Tweet, Tweet, Bad Beat: Polk Thinks Mercier Is Bad, Plus WSOP and Negreanu Stir Things Up

If you follow poker players on Twitter, it’s mostly short abbreviated hand histories to inform the world (and investors) on bad beats and bust outs. Honestly, most of the time it’s pretty boring. This week, though, things were very much the opposite of tame, with two Twitter fights, and a corporate account going a bit off the rails.

With the World Series of Poker coming up in a few short days, we might be in for more action and battles as some arguments are heating up. Let’s just hope they remain verbal arguments.

If you’re into it, your eyes might have been glued to your screen checking the latest updates on these matters. If you’re just dropping in, it might be a bit hard to follow, with people responding to tweets made hours or days ago. Here’s Tweet, Tweet, Bad Beat to help clear up what everything is about.

Doug Polk Versus Jason Mercier

Doug Polk started UpswingPoker.com not too long ago, and subscribers to his channel have seen him play and win huge pots and tournaments. Everyone that ponies up $25 a month can check out Polk and his partner in crime, Ryan Fees, play the biggest games in the world.

Apparently, Polk called PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier a “bad reg,” or at least had him labelled as such in the software. Though a bit of context was missed, we imagine Polk was judging Mercier on his no-limit hold’em skills. Polk, one of if not the best no-limit hold’em heads-up cash-game player in the world, wasn’t all that impressed, to say the least.

Mercier, the current No. 11 on live poker’s all-time money list and the owner …

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