Daniel Negreanu Tries To OWN Me!!!!

In today's Weekly Poker Hand Jonathan analyzes a hand that he played himself against poker legend Daniel 'KidPoker' Negreanu during a Poker Masters final table!
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Jonathan believes that Negreanu's raise preflop with J3hh is too loose, especially considering the payout implications and the fact that there are two shorter stacks than him. These two shorter stacks are also PokerCoaching coaches - Brock Wilson & Justin Saliba! Having said that Jonathan recognizes that Negreanu is going to be more likely to be playing for the win as he will be less concerned about the payout implications.
As Daniel Negreanu only has 16 big blinds before the flop there are a lot of hands containing an ace that he should just shove, so when the flop comes ace high Jonathan can discount a lot of hands that beat his middle pair which makes it an easy call for him.
Daniel Negreanu is 5th on the all time money list with over $51,300,000 in total live earnings & has 6 WSOP bracelets. He is 49 years old and originally from Toronto, Canada but now resides in Las Vegas, U.S.A. Negreanu grew up playing primarily cash games and has appeared on many popular poker shows such as High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, and High Stakes Duel (he won the most recent season beating Eric Persson and Doug Polk and claiming $200,000 and the championship belt).
Jonathan Little is 175th on the all time money list with over $8,000,000 in total live earnings & has 2 WPT titles. Jonathan is a 38 year old professional poker player from the U.S.A. He is also the founder of PokerCoaching.com!
Jonathan Little came 2nd in this event for $154,700, Daniel Negreanu came 6th for $54,600
The 2023 Poker Masters was the 8th season of the Poker Masters. It took place from September 14th-26th 2023, from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were 10 events on the schedule and all the events were No-Limit Hold'em. Buy-ins ranged from $10,000 to the $50,000 Main Event.
This hand took place during a $10,000 2023 Poker Masters Event in the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas! Our hero Jonathan Little was facing off against poker legend Daniel Negreanu on this final table.
🃏 Preflop:
The action begins with Negreanu deciding to raise with J3hh on the button with just 16 big blinds behind. Jonathan Little makes the easy call from the big blind with T9o and both players head to the flop.
💥 The Flop: Ac 9c 5d
The flop gives Little middle pair and he opts to check to Negreanu, the preflop aggressor. Negreanu continues to tell his story of strength with a bet of 75,000 and Little makes the easy call.
🔥 The Turn: Ad
The Ace on the turn pairs the board and Little checks once again. Negreanu doesn't slow down and fires out another bet for 175,000. Little still doesn't believe the story that Negreanu is trying to tell and makes the call once again.
🚀 The River: 6s
The river card changes nothing with regards to the strength of both players hands. Little checks for a final time and Negreanu fires the 3rd and final barrell, practically putting himself all in with just jack high! Can Jonathan Little sniff out the bluff and make a great hero call? Watch the video to find out!
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]

Who is YOUR favorite poker player that you have played against? 😃

[@tphuynh85]

James Woods at Commerce for the 2017 LAPC razz was fun.

[@lukewinder3630]

Lexi plays at the Casino I play at. Always a good and challenging. There are a few other pros that play here. Definitely should come play here sometime Jonathan. 2/5 NL no max. We hold a 5/10 game once a month. Good dealers and great food. Casino Club in Redding, CA.

[@mattypondhopper1948]

I’ve not had the opportunity to play with many known pros. I played with Noah Schwartz at my first WSOP this year and he was very nice. I would’ve thought I would’ve been scared to play against him, but he was just a guy and I just never really tangled with him in a hand even though we were at the same table for several hours. Even if I did, just remember my poker coaching…

[@johnjohnson9252]

Don Cheadle $100 NL at Commerce years ago. LOL

[@johnjohnson9252]

or Dr. Jerry Buss at my WSOP table years ago

[@thepokerparadox]

I was cracking up at Jonathan smirking as he debates this river call 😂😂

[@user-pi8us8dp3b]

From start to finish the "sheat eating grin" is very amusing. cheers great read

[@slowfuse]

Hands like this are the real skill in Poker. All the viral videos where it's AA against KK all-in don't require much thought at all. These spots are where you can find an edge.

[@iamamish]

well said - these are my favorite types of hands for exactly that reason.

