hennigan, Seiver 1:14:13 Imsirovic, Juanda, Robl, Slim, Hastings  1:22:15 Merson, Marchese, Flack, Addamo, Ben86 1:29:24 Kenney, Dwan, O'Dwyer, Holz, Lena900 1:35:38 Chidwick, Kaverman, Aldemir, Antonius, Foxen 1:42:35 Jacobson, Monnette, Bilzerian, Kostritsyn, BenCB 1:46:55 Cal42688, Seidel, Bicknell, Deeb, Timex 1:54:30 Bonomo, South, Forrest, Busquet, Polk 2:01:00 Selbst, Ferguson, Jeans89, Hellmuth, Adams 2:05:26 Ashton, Schulman, Nitsche, Negreanu, Hac Dang 2:12:57 LLinusLLove, fish2013, OtB_RedBaron, Moss, Colman 2:20:20 Isildur1, Galfond, Jungleman, LarsLuzak, Volpe,  2:28:49 Vogelsang, Brunson, Mizrachi, €urop€an, Moorman 2:37:10 Ziigmund, Zinno, forhayley, Trueteller, Sauce123 2:44:46 urindanger, mith, Greenstein, Haxton, Ivey 2:52:25 Where and how to vote