High Stakes Poker Iconic Guy Laliberte Moments

Cirque de Soleil founder Guy Laliberte was the most fearless player on High Stakes Poker and he made the best of the best sweat in every pot! Check out these moments of Guy as he puts maximum pressure on players such as Sammy Farha, Doyle Brunson, David Benyamine, and many others!
- Watch ALL seasons of High Stakes Poker here: bit.ly/3bDNXEq
- Subscribe to our KZbin channel: bit.ly/PokerGOS...
- PokerGO Shop: bit.ly/PokerGOshop
Connect with PokerGO on Social:
- Facebook: / pokergo
- Instagram: / pokergo
- Twitter: / pokergo

[@MeidoVegeta]

"This represents a day in his life, this represents your life" what a great quote from papa poker.

[@MeidoVegeta]

@@wilhelmraspe1846 there is timing that make great quotes. Same with jokes. If the timing is wrong it's unlikely to be heard or registered the same way.

[@MeidoVegeta]

@@wilhelmraspe1846 fair point. I wouldn't feel so bad for him. He's likely been in that situation a few times throughout his career. Doyle, I assume, felt it was ok to make that joke and that David wouldn't have taken it to heart.

[@richard7645]

One of my favourite table talks

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@@wilhelmraspe1846 It may have sounded revolting but it’s not always about what someone says it’s about why they say it. Doyle’s little jab/comment was saving Benyamine from feeling he had to stay with running it once when Guy is offering options. Benyamine keeps repeating to Guy that he said once so once and Negreanu chiming in for some reason nobody knows with “you (Guy) said once…once” and Benyamine’s head is spinning and he’s actually arguing against his own best interest. Doyle sees this so cracks a little joke at Benyamine’s expense to bring him back before it’s too late and does it without suggesting what they should do with THEIR hand, unlike Negreanu. Suddenly Benyamine’s not arguing against himself anymore. We’ll never know for sure but had Guy not let him off the hook right after I think Benyamine would have asked to run it 2 or 3 or 4 times but definitely would not have stuck with only once. Point is that Doyle’s comment slowed David down which is WHY Doyle says it and that’s why Doyle is the man. And who knows, maybe it ended up giving a little extra time for Guy to come up with the best offer Benyamine’ or anyone in his spot is ever gonna get at a poker table.

[@joshkardos1673]

@@wilhelmraspe1846 No problem with telling it how it is, especially without malevolent intention

[@PokerJunkie83]

One of the nicest guys in poker.. you could win a million dollar pot off of him and he will still be cool with it. I guess it helps to be a billionaire but I’ve never heard a bad thing said about this man. Wish there were more players like Guy

[@tommygust9844]

You'll never find a single person on this planet that has a negative thing to say about him. He's bailed out so many card players. He has done this to 5 or 6 people I can think of off the top of my head.

[@PokerJunkie83]

@@tommygust9844 💯💯💯💯 agree man. He’s just a wholesome guy. And you can tell he just loves to play poker for the fun of it.. he’s not trying to bust someone broke. If he ever did, he would probably stake them 😂

[@tommygust9844]

@@PokerJunkie83 I've watched him bang with Ivey and then watched him play 100-200 in the same night. He's so cool.

[@PokerJunkie83]

@@tommygust9844 😂😂😂 100-200 would send me through the roof Guy: low stakes.. I think I have a 50k bundle or two in my trunk 😂

[@Actiondealeeeer]

Thats the canadian in him!

[@JimmyRingz]

"I think you rivered me" *sees Guy's jacks* "I thought you had an overpair but paid you off anyway" Gold is facepalm gold, always "knows" what other people have and still loses lol.

[@daandemeyer1708]

Hard to river someone if you already have an overpair 😅. What a clown.

[@andrewxu3713]

"can i get my money back at least" sammy is the best LMAO

[@nicholasgarcia2744]

David was so Scared and Nervous when his All in got Called... That face is why I Love High Stakes Poker

[@TheBeastNC]

There are rumors that he was playing with his bankroll money. So that's why his reaction.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

Yes and his face is the opposite of the buzz going on all around him.. it’s perfect.

