Polk used a short clip of Negreanu saying “more rake is better” over and over. One of Polk’s most consistent attacks has centered on Negreanu’s use of the phrase “more rake is better” while defending PokerStars’ increase of the rake (house cut) in 2016. Talking to Negreanu on Thursday and Polk on Friday was akin to hearing the defense’s case followed by the prosecutor’s rebuttal. I think there’s a bunch of public issues that he’s been very much in the wrong in.” “I just think he has a lot of other issues at play. I do think deep down he’s a good person,” said Polk, a 31-year-old who lives in Henderson.

Polk, who recently led the failed effort to recall Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, said everything he has criticized Negreanu for has been fact-based and fair. “Almost like a political campaign, he did everything he could to try to smear me in every way possible and paint me in the worst light by taking things out of context,” said Negreanu, a 46-year-old who lives in Las Vegas. Negreanu said criticism comes with living life in the public eye, but that Polk’s attacks have been relentless. The two will play 25,000 hands of No-limit Hold’em starting at 5 p.m. Those attacks have often been spearheaded by Doug Polk, and now Negreanu said he is giving the poker world what it wants by agreeing to a high-stakes poker heads-up match. In fact, he has become something of a lightning rod for criticism in the past few years, for his actions while serving as a spokesman for the online poker site PokerStars and for his behavior on livestreams this summer during the WSOP Online. He is perhaps the most famous poker player in the world.īut he does not enjoy universal praise. His presence on TV poker broadcasts is generally jovial and upbeat.

Patrick Connolly Las Vegas Review-Journal almost 20 years, Daniel Negreanu has been one of the smiling faces of poker.įans flock to the World Series of Poker each year at the Rio, and Negreanu interacts with them and takes photos. Doug Polk competes in the World Series of Poker’s $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop No-limit Hold’em tournament at the Rio Convention Center on Monday, June 5, 2017.

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