Doug Polk CAN'T BELIEVE Nik Airball Jams All-In

Nik Airball puts Doug Polk's Pocket Kings in a brutal spot.
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The Lodge Card Club is a members-only social club in Round Rock, Texas (just north of Austin). With 24/7 cash games and 2+ tournaments per day, The Lodge is THE place to play poker in central Texas. The Lodge Live is streamed every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 3PM CT.
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[@sevestan]

Airball looks like the guy that tried to sell me a fake Rolex in Times Square.

[@EvertfromNederland]

He probably was

[@vfolsen]

@@EvertfromNederland👆 this

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeAcct]

You can’t even afford a fake one

[@Mrperson662]

Doug is the master of having a spot on initial read then folding because of some dumb blocker bullshit

[@Beast777Mode]

he'll get paid in the long run when people try to bluff his nuts

[@HardPreset]

Yes and that's why he is a winning player in cash game. Maybe not max EV against Airball but still winning.

[@TOM-C.]

Yeah, I don't get the whole blocker card thing! there's 3 hearts on the board, and I hold the 9h which leaves 9 more hearts in the deck instead of 10 Where's the logic in that? If I held the Ah It'd be better, but wouldn't likely affect my play unless I was going to bluff having the nut flush.😁👍😎✌🗽

[@digitaldozer]

@@TOM-C.3hearsts on board and you hold the 9h you block a number of flush combos, especially T9h and 98h, which are suited connectors that are commonly played, as well as less commonly played one-gappers like J9h and 97h. Since you have the 9h, you can reduce the number of combos of hands your opponent can hold. This can be read, based on board texture, to discern potential value or bluff lines from you or your opponents.

[@TOM-C.]

@@digitaldozer Your summation assumes certain cards are on the table, and that applies to any holdem game of any suit that flops, and goes without saying. I just drew a straw selecting 9h as the card I might have that would be a blocker. I could have chosen the 5h, and the outcome would have been the same. Actually, on this board, I'd be more worried he had the 10 J rather than the flush, but still would have called knowing his proclivity for bluffing, and the size of the pot. You never know what someone is going to play pre flop, A5 is real common these days for some reason, it's usually a fold for me, but I play very tight.😁👍😎✌🗽

[@miltchamberlain6218]

Getting bluffed with pocket Kings twice in one sesssion is crazy🤦🏾‍♂️ WTF

[@NotfromDateline]

scared money

[@harrisonrk]

The "if you had a heart in your chest" line from Airball was an absolute zing-bomb. Gotta give it to him he had a great poker face there too.

[@dean5192]

Didn’t even watch the video yet and I already know Nick Airball did something stupid

[@johnnguyen6469]

Doug is a nit

[@maliciouspig8494]

Go back to your friendly 0.25/0.50 game

[@Daltic639]

If its stupid and it works, it aint stupid.

[@QuintBlitz]

Its dumb in the sense Doug was half a thought away from calling, but that specific spot it's really hard to have bluffs, as played.

[@usparatrooper8690]

​@@johnnguyen6469and a fish

[@zorigoooyu8450]

When tom dwan table talks he intimidates and reads his oppenets when doug table talks he intimidates himself lol

[@brandonperry4275]

Doug your live reads blow. Airball almost without fail has stone face when bluffing and is super relaxed when he believes he's ahead....

[@yaniyuhara8165]

You got that right !

[@Illiadofmalorne]

He read it perfectly, decided he could have gotten there off pure luck, then folded. It is so bad when you read well and fold anyways.

[@digitaldozer]

Dougs biggest mistake was betting so chunky on the river. 38K was simply too much for that pot with that board texture. Half of what would have likely won him the pot as Airball can't really shove over a 20k river bet, whereas 38k pushed the SPRs too low and polarized Airballs hand. After betting 38k and getting shoved on he has to fold. Everything gets there, even the bluffs and KK is basically the stone bottom of Dougs range in this spot, he plays anything else differently and he likely doesn't check the turn.

[@georgewitt6842]

It’s Nik Airball you call!

