$1,100,000 Pot & DWAN Rivers a BOAT!

The Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Cash Game had it all. Incredible bluffs, huge pots & a whole lot of entertainment! This poker hand between two legends of the game is one that will go down in history. It was inevitable that Tom Dwan and Doug Polk would clash at the felt and they gave everything the poker fans were calling for!
Jonathan talks about how larger bet sizes are used in general when you are playing extremely deep stacked cash games which is one of the reasons why this pot was so large by the river!
He also talks about which types of poker hands make the best candidates to use as a semi-bluff raise. Generally they are hands that have no showdown equity but still have good equity if your opponent decides to call.
This epic showdown happened during The Million Dollar Game on The Hustler Casino Live Stream! The minimum buy-in for this high stakes poker game stood at an incredible $1,000,000!
The hand started with Doug Polk raising from the cutoff with 54ss to $3,000. Dwan responded with a 3bet to $14,000 with pocket sevens and Doug makes the easy call as the effective stack is so deep.
With $31,000 in the middle the two players take it heads up to a flop of K72dds. With middle set and the aggression lead, Dwan continues for $15,000 and Doug decides to float with a backdoor flush and straight draw.
The 6h falls on the turn and Dwan continues for $30,000 into a $61,000 pot. With an open ended straight draw but no showdown equity, Doug decides to turn his hand into a semi-bluff and raises to $115,000. Dwan goes deep into the tank and ultimately decides to just call rather than raise. The pot is a massive $291,000 as a 6 lands on the river which now gives Dwan a full house!
Dwan does decide to check on the river before facing a $420,000 bet from Polk. Again Dwan goes deep into the tank trying to figure out if he can raise and still get called by worse hands. He doesn’t think so and ultimately opts for just a call instead to the shock of many of the poker players at the table!
Doug Polk is the owner of The Lodge Card Room along with Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme. Doug has $9,500,000 in live tournament earnings and 3 World Series of Poker bracelets, along with a win in the $100k Super High Roller for $1,600,000.
Tom Dwan also known as durrrr is a 36 year old American professional poker player. He is a favorite poker player for many around the world as he grew up playing in the highest stakes cash games online before Black Friday. He was a regular on Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. He is known for his fearless style and big bluffs. Now, Dwan is generally playing in private high stakes cash games in Asia. He is also often seen on the Triton poker tour & has over $6,450,000 in live tournament earnings.
Jonathan Little analyzes live poker hands from TV poker shows such as Poker After Dark, Hustler Casino Live, The Lodge Poker Club & PokerGO. He also analyzes popular poker vloggers such as Rampage Poker, Brad Owen, Jaman Burton, Ashley Sleeth, Wolfgang Poker and others!
You will also find many poker hands on this channel that contain some of the biggest names in the poker world such as; Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doug Polk, Garrett Adelstein, Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Fedor Holz & many more!
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[@PokerCoaching]

Do you think Tom Dwan should have raised the river? 🤔

[@knasttrast7168]

Probably, Doug not reraising KK is unlikely. So Doug basically has one combination of hands that beats him and several hands that would pay him, like K6, 22, 76 and perhaps aces or even some AK. Even if Doug slowplays KK sometimes it is still an easy reraise on the river.

[@vincentzeller5036]

nope doug either has pocket kings or a bluff either way the pot is not getting bigger. anyway doug is a baller that river bluff should pay in the future

[@chrisko6439]

Yes, for a few reasons, main reason being able to bluff in these spots and you cannot do that if you only raise the nuts here. And if you have bluffs in your raising range here, then and only then you can get called with worse by a player like Doug.

[@wsxcde21]

kings or k6. easy call at least. but stop with this sharing hands. its retarded for the game. and its a doug punt. doug need a few years to grow. tom is ahead and looks like he will be awesome in the future.

