It isn’t wanting good for Doug Polk’s probabilities of profitable an online poker challenge on ClubWPT Gold after a expensive Saturday session that noticed “Code Doug” go from up $20,000 to effectively within the crimson.
The Upswing Poker founder sought to win $100,000 in a single month on the brand new sweepstakes poker site. However because the halfway level approaches, he is now additional behind his objective than when the problem started.
Polk began off the problem taking part in low-stakes heads-up video games, and fell behind a few thousand bucks early. He stepped as much as mid-stakes and issues circled for him within the optimistic course. However that every one got here to an abrupt halt on Day 12.
Tough Day for Texas Poker Room Proprietor
Polk livestreamed for six hours on Saturday, and he ran right into a nemesis who performs underneath the screenname “IamBenough.” The 2 performed $10/$20 heads-up no-limit maintain’em on ClubWPT Gold for hours, and it turned out to be a massacre.
The brutality started about half-hour in on a board of 5♠10♦J♣3♠Q♠. Polk had J♠2♠ for the third nuts. He checked the river to set the lure earlier than check-jamming all in for almost $4,000 and obtained a snap-call from A♠6♠, the nut flush. His opponent took down an $8,000 pot, one among many coolers to return.
Polk did bounce again inside the hour when he turned journeys to crack prime pair for a $6,500 pot. However the co-owner of Texas’ The Lodge Card Club frequently bumped into it towards “IamBenough” from there on out.
In a single hand, “IamBenough” four-bet from the button with 9♣8♣ towards Polk’s A♦J♦. The flop got here out 8♦9♦9♥, and little did Polk know he was drawing lifeless regardless of having the nut flush draw, which he’d hit when the 5♦ appeared on the flip. All the cash went in on the river, and the problem host’s opponent took down one other $8,000 pot.
The match would proceed for fairly a while, however it was a lopsided affair. “IamBenough” ended up wrecking Polk for almost $35,000, over 1,700 large blinds. Polk would discover a new opponent to face over the ultimate hour of his livestream on YouTube and Twitch, and he’d drop one other $2,000 or so earlier than calling it quits for the day.
Polk, who entered the session $20,160 within the black, misplaced $36,480 on Day 12, bringing his mixed tally to a web lack of $16,320. He is now $116,320 away from reaching his one-month objective on ClubWPT Gold, a social poker web site he serves as an affiliate for however closely critiques. To hit the $100,000-in-a-month objective, he’ll must common profitable roughly $6,400 per day the remainder of the best way.
The three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has vowed to provide away all his winnings to those that sign-up for ClubWPT Gold and use the code “Code Doug.” However even when he loses, he’ll nonetheless give out $100,000. He’ll be again at it on Monday following a time off on the poker web site he is provided up his harsh however sincere assessment of in a YouTube video.
ClubWPT Gold’s X account has been having some enjoyable at Polk’s expense through the problem, and on Saturday, they tweeted on the poker professional: “You did not have to provide all $100k away in sooner or later.” Maybe, they’d cool the trash discuss if Polk stopped cracking on the location and the “vlog watchers” who play on ClubWPT Gold.
The problem is not over, nevertheless. He is not able to throw within the towel simply but and will nonetheless get the final snigger.
