Doug Polk had a huge lead throughout much of the session on Friday, but Daniel Negreanu fought back only to end up suffering another loss. And in doing so, his chances of winning are slowly dwindling away.

Doug Polk is running away with it against Daniel Negreanu. (Image: YouTube)

With just over 4,000 hands left to go out of 25,000, it would take nothing short of a miracle at this point. Negreanu is now down so far that he’d need to win about one small blind every hand, on average, to pull this thing out. We aren’t saying that it’s impossible or that he should just give up. But you must consider the probabilities here.

As Doyle Brunson famously uttered on the Poker After Dark intro, “there’s an old saying in poker, the only thing you need to play this game is a chip and a chair, but to sit down and win against the best, you need a whole lot more.”