I Played A $25,000 Buy-In Poker Tournament! My BIGGEST Hands... 

I'm streaming the $25,000 Heads Up event RIGHT NOW. Watch here: www.twitch.tv/dougpolkpoker ICYMI, yesterday's video features Phil Ivey in a $100,000 high roller with a FULL HOUSE. Check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LiX-CsHOEh4.html

I don't want to criticize your analysis of that hand with 88 vs AA, but as I watched it live( obviously on delay) I noticed one major tell, that I haven't seen anyone talk about yet. The AA Re-raise amount. I've noticed that you like 1337, 13337 etc. in your own bets. I think he may have had that same read on you, and inverted the numbers on you to 7331 and you didn't catch that as a show of strength. Did you notice that on your reevaluation of the hand after the fact?

Fun fact: Black88 actually went on to win this tournament for $600k.

Man 25k online poker tourney, and I can't even afford lunch...… Life's good. Lol

21:50 LoL Doug: "Fador was out of the tournament and you can not rebuy" Tourney Lobby: "93 entries, 32 re-entries" Doug: I'm emailing support

when you see the video is almost over but you're still hoping for an Ace or a Ten lol

Nice to see some other famous faces in this tourney. Epiphany77 being Charlie and Trueteller

24:08 "Pocket... uhhhhhh..." *Doug.exe has left the building*

Im glad you left it up to stars on fedor being able to rebuy "your call" -Doug

wtf was that 88 vs AA play? You were playing so well too

“Who called for a 7 of clubs? Who the hell was it? I wanna know.” 😂😂

Why when you hovered over your avatar it said Australia ?

for a $25,000 buy-in you really played it like a pigeon.

congrats on making gold star!

Oh man, you really e-mailed support. ROFL! Good times.

i like backwards hat doug. he seems cool

Jesus Christ stop saying bros so much

3bet to 7.331 with the AA. That guy is ruthless..

Bro, Bro, Bro your boat gently down the stream...you should have called this the 25k brofest

doug, im your biggest fan! now im gonna enjoy the next 30 min and learn.

Vanessa Selbst joke

everyone just chill the f out - it's not like anyone else who has played mtts hasn't shoved in a mediocre spot only to get snapped off by an over pair or set. it was probably a bad shove but who else had the balls to play a 25k bi mtt today?

he didn't start his letter to support with "what's up lee, doug polk here"

Thanks for posting, Doug. It was fun to watch, for many reasons.

Was the 88 shove maybe a cash game shove and not a tournament shove (considering ICM)?

yo Doug nice 1 dude. The pocket eights though should have just get rid of preflop, at least on the flop u should have man. nasty spot to let it go but def. the rigt play with 50bb behind

Hey doug, your description is incorrect, did you had a typo of Mercier, did you mean Badreg?

the funniest and greatest of all poker trolls, my man doug polk lmao

BRO LET BRO SAY BRO AS MUCH AS BRO WANTS, BRO.

Doug have you ever considered changing this name's channel to !Giveaway? Just in case someone didn't know about it

Almost got him! ALMOSTTTTTT !!!!!

Can someone tell me why, at 12:45 he shows the jacks pre-river? I think is an easy bluff after that move. He knows now how scared you are of A and Q, you can notice the overbet. I don't know, i didn't get it.

Is there a guide to what all the numbers mean next to the player's names?

that was well played til the 88 hand. that was a bit of a punt and i think you went cash game thought process gto this spot is a vacuum what is icm (yeah i know strictly speaking icm isnt really involved til deep in the money but lets just say, its always a factor in tournaments in a way). doug is an amazing player, much better than i, and hey i mightve played it worse cause i wouldve prob 3b pre and folded to the cold 4b and never gotten a shot at a flop and just burned chips anyway, but if i had dougs image and realized they realize im plying gto then this is one of the few times you can fold htat flop cause even if it doesnt smash any one persons range its wet as hell and, its 3way, hes never folding better because of your image and fuck even flatting and bluffing some run outs is better than just punting there IMO. id like to hear some advanced analysis on the hand from doug personally. and ya disclaimer my total earnings in tournament poker could only buy into this tournament and cover a rebuy if there was no rake, so dont say herp derp yt pro i get it

Doug made me tired from all that heavy breathing

Just started exploring your channel, lots of good stuff, you obviously know what you are doing. Having to overlook the cockeyed hats and tank tops....but learning.

