Doug Polk Wins 2014 World Series of Poker $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Event

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Doug Polk has won or lost six-figures at a time in countless high stakes online cash game session, playing deep-stacked and short-handed with best in the world behind the screen name “WGCRider.”

Because of his particular background was a little surprising that he won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $1,000 no-limit hold’em turbo event, which mostly demanded experience in short-stack shoving and calling due to fast-paced structure.

“It was still no-limit hold’em,” said Polk after his win. “You still get two cards and make decisions against people’s ranges. It was cool that I got to win something that maybe wasn’t my forte, but this is a very luck based tournament and I fortunate for how I ran throughout the duration of this event.”

Polk topped a field of 1,473 players to win the bracelet, the first-place prize of $251,969 and 960 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Polk’s fourth final table of 2014, with runner-up and third-place finishes in the monthly $25,000 high roller events at the Bellagio and a fourth-place finish in the Aussie Millions $100,000 super high roller for $770,130. As a result Polk now sits in 17th place in the Player of the Year race, with 2,010 points and year-to-date earnings of $1,252,343. Polk’s live success this year fits in perfectly with his plans for the future.

“I’m tired of being ‘WGCRider’. I want to be Doug Polk. I want to get out there and try to establish myself in poker,” said Polk. “My goals long term are to get a sponsor and to work with other people in the industry, and I need to not be ‘hiding behind a computer screen’ to do that.”

Polk topped a tough final table on the way to his first WSOP title, outlasting the likes of 2013 One Drop High Roller champion Tony Gregg (5th – 40,168) and eventual runner-up Andy Philachack (2nd – $155,756).

Polk held a roughly 3-to-2 chip advantage at the beginning of heads-up play, but was quickly able to grind Philachack down. Philachack was able to double up to roughly even stacks when his A3 beat Polk’s pocket jacks all-in preflop, but Polk quickly took control again.

On the final hand Polk raised to 120,000 and Philachack defended from the big blind. The flop brought the 1083 and both checked. The 3 hit the felt on the turn. Philachack checked and Polk fired 155,000. Philachack clicked it back, raising to 310,000. Polk called and the J hit the river. Philachack quickly moved all-in and Polk snap-called with the 97 for the rivered straight, which beat Philachack’s 53. With that Polk secured the pot and the title and sent Philachack to the rail as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

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