Should Doug Polk Be Banned from Playing His Own Tournament? | PokerNews Podcast #867

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In the 867th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to discuss the "controversy" of Doug Polk making the final table of his own poker tournament down at The Lodge in Austin, Texas. Should a poker operator be allowed to play in their own event? That seemed to be the question of the week in the poker world.

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The crew then played "Race the Ace" to determine a winner in our giveaway for a seat into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll Invitational (the answer to how many engraved plates are on the WPT Mike Sexton Champion's Cup was 374)! From there, it is a look at Maria Ho winning the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship and Chad got to meet Impractical Jokers Brian "Q" Quinn and Joe Gatto, Sketch, and Vegas Matt.

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Speaking of fun events, find out who won the Global Poker Table Talk event during Formula 1 featuring Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Phelps, Carlos Sainz, and Charles Leclerc, and then get a behind-the-scenes look at the Big Deal for One Drop, which both Chad and Connor Richards attended. They caught up with Phil Hellmuth and even interviewed Jennifer Tilly.

Kyna then shares highlights from her trip to England for the PokerStars Women's Winter Festival. Then things wrap with a look at the upcoming Bar Poker Open taking place in Florida from Dec. 6-8 (Norman Chad will be there to do commentary)!

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Time Stamps

TimeTopic
00:11Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz
00:20Doug Polk makes headlines by making final table of own event
00:50Polk’s poll
07:06What do the poker masses think?
08:34Texas operating in a gray area
10:17Sponsor – WSOP Free-to-Play App
10:50ClubWPT Gold Invitational $5M Freeroll juiced w/ $750K in added prizes
12:00PokerNews Podcast selects winner for seat into $5M Freeroll
13:43Race the Ace to determine a winner
16:52Recent WPT Freeroll Winners
18:12Maria Ho wins Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship
19:16Chad gets to meet Impractical Jokers, Sketch, and Vegas Matt
21:36Global Poker Table Talk during F1 Week
23:24Chad & Connor attend Big Deal for One Drop
25:46Guy Laliberte hosts the Big Deal for One Drop; Hellmuth emcees
26:16Interview with Jennifer Tilly
28:44Derek Adamian wins the Big Deal for One Drop
30:02Highlights of Kyna’s trip to the Women’s Winter Festival in England
32:41Argentina's Maria Lampropulos wins Women’s Winter Festival Main Event
32:06Charlie Waters wins Women’s Winter Festival High Roller title
33:29Kyna got to hang out with Spraggy
34:50Bar Poker Open running in Florida from Dec. 6-9

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