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
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: jbarnes@reviewjournal.com
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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.
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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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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.
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