Should Doug Polk Be Banned from Playing in His Own Tournament?

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.


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 getting to
meet Impractical Jokers Brian "Q" Quinn and
Joe Gatto, Sketch, and
Vegas Matt.


Speaking of fun events, find out who won the the Global
Poker Table Talk event during Formula 1 featuring
Antonio Esfandiari, Michael
Phelps, Carlos Sainz Jr, 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 did an
interview with Jennifer Tilly.


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