[@RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr]

I think Tom knew exactly where he was at or figured out that Doug couldn't call anything more because he was holding air (missed front door on board makes it at least slightly more likely Doug has a missed flush draw). Wesley saying "I like that hand" rather than shutting up like anyone would if Doug had KK or AA (everyone likes those hands, people don't naturally state the obvious) to me makes it seem like Doug had one of those not premium hands like suited connectors that people like to play.

[@smyersfishingadventures]

I think Dwan tanking was for several reasons, the fact that Doug has been critical of him for years on his podcast, the fact he called time on the turn, and a little bit that he thought he may have 66. But mostly just to get Doug. Good for him.

[@KingdomCre8tive]

Exactly it was to get Doug.

[@shanemccarty724]

❤

[@chrisko6439]

If someone has to point out that he likes a hand then it's probably not a pair. A suited connector is way more likely.

[@supersmoo7377]

why can't it be 66? no one would ever say "i like that one" with 66???

[@Tyg3rpaw]

When the board paired on the river the only tank he should have is either call or shove. That last tank was just punishment for calling the clock😂😂. He was Def tilted for the clock call

[@HenryBabcock]

Yeah and he admitted in the interview after that he did that vindictively, because of the clock call on the turn.

[@smash2zero]

thats def true that the clock call on the turn tilted him, but to be fair he does have to calculate out in his head the math for calling or shoving to compare, and he has to triple check the math for a pot that huge

[@mohammedkhatta8339]

​@@smash2zero And he still miscalculated the combination out there ( he said 67suited which he blocked with his sevens)

[@scrubfive9239]

"I Like that hand" to me (typically) indicates that it's not a premium holding but almost always (from my personal experience) some suited connectors (4,5s / 67 /10J etc..)

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

yessss thats exactly what Im thinking, a sexy suited connected hand 90%

[@loudorchen9897]

yup he would never say that if Polk had a premium, Pugless Dolk should have given up way earlier given the situation of the hand being seen and talked about

[@ReallyFrickinEasy]

I would think hearing “I like this one” would be suited connectors or even suited gappers 9/10 times

[@erichschulte3164]

The announcer was right. "I like your hand" is usually going to be something speculative. Having been shown the hand, Wes would be afraid of revealing it. So if it were KK, he'd be afraid to say anything positive about the hand. He sees a speculative hand and says "I like your hand." This sounds positive, and therefore deceptive to Dwan. But he didn't say it was a strong hand. He said he liked it. So he hasn't lied and most people are uncomfortable lying. In Doug's spot a great live player might figure all this out on the fly and not bluff. Especially considering it's Dwan. Obviously, Dwan is never folding here. But I think he considered raising so heavily because of what Wes said, and that he would have called lighter as well for the same reason.

[@jaggy-snake]

Man, this was so sweet. Tom lured him right out into the deep water. Perfect.

[@PseudoAccurate]

I think Doug handled losing the hand pretty well.

[@jrsands]

😂😂😂

[@heinrichh.6369]

i understand that it is a good river bluff spot in theory, but after the tank call on zhe turn I would assume he was not trying to decide between call and fold but rather raise or call. Thus his range beeing nut heavy.

[@johnnyboychess]

This reminds me of one of my proudest hands-which I lost. A really tight, respectable player 3 bet me from the small blind after opening with 88 from the low jack. This player’s really strong but usually underbluffs and likes to use linear sizing based on the strength of his hand. Flop comes out J86. Villain pots it for 50bb. I instantly put him on JJ or 66-he’d bet smaller with AJ, or even a large pocket pair. I call with middle set. Turn comes a 7. Checks through. River comes another 7. He pots again for 150bb. I call again. Felt like I lost the minimum when he tabled JJ. Had a reraised, I think 66 considers folding, along with any marginal hands or even 9T.

[@Bawookles]

Doug Polk "He says it like he THINKS it is!" LOL, nice one, John.

[@killerbee412]

wasnt tom around like 10 years before polk? i know doug played online pre black friday. but he wasnt on TV like tom was.