[@pokerqAK47]

Easy call. Especially with his chip stack

[@The_Noticer_of_Things]

@@pokerqAK47 "Easy" pay no mind to it being vs DNegs at a final table with many watching a paired board and a crapload of $ and reputation on the line....yeah..."easy" is a relative term

[@McRuffin]

I think Daniel’s line was very very good. And him not having diamonds makes this bluff so much better. But Mr.Littles hero call is even better! Great job !

[@Badbentham]

Pre: Just pure spew. Turn: Do not like the bet, as he vastly overbluffs. - River: He literally has to, after his previous play. But, well: I strongly assume Danny will defend his play with the general image he has.

[@tiagomota4734]

I dont think it was particulary good considering how Daniel is playing, he never has an ace there, it was textbook call...that shows that even the best players in the world brainfart sometimes...that gives a lot of hope for everyone else!

[@timogen1970]

A on the turn is terrible for your bluffs.

[@Ihave10billionsubs]

@@tiagomota4734 You can't say he never has an ace... he certainly can, it's just a very small percentage of his range.

[@CNCTEMATIC]

If you're going to call on the river, for that many BBs, is it not worth it to you to raise for 1 BB more to knock out an opponent? Genuinely curious

[@leoreuder9944]

Making him show was my favorite part, dnegs did not want to share that one with the table 🤣

[@geraldleuven169]

Jonathan is my favorite Poker player, he has such a positive attitude and always respects his opponents.

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks!

[@The_Noticer_of_Things]

Yeah, try finding another well known player who essentially never has anyone speak negatively about them and who also wins as much as J-dawg. That is going to be a very short or non-existent list. Gelfond(maybe?) and J-Man that is literally it.

[@henryschumann442]

Why do you not reraise the river to see if he’s willing to put in the last 1 BB?

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@thamos6546]

LOL I thought Jonathan folded @ 9:25. I was like what xD

[@shagnastyfo20]

Think about the possible results logically. If Negreanu is bluffing and Little raises then Negs will fold, leaving himself 50k, and if Little calls he loses leaving legs with 50k. If Negreanu is NOT bluffing and Little calls Negs wins another 415k, and if Little raises all in Negs wins another 465k. In the outlined scenario Little can ONLY ever lose the additional 50k. Little will NEVER get Negreanu's additional 50k in the pot unless he's losing. Thoughts guys?

[@veradux5580]

Conclusion sounds right. That's why Jonathan's hand wants to call or fold and not raise because he doesn't beat value hands (which will call the 50k) and he doesn't get anymore chips in the pot from DNeg's bluffs

[@stacymartin5993]

Imo, You're only calling in this situation if you feel you've got the best hand... In which case raise and go for the additional 50k. If you aren't best, sometimes you just have to pay it off. Plus at that point, the additional 50k wasn't going to break JL.

[@veradux5580]

@@stacymartin5993 alright.. give me a hand which negreanu bets here for value that loses to little

[@wfchannel4673]

@@stacymartin5993 little needs a nut hand to do this. he effectively has a bluff catcher. i don't think daniel has the nuts here often, but those situations where he does outweigh where he's calling off with worse.

[@aaronmichaelmusic_]

Makes sense. But if I thought he was bluffing, I would have raised him his last BB. If he’s bluffing, he folds. He wouldn’t want to miss that payout.

[@sergeysavidi9638]

5th size of stack to call with second pair on board...Wow such a hero call😂😂😂 Dnegs had ball's on FT , Jonathan just a calling station,got lucky without big risk

[@glenterris3980]

I would shutdown but not only because of my opponents tendency to station off, let's look at the other considerations, I can't get you to fold AX or 9X and both diamonds and clubs miss with the top pair pairing on the turn and as you stated this reduces my AX combos in a significant way, I have too little value combos and too many bluff combos. This is also BTN v BB so the BTN range is going to be naturally wide. My turn bet size looks like the most nutted hands trip aces/boats/quads or risking the least possible to produce a fold with a bluff. Again the likelihood I have it is very narrow and the likelihood I am bluffing in this dynamic is high. I shut down and hope to see a hand like Tc8c. Well played JL! Good call!

[@KevinShermanAus]

Why wouldn't you put Negreanu all in for 50k more instead of just calling him? Isn't the extra 50k risk worth the benefit of knocking out another player?

[@toxictrollsmurf7920]

I would've stood up, jumped on the table and yelled, "King Kong ain't got $hit on me! I'm Jonathan MotherFN Little!"

[@122222770]

You should see if Negreanu would come on and do a counter analysis .

[@HungNguyen-pj8jg]

You had the chance to introduce your new book as "How to beat Dnegs" but you missed it man.

[@Glen.Black.]

Thanks Jonathan for all your great content! The part I don't get is with your relative stack size, and only 50K more to shove, regardless of whether he is going to call a shove, or fold to a shove, why would you want to "possibly" leave a player of that caliber with even one BB that he could potentially spin back up, and his elimination would mean a pay bump for everyone, thus changing the dynamics of the other short stacks going forward?

[@Brandon-youtube]

I think some of it is etiquette

[@Glen.Black.]

@@Brandon-youtube Could be. I just remember this one instance where I didn't take this guy out and he ended up coming back and taking me out 3 hours later. I flopped a full house, led into two players, bet the turn, was called by both again and checked the river when there was a 4 liner to open ended to straight flush....lol

[@harveywright2502]

What does he gain by putting Dnegs in for his final bb? Daniels not going to call with his bluffs which is what Jonathan beats and just loses extra money when dnegs has an Ace. Also, by leaving Daniel with 1bb and having the chip lead, it means he can apply alot more pressure to everyone else at the table because why would they want to risk busting when they can just wait for him to bust.

[@Rikihhhh15]

In my opinion If Dnegs will fold every bluff for only 1BB more in that spot, it means that Jonathan can profitable shove any 2 and get the fold from Daniel. He didn't shove because I think that in the ICM world, as the big stack, you want to have as many short stack as possible. I can be wrong tho cheers.

[@Glen.Black.]

@@Rikihhhh15 Cheers. It's never easy....lol

[@chriszehren3856]

Well, tbh, I would NEVER be in this situation, as I would have folded the J3, but I would have checked.

[@EbonKim]

It also helps that you had 2.67 million in chips to cover his 415K river bet. Had you made a bad call, it would not have set you back much.

[@dickmacgurn590]

Straight up genius. Dnegs does have the ballz but Little had the nutz 💪

[@youbluethatone1017]

A pair of 9’s is nowhere nearly close to the nuts 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@PokerCoaching]

I think you missed the joke.

[@Simon-nv5zj]

9x here is pretty much a call on river here 100% of the time. He jams a lot of his weaker Ax here preflop. Daniels line is actually fairly bad here considering he has to know he doesn’t have hardly any Ax

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

yep, that's the exact medicine for if negreanu's raising too light preflop here, can almost shove without looking, the bigger the gap between his raise range vs his calling range. i mean let's say he KNEW you shoved without looking, and has qs 2s, what's he going to do about it? fold. i've seen aggro 1st in raisers exactly like that, even if they know what you're doing, lots of them don't want to call off that much more (esp with the other stacks around) without a certain minimum hand, which in their case makes up a very small % of their button raise 1st in range.

[@brendanmoriarty7756]

It would be useful to know what is the widest Daniel should be opening here. K3 suited?

[@michayczko6495]

What would you do if the turn would be an off-suit over card like J/Q/K and Daniel would bet?

[@drfunkinstein1]

I think I check back in Negreanu's spot on the river. You've shown a lot of strength calling the flop and the turn bet.

[@jacobgoldman5780]

Agree that you have to call down here overpairs don’t go for all three streets postflop here, same for better 9x, and most aces want to jam preflop so value range is thin and we have great bluff catcher.

[@FocusedAndMotivated100]

I’m just gonna fold the J3s but I’m not Dnegs. He’s very good

[@bbbulldog61]

Good job on the call, good job on 2nd place. I don't have 4 barrel bluffs with air in my poker arsenal. ( Maybe I should). Daniel looked grumpier than normal, maybe he was itching to mix it up.

[@joaosustelo5628]

I didnt understand the explanation on why he would save 1bb if he was trying to represent the ace. That seems to make sense if he was afraid that Little had an ace with better kicker or full house, but if Little had a full house then Little would want the extra blind and Daniel would be pot commited. But probably I am missing something. Can someone please explain?

