$1,600,000 From $130? Insane Pressure At The Aussie Millions

[@cjsix8529]

For a guy who markets himself as highly perceptive, I was surprised you didn't recognize Vijayaram paying a compliment at the end. He pointed at his opponents tabled hand and then to his own head, clearly indicating what a great mind game had been played on him, which was the absolute truth. He just happened to figure it out. Great respect from the new champion. Very classy.

[@liyexiang666]

just happen to？ a hero fold can be "just happen to". hero call cannot. the guy bluffing at it is just bad

[@DougPolkPoker]

Back on the daily schedule grind, it feels good to be back

[@scenemaker03]

shut up jk keep up good work

[@pokerendboss3576]

Doug Polk Poker i wont million

[@gagikchakhoyan2357]

+Doug Polk Poker it would be interesting to see a review of the final hand of Aussie Millions 2017 100K challenge between Petrangelo and Watson as well

[@daveyfadess]

Doug Polk Poker he obviously moved chips around and got a scare read. plus he took a bit to call. basic play at a 1/2

[@patricklaffey]

welcome back, coach Doug

[@SchneiderOSRS]

Sick call by Vaginaram

[@MadeInGefle]

New troll name: Harry Vijayana

[@furdiebant]

Jason Mercier-esque one could say

[@Khaminor]

I self identify with this comment.

[@AccelerateEffectively]

it was 135$ not 130$ clickbait title and fake news in 2017. Upvoted lel

[@DougPolkPoker]

+ClanProStarZ classic rigged media

[@ryantothmisc]

alternative facts bro

[@EPL_Stretch]

funniest comment

[@meekowai]

well anybody could do it from 135, but from 130?

[@chriswhite9797]

The satellite cost $335 total. ($135 buy + a $200 add on)

[@bifflowman2000]

He definitely points at Heath's cards and says, "That was a really good bet!" Don't think he was being sarcastic, either, so the end of your commentary is a bit of a turn off there.

[@VengerSatanis]

I was hoping the guy said something like "Excellent bluff, hoss!"

[@Harbz]

Vijayaram has one sick graph, just an arrow from $130 shooting straight up into the clouds :)

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

Speaking of crazy graphs, sure hope right after this he resisted the self-destructive urge to randomly take on all comers at high stakes HU online, unlike what a bunch of sudden big winners failed to do over the years for some reason...

[@JackRule16]

@@DarrenSemotiuk Bro you already know he straight up retired lol

[@kingchungsiu3711]

@@JackRule16 ～

[@fitzpatrickmathemati]

Yeah it looks like he was complementing Heath on making a good bluff at the end.

[@HalTurpin]

btw.. my favorite part of this video is when Doug Polk talked about bad play while we watched video of Vijayrahm(sp?) doing work. This man is obviously on another level.

[@adamdaye]

I thought he pointed to the 8 and said good bet or something like that...

[@narkorito]

looks more like "X8 i put u on it"

[@CaffeineAddict]

This

[@gdownie1332]

I thought that too, but he's pointing at his own brain as he's walking away very confidently. It's always nice when players are magnanimous, however I think Doug might be right that he was taunting regardless of which hand he pointed to.

[@JB-mr3cr]

narkorito you're right but i think he meant by pointing to his brain that k8 specifically made the most sense and was therefore in his head ;)

[@Iveystolemybike]

He said lol nice bluff :)

[@shahrukh.f4790]

How long you gonna avoid the *Bankroll challenge* ?

[@Jets613]

Jon Blaze is on vacation so Doug has no one to chip dump for him

[@daveyfadess]

Shahrukh Farooqui online is on the decline. way to many ways to help players now. takes away from the real game.

[@blinknbcr]

whitesmoke hiding Can you explain what you mean by that? As in, what ways are people getting help while playing online? Haven't played much myself and was thinking about it, so being aware of this would be really helpful. Thanks mate

[@daveyfadess]

blinknbcr few ways. bunch of sites you can have multi accounts i wont explain how. but you can have a few seats at one table. There's bots now that can easily beat players,like the Polaris bot. look it up. teams of ghosts. where you and friends are at a table talking to each other through Skype. . there poker cheat sheets and then what happened with Durrr where they find every hand you played online and put it through a program and then you gain a great advantage. these and more.

[@blinknbcr]

whitesmoke hiding Holy shit dude. So glad you told me this info before I started playing with real money online, thanks bro. Where can I keep up to date with what's going down in the online poker scene? Also is there really no way to combat any of that stuff? Seems like most of those things you mentioned are game breaking, really sucks that sort of thing is happening in the community. But since real money is involved I'm honestly not surprised

[@SlaveKnightGael]

Truly inspiring winning a satellite to win the whole thing. Absolutely amazing, I cannot begin to understand what Vijayaram was feeling after that win.

