jsnake716
Legend
Bronze Level
Nice thread.
Let's pick it up DNegs!
UH OH!!! 260,000+ for the upstart. about 1k hands played - Dougy might need 2 trucks to load up D-Negs cash if this keeps going the way it is going. :driver:
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In case it has not been posted , on Youtube either Upswing poker channel or Doug Polk channel will be streaming all sessions. NO they will not be showing hole cards, and I don't have all the details, GG is streaming as someone has posted -BUT if you watch that stream you must be able to tolerate an endless CHAT of FanBoys for D-negs. At least on Upswing the bias is definitely for Doug, BUT Doug's fans will grind him up too. LOL -I am enjoying it, even if there is no hole cards.
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Shells
Moderator
Moderator
I think I added links to the first post, to both GGPoker (supporting Daniel, of course) and Doug Polk's streaming, so people can choose which 'fan base' they would prefer. There are likely as many rooting for Daniel as there are for Doug, so have to be fair.
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chalghaf
Rock Star
Silver Level
Predications for today's session ?
im going with Daniel getting the better of Doug tonight hopefully closing the gap !
iknow its small sample they played so far , but if Doug keeps drifting away Daniel its gonna be less enjoyable tbh , well atleast for me lol
im going with Daniel getting the better of Doug tonight hopefully closing the gap !
iknow its small sample they played so far , but if Doug keeps drifting away Daniel its gonna be less enjoyable tbh , well atleast for me lol
dartwind
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Agreed. Strange only one big all in hand was skill, a bluff caught by Daniel, and the rest were coolers. Most of the smaller hand were skill and most of those are won by Doug.
jsnake716
Legend
Bronze Level
I think I added links to the first post, to both GGPoker (supporting Daniel, of course) and Doug Polk's streaming, so people can choose which 'fan base' they would prefer. There are likely as many rooting for Daniel as there are for Doug, so have to be fair.
I should have known Shells would be on it!!! I admit I did not go back to the beginning to check. You do not miss much. Of course, Dnegs has as many or more fans, no, way more. I am definitely a fan of choices, as many choices as possible.
Rob Hobson
Legend
Loyaler
https://www.cardschat.com/news/daniel-negreanu-doug-polk-we-learned-95651/
There's so much to happen still. A turning point is quite possible.
There's so much to happen still. A turning point is quite possible.
Shells
Moderator
Moderator
Further news article updates (synopsis) of the latest happenings on the virtual felt right here >>> Bad Beat on Day’s Final Hand Crushes Negreanu’s Dominating Session
kraemer
Visionary
Silver Level
Daniel better get used to the fact that the big pots are always won by a miracle river in online poker
With rivers like that Doug will make him go broke in under 3000 hands by playing worse than the average micro-stakes donk...
With rivers like that Doug will make him go broke in under 3000 hands by playing worse than the average micro-stakes donk...
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mclaughlinph
Rock Star
Silver Level
They are both millionaires and top pros because of poker. Playing heads up for 25000 hands doesn't prove anything other than which one of them got more lucky during 25000 hands whether that be luck from the other player making the wrong read or from the way the cards fall. When two seasoned pros like these two square off it comes down to luck. Now if they were playing heads up in person and could read each others body movements and started picking off each others bluffs I would say you could tell which one is better but playing on line removes so much from the game that makes a good player a good player.
Poker Orifice
And Still...
Platinum Level
How many hands would they need to play for it not be luck? (or 'more lucky')
How many hands per hour are they playing? How many hours will it take to play out the 25,000 hands. And you still think that sample isn't big enough to determine which player is better at that format?
Rob Hobson
Legend
Loyaler
I fully agree with you.
Even live, heads-up don't prove who's the best.
Doyle Brunson, a legend, once wrote:
"Playing head-up against another good player, for instance, is not a realistic test of who's the best player because it happens that some people who are very good at head-up play are not very good in a Ring game...and vice versa."
Pokerpoet2
Legend
Bronze Level
I hate it when people say they are the best poker player in the World, Why? because there is no such beast just like the Loch Ness Monster the best player is a Myth.
Sure you can win 13 bracelets in the world series of poker but sit down to a cash game and you are a dog and many people who think they are good do not understand the complexities of other variations of poker like Omaha, Stud, Badugi etc etc etc the list goes on.
To be the best player in the World you need to excel in all forms of poker not just Holdem!
Sure you can win 13 bracelets in the world series of poker but sit down to a cash game and you are a dog and many people who think they are good do not understand the complexities of other variations of poker like Omaha, Stud, Badugi etc etc etc the list goes on.
To be the best player in the World you need to excel in all forms of poker not just Holdem!
Rob Hobson
Legend
Loyaler
You're dam right!!!
But I am the best poker player on earth. Remember this!!!
!!!I'm just kidding hehehe!!!
ObbleeXY
Legend
Bronze Level
At first, I thought, "This dude wants us to google for him?!"...
And then I spent some time down the rabbit hole googling for you...and have realised there simply isn't a published schedule.
Seems they are agreeing their next matches on a day by day basis.
With that in mind, I think the best bet is to follow them on Twitter and keep looking now and again. DNegs made a bit of a comeback yesterday...but Polk still seems to be the stronger player heads up (unsurprisingly).
Yesterday, some bookies were offering 13-1 odds. I am not into that sort of betting, but those are some pretty good odds.
Any opinions on what is going wrong for DNegs?
My only observatinos....KidPoker seems to check a LOT of turn bets. Rare for him to bet here. Also check shoves some top pairs, getting cracked by Polk's two pair.
Then again...who the **** am I to critique these two?! (but I still will!)
Cheers,
ObbleeXY