At the age of 15, Polk competed in several World Cyber Games tournaments as a Warcraft 3 electronic sports player under the name T-Rider.

[citation needed] Polk attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington, but dropped out to pursue poker full-time.

He played fellow professional poker player Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky in a highly publicized match of 15,000 hands.

[4] Polk was vocal about Daniel Negreanu's challenge of beating the $25/$50 stakes with two weeks of practice, criticizing him for underestimating his opponents.

[8] Polk was involved in an argument with fellow poker player Ben Tollerene over a coaching deal.

[9][10] In June 2017, Polk won the WSOP One Drop High Roller tournament, outlasting 130 players.

[13] On March 16, 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.