Brad Owen TRAPS Mariano With QUADS!

There aren’t many better feelings in life than hitting quads at the poker table! When OG poker vlogger Brad Owen rivers quads against Mariano and EZ, he takes a crazy line in the hopes that his opponents will bluff into him. But will it work?
When the board is very wet & dynamic you should often bet larger with your value hands. The nuts will change by the turn or river if any straight or flush completing cards arrive which could result in you possibly having the 2nd best hand. Using larger bet sizes allows you to get more money into the pot whilst you still have an equity advantage.
Brad Owen is a WPT ambassador and co-owner of The Lodge Card Club in Texas, he is a very successful KZbin poker vlogger with over 715,000 subscribers. His KZbin channel has had over 172,000,000 views. Primarily a cash game player, Brad has started playing more poker tournaments since the start of 2022. His lifetime total live tournament winnings are over $790,000. His biggest cash for $152,266 came in December 2023 where he finished 7th in the $50,000 WPT Alpha8, during the WPT World Championship at the Wynn, Las Vegas
Mariano is an American professional poker player born in Argentina.. He regularly features on the Hustler Casino Live stream but has started to make more of an appearance on The Lodge Card Club stream. He also has a popular poker KZbin channel with over 151,000 subscribers. Since 2021 he has won over $850,000 from live streamed cash games, he is yet to make a name for himself on the poker tournament circuit as he primarily focuses on cash games.
EZ is a regular on the stream and is an amateur poker player from America. He plays a variety of stakes from $5/$10 to $200/$400.
In early 2022, poker professionals Doug Polk, Brad Owen, and Andrew Neeme joined forces to acquire a controlling stake in The Lodge Poker Club & Card Room, which happens to be the largest poker establishment in Austin, Texas. This exclusive poker club, accessible only to its members, boasts an impressive array of amenities, including over 80 poker tables of cash games and tournaments, operating around-the-clock. Additionally, The Lodge provides an inviting ambiance with 40 large-screen TVs, allowing poker club members to enjoy sports entertainment while playing poker or while relaxing in the cozy waiting area. The live poker stream includes commentary from Skull Mike and Slick Rick, who have been long-time regulars at The Lodge. They provide viewers with strategic insights, complemented by a perfect blend of humor.
The Lodge Live Stream has had a variety of different poker players coming to play on stream, these include; Doug Polk ‘WCGRider’, Alex Foxen, Dan Cates ‘Jungleman’, Ben Lamb, Bill Perkins, Brad Owen, Andrew Neeme, and Nik Airball.
🔍 Pre-Flop Action:
The action folds to Mariano Poker on the button who raises to $600 with AQo. Brad Owen looks down at pocket eights in the big blind and calls, EZ in the straddle opts to call with the Doyle Brunson special, T2o, as they head to the flop three-way.
💸 Flop - Ks 8s 3h:
Brad flops a beautiful middle set with his snowmen and checks. EZ follows suit with a check to the aggressor. Mariano does not take the bait with his ace-high and he wisely checks behind.
💣 Turn - Th:
The T of hearts on the turn introduces two flush draws on the board. Brad now takes the initiative by leading for $1,200. EZ, having paired his ten, decides to make the call. Mariano, who has picked up a gutshot straight draw, also calls to see the river.
🌊 River - 8h:
The 8 of hearts on the river brings in the backdoor flush and upgrades Brad's set of eights to quads! He remains stoic like a true professional poker player and after some time he checks with four of a kind to EZ, who is also happy to check hoping to get to showdown cheaply. Now, Mariano has just ace-high after missing his gutshot straight draw. But what will he do? Brad must be praying for a bet, but will the fellow poker vlogger fall for Brad’s trap, or will he check it back? Watch this poker video to find out!
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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 prefer to watch poker vlogs about cash games 💵 or tournaments 🏆?

[@egbertjeeeee]

Tournament

[@ronarnon5099]

Tournament

[@justinkauffman731]

Cash. Tournaments bore me to watch

[@apocalypsepromotions7676]

Cash

[@JaimeRoach-mh4xb]

Cash

[@YTSparty]

Turns out Mariano played it perfectly. He sent out a medium-sized bet to see if it was a check-raise scenario and got his answer. Going all in after the $20K would be something Perrson would do. LOL.