[@jacobc8019]

Jonathon! Dude the Michael Rosen reference killed me! ❤😂😂 Did you ever watch the YTPs back in the day! 😂

[@YzFool78]

I would think something along the lines of suited connectors, like what he has.

[@colindickson6099]

saying something about "liking that hand" is almost never a premium. its always some trashy draw hand, or something stupid like 69

[@smash2zero]

exactly. Hed never look down at 2 black kings and say "i like this hand" cuz no shit, everyone likes taht hand. Tom def picked up on that

[@stevie2fu]

When players say I like that hand, it's always some random 46 suited 97 suited, stuff like that. 99% speculative.

[@jimmyjambon9206]

Polk also went to his chips way too fast on Durrs flop bet... Tom scienced it out early and crushed his soul. Most everything after the flop was theater by Tom Dwan.

[@matthewriebel5792]

My limit is 300bb for cash games. When I reach that stack depth, I leave the next time the BB hits me and either cash out my earnings or take a shot at the next higher stakes.

[@matthewriebel5792]

In one game a couple months ago, I got up to 400bb and before my next time in the BB, I ran 2nd nuts into nuts on the flop.

[@wsxcde21]

great to see tom and how smart he is. hes beyond the image now. we can see his awareness. got to the point where greatness can be achieved. either way this point in life is great to observe😎 as for doug this is just a pure punt🤦‍♂️

[@dingleberry4013]

It may look like a pure punt to a results-oriented amateur.. but an experienced player knows that a world class player like DP is balanced in that spot (except for showing Wesley, which was definitely a mistake when facing another world class player in Durrrr).

[@wsxcde21]

@@dingleberry4013 why not a punt?

[@wsxcde21]

​@David Gonzalez what is doug pretending to rep? and the turn raise makes it think hes on a draw for sure. also the huge river bet makes no sense unless doug thinks tom have some kind of king....so tom have a king and doug pocket kings?? its such a bad spot to bluff and that's why its more like a punt to me.

[@johnnyboychess]

@@wsxcde21 so wrong. Doug should have bluffs and huge hand that raise the turn in position. If he has no bluffs then it becomes really easy to play against. Also, it’s better to raise the turn vs the flop for pot control when deep in draw heavy boards. When the draws do come in-he gets to make that overbet for straight value as we as when he has a strong hand with a clean runout.

[@wsxcde21]

@@johnnyboychess from what you said what would be the hands of tom and Doug?

[@iamamish]

Table (speaking to me): "OK you need to ante up" Me: "All in!" Table: "...you just anted, you haven't even seen your cards yet" Me: "Yes, well that ante is larger than my entire bankroll, so...I'm all in"

[@dickmacgurn590]

Durr was absolutely slow playing. There was no shove option there. He wanted extract max sweat lol

[@dnx112]

Slow playing is just calling with the best hand before the river........ nothing else.......... 😮

[@istockimage]

This was karma 😂 for the hand AK hand Wesley played against Tom Dwan where Doug was the one who ended up seeing Wesley's hand before everything played out.

[@pontus3142]

Jonathan Little say's Polk's river range should only have big bets and checks, but what line should Doug take if his hand gets worse on the river? A hand like K7s can raise the turn but won't be happy to see the 6. If he makes a large bet with a hand like that, does he ever get called by worse? But I wouldn't be happy checking back a hand that strong!

[@KingdomCre8tive]

Jonathan Tom wasnt thinking if he was gonna raise all in or call. He absolutely wanted to rub it in. They dont like each other and tom knew he jad the winner

[@loudorchen9897]

I don't care what anyone says, that was a vicious slow-roll by Dwan, He knew what he was doing there for sure, him and Pugless Dolk have been beefing for years and this was sweet payback

[@GD-my5hm]

Love this format of video. You could probably make a ton of interesting content out of some hands played at the WSOP.

[@VlonaldTrutin]

I could be totally wrong, but I feel like trip 6's make a better call in Doug's shoes if Dwan shoves the river than 2's full does, b/c I don't think Dwan is ever shoving with 2's full, but he might with 6's full, so you would prefer to have blockers. Am I way off?

