Doug Polk clicked “Raise” and made millions.
Clicked “Upload” and built an army.
Taught the world how to win — then sold the playbook.
Now? He owns the card room too.

Doug Polk isn’t just playing poker.
He’s playing the whole damn game.

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Episode 91: Doug Polk

He roasted poker pros.
Built a brand off beef.
Bought a poker room.

Then in a surprise move he sold Upswing Poker to one of the biggest online poker operators in the world!

Code Doug indeed.

Now?
He’s not just creating content... he’s controlling the game.

This episode is fun, fast, honest, and loaded with behind-the-scenes stories that’ll make you say:
“Wait… he said that on air?!”

Go listen now before someone makes us takes it down.

Show Notes:

• 00:00 The NBC Heads Up Championship!
• 05:34 Young Doug
• 11:05 Competitive Gaming to Poker
• 16:20 Live Poker & Try Harding
• 21:31 Poker Reboots
• 23:18 Phil Hellmuth
• 27:28 The ESPN Story
• 31:22 One more Phil story please!
• 35:59 Is Poker Good For The World?
• 38:25 Back to the Storyline…Maybe
• 43:34 Make Poker Fun Again & High Roller Egos
• 47:59 Young Polk Struggling & TwoPlusTwo
• 51:38 The Recovery and Upswing Poker Sale
• 56:14 Daniel Negreanu
• 58:31 Where’s the Beef With Berkey & Nik Airball
• 1:05:59 Some Stand Up?
• 1:08:58 Vegas to Austin & The Lodge
• 1:12:22 The WPT vs WSOP & The $1,000,000 Promotion
• 1:20:36 Markup Police!

Doug's links:

• The Lodge Card Club - https://thelodgepokerclub.com/
• X - https://x.com/DougPolkVids
• YouTube - @DougPolkPoker
• https://clubwptgold.com/   Code: DOUG

Table 1 Links

• https://table1.vegas
• https://x.com/table1vegas
• /table1vegas
• YouTube - @Table1Vegas