Doug Polk banned from YouTube

The most popular poker channel on YouTube has been banned for life for continually using restricted material.

Doug Polk's channel was one of the most popular content portals in all of poker media and was quickly marching towards 100,000 subscribers. 

Polk's in depth hand analysis videos were reaching big audiences outside of poker and his outspoken nature always meant that drama and comedy ensued. 

That is, until, last night when the channel was taken down and Polk himself confirmed he has been officially banned from YouTube after a number of instances of him using footage from poker shows without permission. Something he had been warned about last month. 

Polk took to Twitter last night to confirm the banning, and later his fellow streamers also started a hashtag to try and get him reinstated:

Polk has been one of the stand out stars of poker in recent years, with two WSOP bracelets, the biggest recorded win of all time on Twitch, a reputation as one of the best heads-up players in the world and, until now, the biggest YouTube channel in poker. 

Do you think Doug can get his channel back? Let us know in the comments: