Doug Polk was born on December 16, , in Pasadena, California. He is an American poker professional player known by his online moniker, WCGRider. He represents considerable authority in the round of Heads-up No-Limit Hold’em and has won different monies from this zone. What's up guys, my name is Doug Polk. Here at Upswing Poker, Ryan Fee and myself are in charge of managing the strategy content that goes into our training courses. In our flagship courses (The $7 Postflop Game Plan and The Lab), I teach you the strategies I've spent years developing -- the same strategies that got me to the top of poker. Polk started a YouTube channel, Doug Polk Poker in , and posts frequently to it. In , Polk was selected to play heads-up no limit hold'em against A.I. poker bot Claudico, along with professional poker players Dong Kim, Jason Les, and Bjorn Li. Doug Polk still led by around $k going into Monday’s session with a total of 7, hands played. What happened during Day 16? On Monday, Negreanu and Polk played hands during the 4 session with Doug Polk turning his fortunes around and dominating play, taking home around $, for the session. Negreanu checks and Polk jams his remaining $35, Negreanu calls and shows As Kc for a sick bad beat. The final pot size was $, Doug Polk Does it Again The next hand was more of the same, and was the third largest pot played so far. Polk opens Qh 6h to $ and Negreanu three-bets to $4, Polk calls but says a four-bet is fine too. Doug backed up the truck to take Daniel for more than 5 buy-ins. Wikimedia Commons. May 16, at World Snooker Twitter Reply. Day 10 - Long Session, Doug Extends. Doug saw there was so much more earning potential in the things he knew than there was in the things he could do at the poker table. Views Read Edit View history. Doug and Daniel had a back and forth session with several big pots, but the results looked more like a stagnant session. Retrieved 400m Lauf 26, Retrieved December 5, Watch the match here. Douglas Kevin „Doug“ Polk ist ein professioneller US-amerikanischer Pokerspieler. Er ist dreifacher Braceletgewinner der World Series of Poker. Sein bisher größter Erfolg war der Sieg beim High Roller for One Drop der WSOP Douglas Kevin „Doug“ Polk (* Dezember in Pasadena, Kalifornien) ist ein professioneller US-amerikanischer Pokerspieler. Er ist dreifacher. Erneut gab es ein kleines Plus für Daniel Negreanu im "High Stakes Feud"-Match gegen Doug Polk. Im "High Stakes Feud"-Match gegen Doug Polk ist Daniel Negreanu wieder auf Talfahrt. 1/22/ · Why Doug Polk Really Quit Poker In My Opinion. If you’re a moderate to active poker player or fan of the game, then you’ve probably heard of Doug Polk. He’s a 3 time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner, won the High Roller One Drop for just over $3,, and as of end of had over $9 million in career tournament earnings. Doug Polk vs Daniel Negreanu. After beefing for years, Doug and Daniel are squaring off at $/$ on arconareelband.com for at least 12, hands. The challenge began with a live session on November 4th. The remainder of the challenge will be played online and streamed live on Doug's YouTube channel and Upswing Poker's Twitch channel.

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In the end, the human players ended up defeating the bot for , chips with Doug beating bot Claudico for , In mid, he started the poker training site Upswing Poker with Ryan Fee — fellow poker professional and longtime friend.

On Nov 5, , he launched the Doug Polk Crypto YouTube channel where he discussed cryptocurrencies, a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses encryption cryptography to verify transactions and to generate money.

Day 16 - All Doug. The following numbers are approximations. The following numbers are close approximations. Day 14 - Huge Swings, Little Blood.

The following numbers are close approximations while we await the exact amounts. Day 13 - Daniel Gets a Bit Back. Day 12 - Doug Demolishes. Day 10 - Long Session, Doug Extends.

Day 9 - Doug Backs It Up Into The Lead. Day 7 - Daniel Dominates. Day 6 - Doug Retakes. In , Polk was nearly broke and decided to fully focus on the game.

By , he was considered one of the best online cash game players in heads-up no limit hold'em. He played fellow professional poker player Ben "Sauce" Sulsky in a highly publicized match of 15, hands.

In , Polk was selected to play heads-up no limit hold'em against A. Each player was set to play 20, hands against Claudico for a team total of 80, hands.

The human players ended up defeating Claudico for , chips, with Polk beating the bot for , Polk was involved in an argument with fellow poker player Ben Tollerene over a coaching deal.

In September , he said he will quit playing poker but continued to add videos to his YouTube channel. On 16 March , Polk uploaded a video saying he doesn't like the game anymore and is formally quitting the poker industry after retiring from play in late