High Stakes Feud | Daniel Negreanu vs Doug Polk 

I wanna see Phil Hellmuth vs Tony G in one of these

The dialogue between them in real life versus social media goes to show how toxic hiding behind a computer makes your personality versus having to look adversity in the face.

I've met Daniel four times and spoke to him as well. Fantastic, relaxed, genuine sense of humor, and as unpretentious as ever to the point of being possibly the friendliest celebrity I can imagine, and even if he weren't a celebrity, his friendliness would be top notch.

Daniel has to be the most likeable and fun poker star ever to watch as a fan. He's just pure entertainment and just so happens to have some of the best reads in poker history

Doug “I’m adding ten” Polk

Polk just needed to understand that everything you do at the poker table conveys information, you can’t be all loosey goosey

Polk seems like that sleezy guy who would try to hook up with his friends girlfriend, then blame it on alcohol or something stupid like that LOL

Daniel is just a class act. I think this match showcases these players’ gap in maturity more than anything.

They should do the first 200 hands AND the last 200 hands live.

After the "Big Game", "Shark Cage" etc. I'm more happy to see actions like this with a professional broadcast again. It was missing for many years to watch events like this. Keep going, it's nice entertainment!! :)

Daniel is the best reader I’ve ever seen. Online to me is not real poker to me, being able to see the person live and not just play the cards is important.

This is way more friendly than I could have ever anticipated

Doug, I hear there are heads up lessons available right now on Upswing Poker.

I want to shout out the commentary crew on this one. They did absolutely amazing and it was such a drastic improvement from the first Phil and Antonio match.

I love that Doug said "if your bad, it'll be expensive for you." Then lost almost 120k... nice.

The entire match should’ve been live. DNegs absolutely demolished Polk. He’s gotta know that everything he does at the table conveys information

This was great poker. The amount of respect they both held at a live table shows you their true characters. Incredible content.

This feels like an awkward first date

"There's nowhere to hide in heads up." -Says the guy hiding behind a computer screen and keyboard...

Daniel was always good at magically being able to avoid a “mine field” (a trap). I remember how much I enjoyed his ability to “lay down” a hand that someone else would blindly, confidently, walk right into someone holding a ‘boat’ or ‘quads’ with a “nut flush”.

So the biggest takeaway is that these are two very nice guys who just get caught up in the internet bullshit and then bad social decisions are made. Glad they were actually so civil to one another.

The biggest surprise is that neither are wearing tank tops!

LOL. Loved watching Doug getting crushed.

I love how they just sit there with basic discussions due to underlining beef, whilst casually announcing there thoughts after each hand they play 🤣

I wish more of this was live. I miss poker in 2005

they should do one of these live sessions once a week

1:18:00 that’s actually a pretty sick tell!

Love these two guys for how much entertainment they gave us the last few months! Thank you!

Polk the type to make another Negreanu troll video soon as he gets home

Love hearing their input on the game. Can't wait to see another live match.

polk contradicting everything that daniel says in a elementary school-beef kinda way the whole way through is hilarious.

"if given the choice between cannibalism and seafood, I choose fish" what a great line lol

30:35 “I was expecting Mohammed Ali vs Joe Frazier, not Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield?!” Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear off. Hardly a cordial affair

Polk is far outmatched against Negreanu live. Online play takes a huge part of the game out of the equation and it is definitely Polk's strength. They should both stick to their strengths. What happened is exactly what most people I've talked to thought would happen.

Also. I could watch Doug Polk lose at poker every day and it would never get old!

DG is an experienced legend. DP has the online advantage but never the same caliber as Negs.

World-class production - thank you Poker Go! Great set-up, professional surroundings - and let's have Kane and Ali doing all the commentary from now on - just the right mix of expert analysis and entertaining banter!

Love the heads up table set up. Well done. Very entertaining

Negranu is best poker player in poker history switching beetween styles and adjust to opponents so perfectly real genius

I can't wait to see Phil "50 hands is a big enough sample size" Hellmuth play against Negreanu.

