Doug Polk Podcast

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The WILD Texas Poker Scene (w/ Bart Hanson) Oct 04, 2021

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Poker pro Bart Hanson joins Doug Polk to talk about the wild Texas poker scene, the 2021 WSOP, and betting huge on the 2020 elections.
0:00 Intro
1:04 Bart joins, The housing market
8:46 Moving out of California, pros and cons
16:40 Poker in Texas
21:54 Should Doug start a poker room
29:41 San Antonio, Does Bart still play?
33:56 Banning the Europeans?!, Game protection
43:23 WSOP 2021, Mark-up Police
49:44 Difficulty of playing live MTT's for a living
54:46 WSOP's problems with Covid
1:05:33 Bart's WSOP stories
1:10:23 Making content on YouTube
1:24:51 Mike Postle, The exhausting amount of scams
1:41:00 Bart's election bets
1:48:10 Outro
This and all other episodes of the Doug Polk Podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. Check https://upswingpoker.com/podcast/ for direct links.

The State of NFTs and Poker AI (w/ Bryan Pellegrino) Sep 28, 2021

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Former poker pro and early cryptocurrency adopter Bryan Pellegrino (aka PrimordialAA) joins Doug Polk to talk about NFTs, artificial intelligence in poker, and his new project Layer Zero. The first 1 hour and 2 minutes is all about crypto, the last 39 minutes is poker related stuff.
0:00 Intro
0:44 Bryan joins
2:20 Layer Zero
17:42 Oracles, Chainlink
26:55 When will Layer Zero launch
31:55 NFT's
41:20 Investing in to the crypto market today
47:46 Avalance, Polygon
55:24 ETH Gas price, Solana
1:02:09 The Doug vs DNegs challenge
1:08:08 Bryans poker career
1:14:15 AI in poker
1:24:00 Should online players be afraid of AI?
1:37:31 Bryans future schedule (WSOP?)
This and all other episodes of the Doug Polk Podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. Check https://upswingpoker.com/podcast/ for direct links.

Folding the Second Nuts (w/ Garrett Adelstein) Sep 21, 2021

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Live cash game specialist Garrett Adelstein joins Doug Polk to talk about the state of live poker, balancing life with poker, folding the second nut straight, and more.
0:00 Intro
0:46 Garrett joins, Marriage/relationships, Survivor
12:30 Balancing life and poker
23:52 Mental health
29:20 Current state of live poker
34:14 Online vs live, Cash game streams
45:40 GTO vs Exploit
55:45 The identical T7 folds
1:01:11 Playing aggressive, Solvers, Working hard
1:17:00 Mark-up, Scammers
1:35:47 Getting owned, dealing with swings
1:42:05 The LULs
1:49:07 Garrett's future plans
1:51:51 Outro

Chess Players vs Poker Players (w/ Alexandra Botez) Sep 14, 2021

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Chess streamer Alexandra Botez joins Doug Polk to talk about chess, poker, and which game has smarter players.
0:51 Alexandra joins
1:43 Living in Austin, Making content
13:54 The Chess Hustlers, Did AI ruin Chess?
21:07 How to start studying Chess or Poker
25:21 Poker players vs Chess players, Tells vs strategy
35:20 The Chess Twitch boom, Would Chess benefit from a luck factor?
42:00 The World Chess Championship, catering to newbs
51:17 Alexandra's thoughts on Poker, being competitive
1:02:00 Mike McDonald, NFT's, Regulation on cryptos/investments
1:26:31 Which cryptos Alexandra and Doug like?
1:37:38 Advice to young people, College
1:46:30 Will Alexandra play more poker in the future?

Norman Chad's POV on the 2021 WSOP Sep 09, 2021

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World Series of Poker Staple Norman Chad joins Doug Polk to discuss the (potentially) upcoming series and more.
0:42 Norman joins
2:00 The ex-wife jokes, dealers, poker in California
8:45 WSOP 2021
18:42 Is PokerGo good for the industry?
25:45 WSOP on CBS Sports, Norman+Lon, Jamie Kerstetter
36:42 Who could replace Norman and Lon?
43:10 Making mistakes, glorifying HendonMob stats, rake
49:44 Why is NL Hold'em THE game?, WPT, Mike Sexton
57:02 The WSOP Main Event, what tournaments will Norman play (Doug buys a piece)
1:05:25 Phil Hellmuth, old school pros vs new pros
1:11:25 Women in poker
1:20:02 Gambling Mad with Norman Chad
1:24:58 Doug vs DNegs challenge, broadcasting
1:29:28 How to succeed in broadcasting/content creation
1:45:34 Parting words, will Doug play any events?
1:49:00 Outro

Is It Too Late To Buy NFTs? (w/ Bryan Micon) Sep 08, 2021

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Early cryptocurrency adopter Bryan Micon joins Doug Polk to talk about mostly NFTs, as well as other crypto stuff and the 2021 World Series of Poker.