[@Noname23489]

What a pussy he should of Atleast ran his flush draw for the 125k more

[@Sana-ik8fo]

@@Noname23489 It was Guy proposing all the time. And he just accepted the best offer. He is not a pussy. HSP after all is business and not for fun, except for billionaires may be. When 2 players make a deal, no 3rd person has the right to intervene. None of the players on the table said a word, and in fact, were fairly surprised at this proposal. Nonetheless, everybody was happy in the end. And that what should matter Mr. Cory.

[@wen496]

even give him the 168k is plus ev in the long run

[@liudizzle]

2:23 he tossed that $50k brick in like it was a pack of gum

[@whatwelearned]

Laliberte is one of very few poker players I can think of that have never been out of line. Class act.

[@mikespigsty2055]

Not one other player at that table would have given the break that Guy gave David. Guy knew what losing that pot would have ment to David. Mad respect to Guy !

[@Test21Test]

I don't agree. Even if you listen at the very end of the video Antonio says "He gave Jamie a $180,000 break earlier". He was referring to the hand between Sammy Farha and Jamie Gold.. Sammy knew he had the best hand and Jamie was practically crying for Sammy not to raise so Sammy just checked it. An absolute cringe hand to watch but yeah you're wrong.

[@mikespigsty2055]

@@Test21Test Sammy was not sure at all where he was in the hand when the 10 hit on the river & all the crying Gold was doing confused Sammy. Even Gabe commented on that. Sammy didn't give Gold a 180 K break. Sorry, but your wrong.

[@daandemeyer1708]

@@Test21Test sammy just wanted to keep Jamie as a friend to take the rest of his wsop money in future games

[@quiksix25]

​@@mikespigsty2055 He did give him a break, there was no way Jamie was so excited pre-flop with any kind of 10 in his hand, he was saying he thought he might have had a 10 to save face in front of the other sharks

[@marquettegloves9907]

​@@quiksix25 that's just not true. Watch it back and look how angry Sammy looks when the hands are turned over. When it was confirmed beyond doubt he had the best hand, he was angry he didn't make more money. He became unsure in the hand because of Jamie's whining, and the way Jamie confidently said "I have you anyway". If he was doing him a favour and knew for sure, he wouldn't have been angry the moment Jamie's cards were revealed.

[@pokmaster101]

"I know this is a lot of money for you... but not for me!"

[@bigSnayFan]

Gabes commentary is the absolute nuts

[@781David]

I think it was the first episode of the $500,000 buy-in when Jamie tried to bluff Guy. Gabe: "Lesson #1 Jamie. Don't try to bluff billionaires."

[@Duduuu90]

Great old times where people had their “game style” rather than “solver style”. Poker still a great game, don’t get me wrong, but that time was a lot more funny! Ty for posting this, pokerGo!

[@nathanb1886]

This was great. People in here shitting on Guy for being the fish, but that ~all-in shove on Doyle was actually super badass. Doyle’s insta-call was even more badass though!

[@fhd3715]

Made no sense though. I really wonder if he knew that he was bluffing or not

[@cordialpulpwriter]

why doyle is calling there has been an absolute mystery to me for 15 years

[@patburns600]

@@cordialpulpwriter When you sit for 8hours and havnt made a pair you go crazy

[@RaditzAus]

The guy oozes class which is refreshing for a guy as loaded as he is

[@thomaslabelle3093]

When you spend 42 million to go to space and over 100 million on art for your house, you don't stress too much at the poker table.

[@as3609]

And $31 million lost on online poker tables, he isn't sweating it

[@dustinplatt6882]

I like how billionaires play. I wish I had a billion dollars. I'd play like this.

[@_MN9_]

never

[@pauliep2020]

Guy’s poker talent is being richer than you are

[@jsbmx2039]

Ya pretty much. It's easy to through around a million bucks when you are a billionaire

[@KRLE2582]

@@jsbmx2039 indeed

[@aspirationalcapitalmanagement]

"When you don't make a pair for 8 hours you go crazy" 😂😂

[@fuuman5]

"When you don't make a pair in 8 hours, you go crazy" - Doyle going broken with top pair middle kicker for 400k xD

[@williamzagarella8066]

What? He won that hand you nimrod

[@fuuman5]

@@williamzagarella8066 Haha. Take a breath keyboard warrior. Overthink your logic kid.

[@justonetimebby2670]

And we never got to see what the turn and river was... been thinking abt this since 2007

[@justonetimebby2670]

@Alice Williams yeah it will... does anyone know what happend to David Benyamine? Is he still playing or broke as a church rat?