[@88mphDrBrown]

The only trip 6's doug has that block boats is 6c7c. The majority have 6d which doesn't interact with Tom's boats. Unless you're giving Tom 67o and K6o which seems very unlikely.

[@IKerensky]

"I like that hand" is definitely some weak or weird hand, suited connectors, one gapper or small pair.... like 6s...

[@Solwa54]

I'm having a case of déjà-vu. Didn't you already review this hand?

[@BlueDubPirate]

Too bad this didn't happen on Max Pain Monday, 'cause it was all about inflicting max pain once Dwan felt slighted by having the clock called on him at the turn. Unfortunately, this prolly iced any notion of these guys being friends. I don't agree with calling the clock on the turn, but Doug took the loss pretty well, at least on the outside. I'm sure he was fuming inside.

[@IKerensky]

To be sure 77s beat K6 on the river, right ? bigger set count ?

[@MichaelFazio]

yes

[@rhchapman96]

Dwan is slow rolling Polk.

[@rhchapman96]

And Durr is strung out

[@shanejett3550]

I think Polk showing Wes his hand is a bigger tell than the reaction from Wes: "I like this one" etc. Polk is having fun, splashing w a fun hand and sweating a hand w Wes. I think it was -EV to show the hand to Wes. Maybe if Polk had only 1M bullet w 100% of himself he woulda played a little smarter.

[@codywy5579]

Tom is a killer!

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

I think only call, yr only getting called if u jam by KK and 66, I doubt 22 gets there like this. If someone said "I like this hand" I would think a sexy hand like 98 suited or JTs etc, a suited connected hand is what Im thinking.

[@chrisvillalobos2053]

I like your hand means weak

[@willvaughn6.395]

Pretty obvious dwan used the time and clock to extract the most out of the pot Hard time believing Doug would have put in 425 on river if dwan didn’t take all that time on the turn

[@ILoveDawko]

Polk 'has a nice guy image which he pushes' would be a better description of him.

[@bovinejangles]

You don't think he's a nice guy?

[@ILoveDawko]

@@bovinejangles Nope

[@HenryBabcock]

The 7 minute tank on the river from Tom was a bit much. Doug took it very well. Couldn't listen to all of commentary at the end because of the annoying Ben Shapiro voice. Sorry.

[@houdinihir9549]

Dwan did it for revenge. I wish you knew.

[@HenryBabcock]

@@houdinihir9549 I know that.

[@ericnaughton2348]

My question is this... Who was staking them?

[@MichaelFazio]

Tom said in an interview he usually has 90-100% of himself.

[@chrisko6439]

Tom Dwan has become a lot less fun to watch recently. His superlong tanks with huge hands suck.

[@DoubleBassX2]

Haha Doug decides to socially shun Tom and to rub it in he showers Wes with comforting gestures - then he gives Tom _this face_ 22:34. (pause at 35 and go frame-by-frame if you have to using the [ , ] and [ . ] keys)

[@jeremybrown4489]

The man took ridiculously long to make an obvious call. Doug is a good sport though

[@nslcap]

Dwan is not going to hit and run..He's gonna hit and Retire...respec

[@jasonanderson3202]

Can't really retire when you're millions in debt

[@queennine]

Polk figured checking he his dead lost why not take a bluff at it. Been in this spot many times. Dwan raises Polk folds so the call gets it done. Dwan thinks he had KK's in the hole? lol possible.. but highly unlikely raising the turn in that spot when a 6 hits...

[@rolandkennedy80]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

[@ceprotz9826]

Well deserved punt polk

[@Ats192]

No raise?

[@johnnykay1262]

i like pocket kings

[@SootYourself]

Dwan should keep playing in the US. He gets destroyed in Asia.

