Doug Polk Announces "Retirement" From Poker in New YouTube Video
Is Doug Polk done with poker?
It certainly looks that way according to a new video posted to YouTube.
��I��m not going to play poker anymore,�� he said after discussing the completion of his $100-to-$10,000 Bankroll Challenge. ��That��s a chapter in my life��s story that��s coming to a close. I had a great time, I had a blast. Poker��s given me so much. It��s a great game. It��s truly amazing to me there��s a strategic game you can play for a lot of money.
He continued: ��For quite some time now I have not enjoyed playing poker. It��s felt like a grind, it��s felt like work.��
Polk: ��Poker is pretty easy to get back into if I ever change my mind.��
The 29-year-old Polk, who has been playing poker professionally for a decade, follows in the footsteps of former professionals like Vanessa Selbst and Andy Frankenberger, who��ve both stepped away from the game to further careers away from the felt. For Polk, he��s developed a passion for cryptocurrency and videos focused on tackling mainstream topics.
��This doesn��t mean I��m never going to play poker again,�� he said in the video. ��I��ll probably play occasionally from time to time for fun. Maybe, at some point down the road, it will be something that I really want to get back into, and the flame will reignite and I want to play a lot of poker, I really don��t know.��
Don't Call it Retirement
Indeed, there��s always the chance Polk pulls a ��Fedor Holz retirement,�� where he says he steps away from the game but continues to tear it up in the events he does play.
Polk summed it up on TwoPlusTwo when he said: ��Poker is pretty easy to get back into if I ever change my mind.��
At first, Polk plied his trade playing online where he won millions. In 2011, he started making a splash in the live realm and to date has amassed $9,454,865 in tournament earnings. That includes a career-best $3,686,865 for winning the 2017 World Series of Poker $111,111 High Roller for One Drop, his third gold bracelet.
Other highlights on his poker resum�� include winning the 2014 $100K Super High Roller II for $1,648,350, third in the 2015 Aussie Millions A$250K for $807,709, and finishing runner-up in the 2017 Poker Masters Event #4: $50K NLH for $468,000, which was his last documented tournament cash.
Here��s a look at Polk��s ��retirement�� video:
