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08:42
14 Oct

Doug Polk has gone on a bit of a Twitter rampage lately. It’s not that long before we expect to see Polk square up against Daniel Negreanu in their hotly anticipated heads-up match and the temperature is rising rapidly.

A number of people have felt the wrath of Polk’s sharp tongue over the last couple of days ― Matt Berkey in particular. Polk is well-known to have little respect for the standard of play of many successful players and Berkey seems to be one of them.

Hedge fund manager and high stakes reg Dan Shak took offence and was quick to fire back at Polk for his bullying attitude.

“What is wrong with you is there a beef you have with @berkey11 or are you just trying to imitate a school ground bully.”

Polk has always had a mouth on him but this latest performance is out of character even for him.

Doug Polk And Daniel Negreanu

Arguing Over Rules

The last couple of days has seen bickering with Negreanu over preventing real-time assistance. This degenerated into whether or not pre flop charts fall under this designation.

It is a little ridiculous to be wasting time and energy over this given the huge sums of money that both players have made over the years.

After the shit show degenerated even more into playground humour one poster asked Polk why he wasn’t taking on the likes of Dominik Nitsche or Dan 'Jungleman' Cates.

“There are levels to this game. You can't play the bad players once you play the good players. I am currently just picking the low hanging fruit. Im happy to play both of those guys down the line but they are both good at poker.”

Nitsche saw the funny side of one of the worst threads in poker Twitter history and replied in kind.

One thing is for sure here: if Polk loses this challenge he won’t want to show his face around the poker community in any way for a long time to come. He will surely stay retired if that happens.

We at Pokertube can’t wait to see this match kick off.

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07:31
02 Apr

Many have done so before him, but Doyle Brunson became one of the most high-profile poker pros to block Doug Polk on Twitter, and he threw in Matt Glantz as well for good measure!

The granddaddy of poker had reached the end of his tether with the Upswing Poker boss, with Polk poking fun at Brunson’s Christian faith after Texas Dolly shared this tweet.

True to form, Doug jumped in with a smart-arsed reply…

…and soon afterwards the ban-hammer descended, Polk tweeting:

“Andddd we are blocked. Must have been a sensitive issue.”

Brunson, as fans and followers will know, leads off his Twitter bio with the word “Christian” and regularly retweets based on his faith. As some have pointed out, others could, and perhaps should, just read and move on if they don’t agree with him…

“I don’t follow @TexDolly for his political views (I am at the opposite end of politics from him). I follow him because he’s an interesting man who’s had an interesting life,” wrote one fan.

Another tweeted:

“Doyle, I enjoy all of your tweets, whether I agree with the sentiment or not. I don't really understand why anyone, especially professional poker players, wouldn't just read and appreciate.”

Polk, of course, isn’t most people, and has made a pretty good living at picking fights on Twitter, his infamous feud with Daniel Negreanu a case in point, leading to their recent Grudge Match.

Matt Glantz was also hit by Doyle’s banhammer, although that sparked another row with fellow pro Jeff Madsen, who tweeted…

Glantz was happy to defend himself, accusing Madsen of being a Trump-loving, Covid-denier, and refuting Doyle’s version of events saying he was making up lies to justify the ban…

Polk naturally couldn’t resist a sardonic response to that tweet either, posting:

“Don't make excuses you godless scumbag.”

As with everything else nowadays, the poker world is polarised and it seems almost everything leads to feuds and ‘headsupforrollz’ calls, the

Doug Polk Vids Twitter

Negreanu vs Hellmuth HighStakes Feud another case in point.

Who’s next for the Brunson banhammer is anyone’s guess, however, perhaps the most famous Twitter block in poker history saw Doyle on the receiving end…

Doug Polk Girlfriend

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