[@johnnyboychess]

To avoid making it a tell good players make it standard practice to jam all but 1bb. Even if he had quads, Daniel would leave 1bb behind.

[@joaosustelo5628]

​@@johnnyboychessThank you for the explanation. That makes sense. I thought it could be a psychological thing like that you're saying but I didnt understand Littles explanation maybe cause English isnt my native language. But that makes perfect sense. It would be too good to be true if pros gave tells like that haha

[@nickmurry3199]

In the unlikely chance you had a monster that may have played similar to your 10,9 (viably 55, 66, [99], 87c, [87d]) would you still just call to keep the 1bb stack around? Could that be perceived as patronizing or demeaning? I genuinely wouldn't know the etiquette.

[@Jimmyballsthe3rd]

I think it’s important to remember that BTN is going to have a bunch of 9’s here, and a 9 is good enough to go 3 streets with easily not to mention TT-KK also unblocking 9x are all gonna play this way, and dnegs is less likely to bluff busted draws like 68 76 75 and front door flush draws. Potentially back door flush draws also. So it kinda had to be Air, Khigh doesn’t wanna bet turn, Q highs don’t wanna bet turn, so realistically his optimal bluffs are like J3hh. It’s one of the best candidates because we can’t block opponents calling range really so we just wanna unblock their folding range. 9To is a decent bluff catcher but we don’t want the T of hearts. So it’s seems fine. but it’s not like we’re printing money here calling the river

[@marksimpson2321]

Check the river v Little who's an absolute station😂

[@monologgue]

Hard to say what i would do, because i would probably never be in there w j3 with a short stack. But I’d probably continue the bluff if i had already made the c bet bluff on the turn. Hope for a missed flush draw maybe.

[@everestcheats2622]

Self-proclaimed calling station :D

[@JanneOksanen]

The voice over audio is sounding great.

[@MandalorianFanboy]

Why wouldn't you raise all in and make him put that last bb in the pot? If you think you have him..letting him keep that is dangerous.

[@MaddenTycoon]

Lol, VS JL, I am giving up preflop, on the flop, on the turn AND on the river. :D

[@j.matthewwalker1651]

With only the 87 coming in on the river, I think I would check it back and give up here with most of my range. Now, seeing as J3 is in my range here, obviously, 87s is too so I would need to have some bluffs. I think there are better bluff candidates than J3s, like hands with 8x and 7x with no clubs or diamonds.

[@gheffz]

Great overview. Great call.

[@peterforner3823]

Shove flush fold 6 spade

[@kevinschneider7906]

Why instead of calling the river bet not put Daniel all in? If you lose, it does not really make a difference. But if you win, there is one less opponent.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@edb7742]

Great analysis, thank you!

[@lafk-lottyenaforrokave4700]

I like the analize part when you say Daniel can't have much A in his hand as he would more likely jam all in pre flop BUT... i think pro poker players know what profile/story they create-tell with their actions so it could be also kind of a trap not jaming pre flop and knowing you will narrow his range part where he has "A" in his hand. Also he could have overpairs for sure. Anyway I think it was an easy call, nothing got there, two A was on the board, not to mention in the 2023 year Daniel lost a lot of money, he played loose, you were lucky facing him in his worst shape ever.

[@neopromise]

Thx What position did you end sir? Sincerely yours

[@PokerCoaching]

2nd.

[@tphuynh85]

I had a similar situation but I couldnt find the call. I folded my 2 pair and they showed their busted flush. It resulted on them going on heater and started bullying the table with any2 and hitting. I know thats results oriented but I actually went in tilt and got KO within the hour.😅

[@KING_133]

Just one question: Would you still have called him if you had a similar stack as Daniel? 🤔

[@richgreen8766]

disagree. Why leave Daniel with a meazly1 blind. Your end play was only all-in. No question.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@behanflaherty9460]

Shouldnt you go all in at the end and force Daniel out if he calls and therefore force the fold?

[@PokerCoaching]

Nope!