What's with the stats under peoples name? What are those numbers?

why are you saying bros so much man.

A “moment of silence” is a moment of “silence”... whereas you “leading us in prayer” is you praying “out loud” on behalf of everyone involved. Xoxo

love your vids my dude ! you're killin it lol 1 part I thought was funny was, 14:25" what's this weak ass raise" lol also Polk: "Call" ... lmaooo I was dead

Stubern on those 8s the move was a 3bet preflop or fold as your out of position.

Doug says he's on delay then blames "the bro ' s " for bad channeled energy on a terrible river lol.all the time asking himself if he reminded us.of the giveaway...I love your style bro #Grind4Life

Chips in tourneys are too valuable to be 3betting so wide. Even from a GTO standpoint you're bluffing way too often to balance out. This isn't a cash game where everyone is 100bbs deep and you can play poker post flop. Stacks are much shorter here and playing GTO will simply lead you to spewing chips preflop and getting jammed on. Or post flop like with your 88

Can anyone explain the 88 play? I see everyone saying it was horrible and I want to agree, but if doug made this play there is obviously a valid reason as to why this play can be considered 'correct'. Can anyone explain this??

i thought you couldn't get any cooler but then i saw you wearing that hat sideways

I dont understand. Are pocket 8s worth $25,000? Why not call.

I think you forgot to mention the giveaway Doug

Idk about the jam with 88. I dont think u had any fold equity against the preflop 3-better so you're basically jamming with about 12% equity

What are all those extra numbers under his opponements? And how did he get them there?

What's up guys, Dan Pigeon here..

I love your vlogs and your demeanor ...great stuff.....Poker is not perfection. Work in progress..... I think u were tired as you even stated in your live feed when asked by a guest if you were stoned or exhausted and you conceded you were "1 of those" ~tired......and so 88 with that many bigs was a tired play. I learned a lesson from your experience. Thank you for sharing and dont take the negative criticism you will certainly get for it too hard. I can see taking that 88 with 10-15 bigs and doing what you did but that deep was a painfully frivolous move is all. That was a Ray Guy punt of 85 yards on 2nd down.~ with the benevolent bounce of course.

Doug, I saw your thumbnail where it looked like you were holding your head. I thought you might have been hurt or something. Glad you're alright. Really had me worried there.

I have a question can you claim the cash you win in poker stars cash tables? for example if I enter with 20 and go with 40 can I get those 40 to my bak account?

I have returned to reclaim my spot as King of Doug's comments section

Some one has been watching PewDiePie.

Punt city over here bud keep it up bud good stuff. GG

For being one of the top pros and great advice for players he has too many dislikes. Doug is a great player great man and will be a great father

you played so bad

BRO Im watching your video for the first time.. more actual content and less acting.. its hard to learn something while listening yo your cringe jokes

How can I play in the wsop 2020? I dont have 10.000. Is there a site I can play in?

I just feel like it wasnt worth risking your tournament on that all in with 88, you had a good stack, if you gonna risk it all like that I would have waited for a more forsure time to do so.

I want to DEFEND the 88 shove from all the CAPTAIN HINDSIGHTS that are criticizing it.... Let's compare CALLING versus FOLDING to simplify the analysis (we'll ignore the CALL option)..... If he FOLDS, he gets to play on with $54k...... so FOLDING is worth $54k..... So the question becomes IS SHOVING WORTH MORE OR LESS THAN $54K (we're ignoring the call option to simplify the analysis)? If he GETS CALLED after shoving, he still has 25% chance of winning a $114k pot, plus $10k behind.... that's worth $43k.... If he DOESN'T GET CALLED after shoving, he gets 100% of an $89k pot, plus $10k behind... that's worth $99k.... So SHOVING is worth....... (Probability of being called)*($43k) + (Probability of NOT being called)*($99k) If (Probability of being called) = 80%, then he should be INDIFFERENT between SHOVING and FOLDING.... as $54k = 80% ($43k) + 20% ($99k) If (Probability of being called) < 80%, then HE SHOULD SHOVE..... I believe that the the probability of Doug's shove being called was less than 80%...... Therefore, I believe that Doug made a good shove... I guess it was just his time to die.... Well played Doug!.... I love the videos!

can someone please tell me how doug gets his bet sizing to a automated percentage of 29, 42 etc. been tryna work out how to do it on pstars for last couple days and i cant suss it lol

Does any one know, with place you have to end up, before you get a reward/profit by playing the tournement?