I'm usually a Negreanu fan, but I've also enjoyed Polks videos. I've always disliked the "feud" and am genuinely happy to see the friendliness in this match. Life is short, simply put. Can people just learn we are all one people and we just have different perspectives in life. It was nice to view.

Congratulations to PokerGo on a great production! Great set, commentators, graphics etc...just a shame they are only doing 200 hands in the PokerGo studio. I'm definitely signing back up to PokerGo for PAD & HSP next month....

“Reach out to me if YOUR credible” is crazy

Great commentary. Didn’t talk over players, informed the viewers.

“Did we just become best friends?” “Yup.”

This was a lot of fun to watch, it’d be great if they did more of these

this is the living embodiment of those people who are all talk online vs them irl

Very entertaining thanks. ✌️👊

Maybe they like each other after all? We're going to need more than these 200 hands played live. They have good banter.

Daniel is such a veteran...he went from sassy to daddy in his talk.

Just because you call someone out on what you think is extremely bs and have a disagreement, doesn't mean you can't still be cordial afterwards.

Wow. My level of tilt when the commentators speak over the players is so high.

i think deep down these guys just wanted to be friends and didnt know how to do it

Pokergo I NEED to see Tom Dwan and Pier. 'The Italian and the Irishman'? Not sure Dwan's nationality. But please?? I'm begging you.. The stares alone would cause the cards to burst into flames

3:27:40 Biggest hand of the night. In the old days, wasn't it a routine fold for a paired flop of 6s Kc 6h? Daniel had 10c6c, Doug had QdJd. Daniel bet $1600, Doug called and only had a runner runner straight draw.

nice very entertaining. Dnegs ran pretty insanely hot but also played well (eg the K9 bluff was pretty epic - playing his image really well here). Still think Doug will destroy him online though once they start playing some real volume.

Just watched the entire match. First, I could definitely watch well over 8 hours of this heads up match. This match was beautiful, in every aspect. The banter, sportsmanship, mutual respect and lines of play broadcasted to everyone watching was pure entertainment. The checks by DNegs and over bet by Doug were lines not often took. Displayed to me, to difference in live vs online play. I could watch these two shuffle chips and combat amicably all day long if they were doing it live, online.. not so much. I do look forward to seeing the results after the 12,500th hand mark. I want DNegs to win but I think Doug will prevail in his chosen arena.

That was so nice to watch and learn from

Yeah I think by the end of the 25k hands Doug took a milly from Daniel. He gave Daniel props though saying it looked like Daniel was getting progressively better as time went....

Dougie Polk - the classic keyboard ninja. so sharp and witty behind the screen, but a cute little mouse in person. Can’t believe people were calling this a ‘grudge’ match lmao

This was a ton of fun. Can't wait to sweat the online action!

Love how he said “goals to win millions of dollars” *gets followed up with by them going”I left with 3 million” and bro says “wow congrats, not that big a deal”

i dont know why they dont do this more.....because this is very entertaining

This was a great production! Well done by everyone. More please! I hope the audience was what was expected.

You know what, after Polk constantly poked Daniel, tweeted mean things etc. I'm actually happy that Dnegs showed him some solid play, and it isn't an easy walk for Polk. I actually hope Negreanu wins this match.

"I was expecting a Frazier vs Ali not a Mike Tyson vs Holifield..." 🤔 ..........what, did u just say?

lmao the intro waas funny, I couldn't stop laughing

Feels a bit awkward how cordial they're being.

I'm loving this interaction between the two! Would totally pay 5 bucks a month to listen Dnegs and Doug podcast, reminiscing about the old days of poker.

Great episode again!

hi, thanks a lot for the video! It was interesting and informative :)

I wish thered been more live play, this was fantastic

Even when feuding, these two are polite and cordial.

Much respect for both players, but man I knew from the get-go Kid Poker was gonna take live event. Amazing heads up, so much to learn from this.