[@stefanschuster2320]

And Doug replying "I played a big one with that once" giving away even more information that it is not a premium. Unbelieveable stupid. When making such a blunder the only correct move is to fold on dwans reraise preflop...

[@wesleyrowland344]

Wesley put his head down because he did not want to be associated with that hand.

[@atasmaly]

Dog Polk is trying to be a flashy player, he'll never be like Tom. Juan, she'll help me ground over others. Nice try though dog.

[@hattershouse710]

3.5 minute tank for an 85k call on the turn is ridiculous.

[@Womenandwine]

its a little long,but he def has to consider a raise or a call

[@dnx112]

I've seen idiots in tournament poker tank way longer. 😮

[@smash2zero]

he can do whatever he wants until a clock is called. Obviously Tom would know better than us if thats a reasonable call cuz he plays mega stakes his whole life and has seen what others do. Also u acting like 85K not more than ur net worth so calm down kid

[@houdinihir9549]

Tom did it for revenge, because he can’t tolerate Doug.

[@hattershouse710]

@@smash2zero Thanks for explaining the obvious about him sitting there until clock is called. No one argued that. The time he took in relation to the size of the bet for that specific game is ridiculous. 85k more than my net worth? Lol that's almost what I have in my delivery service's inventory alone. If I had this much money to gamble I wouldn't be wasting my time playing poker. I'd be traveling and banging whoever I wanted rather than sitting around with a bunch of rich dorky guys. As for the tank itself, it was waay too long. 85k is not a big raise in that game especially with him having the second nuts, but essentially the nuts if going by how the hand played out pre flop. Calm down kid before you enter a big boy discussion.

[@jameswalker7420]

What's up with all these penny stakes donkey moves showing your cards to other people. No surprise it backfired on people. Although in this hand probably made no difference. Dwam was obviously never folding. Nobody is prepared to be balanced in these weird sweat spots that catch them by surprise.

[@adean4146]

lol I'm starting to wonder if the money is real, or if they give them each 1 million to play, in a freeeroll

[@bbbulldog61]

Big fan of Jonathan, Doug and Dwan. So many things going on in this hand. 1st Doug shows his hand and the guy says I like this hand. Usually when you show someone a hand they try to put on a serious poker face so they don't give anything away. Then Doug floats the flop not 🚫 a fan. Dwan really steams me up with the long unnecessary tanks. Toms always been slow but he was way out of line with those tanks. The I like this hand comment probably rules out KK. (I think 🤔💬) Lastly I've been hearing people say calling the clock ⏰ can be 50-50 on weather or not 🚫 it's a good 😊 hand. In my experience it's usually a bluff. People with good hands are usually relaxed 😌😎 and trying to give their opponent time to call 🤙. People that are bluffing can't stand the sweat 💦 and want the guy to make a decision. Of course no tell is 100 percent. In my memory it seems 90 percent accurate. I don't remember anyone calling the clock ⏰ with a monster 💀 but maybe 🤔 I have selective memory.

[@johnnyboychess]

He floated the flop for $15k at $1M effective. It’s the same as calling a $3 flop bet on a $1/2 table. He will realize his equity and make enough straights, 2 pair, and trips runouts to make a call.

[@TheMarceloSilva]

On the river that was a Brutal Slowroll should be punished , he was never folding so he should let Doug know that he was not folding and he was not sure if he would shove or not, so Doug could muck his cards if he was felling embarrassed , I need get Dwan on the felt and teach him 1 or 2 lessons.

[@toddhertenstein]

yeah but what if Dwan was thinking of either jamming or folding. By telling him that, it makes it seem like he has a good hand. Making it less likely he would call a jam. If you are playing for a million $, it is normal to want more time than if you are playing at $1/$2

[@kevinsnyder4658]

Doug immediately showed 5 high, he knew he wasn’t winning. Think about it, you can’t slow roll against the 3rd worst possible hand

[@nnkauaiajs6970]

You teach dwan 😂 Jesus what a true internet comment

[@kenshinXX]

Doug Polk deserved that.