{"id":4321,"date":"2020-10-22T07:51:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:51:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:51:18","slug":"doug-polk-engages-in-social-media-feud-with-matt-berkey-and-christian-soto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/doug-polk-engages-in-social-media-feud-with-matt-berkey-and-christian-soto","title":{"rendered":"Doug Polk Engages In Social Media Feud With Matt Berkey and Christian Soto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/doug-polk-matt-berkey-and-christian-soto.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Polk, Matt Berkey and Christian Soto\" title=\"Doug Polk Engages In Social Media Feud With Matt Berkey and Christian Soto\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/doug-polk-matt-berkey-and-christian-soto.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/doug-polk-matt-berkey-and-christian-soto-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Doug Polk<\/strong> is at it again! There\u2019s no stopping the Upswing Poker founder from picking fights on social media. Following confirmation of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/doug-polk-challenges-daniel-negreanu-to-a-grudge-heads-up-match\">heads-up grudge match against Daniel Negreanu<\/a>, Polk has now found another target.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<em>semi-retired<\/em>\u201d American poker pro taunted <strong>Matt Berkey<\/strong> on Twitter recently and also challenged him to a heads-up match. Polk has been goading a number of poker pros lately, something that does not sit well with some members of the poker community. <\/p>\n<p>His latest verbal attack against Berkey has elicited negative responses, with some players calling him a \u201c<em>bully<\/em>\u201c.       <\/p>\n<p>Berkey, who established the <a href=\"https:\/\/solveforwhyacademy.com\">Solve for Why poker training academy<\/a>, did not give in to Polk\u2019s insults and chose to stay silent, but as the verbal rampage got more intense, Berkey\u2019s podcast co-host <strong>Christian Soto<\/strong> just couldn\u2019t take it and decided to fight back. He called Polk a \u201cp***y\u201d who doesn\u2019t understand language between guy friends because he doesn\u2019t have any guy friends in the first place.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You must no understanding of how guy friends talk. Maybe you pussy and have zero of them. I don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n<p>My friends can needle me and give me shit because they\u2019ve earned that right and it\u2019s good fun. <\/p>\n<p>BUT if you call me a coward again it\u2019s on sight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Xmkl8ccWw\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Xmkl8ccWw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Soto (@ChristianSotoTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristianSotoTV\/status\/1316040825478893568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Polk\u2019s responses got more condescending \u2013 this time, he shifted his aim towards Sotto and challenged him to a one-on-one match. When Soto showed no interest in agreeing to his terms, he then called him \u201c<em>broke<\/em>\u201d and a \u201c<em>coward<\/em>\u201c. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"soto-declines-hu-match\">Soto Declines HU Match<\/h2>\n<p>Soto said he could play Polk in a live full ring cash game but according to him, Polk did not like the idea because it would prevent him from using real time charts. Polk responded saying he is willing to take on Soto in a live game with just the two of them, no other players involved, to settle their dispute.<\/p>\n<p>After arguing back and forth, Soto declined the heads-up challenge saying it would be unfair for him as HU NLH is obviously Polk\u2019s specialty. Soto eventually left the conversation, but not without a final attack against Polk. He said Polk\u2019s antics on social media might be just a promotion stunt or a sign of his insecurities. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"negreanu-vs-polk-twitter-banter-continues\">Negreanu vs. Polk Twitter Banter Continues <\/h2>\n<p>Over the past few days, Polk and Negreanu got involved in another nasty verbal exchange on Twitter after the Canadian pro did not agree to Polk using a cheat sheet in their upcoming match. <\/p>\n<p>The Poker Hall of Famer said he wanted to play \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/real-money\">real poker<\/a><\/em>\u201c, making decisions without the use of charts and other tools. Polk called Negreanu a little \u201cb***h, saying he couldn\u2019t wait to clean him out.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Polk is at it again! There\u2019s no stopping the Upswing Poker founder from picking fights on social media. Following confirmation of his heads-up grudge match against Daniel Negreanu, Polk has now found another target. The \u201csemi-retired\u201d American poker pro taunted Matt Berkey on Twitter recently and also challenged him to a heads-up match. Polk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doug Polk Engages In Social Media Feud With Matt Berkey and Christian Soto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Doug Polk is at it again! 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