[@behanflaherty9460]

Hmmm I see only one small downside and. that is you risk a little more. Daniel has one big blind left, which on the scheme of things is not much more. If wants to protect it he needs to call and he cant re-raise. If he folds then he leave his money. Maximum pressure from you. Why wouldn't you put him in a corner?@@PokerCoaching

[@VVeZoX]

@@behanflaherty9460 What don't you understand about JL wanting to keep Negreanu in so he can continue bullying the table due to ICM implications?

[@harold7792]

Jonathan's pair of 9's has showdown value -- even more so when thinking that Daniel does not have an Ace in his hand. No reason to bet on the river, because if Daniel checks back, then there's a reasonable chance that Jonathan wins at showdown. Daniel could have pocket 8's and below, could have King high, and all hands below that. It's worth getting to showdown as cheaply as possible.

[@juliangeorge2026]

i'd almost always check-fold that river if i was negreanu. small stack size and loose table image are rarely gonna push little off, and it'd take a miracle for jack high to be good after little keeps calling. but negreanu is negreanu and sometimes you have to punt it with such a small remaining stack

[@davidgibbins8812]

I personally wouldnt shove.. But I'm going for a pay jump not the win (yet) Jack high isnt ''high'' enough to confidently expect to be good against a calling station. I think the time to bluff shove has gone - the flop would have been my spot against JL

[@The_Afghan]

Mr. Little, if you decided to call, then why didn't you go allin? If you lose, you gonna lose one more blind. If you win, then the opponent is out of the game. So, why just call? concedering one 1bb wouldn't affect your stack that much. Thank you.

[@vyduong2618]

I think denial timing off little bit because Coach is chip leader.😅😅

[@christopherhorn4744]

I can see why he should prob jam here, most of the draws missed, but I also see why you should call. I would not want to be In his spot here. If it was against some random guy worried about their tournament life I’d shove.

[@carltonvanhoy3999]

if you are willing to make the call, why not reraise and take his last bb or force the fold.

[@joebazooks]

its actually not that great of a spot to bluff all in cuz its possible u were chasing a draw, in which case, he might instead bet for value if he actually had a hand. in other words, hes likely shoving a lot less often when he has a solid holding

[@MAgaSUXX]

ALL IN. Never saw Daniel look so SERIOUS...but love him ... he's DA MAN.

[@jakemark3199]

J3 is a bad open there with 2 stacks our size at ft. Isn’t it?

[@rogelioorozco3154]

One question if you are going to call why not go all in just to make him fold his bigblind it would be funnier

[@johnnypoker46]

I have Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker Volumes 1, 2 and 3. I was even on the rail for one of the hands in vol. 3! So I know who the "villains" were, LOL

[@markuslautkoski3464]

If I found myself in this spot on the river I would probably follow through with an all in quite often. Every now and then I would give up river and same for turn. Flop I would bet quite a bit here I think.

[@markuslautkoski3464]

PS. I would probably do the almost all in play though :)

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

if i looked like and/or was dnegs against jon little on this river, wouldn't want to triple fire it in. looks like the only hands i can get jon little to fold are busted clubs, maybe diamonds with a 6 in it (also likely a flopped gutter in that diamonds with the 6d), i wouldn't expect jon little to fold a 9 there. then it just comes down to how often jon little has a 9 or better (or maybe that 6).

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

some of this has to do with jon little's stack size, it's fine even if he calls and loses river.

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

oh yeah, and if i'm dnegs, i should know your stationy history.

[@YTSparty]

Negreanu worked himself out on a limb with no choice but to go all in. He had 1/2 his stack in the pot trying to get you to fold. It was actually an easy call for you, because if he really had an all-in type of hand, he would have bet more before the river.

[@harveyhashimoto2384]

I'd give up

[@justinsane7128]

Chino .. just don't loan him $ yikes I would have checked raise the turn.

[@Todd-tz9qq]

Just curious, why not shove in Jonathan’s spot? It’s only one more BB and you at least have the chance to knock another player out if he wins, especially given Jonathan’s stack size.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@Todd-tz9qq]

@@PokerCoachingyikes, I’m no pro, but for me I’d rather have less opponents at the table. Chip and a chair… plus as you said he clawed back to 5bb so it coulda got a lot worse. If you had said that you thought you likely had him beat, but shoving on him would have forced him to muck and then you wouldn’t get to see his hand, I guess that could be a consideration. Still tho, congrats on finishing 2nd. Unless that didn’t pay, then bummer.

