Doug Polk has been accused of trying to scam 90-year poker legend Doyle Brunson, poker pro and commentator Koray “KakiTee” Turker calling the Upswing poker boss a “scummy piece of shit”.
scummy piece of shit tries to scam 90yo legend
it's nothing new, but hopefully makes his character more obvious to ppl on the fence https://t.co/jWf0yuq35i
— Koray Turker (@KakiTee) November 24, 2020
Doug Polk vs Doyle Brunson
Polk is currently knee-deep in his Grudge Match with Daniel Negreanu, an online battle that Turker has been commentating on for the past fortnight.
It was Polk’s offer to battle with the grandaddy of poker, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, that incurred the Australian’s wrath.
Brunson had entered the Twitter debate over the ‘rules issue’ that erupted in the Polk-Negreanu match, one that saw Polk challenge Bill Perkins, as we reported last week.
Having fallen out with the highstakes amateur and Thirst Lounge boss, next in Polk’s sights for a match was Brunson…
Doyle if you wanna battle some heads up unlimited texas hold'em I'm happy to do it in person. https://t.co/MMcsiFxfCZ
— Doug Polk (@DougPolkVids) November 22, 2020
Quite why Koray Turker took exception to this is unclear. But it elicited the tweet describing Polk as a “scummy piece of shit” who “ tries to scam 90yo legend.”
This, according to Turker, is “nothing new” from Polk, “but hopefully makes his character more obvious to ppl on the fence.”
Neither Polk – nor most of poker Twitter – was too impressed with the Philippines-resident, ElitePokerCoaching guru.
Whats your problem? I didnt try to scam anyone. Doyle said he didnt like online poker. I said id play live and we could play some games he likes, he declined and I said its all good. I didnt call him out, it was all good.
You are a fucking idiot. https://t.co/YBJ6c75Vlg
— Doug Polk (@DougPolkVids) December 1, 2020
Scam accusations
One fan pointed out that if it was somehow a ‘scam’ then Brunson is unlikely to fall for it.
Apachoooo wrote: “Doyle is a legend but he also loves poker. He has done it his whole life. I don’t think he’s open to any scams as he’s seen it all. He STILL is a great player. You’re making him sound like he’s disabled in some way. WTF???”
Eli Robichaud wrote: “Apparently challenging a live poker veteran to games of his choice is “scamming.” That’s a stretch in anyone’s imagination.”
With shouts of ‘ignore the troll’ from the Twitter sidelines, Polk still wasn’t impressed…
He is calling me scum to an audience of 6k people watching, thats past just trolling for clout imo.
— Doug Polk (@DougPolkVids) December 1, 2020
Turker may not be a household name to many, but he has a decent poker pedigree of his own, a decade ago switching from Full Tilt to PokerStars to chase the SuperNova dream.
Having reached that, and after “an extended break”, he returned to the game and played highstakes PLO before moving back to NLHE and now streams on TwitchTV under his KakiTee nickname.
As for Doyle Brunson, he seems unaffected as usual by all the brouhaha the younger players bring to the Twittersphere, instead of calling Polk out for a game of TicTacToe.
@DougPolkVids I've found a game I'll play for any amount. Tic-tac-toe, I never liked head up and 1/10th of 1 percent has been heads up. So I'm really not interested in playing any experts. Try ring games Doug. 🤣🤣
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) November 30, 2020
Whether Polk actually ends up playing Perkins, Brunson or even Turker is perhaps for the future, but for those of you who want to follow the big online poker match that IS taking place, check out the Polk-Negreanu Grudge Match right here.
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