[@zentnium3801]

Thats why Personn is the goat

[@OneEyedJack01]

​@@zentnium3801sarcasm, right? I don't know of a single player that would call Perrson the goat

[@dnx112]

Perfect is a check lil step child. 😮

[@smellsuperb1]

"this sonofbeech all night.. Check, check, check! He trappt me!!" 🗣️🤣

[@TimM-wk1zx]

U ever see vids like this where ppl talk too much?

[@LordWolven]

9:59 Brad going all-in would be a terrible idea. Just about anything worse than a full house likely folds. If Mariano does have a full house, then he's going to three-bet anyways and then Owen can go all-in. The problem there though is that there are only three full house combinations possible... and Mariano having KK or 10s is extremely unlikely given how the hand has played out. The other main problem for Owen is that his reputation is rather nitty. He'll be aggressive with good hands, but his range is considerably limited... and Mariano knows this. Owen's best option in this situation would be a much smaller check raise. Any king, 10, or other pair still calls. Any flush still calls or possibly three bets. Most importantly, if Mariano thinks that Owen is weak, then it could induce a three bet bluff.

[@dillonhitt]

Absolutely no way a 10 or other pair calls a check raise on the river

[@alibou-rashed9086]

Question, why was just calling with pocket 88's from the BB, a good play by Owen. Shouldn't he be 3betting there? Idk I'm confused about that.

[@davidgibbins8812]

Bet $1500 and either get paid off or re-raise a Flush Bluffer . With 2 in the hand he should get 1 caller or a bluffer

[@ajanyalonso8255]

Brad Owen! World class vlogger! (And Mariano) lol

[@treyrichardson3162]

There's no best answer. A pro will always mix it up in that spot.

[@evingmadeez5008]

Not folding the 10 on the turn is one of my leaks.. thx for that tip .. multi way pots

[@tcandrewtam228]

Especially with only 1 value out

[@Young-ep8ik]

Multiway some K are snap folds. Depending a bit on player type and actions

[@ayo4325]

Pocket 8s is my favorite hand

[@TheEhodge]

Same!

[@Horace-fu7gx]

The person narrating this video,middle name is hindsight

[@matthewriebel5792]

Bet $5,500 to get called by flushes.

[@Blase21]

It’s not Mariano like Mary, it’s Mariano like marginal, in regards to his name pronunciation. Nice vid as always

[@jeffreydiaz8074]

I'm pretty sure mariano has said on vertuchis pod cast that it is actually pronounced like mary...not margin

[@joet7760]

I don’t mean to disagree with the Johnathen, but I think just over 2X pot on the river would get the same job done that Four x would without risking 22,000 and chips.

[@joshb9657]

New to this what does deep stack mean?

[@krahn23]

The amount of big blinds in their stacks. Normal is 100-300 in many games. These guys have like 1,000 BB or more. That’s deep

[@joshb9657]

@@krahn23 cheers

[@dillonhitt]

Would it be bad to bet around pot or over on the river if you’re Brad? It doesn’t induce any bluffs but if ur opponent has full house or nut flush then they still probably raise, and maybe you get some sort of top pair hero call or bluff catcher out of Mariano

[@OneOut1]

I would check here 100%. Small bets don't gain you bearly as the potential of someone trying to steal the pot.

[@jeremywright5036]

Mariano is a very good player, rarely see him make any mistakes.

[@WWPlaysHoldem]

Check.

[@QuintBlitz]

Check, because you want them to misplay. Sometimes they have nothing and checks back, but a lot of the time they may bluff their ace high 'flushes'.

[@jaybingham3711]

How you throwing an Ace away. That's THE high card.

[@ronastro1]

I'm thinking 🤔.. Brad should have bet pot.. But I'm not the one in that situation..

[@danweaver5787]

I like how he pronounces Mariano lol

[@runningrock124]

insta-tilts me

[@GaryMillyz]

Weird I just watched a hand where Mariano was the player with the quad 8s. He flopped it.

[@infosneakr]

5:02 check to Mariano. He's overly aggressive. All the time in his blogs, he'll state he could call or raise and always raises. Just watching him play with no hole cards you'd see that.

[@juiceworldeuc]

Yea. There's no real trap. Perfect plays.