[@ctrfc]

This is just pretty standard. Doesn't merit another clickbait video

[@kevinboock7143]

When Daniel leaves one big blind, why not raise all in just to simply eliminate one player if they call off?

[@tubesox000]

Wouldn't hurt but your assuming he is value betting a worse hand which he is highly likely to just check back at some point.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table so you can push around the other players until the 1bb stack busts.

[@bhardwaj_abhi]

Well played sir

[@toddmurphy390]

I don’t think I could put it all in would be concerned mostly of K9, Q9 or J9 making the call.

[@wfchannel4673]

all those hands check river.

[@cikobeky2421]

So hard to beat the profesor. Nice play , coach!!

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks!

[@skrufy11]

Isnt kinda a tell to leave 1 bb behind though? Like if u were really strong, u wouldnt save 1 bb

[@PokerCoaching]

Incorrect.

[@skrufy11]

@@PokerCoaching ok but why. Lol

[@UncleJoeLITE]

I'd raise the white flag & have another go. Obviously DNegs is a LITTLE bit better than me however. Off to my favourite game of the week - Hollywood Showgirls. I play better players than me on their "social game". 🎯🤟

[@zeptime3473]

Sure would love a signed copy of that book from one of my favorite all time players. Maybe you can do a giveaway.

[@UetliOne]

why you didn´t raise Negreanu all in on the river? And wasn´t it a big tell to keep these chips back?

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@matthewriebel5792]

I would give up.

[@geekay4703]

You gotta start working on your traps.

[@nickrascona7599]

great hand

[@_nick_d]

Well done 👌

[@blaqshiep4920]

I love the hidden contempt and passive aggressiveness John.... Hahaha palpable

[@PokerCoaching]

Wat?

[@Matt-vh9vs]

But isn't that part of being at that level ?? Daniel knows you wouldn't think he would raise with that hand in that spot so he does it and could represent something else if his J3 doesn't hit??

[@PokerCoaching]

Perhaps. I just try to play good cards though...

[@quentinfitzgerald3305]

I don't understand. You correctly assessed Daniels hand and called - but if you were sure about it as you obviously were why did you not ask him to put in his final chip? Why just call and leave him with one chip?

[@jromofo]

it's probably a courtesy thing. He was the chip leader so 1BB wouldn't have been a threat to him. Only thing I can think of anyway.

[@quentinfitzgerald3305]

I never heard of that before especially after someone is trying to go after you with J4 and bluff you off a pot. He came back back to get 5 chips after it. I've won tournaments from being in that situation when you are at the final table. It's nuts.@@jromofo

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@quentinfitzgerald3305]

Have you ever seen someone come back from that position. I'm sure you have. I've come back from that situation more than once at online sit n go. Wouldn't it have been so funny to see him fold and keep his last chip if you had raised him? You'd definitely be getting loads more views and likes on this vid.! @@PokerCoaching

[@jasonfullerton7763]

I try to avoid bluffing stations, but there are times when you *have* to say WTF and go for it.

[@wfchannel4673]

i'm curious if you call with k high here? daniel's bluffs are just awful, betting flop with that stack is just announcing he has neither an ace nor clubs nor a set. anything worse than a pair of 9s with showdown value, checks river, so the only reasonable hands he has that bet for value are 78 of diamonds and maybe 66 (but i think that checks flop) with way way way too many bluffs that jonathan has to look up.

[@PokerCoaching]

I don't know.

[@oliviermendes5335]

I find obvious that you do not fold a 9 after all the very good explanations. What I miss is what you do with a 5 or king high. I would probably call a 5 but struggle with a king.

[@wfchannel4673]

yeah, dnegs has a lot of Kx in his range and i wondered that too, but i also think dnegs should probably check his king highs on the river as he beats a good portion of jonathan's range and unless he lucked into a spot where he's got jonathan outkicked, he's mostly already got most of the value into the hand.

[@gheffz]

All in or fold.

[@paulriddell2585]

Get in. Well done

[@danielmelville1507]

D negs very often checks the turn when he gas at least something

[@denisfolcik1373]

Wait, I thought there was no such thing as luck in poker? Or is it only real when a high limit player gets unlucky, which is totally true for Brewer. So glad he won at the WSOP this year.

