Doug Polk has one other on-line poker problem deliberate, this one on ClubWPT Gold, a brand new social poker website that’s, on the very least, entertaining the poker group on X.
The heads-up poker legend and co-owner of The Lodge Card Club close to Austin, Texas is getting down to win $100,000 enjoying on-line poker in a month. Per his tweet, he’ll start the problem March 3, and livestream the motion all through on his YouTube channel, the place he has 420,000 subscribers.
Polk’s goal, which he defined in a YouTube video, is to indicate the poker world “the dream remains to be alive,” referring to expert gamers having the ability to win on-line with out dishonest. The elevated presence of real-time assistance (RTA) tools, ghosting, and collusion has scared some gamers away from enjoying poker on-line lately. However the high-stakes participant seems to be satisfied the dream is not lifeless.
Latest On-line Poker Problem
As with every on-line poker problem Polk is concerned with, there’s going to be a giveaway. The three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner will give again each cent of his income in the course of the “Code Doug” problem to those that sign-up on ClubWPT Gold and use the code “DOUG.”
ClubWPT Gold is a social poker website accessible in the US in partnership with the World Poker Tour (WPT). The location launched in beta type late final 12 months and made headlines in December with its record-setting $5 million assured ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll in the course of the WPT World Championship competition at Wynn Las Vegas.
The platform makes use of a sweepstakes mannequin just like that of Global Poker, and is authorized within the US. Gamers don’t buy conventional chips with cash. They as an alternative sign-up and play free of charge utilizing Gold Cash (GC) or buy Sweeps Cash (SC), which gamers can flip into actual cash prizes.
Polk instructed PokerNews he’ll solely play ring video games in the course of the “Code Doug” problem, particularly no-limit maintain’em.
The Upswing Poker founder is not any stranger to on-line poker challenges. He took on a $100 to $10,000 bankroll problem in 2018, which he successfully completed, however it took him fairly a while to get it achieved. Polk, a heads-up specialist, additionally beat his former rival Daniel Negreanu for $1.2 million throughout 25,000 hands 4 years in the past.
ClubWPT Gold has been producing consideration not too long ago attributable to its ruthless X account (in all probability, virtually definitely run by Polk’s gifted video editor Thomas Keeling). The account doesn’t maintain again in poking enjoyable at nearly anybody or any firm within the poker group, including vloggers.
