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Top Stories of 2021, #4: Doug Polk vs. Daniel Negreanu

Doug Polk did what he set out to accomplish against his once bitter rival Daniel Negreanu: he backed the truck up to the tune of a $1.2 million profit in the most heavily publicized heads-up poker match of all-time, and one of the most exciting poker stories of 2021.

The High Stakes Feud on WSOP.com began last year and concluded 25,000 hands later in February 2021. Casual and hardcore poker fans alike tuned in to the livestreams daily for over three months.