Let's Talk About Everything (w/ Daniel Negreanu)

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/B0GTB1PNCXPre-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 Intro1:33 Eric joins3:18 Phil Hellmuth and the HU match19:40 The hand vs Garrett27:30 Playing on live streams36:40 Speech play44:24 High Stakes Poker49:29 Private games, How to get in?1:05:59 Managing casinos/cardrooms, More on private games1:23:07 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.