0:50 Bryan joins
3:40 NFT markets, Flexing, Rare Pepes
29:15 Where does the value of NFT's come from?
35:05 Will all this have a negative effect?
44:32 What happened to CryptoKitties?
48:00 Selling NOTHING?, where is the line, NBA Top Shots
55:10 Thoughts on the crypto market, Bitcoin Cash
1:13:01 MarketMania, grinding out content vs life balance
1:18:37 Bryans thoughts on WSOP 2021
1:23:09 Living in Antigua and Barbuda, driving a Tesla
1:27:18 Reminiscing the poker days, does Bryan still play?
1:32:18 Bryan and Doug exchanging gifts
1:37:09 Price predictions, poker talk
1:45:10 Outro

Nate Silver's Poker Strategy & 2024 POTUS Predictions Aug 31, 2021

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FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver joins Doug Polk to talk about poker, politics, COVID, Twitter beefs and more.
0:52 Nate joins
2:55 Political betting, FiveThirtyEight vs sports betting markets
11:00 2020 Primaries, Superdelegates
16:29 Polarization of the US population
22:30 WSOP Covid restrictions
34:28 Nonsensical Covid policies
41:42 Nate's upcoming book on gambling/risk
46:22 Nate's poker background, talking all things poker
1:25:38 The Nassim Taleb beef
1:29:35 Why is Nate trending on Twitter today?, Covid talk
1:48:48 Stimulus checks, GOP's future
1:59:32 2024 Election predictions?
2:07:13 Parting words, Nate's WSOP schedule

Will There Be A WSOP? Mike Matusow Weighs In Aug 27, 2021

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Mike "The Mouth" Matusow joins Doug Polk to share his thoughts on modern poker strategy, the 2021 WSOP, scammer stories from the early 2000s and more.
Timestamps:
0:45 Mike joins
6:28 What is Mike playing nowadays
10:31 Matusows thoughts on GTO/solvers
20:50 What happened with UltimateBet?
27:01 WSOP 2021, Covid/Vaccination
38:06 Should the WSOP be cancelled?
55:44 Reminiscing early 2000s, scammer stories
1:17:30 Mikes biggest mistakes, growing up and grinding it back
1:29:55 Playing the victim, talent/luck/hard work
1:42:45 Social media, medicine/drugs, extra-long sessions
1:54:25 Deals in tournaments, NBC Heads up
2:05:03 Parting words, Mikes online home game and podcast
2:11:04 Outro

Phil Hellmuth is on a Winning Streak — Will Tom Dwan End It? Aug 18, 2021

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The one and only Phil Hellmuth joins Doug Polk to talk about his run of heads-up wins and more.
1:08 Hellmuth joins
3:25 Phil's Heads Up Duel win streak
13:28 Hellmuth's success in big field MTT's vs High Rollers
20:40 White Magic vs GTO
29:50 Hand histories from the DNegs match
44:48 Upcoming match vs Tom Dwan
47:15 Is Phil reasonable?
58:12 Doug's amazing fold vs Phil
1:05:50 High Stakes Poker
1:09:08 World Series of Poker & Covid
1:20:33 Bitcon Latinum
1:30:28 Final words
1:36:37 #POSITIVITY

The $611 Million Cryptocurrency Hack (Explained by an Expert) Aug 13, 2021

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Ethereum developer Mudit Gupta joins Doug Polk to talk about what really went down with the biggest DeFi hack in the history of cryptocurrency.
0:38 Mudit joins
1:54 Rundown of the hack
8:09 Did this hack use a new strategy?
14:25 Are DeFi projects really decentralized?
21:11 Bridges/Multi-blockchain
28:52 Should we be concerned about the hack?
33:35 Did the hacker dox himself?
41:14 Hackers plans, how much money will he keep?
47:30 Mudit's final thoughts
50:50 Outro

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