Doug Polk's Challenge to Daniel Negreanu: Heads-Up NLHE Showdown (25k Hands) - Page 5 - Poker News

Mid September. I have plenty of time to stock up on gourmet popcorn.

I didn’t know “heads up for rolls” is a real thing. I always thought it was one of those empty things guys said, like, “I’ll kill you,” or “I’ll break your f*cking teeth and feed them to you anally.”

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07-29-2020 , 06:32 PM

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dhubermex

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07-29-2020 , 06:34 PM

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The Bukafax

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Originally Posted by vinivici9586

-22000 doesn't happen
+18000 happens

probably being generous to happens

I PM'd you that I wanted to lay $1000 on +18000 that it happens, looks like you gotta pay up boyo.

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07-29-2020 , 06:35 PM

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Tuma

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lol @ reducing being the undisputed king of hunl to any old individualized specialty in poker.

i guess it starts becoming redundant and less funny due to a seriously large number of dnegs arguments being slanted (shill, etc)

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07-29-2020 , 06:39 PM

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Wisdom*Genius = Me

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Polk saying he'll show his hole cards on delay, throughout the whole challenge, if Negreanu agrees to do the same.

While this would be better for the viewing audience, it would give Polk an extra edge, because Polk and his (post session) team will do more analysis and make more adjustments than Negreanu and his.

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07-29-2020 , 06:41 PM

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DogFace

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Whether you like either of these guys or not, they are definitely making poker less boring:

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07-29-2020 , 06:45 PM

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persianpunisher

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Polk's red line is going to be sick AF.

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07-29-2020 , 06:46 PM

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DogFace

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Originally Posted by Wisdom*Genius = Me

Seems like Daniel could reach out to some wizards for assistance in this regard? I don't get the impression that Polk is very well-liked within the community. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to find some HU/short-handed wizards willing to help knock him down a few pegs.

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07-29-2020 , 06:50 PM

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washoe

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200-400 lol. Now this is his conditions.

I can't play at these stakes but as a former upswing member and hunl being my bread and butter now. I challenge Doug Polk to hunl 2 table hu4rollz.
I think Doug is rusty and I take him.

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07-29-2020 , 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DogFace

Yeah, plenty of said wizards will be queuing up to help DNegs here. Plus, he's kinda in a no-lose situation now that he "stepped up". Money probably matters way less to him too. This could be tough

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07-29-2020 , 06:52 PM

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vinivici9586

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Originally Posted by DogFace

Whether you like either of these guys or not, they are definitely making poker less boring:

it's not happening. daniel didn't get the nickname renegs for nothing.

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07-29-2020 , 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by de_man

Yeah, plenty of said wizards will be queuing up to help DNegs here. Plus, he's kinda in a no-lose situation now that he "stepped up". Money probably matters way less to him too. This could be tough

Yeah the man cares about the glory now not the $$$$

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07-29-2020 , 07:11 PM

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Jayus

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IMO this will get extremely hyped and then when it comes down to it, it will be quite boring. Hard to make a poker match exciting when you know the $$$ aspect wont be painful for either player.

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07-29-2020 , 07:14 PM

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MCAChiTown

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Originally Posted by vinivici9586

it's not happening. daniel didn't get the nickname renegs for nothing.

Odds now?

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07-29-2020 , 07:18 PM

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vinivici9586

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Odds now?

15%

pokershares opened the odds on Renegs/Doug at even, and it's already 70%/30% for Doug and should move more.

reality will set in and Daniel will do one of the following
1. say he's reconsidered giving Doug a platform
2. say he's focusing on the WSOP
3. make totally unreasonable demands

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07-29-2020 , 07:29 PM

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Of course it's like ok I challenge you but we play on my turf, by my rules and the game of choice is Tetris, which I have been studying for the last couple years.

Ya at this point what does DN have to prove anyway? This entire challenge is just dumb. Polk is usually smarter than this imo. Now if he challenged him to who can make a better WSOP series run that would be interesting. I'd actually pay attention to the WSOP for the first time in almost a decade lol. Honestly who the **** is gonna pay attention this challenge but poker nerds?

If they did a WSOP series challenge bet that should I would get all the random part time poker fans interested. This Polk challenge is some kiddie game stuff, they need to think like they are playing in the big boy game.

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07-29-2020 , 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Huntington

Is Polk ******ed? Full ring is Daniel's game and heads up is Polk's game. Why even bother wasting anyone's time with this horse ****?

This is gonna be a no from Daniel.... duuuuuurrrrrrr.

Now if Polk challenged Daniel to this I'd respect him. Polk's challenge is like Mike Tyson challenging a chess masteer in a fight to the death. It's obviously ****ing stupid.

If this goes off online there should be mutually agreed upon observers monitoring each player for live assistance during play.

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07-29-2020 , 07:36 PM

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BruhKGB

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DN comparing himself to Jordan feels so on-brand for him.

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07-29-2020 , 07:40 PM

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Joey, I know this is two card PLO, but please commentate on this somewhere!

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07-29-2020 , 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dhubermex

Odds that Danny got a woody just from writing, "deal the fu**ing cards" ?

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07-29-2020 , 07:42 PM

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vinivici9586

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DN comparing himself to Jordan feels so on-brand for him.

jordan could prob beat 500 zoom

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07-29-2020 , 08:21 PM

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washoe

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Originally Posted by Sir Huntington

hunl at a certain limit becomes somewhat of a crapshoot and is boring to watch. Dont know why they would move on the others turf. And online Daniel can't use his live edge.