With the heads-up match between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu scheduled to last a whopping 25,000 hands, the poker community got their first glimpse of the two players in action.
Check out the full recap of the first 200 hands, and see who came out on top!
According to The Hendon Mob, Doug Polk has cashed for almost $9.5 million and is currently ranked 101st on the all-time money list. He is most known for his three WSOP bracelet wins, the largest of which came in June 2017 when he won the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop.
| Date | Country | Festival | Event | Place | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun-17 | United States | World Series of Poker | $111,111 High Roller for One Drop | 1st | $ 3,686,865 |
| Jul-14 | United States | SHRB | $100,000 Super High Roller | 1st | $ 1,648,350 |
| Feb-15 | Australia | Aussie Millions | $250,000 The LK Boutique Challenge | 3rd | $ 807,709 |
| Feb-14 | Australia | Aussie Millions | $100,000 Challenge | 4th | $ 770,237 |
| Jun-14 | United States | Bellagio | $102,000 Super High Roller | 5th | $ 602,910 |
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As of October 2020, Negreanu is currently ranked third in the all-time money list on The Hendon Mob, with total live earnings in excess of $42 million.
He has cashed for over $1 million on eight separate occasions in some of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. This includes cashes in the WSOP Big One for One Drop, the Super High Roller Bowl, the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Aussie Millions Main Event.
Here are Negreanu's top five poker cashes:
| Date | Country | Festival | Event | Place | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun-14 | United States | World Series of Poker | $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop | 2nd | $ 8,288,001 |
| May-18 | United States | Super High Roller Bowl | $300,000 SHRB | 2nd | $ 3,000,000 |
| Dec-04 | United States | World Poker Tour | $15,300 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic | 1st | $ 1,770,218 |
| Jul-19 | United States | World Series of Poker | $100,000 High Roller | 2nd | $ 1,725,838 |
| Feb-14 | Australia | Aussie Millions | $250,000 Challenge | 4th | $ 1,119,610 |
Negreanu vs. Polk isn't the only heads-up battle that it is going on today with the 2020 US election going down to the wire between president Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden.
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Doug Polk is a 31-year old "semi-retired" poker player, also known by his online moniker "WCGRider." After dropping out of college at 19 to pursue poker full time, Polk has put together quite the poker résumé.
From playing $0.01/$0.02 cash games on PokerStars, Polk has since amassed over $1.5m in online cash game profits before adding three WSOP bracelets in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Such are the accomplishments he has achieved during his poker career, some have even speculated whether Polk could even join Negreanu in being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
In September 2018, Polk announced his "retirement" from poker in a YouTube video stating that he wasn't going to play poker anymore. Obviously things have changed.
We take a look at the betting markets available on PokerShares to see if any would be worth wagering on.
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Daniel Negreanu is a six-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time WPT Champion. The 46-year-old was born in Toronto, Canada after his parents emigrated from Romania.
He started playing poker aged 21 before becoming the youngest WSOP champion ever after winning the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the 1998 WSOP. In 2004 he was named WSOP Player of the Year after taking home another bracelet.
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In 2019, Negreanu married former PokerNews host Amanda Leatherman in California.
Negreanu was previously a PokerStars ambassador until he left the site in an "amicable split" in 2019, and now represents GGPoker.