[@Tv-bf4et]

drink water easy call

[@andrewnorman7954]

@@Tv-bf4etthis is a crying call if this was youd still hate this spot

[@egomana9329]

Tesla would've snap called. Lol 😂

[@johno8425]

Even the dealer got a laugh out of that hand

[@pokerboy72]

Cute smile that is

[@johno8425]

@@pokerboy72 She's not going to burst out laughing but you get the point.

[@Mike-sr6gd]

Air balls best play I've seen

[@smartyjonez5470]

He’s a beast. Excellent player

[@adoredpariah]

"If I had a heart in my hand." "If you had a heart in your chest." Okay that was pretty fn funny.

[@AU88]

That was really fun, listening to Doug tank. LOL.

[@ericg9092]

Why does this say posted 6 hours ago when I watched it yesterday? Argggghhhhhhhhh It's Airball! Just call!! Lol

[@mindlesscreep]

Straight and flush possibilities, could have checked behind.

[@tunedime]

Thank you

[@peruvianman360]

Didn’t you all already post this with a different caption?

[@RecoveredRidleyTruther]

Airball May have gotten this one thru, but this crazy play is EXACTLY why he’s still getting invited to these high stakes streamed games. Massive whale

[@Jakall2312]

At this point it's getting ridiculous how Nik Airball OUTCLASSES the so-called pros, never have I seen more natural poker talent 💪

[@noblebassin2428]

I was cheering for you air ball. lol. I love both do these players. 😂😂😂

[@newstandardaccount]

Doug: "Hmm let's be balanced in this spot" Nik: "let me rip it all in with 5s and no heart" Doug: (running thousands of calculations in his head) "I'll get marginally more value with my calls with a heart in my hand" *fold*

[@c0br4mckewl]

8:42 Doug's face is literally red 😡👺👹

[@Abunai50]

Doug, you had the right read all the way. Don’t doubt yourself.

[@GAMELE0N]

Bro, look at Niks pulse at 7:12 ... You can see that he is sweating.. :D

[@craigerc713]

Airball is too quiet..means it's a bluff

[@sneakkyz3696]

The fact he only folded bc he didn’t have a heart is crazy to me. Yes it’s a blocker I get that but just go with your gut. Instincts are better than blockers 99% of the time.

[@miramichi30]

It's so funny to me. It's so obvious to me that they cherry pick videos of Doug losing, so that people won't be scared away from his game. Yet every video I see someone saying how bad Doug is at poker, or how he's turned into a fish, yada yada.

[@rsandoval9203]

When he said he was going to fold and Nik immediately took a drink. That was a tell.

[@guezz30]

ok garett thanks

[@craftrightrenovations9100]

Ya and if you had heart in you're chest I woulda got stacked too. Freaking epic

[@jackspratt2141]

Nik is the coolest .. I have to say.. chillest vibes at the table..

[@lelsqueks]

if doug didn’t literally own the lodge the title of this video would be: “donk polk gets bluffed off kings twice in one session”

[@alexkuhn1451]

Dealer cracked a smile

[@sherwinbasti7273]

Who is the dealer??

[@holyshit860]

there's more bluffs that doug didn't consider like Ah-x hands.

[@jordanconnor1223]

The gto pros don't know you can read if your opponent has a heart or not with 100% accuracy

[@passengerplanetearth]

"Could you beat kings?" Just did, bro, just did...

[@nikitakucherov5028]

Good job video title creator 👍🏻

[@farguslegend2657]

Anastasia such a hot woman.❤

[@tiki4rafiki390]

no? make up is deceptive my friend

[@alexwhalen735]

7:28 You can see his pulse

[@ChrisS-nj3ye]

I could swear I saw this same video several days ago. What's going on?

[@Ufo408]

Airball the goat

[@wesch6354]

I've seen Doug play enough times to know he was folding as soon as Nick jammed on him. He never calls in these spots. I remember a hand where Doug had AA. The river was about as bricky as you can get. All flush draws missed, all straight draws missed. Doug went for a value bet and the guy jammed all in for like a quarter million and Doug just folded. I was yelling at the screen for him to just make the call because it was an obvious bluff. But true to his nitty form Doug folded.

[@justjim9723]

great line "Why do i even play" after getting ran over by Nic and then Taras.

[@XiagraBalls]

Oh, Doug, Doug, Doug,...