[@newstandardaccount]

In my games I would just bet really large to target quads and try to get a fold from Brad

[@slik00silk84]

Mariano didn't get trapped!

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

I'd bet small to induce a bluff from Mariano

[@Paul-fe9ff]

Mariano is the easiest opponent to trap he operates on sheer blind aggression 70 % of the time ...

[@jeremysmith9263]

Pocket Eights'es😊

[@terencehill3972]

nobody is trapping anyone, the other guy had nothing and quads was total overkill

[@georgewyatt2924]

1500

[@uglyfrog7263]

Who is the fool jabbering in the corner! Get him off there!!!!!!!!

[@mateskib]

check and allow Mariano a chance to bluff

[@phillipr1334]

1500😅

[@hectorsalas1649]

Bet half pot

[@deviongants3724]

Over bet it

[@robertthrom8654]

Cash games

[@philip-op6de]

Brad is pretty good, he could prolly play poker for a living huh

[@notraxxful]

His name isn't a sauce.

[@jeffreydiaz8074]

Mariano himself says this is how you pronounce it. He said it on nick vertuccis pod cast

[@notraxxful]

@@jeffreydiaz8074 I stand corrected. He's not a sauce. He's a moron.

[@hutoaye5979]

Irri too much talking

[@ducktwo3543]

shuut up

[@puzzledobserver7644]

This commentator is utterly worthless

[@carlkoh]

Totally agree! Gonna click do not recommend channel!

[@victorbulux3561]

To much talking

[@ginebrasanmiguel1445]

😜😝🤪

[@victorbulux3561]

Worse video ever

[@KyleB_RCR8]

Dude…shut up already

[@SasaM26]

It’s MARIANO. learn how to pronounce players name

[@jeffreydiaz8074]

I'm seeing several people mention his pronunciation. Mariano himself says this is the correct pronunciation on vertuccis podcast. The announcers have it wrong. Mariano says either way is fine but its actually "mary" instead of "margin"...ono

[@dixiebrick]

Kindergarten poker

[@runningrock124]

omg how Jonathan pronouncing MARE-EH-ON-OH is horrific

[@jeffreydiaz8074]

Mariano said himself that's the correct pronunciation

[@country2dabone0685]

1500

[@sinclairpol]

Your commentary is like the long version of the voice in my head, while I play.

[@checkmugged]

Third video of me begging you to learn how to say Mariano’s name.

[@jeffreydiaz8074]

He's pronouncing it like Mariano has said on vertuccis podcast...so pretty sure it's right

[@johnj4397]

Omg!! No!!! Not the THIRD video of you BEGGING for something completely inconsequential!!! How will you ever survive?!

[@checkmugged]

@@johnj4397 I don’t know Juan, I guess one day at a time, one day at a time.

[@johnj4397]

@@checkmugged I hope so. You seem very troubled by it. Or… more likely… a bit of a drama queen.

[@EbonKim]

Just go with the min-raise when you have the nuts. Player is going to likely call for value, and if they have a strong hand, they're going to re-raise the min-raise, anyway.

[@JefePlaysDrums]

Brad bets big, Mariano...folds. so checking got the extra bet. Seems to be one of the better options. Possibly the small bet to try and get raised

[@Forumrida38621]

I wonder if brad would've min clicked on the check raise if he could've got Mariano to shove

[@roadracerdave7645]

@5:05 the fake reverse tell

[@ottoschmidt4007]

I am Team Brad.

[@deanmarkovic9765]

Would you ever just mid raise 8k

[@webguy943]

No.

[@6cobrasnake9]

So what are you doing? You could write a book about this hand . This went nowhere.

[@josephisaac3603]

There’s no flush draw

[@jarodmorris611]

I doubt you do this publicly but it's like to see you talk through watching Rampage play. He's doing better.

[@Ggoodlad1]

4:59 bet OVER POT, especially against Mariano! Either take down a nice pot, or induce a raise - a win either way.

[@rasmussaladus7702]

How does over betting induce a raise?

[@kristianstenerson2608]

the 8 so rarely hits brad here when he leads turn, when the river "bricks" and pairs the board he is SO extremely polarized to either full houses, or nothing. This check was the perfect play... you're not getting action on this board except from a king or bluffs