Doug Polk is a literal genius: 1. Egg Dnegs on. 2. Get him to play you in a game that you were considered the best in the world at for many years. 3. Ensure the format gives you a huge advantage. (2-tables, all online, small timebank) 4. Bet truck loads of money on yourself via third parties. 5. Promote the event by continued trash talk. 6. Win 1.2 million dollars of DNegs money while streaming and promoting your website the entire time. 7. Make tons of content about the challenge, and sell a ridiculous amount of course content. 8. Become podcast besties with Dnegs after the challenge making us all wonder if the beef was just a cashgrab from the beginning. You have to give the man credit. Whether you like him or not. I'd airball a guess that he made 5-10 million+ profit on this challenge through all the avenues.

Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk need to play live again. It's way more interesting watching them play live than online. You can't even see their cards when they play online! I can't watch that for hours like I can watch them play live for hours.

two poker dudes just happy to be back to do what they love on the highest level

Love how when a bluff is caught they shy it off, but when it is successful, they self-proclaim it was an exploit LOL

So who won the online section , how do I watch it ?

Dang! These guys are so polite and gentlemanly there seems to be non “feud” whatsoever! 😂 but I appreciate these sorts of games actually! And good commentary without interrupting their conversations

Doug is a nice guy, he's just the passive aggressive entitled type that bottles up all his frustrations inside till it erupts into insensitive, nasty, and spiteful trolling.

Two awesome guys! Huge fan of both. Daniel is the GOAT though.

Big fan of both individually, glad to see no real beef.

Alternate title - Two old friends having a nice chat

Can we please take a minute to talk about how negreanu ran like an absolute god for the duration? Always either had a hand or made a hand. Also ran one good bluff with the k9 when Polk had AQ.

Why did daniel look like dobby from harry potter at the beginning 💀💀💀

I am glad these two seemed to have worked out any beef they had going..they both seem like pretty nice guys that try to improve the game and players skills at playing them..maybe that is all it was a beef over who gets the most viewers to their channels

A fan of both players, however, I would like to see the last session live !!!!! A great way to finalise two great poker players.😎

Take a drink of water every time Polk says the word "like".

All Daniel needed to do was win this live match and he's "proven" enough to most people. This live match would get the most views by far. Obviously he ran very hot and 200 hands is nothing. But I feel he played better than Doug in this small sample

This therapeutic for them. Especialy in covid times. They're gonna come out as friends at the end of this.

The meta conversation going on between these two was fascinating. The commentators seemed to think it was pure friendliness, but it wasn't there were some subtle digs going on there. Take for instance the end, when Daniel casually asked how many hands were left. You think a mathematical, calculating brain like his didn't know exactly how many hands left? He asked it because he wanted Polk to think he was going to tighten up. Doug even "joked", 'yeah you can fold the last ones out, I'll take it'. Daniel then feigned embarrasment and said something like he'd never do that. Doug then thought, cool, let's play. But Negreanu laid his trap, the very next hand he played completely outside his range and went for a bluff. Polk bought it so he did it again with K3. But this time he checked down on the river and made the "old man speeding". The guys in the booth even commented how this was the first hand all night he'd done that. Then he got lucky as the very next hand he plays within his range and hits trip 6s. Polk was primed to think that he was just trying to bluff down the last few hands and shoved right into them. Beautiful. Also as a sidenote, notice how Daniel brings up the fact he's an underdog every time he wins a pot. 😂

Why is this rivalry so adorable? The banter is hilarious, though.

Its poker, they bluffed everyone that they were enemies

K9 3barrel bluff was the best!!!

Everytime polk get a bluff through he starts telling a story and sounds like "this one time, at band camp"

Watching these two play showed some very awesome techniques in betting strategies and game planning, knowing the no need in committing, but patience in holding back there full potential. Now they both have a 100% feel for each other and it’ll be exploited from here on out in future meetings. Just awesome to watch.

I have an Aria Poker Room Hat autographed at the super high roller bowel by Daniel, Doug, Phil Hellmuth, and Eric Sidel 😁

Not sure why anyone expected fireworks. Negreanu and Selbst always seemed cordial in past matches.

The most brutal poker feud that I've ever scene! They should've put these two in separate cages!! I thought they were gonna kill each other!!!