Doug Polk, the self-proclaimed ‘best No-Limit Hold’em player in the world’ has broken the record for the most money won while streaming live on Twitch by taking down the $700 buy-in Kilimanjaro event on PokerStars for $162,000.
Last month, Arthur Crowson over at PokerListings did an excellent job of exposing the poker community to the best poker streams that occupy the digital airwaves over at Twitch Towers. Crowson needs to add one more stream to that list, and it belongs to Doug Polk.
When PokerStars announced plans to host a new tournament series called ‘The Mountain Series‘ my immediate reaction was ‘what’s the point?’ It sounded like an idea that fell out of a five-minute conversation by a water cooler in PokerStars HQ. It was uninspiring. It made no sense. The theme of the series didn’t connect with me as a customer of the site. It would be quickly forgotten. Now, thanks to Polk, it will be remembered for a little while longer.
On Sunday, April 10, Polk took down the Mountain Series Kilimanjaro {9-Max, Freezeout} event. It was a $700 buy-in event. It carried a $750,000 guarantee. Polk took the first prize of $162,000. While that’s a significant amount of moolah, Polk has probably become a little desensitized to such wins during his career as the self-proclaimed ‘Best No-Limit Hold’em Player in The World.’
This win was different.
As Polk delved deeper into this competition, he made the decision to stream the action on Twitch. It was an inspired choice. He is now the record holder of the most money won while streaming live on Twitch.
Before Polk’s win, the record was held by the former European Poker Tour (EPT) Champion, Rupert Elder, who won the $124,000 top prize in a Winning Poker Network’s (WPN) Sunday Major, when streaming live on Twitch where he plays as part of the Global Poker Link Stream team. The previous largest score was $74,000 by Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier.
Only a select few got to see Polk’s historic win. Polk shares the stream with Ryan Fee. The pair has launched Upswing Poker, a site that offers a broad range of benefits such as poker strategy lessons, blog posts, and a Twitch stream. 6,887 people have already decided to invest the $4.99. The stream currently has a history of 95,953 views.
You can check out Upswing Poker right here.
