Episode #361 - April 28, 2015 

Pokercast 361 - Doug Polk, Brad Willis and a $1M Spin&Go Winner

Live from the Two Plus Two Studios - This week on the Pokercast: We’ve got 4 great guests on this week’s show, with something for everyone! To kick it all off Terrence announces the date and previews his upcoming fight, we talk about another somewhat more popular fight coming up before jumping into “In Case You Missed It”. This week: There is a new series of poker documentaries being released featuring Martin Jacobsen, An arrest warrant is issued for Seals with Clubs chairman Bryan Micon, Daniel Negreanu blogs about young problem gamblers and it’s the 10 Year anniversary of the Pokerstars Blog. Brad Willis of the Stars Blog joins us to talk about the decade he has spent writing about the game we love, and some of his personal highlights. In Segment 2 Doug Polk aka WCGRider joins us from Pittsburgh to talk about him and other Heads Up NL bosses playing a bot named “Claudico” designed by Carnegie Mellon University. Doug talks about how he ranks the bot compared to human intelligence and some stories of how the challenge has gone for him and the others so far. The guys then do a quick “Rossco Report” and move along to the final part of the show. In segment 3 Steve Day joins us with news from Pokerstars HQ. Then Adam has some forum shout outs and answers the mail where we accept some content requests from you, and also review this week’s poker tweets in “140 or less”. Lastly, be sure to listen for the format and password of the Pokercast Invitational on Pokerstars for this Sunday! Timestamps: 46:30 End of Segment 1/Beginning of Segment 2 and Crush Live Poker Strategy Minute 1:55:00 End of Seg 2/Beginning of Seg 3

Music: Robert Francis - Baby Was The Devil (2014), Big Wild - Aftergold (2015)

Douglas Polk

Douglas Polk - another gamer turned poker player, is best known by his online of WCGRider. Doug began his career as a small and micro stakes Full Ring grinder for years before discovering his talent for shorthanded and Heads-Up play. He moved up the stakes to become one of the most profitable nosebleed players. He ascension to the top of the online ladder has been remarkable to watch and it now sees him fearlessly battle the best the game has to offer. Doug is an outspoken and sometimes controversial figure in the poker community with a confident but affable persona. Originally from California, he currently splits his time between his house in Las Vegas and his online relocation residences in Vancouver, Canada and Mexico. While not known for live or tournament play, he made a deep run in the Heads-up event at the 2012 WSOP. Learn more about Douglas Polk