[@janczes10]

Hey Doug, wouldn't you like to make a video about for example 10 best players in history of poker in your opinion? Or 5 best online and 5 best live? Or something like that, I think i would be cool :D

[@affan354]

Who do you think are worthy candidates for the list? We all know who #1 live player is...

[@chippyprice1993]

Danzo Shimura who?...

[@jhonjohnjonjondoe5011]

depends on the form of poker you are talking about. HU?6max?FR?NLH?PLO?7cardstud?Badugi? must i go on? We do not know who number 1 is

[@toooooooooooooooooooooooooooom]

Cameron Price Dwan or Ivey.

[@lockodonis]

Baby Bob helmuth is the best player of all time....!

[@Buehlero]

watched this hand like 10 times in the replay, too sick :D

[@ALLinPav]

Today's PTotD is don't cbet 55 on 679 unless you think Dan Polk will make a video about you.

[@TheMarkODonohue]

Doug Palc is my favourite poker player.

[@DougPolkPoker]

+beerdonk I thought it was pretty good

[@WaffieOwnd]

Gotta love all in PAV

[@liki1071]

Joke was about as poor as his poker abilities

[@WaffieOwnd]

Lol All in PAV is a beast bro.

[@sachindev3503]

well Doug Polk I just wanted you to please make a video on bankroll management and how or when to move up in stakes.. eloborate in detail please

[@keyanmartin6571]

Shout out to Jcarver! The best poker commentator in history ?

[@DougPolkPoker]

+Keyan martin :(

[@GuRuGeorge03]

doug don't be sad. 15th place is not so bad :^)

[@crazy3rdgen]

JCarver always sounds like he has a sinus infection

[@SigiPower1982]

Who is this Doug guy? His Name is Dan u morons.

[@epicslavegti]

Keyan martin best gay commentator in history*

[@szrfph]

You pretty much said that all pairs are the same against Heath's river jam range - either he beats an overpair or he's bluffing - but then said that Vijayaram has better hands to call with than 55, like overpairs. Shouldn't the fact that 55 blocks 85 (and 54, I guess?) make it a better bluffcatch than, say, AA?

[@robertshawnmitchell]

"He's never bluffing here"

[@ight_of_heart]

Great timing for the satellite winner, to promote the Australian poker a little bit

[@chrisyu1983]

Hey Doug, are you going to continue the bankroll challenge summary videos soon? Those videos are the best. Especially since I work while you stream live!

[@playsnakenet]

Hi Dan I'm confused about the river. At first you said that K8o dude could have legit value hands in his range like Q8 on the river, but when it came for 55 dude to make a call you said that opponent represents hands that have over pair crushed (2 pair or better). So how would the river play out if instead of K8 he had Q8? For me if opponent could have Q8 on the turn and would not go for thin value on Q river with a jam, I would just call... Since Q8 is probably the most likely 8 combo in the opponents range.

[@furdiebant]

This guy winning just underlines that poker isn't dead yet.

[@JoeyIndolos]

"Don't get too hung up on what happens in a specific hand." Well said! And just get ready to be called out again by those folks who work only with the wisdom of hindsight.

[@DrunkOfficeTea]

love the content doug 🙂 keep up the good work. You're really good at this youtube thing 😝. Have you made or been making any videos for your other channel? I hit the bell to get notifications but haven't noticed any yet.

[@williamrodriguez1736]

Well done !!!!! Wanted to see you break down this hand !

[@ShredHeadJHJ]

This was a great read and great call. The thing that threw everything was the opponent's check/raise on the turn. I would not have been able to make this call.

[@fergonzalez1584]

This great translation into Spanish is understood very well, thanks for the Doug videos, the previous videos could be translated with this translator because the espalol does not understand almost anything the previous lol

[@playgroundofsound7683]

Best call I've seen . Amazing play

[@jerryvalentino1065]

You contradict yourself a bit on this one Doug, at one point you say that heath could have got there with q8 q10 or q5 and have a slam dunk value bet on the river and you're 100% correct, granted it's only a small number of hands that got their with a queen he's always value betting it on the river. But later you say that vijayaram is simply calling against two things only: 2 pair or better or a stone bluff and that simply isn't true

[@MrKydaman]

Cool hand, and a great call. Enjoyed the Jason Sommerville commentary too.

