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Doug Polk
Human Design Chart
Biography
In 2015, Polk was selected to play heads-up No Limit Hold 'em against A.I. poker bot Claudico along with professional poker players Dong Kim, Jason Les and Bjorn Li. Each player was set to play 20,000 hands against Claudico for a team total of 80,000 hands. The human players ended up defeating Claudico for 732,713 chips with Polk beating the bot for 213,000.
On 16 March 2020, Polk uploaded a video saying he doesn't like the game anymore and is formally quitting the poker industry after retiring from play in late 2018.
In July 2020, Polk challenged Daniel Negreanu to a high-stakes heads-up no-limit hold'em match, and Negreanu accepted. Polk subsequently came out of retirement to practice for the match. The duel ended on 4 February 2021, with Polk winning approximately $1,200,000 over 25,000 hands.
In 2021, Polk moved to Austin, Texas and has been playing live poker locally.
What does Projektor 3/6 mean for Doug Polk?
Doug Polk is a Projector in Human Design – a non-energy type designed to guide and direct others. Projectors make up about 20% of humanity and have a special gift for recognizing and directing the energies and talents of others.
The Projector's strategy is to wait for the right, respectful invitation before contributing their guidance. Without an invitation, the Projector's wisdom is often unrecognized or even rejected.
When Doug Polk lives in alignment with their design, they experience success and recognition. The Projector's not-self theme is bitterness – a sign that their wisdom and guidance isn't being valued.
Doug Polk has Emotional Authority – the most common authority. Decisions should never be made in an emotional high or low, but only when emotional clarity settles in. "Sleep on it" is meant literally here. The emotional wave needs time to run its course.
Doug Polk carries the profile 3/6 – Experimentierer / Rollenvorbild. The 3rd line represents the Experimenter: learning through trial and error, embracing life as a practical experiment and growing wise through experience. The 6th line represents the Role Model: a life path in three phases – first experimenting (until ~30), then observing from the "roof" (until ~50), and finally authentically embodying the role model.
The incarnation cross "Das rechte Kreuz von Eden 4" describes the overarching life purpose and direction of Doug Polk in Human Design. It consists of the four gate activations of Sun and Earth (personality and design) and only becomes felt when one lives their strategy and authority.
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Human Design Profile
- Type
- Projektor
- Authority
- Emotionale Autorität
- Profile
- 3/6 - Experimentierer / Rollenvorbild
- Definition
- Einfache Spaltung
- Incarnation Cross
- Das rechte Kreuz von Eden 4
- Date of Birth
- 16.12.1988 19:09
- Place of Birth
- Pasadena, CA, United States
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