WIRED Sits Down with Doug Polk on Poker, Math, and Mindset

Doug Polk appears in this episode of WIRED’s Hacklab series, where host Andy Greenberg explores how casino card-shuffling machines can be exploited — and what that means for poker, technology, and game integrity.

Teaming up with casino cheating expert Sal Piacente and security researcher Joseph Tartaro, the episode breaks down how vulnerabilities in automatic shufflers could theoretically be used to gain an edge at the table. Doug provides a professional poker perspective on what’s real, what’s risky, and why understanding the technology behind modern poker matters more than ever.

Originally produced by WIRED as part of their Hacklab series.

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