[@TheFlipTechnologies]

Did i see Tesla fold preflop?

[@bepriceless]

That was a check behind board; that's what Doug gets.

[@Badbentham]

It is a very clear value bet against Qx, though. - Checking behind with 80%+ equity loses far more money than getting the occasional check-raise.

[@SPQR_14]

If you are checking down two streets with an overpair you are not making money in this game lmfao

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

that's what i said, why even bet if you're going to fold? nik ain't the type to check the nuts.

[@SPQR_14]

@@user-gx2yy1df6f So your logic is "never bet the river unless you can call every all in shove...." you must be great at poker.

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

never is a strong word, but most times if i get check raised on the river i call. @@SPQR_14

[@vincebrown8280]

That was a very good play by Nik. That was his only method of winning the pot. If Doug already had the correct read on the river, why bet 38k? He should overbet this pot (100k+) and shut Nik out. Nik can't move in then and get Doug to fold imo.

[@dertobi5851]

Good taste. Evian tastes much better then fiji or Himalaya water. Much sweeter

[@cndvd]

Doug flips his KK but doesn’t watch Nik carefully, that’s why you flip it to watch. He would of seen Nik fast blink and twitch a little. Now, what would that mean, I would guess a bluff.

[@jojonodancer]

Doug really needed to flip a coin in this spot.

[@steveg1054]

his heart rate was through the roof via his neck

[@rk7631]

Guys the Tesla play right after nik's bluff 😂😂😂 wtf are those people is

[@jaybourgeois6454]

i LIKE DOUG PERSONALITY

[@jaybingham3711]

Nik is a legend.

[@leviwhatever6192]

Legendary doooofus

[@Joemama1q]

Somebody pointed it out before and now i keep seeing it..when airball has it hes talky and comfortable..when hes bluffing hes stonefaced and quiet. How does polk not know that?

[@Robertmalagon]

I like airball lol

[@alanp.7795]

At min 7:30 if you pay atention, you can se how the heart rate of Nickk just go to the skies. Just look how his neck is moving too fast

[@gavinshickle1814]

3/4 of the time I can't even get someone to fold to a $30 bet.

[@pennytang3306]

Airball talk talking maybe he had a real hand , but if he is quiet , he’s bluffing 😂

[@garyburnett7378]

I only clicked on this one because Anastasia is dealing.

[@EvertfromNederland]

Twas a good move to put her in the thumbnail next to doug

[@georgejung5429]

Hahahahaha brilliant

[@andriusbarkus]

would be correct

[@pennytang3306]

I never see any vedio live poker so many. KK AA than Lodge

[@Dustin_Platt]

I remember watching the stream live, and everyone in chat was trying to figure out why Doug was so scared. I was taking a massive sht during the stream butt it was worth it. Doug made me hold in my poo for like 5 mins.

[@abruptlyblunt]

upswing doug gets played by nik 24 minute airball, still as funny as it was the first time i watched it.........

[@dujikasda2451]

I would like to congratulate the hosts Big Slick Dick Rick and Small Ball on a Roll Paul.

[@TOM-C.]

Doug, come on man, Nik bluffs a lot, and you know that! That was a call all day long as was the last hand! Taras made a perfectly sized bet, and it didn't look like a bluff, but I would have called anyway knowing he too bluffs a lot, and the pot odds were great so here again, a call all day long! 😁👍😎✌🗽

[@kc433]

That carotid though…..

[@wheresthewall8599]

He didn’t call himself “Airball” for nothing.

[@michelejeffries411]

Call...call

[@2011blueman]

Airball is massive fish, forget your GTO you would wreck him by just constantly calling his bluffs.

[@user-ll9zw1eq1n]

Call

[@user-ss3wf1bp9o]

Dug lol 😂😂😂😂

[@pokerboy72]

Good going "the lodge".. we needed you bad after hustler lost it

[@varsitybeerpong]

Moral of the story: Don't play GTO against Nik Airball.

[@sean9448]

Anastasia is my girlfriend when I dream. What a doll.

[@topscorer212]

Doug is about to make so much money off nick. He has his ticket. Doug called off every piece and part of nick there and then folded to make nick still feel like he is ahead.