[@marksoutofzen]

Jonathan you made no comment about you getting 3/1 on what is in the pot at the river to what you had to put in make the call. as in 1.2 million pot and you need to put in 415k. Only what he may have and his range. Is this fact not a factor in a decision also to call?

[@PokerCoaching]

Pot odds certainly matter!

[@MikeHoltzPoker]

Tried to watch the video but just kept rewinding to see how hot saliba and Brocky dubs were looking #studs

[@user-xp4ln4dh5y]

would it have been bad etiquette to go all-in and take that last big blind?

[@veradux5580]

It would've been bad poker because DNegs would only call when he's value betting - give me a hand from DNegs that bets 415k on river and calls for the last big blind that LOSES to Little

[@thedealermusic]

@@veradux5580exactly this

[@PokerCoaching]

No. The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table so you can push around the other players until the 1bb stack busts.

[@felipeabreusabino9911]

why you didnt raise him to get that last big blind?

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@stacymartin5993]

Once you decided you have the best hand and to make the call... Why not just play for it all (ie: his remaining 50k)? Surely the amount is inconsequential to the pot, and it removes 1 player if he calls and you are correct.

[@therealsarlic4702]

You don’t shove for the rest of DNegs stack, because if DNegs is bluffing he’s never calling the all-in, so Little doesn’t stand to win any more but could lose an additional $50k.

[@Rikihhhh15]

​​@@therealsarlic4702 in my opinion this is far from correct. If Dnegs will fold every bluff for only 1BB more in that spot, it means that Jonathan can profitable shove any 2 and get the fold from Daniel. He didn't shove because I think that in the ICM world, as the big stack, you want to have as many short stack as possible. I can be wrong tho cheers.

[@stacymartin5993]

@@Rikihhhh15 this may be the best explanation.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table because then the big stack can win all the pots until the 1bb player busts.

[@richodude5455]

Ngl this is the first time I’ve ever seen Jonathan sitting at a table

[@PokerCoaching]

Wat? I pretty much never stand up at the table.

[@bryankarst3881]

I swear the guy in the video and the one at the table is not the same guy!!! I honestly thought he was saying it was "him" for our analysis, as sort of "what would you do?" How is he pale and average, then suddenly at the table he is tanned up hard and juiced up hard.🤔😂

[@1Slotts]

I would have given up after c betting the flop , the 2nd Ace is such a bad card to bluff

[@rs4cool]

Dnegs was way too agressive on that play, I don't like his bluffing strategies. It's just complete donkeys.

[@johnnytwotimes7854]

Daniel has to shove once it gets to the river, even though you're never folding a 9

[@aviakaabrahamlanger8767]

How's a check raise for 411 Mr Jonathan Little looks a bit like a deer hunter as he contemplates calling Mr Daniel Negreanu down on the river !!

[@carltaylor2975]

I would probably bluff and get crushed. That's because I'm bad though.

[@mully107]

I get Daniel's decision to keep 1BB. But for you, why call and not jam?😊

[@slowfuse]

I was thinking that would be funny, just to be a dick

[@mully107]

​​@@CMCMTTTV of course he would fold his bluffs, that's the whole point of leaving 1 BB behind. I disagree that Daniel wouldn't go 3 streets with a worse 9, but even if that were true. Dnegs isnt deep e enough to be polarizing. He has to have some non nutted value in his range. At some frequency at least. I feel like it has to be a high enough frequency to risk 1 more BB. Jon is calling 415 and has zero chance of eliminating a player. Whereas if he puts in 455 has at least some chance of laddering up. Either Daniel folds and Jon is in the same spot, or Daniel calls and wins, where as Jon loses literally 1bb more, or Daniel calls and loses and Jon ladders. Just seems like if you're calling 415 with zero chance of eliminating anyone, you should be making it 455 if it gives you literally any chance of eliminating someone.

[@PokerCoaching]

The big stack REALLY wants there to be a 1bb stack at the table so you can push around the other players until the 1bb stack busts.

[@mully107]

@@PokerCoaching that makes sense. Hadn't thought of how that changes the table dynamics. Thanks for your response.