Doug Polk surged to a big win Wednesday to push his lead to seven figures in the heads-up No-limit Hold’em showdown with Daniel Negreanu.
Jim Barnes

Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Los Angeles fell to Minnesota 4-3 in its season opener. The Kings somehow managed to do the same thing Saturday in even more dramatic fashion.
Polk has won three straight sessions to halt Negreanu’s momentum in the 25,000-hand heads-up No-limit Hold’em challenge match.
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Brooklyn’s megadeal to acquire Houston superstar James Harden required adjustments to all the top contenders to win the NBA championship.
More than 180 rings will be awarded over 13 series played this year on WSOP.com. Eventually, 256 qualifiers will compete for a WSOP bracelet
Daniel Negreanu has come out fighting in the second half of the heads-up No-limit Hold’em match, but Doug Polk still has a substantial lead.
A rule on extra points after the final play prevented what could have been an all-time gambling moment between Chicago and New Orleans.
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Teams had to play all 16 games for bets to stand, something that seemed increasingly unlikely midway through the season because of the COVID pandemic.
The betting result for every NFL team’s season win total, plus the results of props for quarterback Tom Brady’s first season in Tampa Bay.
Seattle and San Francisco didn’t have anything at stake in the final minutes of Sunday’s game, but they sure played like it — to under bettors’ horror.




