Doug Polk Podcast

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 SEGMENT: Have I mentioned my personal life?
1:57:06 Outro

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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 Cole's E-Commerce advice for Doug
1:37:34 Doug punting at the Lodge, Brian Townsend
1:41:40 Outro

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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 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.

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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.

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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, Poker in Texas and Vegas
1:49:04 Poker vlogs in marketing, Future plans for the Lodge
2:02:50 Outro, Lodge monster meet up week schedule

Former high stakes poker pro Jason Strasser joins the podcast to talk about making the transition to trading as a career, traditional finance markets, and cryptocurrency pessimism.

0:00 Intro
1:50 Jason joins
7:21 Switching from Poker to Trading
16:48 What was the 2008 collapse like, Learning from it
22:13 Poker players in Crypto, Chess
34:19 Cryptocurrency
44:12 Valuation, Bitcoin vs Traditional markets
57:25 NFT's
1:19:16 Optimal portfolio, Inflation, ´08 vs ´20
1:39:43 Gaming NFT's, Tesla
1:44:48 Outro

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.

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Dan Bilzerian joins Doug Polk to discuss his poker past, playing in high stakes private games, the source of his fortune, and more.

0:00 Intro
1:16 Dan joins, offering to bet $1 million
18:04 Dan's receipts
23:45 Dan teaches Doug how to make money in poker
29:40 Dan's online poker history
37:32 Where did Dan's money come from?
44:00 Is Dan a Poker Pioneer?
51:20 Winning $186k in 3 weeks at 10/20
56:00 Fan Questions
1:11:09 Is Dan playing a character?
1:25:33 Dan's biggest regret, Future goals, Vegas shooting
1:36:27 Debating: Money vs Skill, Are Doug's videos truthful/fair?
2:13:01 Heads-up challenge, Bragging
2:19:33 Outro

Kane Kalas joins the Doug Polk Podcast to talk about cryptocurrency investing approaches, the politics of COVID, DeFi, and why Kane thinks Craig Wright really is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

0:00 Intro
1:25 Kane joins
3:25 Kane's hedgefund
12:40 Grayscale/GBTC
20:36 Puerto Rico vs Austin/Vegas
32:12 How did Kane get into Crypto?
39:07 Alt-coins
42:25 Craig Wright is Satoshi?
1:01:44 2024 Election, 2020 Election, Various political topics
1:33:40 Benefits of the tank top
1:41:21 COVID/Omicron, Vaccination, Censorship
2:05:55 Outro

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.

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Poker pro Shaun Deeb made a bold prediction when he said he will surpass Phil Hellmuth's World Series of Poker bracelet count "within a decade or two." Shaun joins Doug Polk to discuss his path to the record. 

0:00 Intro
1:12 Shaun joins
3:30 Shaun's room break-in story
24:02 Will Shaun break Hellmuths record?
29:32 WSOP: too small buy-ins?, Ladies event, Prop bets
35:17 Declining prestige of WSOP bracelets
45:35 Hellmuth, Negreanu, Bracelet leaderboard
58:30 Poker vlogging, Shaun & DNegs burying the hatchet
1:07:01 Staking and mark-up
1:16:58 Inventing games, Reminiscing 
1:23:33 Current WSOP POY system, Scott Ball & Scams
1:34:39 Outro

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 flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most capital-efficient automated market maker in the world.

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Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura joins Doug Polk to discuss the threat (if any) that artificial intelligence poses to both chess and poker.

0:00 Intro
1:10 Hikaru joins
6:44 AI in Chess, World Chess Championship
19:52 Difficulty of making money from Chess
24:23 Hikaru's interest in Poker
31:16 Poker/Chess Streams, Solvers in Poker
42:38 Omaha vs Hold'em, Hikaru gets a solver lesson
52:31 Possible changes to the World Chess Championship?
1:01:17 Risk taking in Chess
1:06:28 Can Alireza challenge Magnus?
1:15:40 Investing in Crypto
1:27:00 Hockey, Vancouver, Will Hikaru play poker in the future?
1:38:05 Betting in Chess, Investing = Gambling?
1:49:20 Outro