[@jamesmcginn6291]

I'm just learning. Usually Doug throws too much information for me to follow. This time though he made sense. Great job Doug.

[@Sergeiusarus]

He pointed to K8 not pocket fives

[@NikhilAutar]

I dunno if some of the hands he's representing would jam so big on the river (though his sizing does leave him with less options... I dunno, the graphics don't help), if he had q8, why jam and not put in a small value bet planning to reluctantly call all ins and getting a higher chance of getting value from 6/9/7/all other mid pocket pairs he's representing (I'm not sure of what's going on with the stack sizes haha but the point remains if the spr is like more than 3:4)? His bluffs are limited to a8, k8 and maybe 8 with a pair (though again, it'd have to be a semi-bluff at best. Why not check at this stage with those hands when your bluffs are sorta more limited without flopped flush draws - though here bdfds are possible for sure), but he has many value hands - 2 pairs and better, the made straights (it's unlikely you flop it, but the combos are still there), sets etc while we have similar ones, but find ourselves at the bottom of our range here. I think all that considered on top of what doug says... it leans even heavier to the side of fold. But then again, we forget that this lets him be a fucking baws!!!

[@Ne3bO]

does doug win any competitions. or did he get smart on his pc

[@FiroRosso]

Would've been pretty funny if Heath had decided to turn 86 into a bluff...

[@Amethyst_Friend]

Firo Rosso Strange holding to check raise turn with surely

[@words_on_a_screen]

Lmao!

[@ocorvoredpill2061]

Muito obrigado a quem esta legendando seus videos! Vlw mesmo!!

[@jakecross4665]

Could someone explain to me "make the best decision for your range". What does this mean? I'm playing my 2 hole cards... Is this more relevant on earlier streets where you're representing "your range"?

[@abcdefg54321x]

I have no clue how he made that call! Insane!

[@eazybleezy]

cbrstunter24 because it didn't make sense. But idk if I could

[@patrickh9249]

Can someone please explain to me what rake-back is and when it happens in a little bit of detail???

[@MohanKumar-ln2vw]

you are wrong. you can see his cards were already pulled in by the dealer at 10.49 .. he was pointing out Heath's cards and said Heath almost had him,

[@lukestewart2525]

Should Q8s shove for value here or QhXh if it somehow got here with this line?

[@moedanglez]

Hey Doug, I prefer "what is up guys" over "what's up guys" Thanks

[@motiejusgiknius6862]

Hey Doug, could you please do Dwan vs. Greenstein J9s vs. AA and AA vs KQs hands from HSP in the future? Also, i've seen a couple of requests and i would want to ask the same, Colman vs. Siever AA vs 99 from the 2015 high roller cash game? Big Thanks.

[@Stamps600]

Colman vs Seiver hand was classic busted AA. Colman probably should of folded turn considering how dry the board was and Seiver put over 66% of his chips in the pot , but continued to river. Colman is only beating a pure bluff if a river bet came which it did. AK and KQ are checking back.

[@kendyjapri7869]

What a call, deserved champion!

[@vinsterw]

great content as always. i would have liked it if you touched a little on ICM considerations. id imagine it makes Heath's bluff slightly worse and VJs call slightly better? it probably also depends on if c/c turn leaves Heath with just a shoving stack left if he bricks and c/f riv.

[@glenmisha]

I love your sarcasm @ the end! 🤣

[@daveoberry3075]

fkn love you Doug but damn you are teaching everyone to beat me and everyone that don't watch your vids. #bestplayerintheworld good work bro and thx for making me better. just hard to keep up with you after I smoke some :)

[@madosinoid]

Hey Doug! I'd love to watch a review of the hands of Stu Hungar that available on line. What do you think?

[@fergonzalez1584]

Doug to the other videos can these new subtitles be added to Spanish?

[@c93ditto]

Great video would love to see more heads up stuff from you.

[@TheMassaj]

if 55s are basically a 6, 7, or 9, then if we check back turn arent we checking back too many hands? Why is this not a fine candidate to semi bluff with on the turn? Are we never folding out better, never getting value from weaker? Are we setting ourselves up to being blown out of the pot on the rvr? What rvrs come that we can call any leadout beside 458, maybe 679. Is there merit to betting the turn at our price, to set the rvr up for most likely chk chk, as opposed to chking back turn and getting bluffed out

[@lehtinen21]

We're definitely betting a 9 on the turn.

