Doug Polk is a household name in the poker community. From crushing players in high-stakes heads-up cash games to dissecting poker drama and news on his YouTube channel , he has been a staple for the better part of a decade.
In 2018, Polk decided to officially retire from the game of poker , but came out of retirement just long enough to play a much anticipated heads-up match before stepping away from the game again. So, is Doug Polk truly retired from the game? Chess, Warcraft, and Poker
Polk’s love for strategy games began when his father introduced him to chess at the age of five. He invoked the tutelage of a grandmaster and began playing in tournaments and crushing the man who taught him the game.
As Polk grew older, he became fond of Warcraft , a real-time strategy video game and began competing in numerous World Cyber Games (WCG) tournaments , which is actually where he got his nickname “ WCGRider .”
He attended University of North Carolina Wilmington , but decided to drop-out and move to Las Vegas after amassing a healthy bankroll . It wasn’t until 2009 that Polk began playing what would become his specialty, Heads-up No Limit Hold’em .
Polk would go on to climb the ranks of the online Heads-up world and claim his spot in the upper echelon. He also has an impressive live tournament history , winning over $9 million , with $4,539,609 of that coming in the World Series of Poker . Polk has also won three bracelets . Retirement?
Despite the young grinder’s success, Polk decided to call it quits in September of 2018 after completing the $100-$10,000 Bankroll Challenge , an endeavor which took him a little over two years to complete. “The bottom line here is, I don’t think I see myself playing poker anymore,” Polk said in his bankroll challenge video. “I do see myself being part of the community, in terms of social media or creating content, but I don’t see myself playing.” True to his word, Polk did step away from playing the […]
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