Dont mock God. Thats blasphemy.

Lets see ppl clown on the phohawk now!! Also Doug instead of mocking a prayer how about you whip that bible out and read a few pages. Life is great w 100 dollar bills but Jesus is the real jackpot. Good day.

Jim's really well informed on the 88 hand

What's the 13337 bet size all about? He does it in a lot of his vids

Doug about that prayer at the start....i didn't like it at all. I am not religious guy and i don't like religion at all so if you make fun of them i couldn't care less but saying that you don't have enough money for food....i think you shouldn't make fun of this...there are many ppl out there hungry an not so fortunate as we are...and you never know what life brings. Overall very good video as always; keep 'em coming. Cheers

Stop playing poker any more pls.

Doug's connection during the game said he was out of Australia.... I realize this was way back in 2017, but am I missing something here lol?? Did the dude (does the dude lol) live down under??

And Charlie on the same table, noice!

Where is he playing this tournament? I thought Pokerstars wasn't available in the United States? Somebody?

What is all that color numbers under the others players tags?

hi, big fan from a long time. I just have one question what software do you use for your statistics in game? Thanks

Hi Doug, how do you record with overlay and everything without the music,which was playing during the stream( i was watching you! :-D). Is it some specific setting in OBS? Asking cos i like to stream games with music on and cant use the footage cos of copyrights. Thx

What are the coloured stats you have on your screen??? Anyone?

That e-mail 😂😂😂

if you find a poker chip black with a crown where would go play if?

Why do you always tank when you already know what you are going to do? I mean I understand time tells but isn't that a big problem with poker

very nice play and nice vid, I subbed! I did, however, got confused with the 88 shove like many people here. maybe because, by nature, I am the kind of players that will defend his stack when you are at that point in the tourney. It was really nice to see you climb up again after a few losses tho will follow more your vids! Gl on your next games.

played very well, nice work I enjoyed the stream on the day and really just unfortunate cooler with the 88s anyways thanks for the good RU-vid content and keep it up looking forward to more! cheers.

can someone pleas help me in how tu use the pockertrucker ?

Can anyone explain the shove at 10:30? I'm not criticizing him in any way, I just want to know

Was That 88 shove part of the 50k giveaway ?!

Thanks again for sharing this. It's very interesting to see.

I live in Orlando, how can I do to play real money on poker stars?

How are you playing for money on jokerstars? We cant play in the us

Manley Tubes as a name means, the guy is probably in the music recording Industry. "Manley" ist one of the best US Companies for Tube Recording Equipment. Love it. Btw, love your Poker Channel. Thinking about enlisting for Upswing.

Hey Doug, requesting hand analysis of Esfandiari(TT) vs Saffieddine(A6s) on 3rd March, 2017. Thank you anyway!

why do you win the pot the other player has a pair 66 you only highest card? 18:13

Once again can you please tell me how stars allows you to play from America?

hmm..could have 3bet the 88s pre an folded to 4bet or jus fold pre all together

What program is he using to have those stats underneath each player?

Is this all out of sequence?

Im new and interesting to play poker.. Can you tell me what site you were playing?

Queens kings and aces are the ultimate set up cards on joker stars

Hi Doug, congrats for your vids. They are really cool and you're very funny on twitch. I was wondering why having a diamond in your hand (88) on a 569dd board is a good thing ? Don't you block somehow flush draws ?

what are the colored numbers below everyone's names?

Whats the numbers under the names? some kind of software showing you how they've played or something? anyway I won a 320 dollar turnament ticket (on 888) and I manages to qualify for day two with a million in the pot. I'm coming in with about 35 times BB and it's a slow turnament (15 minutes pr blind level) which suits me. But I've never played anything like these high stakes and I really want to do good. Coming in the money would be nice. Coming top 10 would be life changing!! It's this sunday. Can anyone link me to some tips/channels or give me some advice I would be very grateful.