[@Cream147player]

Make no mistake, this is a hero call. But I don’t know, you might only get one chance in your life to test your luck for 1.6 million dollars. Even if we say you’re only good here 20% of the time - maybe it’s still worth it to make that call and to take that chance. If you lose, there’s still plenty more poker to play, and you don’t have to live your life in regret getting bluffed out of an instant 1.6 million. Is that good poker? Probably not, but it might be a good life choice.

[@herbettigre]

This call is sooooooooooo sick... and he block some of the villain bluffs :o

[@gus_abreu]

Great call. Thanks Doug.

[@procams1164]

I don't feel like the winner was pointing at his pocket 5's? Why would he do that, he just flipped them over a few seconds beforehand.

[@casparwildenhoffhansen4837]

I personally think that Heath would raise a set and two pair combos on the flop because of him being afraid of the straightdraw, and to define range a little more. Taking that into consideration, with the turn raise and river bet he is really only representing T 8 maybe suited with hearts, or 5 8 suited which is at the bottom of his pre flop calling range. Vijayaram blocks 5 8 with his two fives and this makes it a definitely not easy but a good spot to hero call since Heath is kinda only repping one hand and not like 3-4 hands.

[@crazy3rdgen]

Hey good game, pocket 5's though how bow dah?

[@johnshores4745]

im sure if i had bought in for $130 then when i get heads up theres 0 pressure you win or come second which im guessing is close to a mill . pressure is having to make that call knowing you gotta walk home 30 miles if your wrong .

[@garygwin1741]

He said something like, that was an incredible play. Good poker player. I love how he deviates from the "GTO" for all the Dough

[@johnsarausad]

Doug, I think he was pointing to the K8 hand of Ben at the end there.

[@chrissimoneau9414]

Doug I just love your shit I watch everyday. Its getting to the point where Phil H is scared to play hands and put the money in. its like he has a hard time with 3 and 4 bets. Good for tv. I love how u point out bet sizing errors that info is just gold...

[@RickAnderson1]

i like the pointing straight at his pair of fives then congratulating himself on a thoughtful call. epic.

[@mikelee8970]

He wasn't pointing at the pocket 5s at the end. He pointed at Heath's K8 saying "that's what I thought you had" :)

[@KevinSandersJr]

Did I lip read wrong? Looked to me like he walked over and said you had an 8 in your hand right?

[@rarity2006]

Doug this video looped back though my feed. Just wanna say I guess I was frustrated this underdog legend didn't get any credit from you for making one of the best high pressure calls I've ever seen. You are an extremely accomplished and successful poker player so full credit to you for your successes and excuse my previous rant. Just thought you should of giving the dude a little credit of an incredibly call. Don't think you were being racist after rewatching this

[@gstung]

Thanks for the great vids! Can you mix in a little bit about live tells in your next video? I know live tells are kind of a voodoo science but I feel like in a lot of hands you analyze, live tells do factor into things at least a minor amount.

[@UraStr]

Dan polk with new episode of polker hands...those MEMEs

[@adamsmithintin2803]

Doug I have done your bankroll challenge in less time than you and it was easy. In Fact I went all in every hand in zoom and ended up completing the bankroll challenge 10k to $100 it only took me a few hours you fish.

[@tigerhood6830]

That's the best call I've ever seen

[@TopCheese81]

wow what a call, he obviously put his opponent on some sort of a draw I mean you have 5s you can't beat anything on the board except a 3 but he's not jamming there with a 3 I mean wow!!!

[@Rob121680]

Is there a board where you wouldn't advocate checking 55 behind on the flop? That is, even though we open on the button pre do we just always want to check the flop to keep our opponent's range wide? Thank you and great video as always!

[@DougPolkPoker]

+Robert Specht I generally like betting boards with a 5 on them

[@Rob121680]

do we ever bet to deny our opponent equity? What would Libratus do (WWLD)?

[@MBMASTR]

+Robert Specht We need to protect more our equity then denie oponent equity . His range is stronger. So we r happy to check here

[@elijahpickens]

The thing is that even if Vijayaram had called and Heath had him beat, they still would've been about tied (chip-wise).

[@Guillaume-ie2iu]

Good catch. Vijayaram could take that risk.

[@donaldpaluga]

Shurane Vijayaram -Hindi for Chris Moneymaker?

