Should Doug Polk Be Banned from Playing His Own Tournament? | PokerNews Podcast #867
In the 867th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to discuss the "controversy" of Doug Polk making the final table of his own poker tournament down at The Lodge in Austin, Texas. Should a poker operator be allowed to play in their own event? That seemed to be the question of the week in the poker world.
The crew then played "Race the Ace" to determine a winner in ourgiveaway for a seat into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll Invitational (the answer to how many engraved plates are on the WPT Mike Sexton Champion's Cup was 374)! From there, it is a look at Maria Ho winning the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship and Chad got to meet Impractical Jokers Brian "Q" Quinn and Joe Gatto, Sketch, and Vegas Matt.
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Speaking of fun events, find out who won the Global Poker Table Talk event during Formula 1 featuring Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Phelps, Carlos Sainz, and Charles Leclerc, and then get a behind-the-scenes look at the Big Deal for One Drop, which both Chad and Connor Richards attended. They caught up with Phil Hellmuth and even interviewed Jennifer Tilly.
Kyna then shares highlights from her trip to England for the PokerStars Women's Winter Festival. Then things wrap with a look at the upcoming Bar Poker Open taking place in Florida from Dec. 6-8 (Norman Chad will be there to do commentary)!
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Time Stamps
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:11 | Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz |
| 00:20 | Doug Polk makes headlines by making final table of own event |
| 00:50 | Polk’s poll |
| 07:06 | What do the poker masses think? |
| 08:34 | Texas operating in a gray area |
| 10:17 | Sponsor – WSOP Free-to-Play App |
| 10:50 | ClubWPT Gold Invitational $5M Freeroll juiced w/ $750K in added prizes |
| 12:00 | PokerNews Podcast selects winner for seat into $5M Freeroll |
| 13:43 | Race the Ace to determine a winner |
| 16:52 | Recent WPT Freeroll Winners |
| 18:12 | Maria Ho wins Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship |
| 19:16 | Chad gets to meet Impractical Jokers, Sketch, and Vegas Matt |
| 21:36 | Global Poker Table Talk during F1 Week |
| 23:24 | Chad & Connor attend Big Deal for One Drop |
| 25:46 | Guy Laliberte hosts the Big Deal for One Drop; Hellmuth emcees |
| 26:16 | Interview with Jennifer Tilly |
| 28:44 | Derek Adamian wins the Big Deal for One Drop |
| 30:02 | Highlights of Kyna’s trip to the Women’s Winter Festival in England |
| 32:41 | Argentina's Maria Lampropulos wins Women’s Winter Festival Main Event |
| 32:06 | Charlie Waters wins Women’s Winter Festival High Roller title |
| 33:29 | Kyna got to hang out with Spraggy |
| 34:50 | Bar Poker Open running in Florida from Dec. 6-9 |
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