[@themi6sportsnetwork171]

Doug is a nit...

[@WALLYDRAG502]

Why does the suit matter? 1% cost you 100k+

[@yaniyuhara8165]

What a lame bet on Doug’s part ! If you don’t have conviction that you have the winning hand, why even bet on River when Nick checked ?! This may be high stake poker, but their skill level is very low.

[@michaelbubly]

Because a lot of hands will call river that he beats. He also still has a lot of AK with a heart bluffs on that river. Certainly, a loose game, but Doug is no amateur and folded because he knew he didn't want to call off his entire range on the river. If he blocked the flushes he would have called as he said.

[@colestop10s79]

Good value bet against airball. lots of worse hands call, and if he goes all in u can fold

[@fedea82]

Imagine typing with a straight face that Polk's skill level is very low 😂

[@Kanders190]

"You should never bet the river unless you're calling a jam" following by "their skill level is very low". Oh, the irony. And people say poker is dead.

[@fedea82]

Imagine typing with a straight face that Polk's skill level is very low 😂

[@spencerosei2616]

Wtf Doug call

[@keeganrath8971]

Bro tanked longer than any human ever has

[@richard7645]

Doug polk you fold a straight on the flop against Phil Hellmuth on HSP, but yet you fold on a board like this with a simlar type of player 😅

[@brianwest1501]

man up and call or fold

[@user-ub8ck3fi6s]

I hate nik but damn. Got to love a good bluff getting through

[@TheNow_Now]

I like Dougs reasoning. He can just call with a heart. He calls with KK here he just calls too much overall

[@MrSinoool]

doug is a good man but not a good player .. this is an instant call , specially if u raise on the river ... its so stupid to raise and fold .. makes no sense

[@TheFonz8]

@@MrSinooolno you are restarted

[@TheNow_Now]

@@MrSinoool he's just really studied and knows you can't call all hands here it would make you a station and loose money in the long run

[@TomRauhe]

Listen to your ❤

[@RealPolo8]

Doug just shitting the bed, with high pocket pairs, again. Nothing new, like the AA’s vs AJ hand @ hustler.. Doug, can afford it.. Just call every time with AA’s or KK’s. It will be profitable, I Believe. 🚀

[@user-qe7fx3es1m]

Why would Doug bet river if he wasn’t willing to call a shove? That river bet makes no sense.

[@SPQR_14]

For value obviously.... I don't get this logic at all.

[@tammyjohnson9936]

Rookie bet. Doug disappointing.

[@samuhlm2]

Rookie bet lol hes one of the most accomplished poker players in the last 15 yrs. @@tammyjohnson9936

[@famfam0]

@@SPQR_14 why would you value bet if you think you are behind (and why would fold to a raise if you think you are ahead?). logic is inconsistent.

[@SPQR_14]

@@famfam0 You never "know" for a fact what your opponent has... that's poker. There are lots of hands that will call a raise that are worse, that's how you make money.

[@AgentCodyBankz]

would have been a beautiful and drama free call on the river

[@vincentudeaja3045]

Its a simple way of thinking.... AirBall loses money, I click LIKE.....❤❤❤

[@mikemahoney2221]

?

[@dietasse24]

Doug got beat by his gto tacticts. This could be a perfect example of gto vs exploitative

[@DragonballG.]

Easy fold IMO. MASSIVE overbet, so many hands that beat him. It’d have to be a bluff like 3/4 of the time to justify a call, and with all the potential made hands, that’s just so unlikely.

[@smshaw22]

Sounds good... if your playing online

[@10owenj]

It would have to be a bluff like 1/3 of the time? 100 to return 300, no? Why 3/4?

[@DragonballG.]

@@10owenj because I wasn’t paying close enough attention 😂

[@10owenj]

@@DragonballG. haha no worries, thought I was missing something!

[@54ximmortals74]

This is old

[@skrufy11]

Is doug even good?

[@arthurstilgrove634]

2 folds. No balls.

[@user-bi9id6ym5k]

Kk리버 벳은 너무 씬함...

[@superscucci90]

2

[@alaguilera4121]

How the F is this guy considered a "pro" I honestly can't stand watching Doug Polk play anymore.