Jennifer Shahade welcomes Doug Polk to the GRID. Doug covers a massive six figure pot from his high stakes heads up challenge against Daniel Negreanu, where Doug ended up winning well over a million dollars. In the crucial hand, Daniel opened the button to 1K at 200/400 and Doug called with queen eight offsuit. The flop was J♣ 9♠ 5♥ and Doug checked to Daniel, who bet 800 into 2k. Doug called to see the turn (J♣ 9♠ 5♥) 7♦. The action heated up on the turn as Doug checked again, and Daniel bet pot, $3600. Doug raised it up to 20,675 and Daniel called. The river blanked, bringing a final board of (J♣ 9♠ 5♥ 7♦) 2♣.  

Doug breaks down every decision and frequency in the hand, and explains if he would have played the hand different five years ago, when he created his Upswing course on Heads-Up Mastery.

Jen and Doug move on to discuss a variety of subjects, including Doug’s chess beginnings, whether Doug would ever play a high stakes Heads-up chess match against Daniel Negreanu, and his brief stand-up comedy career. They also talk about his approach to heads-up and efficient study.

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