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In this week's Table Talk, we look at a tricky 5-way straddle spot that Grant finds himself in. He flops top two, but the board degrades. Should he consider turning it into a bluff?
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Published 11/15/24
In a Hustler Live cash session with the progressive stand-up game in play, Jungleman makes a big river bet with an unlikely hand. Can Mariano figure it out while holding pocket aces?
BLINDS $25/$50/$50
Mike X (HJ): K8o
Mariano (CO): AdAc ($89k)
Jungleman (SB): 5d3c ($24k)
Flop: Kc6d3d Turn: 7c River: 4d
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Published 11/14/24
The Poker Guys are launching a new episode-style called Table Talk. These episodes will be short, casual conversations like the kind you have on break at a poker tournament.
This week, Grant brings an Ace-Queen hand that carries on in a 4-bet pot. Can we hang on versus the maniac?
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Published 11/08/24
At EPT Cyprus, Tsouloftas and Weis are at it again. This time Tsouloftas is the aggressor rather than the hero. Did he just find the perfect bluff spot against a top pro?
BLINDS 60k/120k/120k
Oliver Weis (HJ): 9d9c (8.16m)
Georgios Tsouloftas (CO): Ah2s (14.4m)
Flop: Ac6c3c Turn: 7c River: Td
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Published 11/07/24
At EPT Cyprus, Tsouloftas faces a nightmare board in a massive spot. Can he find the hero call?
BLINDS 50k/100k/100k
Oliver Weis (CO): QcJc (20.0m)
Georgios Tsouloftas (BTN): AsAc (5.8m)
Flop: 8s7c6s Turn: 9s River: 6c
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Published 10/31/24
In another High Stakes Poker hand, Humboldt Mike flops the nut flush draw. But Sameh Elamawy just keeps firing and firing. Will Mike back down?
BLINDS $500/1,000/$2,000/$4,000
Andrew Robl (BB): AcJh ($715k)
Sameh Elamawy (1st Straddle): Ts7s ($491k)
Humboldt Mike (2nd Straddle): AdTd ($600k)
Flop: Qd4s5d Turn: Jc River: 8c
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Published 10/24/24
Andy Ni is facing cash game great Limitless in a massive Triton cash hand. He runs a massive bluff—can Limitless figure it out?
BLINDS $1,000/$2,000
Andy Ni (UTG+1): 3s3d ($284k)
Limitless (BTN): JsTd ($423k)
Flop: Jh5sTc Turn: Kh River: 7d
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Published 10/17/24
Three poker psychos run into each other in a massive cooler in High Stakes Poker. Can anyone ever get away when anyone can seemingly have anything?
BLINDS $500/$1,000
Sameh Elamawy (UTG): KdQc ($354k)
Humboldt Mike (LJ): AdKh ($422k)
Jennifer Tilly (HJ): 9s8h ($188k)
Nik Airball (CO): AhQh ($490k)
Brandon Steven (BTN): 5s2c ($371k)
Flop: KcQdQs Turn: 8d River: 4h
00:00 - Open
01:06 - Intro
05:36 - Preflop
13:24 - Flop
24:17 - Turn
30:56 - River
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Published 10/10/24
Nick Schulman takes an extreme range advantage and basically says "What the hell are you gonna do about it?" In a Poker Masters event.
BLINDS: 10k/25k
Schulman(LJ) :AcAd/(725k) Collopy(SB):KsQs/(600k)
Flop:QcJc9c Turn:10s River:Qd
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Published 10/03/24
There's three players left in a $2200 'High roller.' The big stack is going to exert some pressure on the short stack. Will it work? Should it?
Hands:
Fpop: ThTd
Min-Guk: 8c7d
Flop: Jc7h3h
Turn: Kh
River: 9d
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Published 09/26/24
Patrik Antonius has been crushing the highest stakes for decades without reading a single poker book. Does he just understand spots like this better than anyone else?
BLINDS: $1k/$2k/$4k
Ni(BB) :KdKc/($800k) Antonius(S):10h4h/($850k)
Flop:Qc7d7h Turn:5h River:4c
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Published 09/19/24
Alejandro Lococo is not one to be pushed around, and apparently neither is Henry Wu. Something's gotta give.
BLINDS: 15k/30k
Lococo(UTG) :As3s/(2.3m) Trujilo(SB):QdJh/(1.9m) Wu(BB): Ac4d/(1.4m)
Flop:Jd3h2s
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Published 09/12/24
Elton Tsang has moves. And he's going to shimmy on down to Valueville. Or Bluffville? It's confusing.
Tsang: Th8c
Ferdinand: 6s4s
Flop: 8s8d7s
Turn: Js
River: Qc
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Published 08/29/24
Eleven left. First place is one million dollars. Adrian Mateos is going to play bully against a guy with a tiny hendon. Will It work? Should it?
Mateos: JsTh
Wenzelberger: 9s7s
Flop: 9d5s3s
Turn: 3s
River: Kh
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Published 08/22/24
Deep in the Main Event, Kristen Foxen finds a non-believer.
BLINDS: 125k/250k
Foxen(MP) :JcJd/(11m) TomasBB:As8h/(15m)
Flop:4dQd2c Turn:10s
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Published 08/15/24
Adrian Mateos is one of the best in the world and has racked up a lot of success in high rollers. How does he navigate a tough Main Event spot?
BLINDS: 10k/25k
Berry(HJ) :AcAs/(5m) Mateos(D):KhKs/(4.4m)
Flop:4dQd2c Turn:10s
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Published 08/08/24
Chris Moneymaker is faced with interesting decisions at the final table of a high roller mystery bounty. How does the bounty structure change decisions? Did Moneymaker adjust correctly?
BLINDS: 125k/250k
Kuznetzov(HJ) :AhAs/(3.2m) Moneymaker(CO):KhJd/(8m)
Flop:3s4c7h Turn:Qd River:5s
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Published 08/01/24
WSOP main event champion Jonathan Tamayo continuously went to his rail and got coaching and even looked at a solver at times... is this okay? Was Jordan Griff wronged? What can be done about this, both now and for future tournaments?
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Published 07/26/24
We're back! We discuss two hands from the final two tables of the Main that have everyone talking: A surprising fold from Jonathan Tamayo and a surprising shove from Kristen Foxen.
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Published 07/15/24
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Published 06/13/24
We're breaking down the second biggest hand in the history of televised poker! Alan Keating flops a monster draw and gets MAX value. We break it all the way down.
Keating: T9ss
Rahul: 87ss
Flop: Js8h4s
Turn: Ad
River: 7h
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Published 06/06/24
With 3 left in a $125k Triton and short stacks, AA and KK show up. Somehow, someway, it doesn't go how you would expect.
BLINDS: 400k/800k
Dejan(SB) :AhAc/(7.6m) Ponakovs(BB):KdKs/(19m)
Flop:QhJh10h Turn:2c River:Kh
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Published 06/02/24
Nick Vertucci and Mike X get into it on in a BIG cash game hand, and we break it all the way down.
Nick: Td9d
Mike X: KsJs
Flop: 7h3sTc
Turn: Qs
River: Jc
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Published 05/23/24
Notoriously loose action player Nik Airball gets into a MASSIVE pot with a huge hand. Can he, of all people, get away from a monster?
BLINDS:$1k/$2k
Yu(D):Qh9h/($1.1m) Airballl(SB):6d6c/($750k) Adams(BB):JdJc($500k)
Flop:8d10h6h Turn:2s River:Js
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Published 05/17/24