Poker star Doug Polk, one of the best heads-up players in the world, risked $40,000 against Tony Hinchcliffe for the chance to appear on Kill Tony.
Kill Tony is the internet’s most popular comedy podcast and has been a staple on YouTube for many years, with the show only recently putting special episodes on Netflix.
The show features amateur comedians performing one-minute sets in front of comedy legends such as Ari Shaffir, Joe Rogan, Tom Segura, and sometimes mainstream celebs like Tucker Carlson and Ric Flair.
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Typically, the amateurs only get to perform if their name is pulled out of a bucket, but poker pro Doug Polk had a different strategy in mind to appear on the podcast. It almost cost him a lot of money.
Tony Hinchcliffe beat Poker pro for $20K but loses double or nothing bet
According to Tony, he was at a bar drunk when he was informed that Doug Polk was in attendance and decided to compete against him.
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Polk risked $20,000 and in return, Tony offered him the chance to do a minute on Kill Tony. Well, despite being drunk, Tony was able to take round one after just 20 minutes.
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However, the overconfident Hinchcliffe wasn’t done there. Up $20K, he challenged the poker star to go double or nothing, meaning he could win $40K, but in return, Tony put two KT appearances on the line.
“So, I won $20,000 and we doubled the bet to $40,000 and any day now he’s going to be popping in on this show,” Tony recalled. “So yeah, he won that second game.”
On June 9, Polk made his Kill Tony debuted and absolutely crushed it and had the best set of the night according to Tony and the guests.
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“Obviously people who can play poker professionally are already living a lot of people’s dreams. The fact you’re chasing this rush and it is, as you can probably feel, a crazy adrenaline rush, same type of thing as when you’re in a big hand and you don’t f**king know what’s going on,” Hinchliffe commended him. “But you got it.”
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Polk still has one more Kill Tony appearance set to happen, but it’s not clear yet when that will be. However, given the success of his first set, there’s always a chance he returns for one of the show’s future Netflix specials, especially with the poker star chasing that aforementioned rush.
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