Doug Polk

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1988-12-16

• Wife

  Kaitlyn Karges

• Founder

  Upswing Poker

• Co-owner

  The Lodge card room

• Full Name

  Douglas K. Polk

• Birthplace

  Pasadena, California, USA

• Profession

  Professional poker player, YouTuber, entrepreneur

• Online Alias

  WCGRider

• Specialization

  Heads-up No Limit Hold'em (HUNL)

• WSOP Bracelets

  3

• Estimated Net Worth

  $20+ Million

• Total Live Earnings

  Over $10,534,855

Timeline

• Born Douglas K. Polk. (Source: wikipedia, web_search_results)

  1988-12-16

• Made headlines for a high-stakes heads-up challenge against Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky on Full Tilt Poker, playing 15,000 hands at $100/$200 stakes with a $100,000 side bet. (Source: web_search_results)

  2013

• Began a long-standing public feud with Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu, starting on Twitter. (Source: web_search_results)

  2014

• Played for the team of humans in a poker heads-up battle against the No-Limit Hold'em bot Claudico, which the human team won. (Source: web_search_results)

  2015

• Won $3,686,865 for 1st place at the WSOP High Roller for One Drop for $111,111, contributing to his three WSOP bracelets. (Source: web_search_results)

  2017

Doug Polk

Douglas K. Polk (born December 16, 1988) is an American professional poker player. Polk played under the alias WCGRider, specializing in heads-up No Limit hold'em (HUNL).

Web Search Results

• The Story of Doug Polk @DougPolkPoker - YouTube

  Doug Polk is a American poker player who was at one point known as the best online heads up cash game player.He played under the username WCGRider in online games.He also has a YouTube channel called Doug Polk Poker where he posted poker video content for almost 3 years.He has won 3 WSOP bracelet and has total live earings of about 5 million dollars.This is the poker documentary about Doug Polk and his journey in the poker world from a small stakes grider to becoming the best heads up cash game

• Doug Polk Net Worth: How Rich Is the Upswing Poker Founder?

  | | | --- | | Full Name: Douglas K. Polk | | | DOB: December 16, 1988 | | | Birthplace: Pasadena, California | | | Profession: Pro poker player, YouTuber, entrepreneur, co-owner of The Lodge card room | | | Doug Polk Wife: Kaitlyn Karges | | | WSOP Bracelets: 3 | | | Net Worth & Career Earnings: $20+ Million | | Disclaimer: Only Doug knows his actual net worth. We can only estimate based on publicly available sources and the usual stakes he plays. [...] Poker Net Worth Poker Net Worth # Doug Polk Net Worth: How Much Is The Lodge Owner Worth? Doug Polk Net Worth 2022: How Rich Is the Founder of Upswing Poker Today? (Featured image: courtesy of WPT) Doug Polk went from grinding low-stakes online games to becoming one of the most well-known names in poker. He made headlines for his heads-up skills, especially after beating Daniel Negreanu, and later shifted into content and business. [...] Doug Polk made a name for himself in 2013 when he took on Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky in a high-stakes heads-up challenge that drew attention across the poker world. They agreed to play 15,000 hands at $100/$200 stakes on Full Tilt Poker, with an extra $100,000 side bet going to the winner. Sulsky was considered one of the top online cash game players at the time, which made the matchup a serious test.

• Doug Polk - Wikipedia

  Douglas K. Polk (born December 16, 1988) is an American professional poker player. Polk played under the alias WCGRider, specializing in heads-up No Limit hold'em (HUNL). ## Early life [edit] [...] 1. ^ "Doug Polk". Global Poker Index. Retrieved December 5, 2014. 2. ^ "Poker Player Snapshot:Douglas "WCGRider" Polk". Nutblocker. March 10, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2014. 3. ^ a b c Holloway, Chad (March 6, 2014). "Joy Ride: Doug "WCGRider" Polk's Road to the Nosebleeds". PokerNews. Retrieved December 5, 2014. 4. ^ Hunskjær, Ulrik (January 15, 2021). "Doug Polk - From College Dropout to Poker Phenomenon - Full Story". EasyPoker. Retrieved August 12, 2025. [...] 11. ^ "Doug "WCGRider" Polk Calls Out Ben "Ben86" Tollerene Over a Coaching Deal". HighstakesDB. September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017. 12. ^ Schult, Steve (June 5, 2017). "DOUG POLK WINS $111,111 ONE DROP HIGH ROLLER". WSOP.com. Retrieved January 26, 2019. 13. ^ "Doug Polk's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. 14. ^ "Doug Polk Poker - YouTube Channel". YouTube.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

• Doug Polk's Biography - Cardmates

  In 2015, Douglas "WCGRider" Polk played for the team of humans in a poker heads-up battle versus a No-Limit Hold'em bot – Claudico. The team also included Dong "DongerKim" Kim, Bjorn Lee, Jason Les. Each of them played 20 000 hands against the poker bot. As a result, the team of humans won. A year later, in 2016, the team of people was beaten by the Libratus bot, but Polk did no longer participate in that confrontation. [...] 1. Home 2. Poker biographies 3. Doug Polk’s Biography Updated 10/9/2025 # Doug Polk’s Biography Douglas Polk (36 years) USA Male 12/16/1988 over $10 534 855 Offline prizes exact amount is unknown Online prizes The best result: $3 686 865 (1st place at the WSOP High Roller for One Drop for $111 111 in 2017) Main achievements: 3 WSOP bracelets, created his own poker school Upswing Poker, co-owner of the Lodge Card Club Can be found by nickname: PokerStars: WCGRider [...] Douglas Polk has created his own online poker school called Upswing Poker. Ryan Fee, Doug’s friend and colleague, has become his partner.

• Doug Polk - From College Dropout to Poker Phenomenon - Full Story

  This is actually where Doug Polk’s online poker alias, WCGRider, comes from. [...] A Doug Polk poker player story wouldn’t be complete without mentioning his long standing, and very public, feud with Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu. It stretches back years and seems to have started on Twitter sometime back in 2014. Since then, Polk has consistently been taking jabs at Negreanu both online and to his face – and some of them have been absolutely legendary. Like the time he bought an entire hotel billboard outside of a tournament just to taunt Negreanu. [...] App Features Press About Support # DOUG POLK The extraordinary rise of a poker phenomenon # Doug Polk Poker Player Story Doug Polk’s poker player story is the story of how a nerdy college dropout from California took what he learned from playing chess and Warcraft, and became the best online heads up no limit poker player – perhaps of all time. Making millions of dollars in the process. ## The Beginning