[@swingdocta]

great call and great story

[@VegasNit]

With this analysis you convinced me; you just got to 55k subs!! (:

[@tiltmr1858]

Love that comment at the end doug.. had me cracking up lol

[@bifflowman2000]

In general, I really like a turn bet HU here, but a much bigger one, because we could fold out some equity like gutshots, overcards, possibly even 6x, and there are so many draws to get value from. That said, Heath is a professional and should have plenty of hands in his range that he's check-raising with on this turn, so yeah, I guess I like a check back in this instance, keeping Heath's SPR at about 3 and thus probably preventing him from shoving most rivers. But when you check back turn, your bluffcatcher becomes kind of face up, so he may shove a really polarized range on the river anyway, when you find yourself in the same spot, but at least his range is kept wider after checking back the turn. Common scenario but tricky nonetheless.

[@lobsterfork]

I don't understand why you can't show a quick and condensed version of the hand, and then break it down. It is a much more encompassing format and appeals to a wider range of audiences. Good video though, cheers.

[@molteriet]

Have the Poker Guys checked out your hand analysizes(or whatever the plural is)? Because they really could learn something from what you do, and make some actual analysis of the hands they're looking at.... In any circumstance: Great video, great analysis, great awesomesauce. Keep it going, Mr. Polk :D

[@jptpoker]

Shurane Vijayaram is of Fijian descent?

[@Empry]

could you do some hand analyzing videos from the footatge of live at the bike? There are some pretty interesting stuff if you didnt know :D Cheers from Finland!

[@nathanieltrue9716]

Empry LATB wouldn't let him i dont think.

[@MrRemo1313]

Heath's tells are just awesome. On his C/R on turn he looks at his opponent in the eyes, acting confident and strong. This is very often a sign of weakness. Why acting strong with a big hand and scare the patron ?? On his all-in river he melts down, shoulders are getting low. His eyes changed a lot. In this case this is clearly not an acting, you can't really fake this. I really think this is a key thing in the Shurane's thinking, especially since he stares at Heath a lot around 8:20 9:40 and 10:15 . Still an amazing call ! GG

[@danielferguson2004]

Would love too see you play some bounty builders.

[@omaewamoushindeiru4329]

Great content Doug, loads of love coming from India :)

[@elwinvanwees8516]

Feel like he pointed at the K8 saying "I figured out that was what you had"

[@HungarianGOD]

I'm not sure if I agree with the final analysis in this one (which is rare, I need not mention that you are obviously an extremely gifted player, more so than myself). As you said, opponent's range is probably pair of queens +, or 2-pair +, so as far as hand strength goes 55 and a 9 isn't much different. However 55 blocks the 45 straight, so 55 is one of the best bluff catchers here (actually maybe the single best?), certainly better than calling with a 9.

[@McGavel1]

Woot nice points and epic hand!

[@joeriandries]

i think they guy at the end of the video was pointing at the oponent's K8, i could almost read his lips saying "that's what i thought you had"

[@5wisher5weet]

You think he was rubbing it in about pocket 5s?

[@spectreQ]

Get joey to bring him on the podcast

[@DougPolkPoker]

+Spectre Good idea

[@boutrous11]

He's saying "I knew you had an eight"

[@Zikliv]

at 3:30 Heath raises with an open-ended straight draw... watch his face as he pushes his chips into the pot... he strongly looks straight into Vijaya's eyes... to me, that's an obvious tell... if he really wanted a call, he wouldn't have given such a cocky glance... this shows either that Heath is unsure whether or not he is beat, or that he is totally bluffing...

[@fishface2513]

i think k8 should be check calling the river because of icm

[@bassdewd]

fish face Its HU, there is no ICM silly

[@p0kern1nja]

that was the joke

[@vladislavsp5259]

Both great plays..gotta love it!

[@danybandido]

Please Doug, do Adrian Mateos vs Jonny Lodden in Montercarlo Grand Final! Plzzzzzz!

[@fRe3eezY]

how Come u never mentioned 68 or 78 or 89 ???? dont you think those are in his shoving range on the river? ? and obviously still beating this 55 hero call....

[@luapferdinand210]

Great video. But if you look closely, after winning he is pointing to the losers cards, not his. So you are being unfair and wrong in the analysis. I think he pointed at the 8 and said, this is what I thought, you had, a busted draw with an 8!!

[@jonking4525]

it was a super call especially with the 3rd spade that came on the river. Worst case though, if wrong you come in 2nd. still not too shabby for 130 buyin.

[@MattSmith-qi8jx]

Why does polk say he certainly has 2 pair or a bluff in this spot? Is it not possible he had a hand like 8 ten and caught the straight? I mean that's unlikely obviously but not impossible

[@johnallen2771]

Anybody who makes a habit of calling with a pair of fives when there are four overcards on the table is going to eventually lose big. I know it's all a situation but the smart thing for him to do after he had been check-raised is to fold.