[@frawdulent]

Guy is wearing a Richard Mille before Richard Mille was Richard Mille.

[@fhd3715]

Guy is just there to have a good time. Can't blame him.

[@Nash9r]

Without Guy the poker boom and the stardom would not have been that big, because he lost so many millions of dollars online. A real hero ;)

[@JOHNizSiK]

Love when he shows Benyamine his cards. “Have to think about it, eh?” Benyamine: “shiiiiiiiet”

[@santaclause3487]

Guy knew the club was coming

[@Johnny2Feathers]

27:45 Negreanu butting in with “You said once. Once.” .. you’re not involved so butt out.

[@fashelfut]

You know why tho? He knows Guy is favorite and he wants him to win the pot so that the ‘fish’ can have the money and not David.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@@fashelfut You could be right but I feel like Negreanu was tilted from losing some big ones and wanted to see it happen to someone else for a change. … I know I may be reaching but I hear a little spite in there when he says it. Whatever Negreanu’s reason was he had no business in the discussion. He was basically trying to say that Guy said once and so that’s it.. when it’s not it until Guy and David say so. I don’t think Benyamine heard it either as he was too focused on Guy deciding his fate. But i know if I was in Benyamine’s predicament and I did hear someone chiming in like Negreanu did I’d be pissed big time.

[@TK______]

The classiest player I've ever seen. From the mercy he showed Benyamin, to his showing of one card to let his opponent know he had the winning hand. And it's not because he's rich. There are plenty of rich bastards. He's just a nice guy who earned his fortune on his own.

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

19:57 i love the way sammy folds here

[@VaylewMusic]

He may not be the greatest poker player but that raise against Gold was so satisfying.

[@Oheeeoh]

Thanks for posting these, PokerGo!

[@brendan3143]

Antonio didn’t even think about his fold (18:40). Pretty impressive, I’d be trying to convince myself that maybe he had the queen of spades.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

I like the vid closing with Antonio saying that it was very nice of Guy too, cause it was, and someone needed to say it.

[@michaelx7438]

@@Johnny2Feathers 💯💯

[@cfctidcfc]

Jamie gold limp call the 74 o, no wonder he went broke 😂

[@bao6649]

man he & mike sucks & annoying

[@ZToxLives]

Not to mention going out of position against Doyle himself.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

When Antonio asks for fruits you get him some damn fruits!!

[@untexan]

16:32 Barry just quietly killing Jamie Gold in the background lolololol

[@Comical_LLama]

Dunno which was more painful for Benyamin. The all in call by Guy or watching the action after folding quads

[@brandonvernet]

Probably the quads.. he'd be thinking about it until this day!

[@fanfan7848]

@@brandonvernet of course not

[@brandonvernet]

@@fanfan7848 Why not?

[@fanfan7848]

@@brandonvernet because poker is about decisions

[@brandonvernet]

@@fanfan7848 Decisions that you can regret.

[@chriswilson1968]

I heard Jamie Gold is a janitor at an elementary school now.

[@SemyProCargo]

Really ?

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

27:54 Funniest thing ever said at a poker table 🤣

[@Burrowsmp3]

Guy is a great guy. Not the best poker player, but always involved in iconic hands 🙌

[@TheVlad1616]

Gold was so far over his head. These guys had to love it when he showed up.

[@Johndavidson4]

For real he seems like such a fish, his pot against farha was just sad

[@bluem516]

Its so fun watching old people play poker. Always fun.

[@virtuoso1064]

I Vomit when the river 5 for quads

[@mikewatt8706]

guy is the coolest player ever. win or lose he is the same

[@clin1872]

“I think you rivered me” *Shows pocket Jacks* “Ah I thought you had an overpair” :/

[@fassa7511]

@20:50 Gabe: I dont think he's gonna call that big bet Guy : I raise Gabe: He just said raise 😂😂😂 I love this program so much. it made me come close to this game and now I play 2knl regularly. Easy now to say how poorly they used to play given a solver response, But still for me those are the real LEGENDS!!

[@royfokerpoker1802]

I'll forever hate the fact that guy let Benyamine off the hook. God I wanted to see him get rekt. Not fair lol

[@lucassredzinski8671]

I’ll forever hate that we didn’t get to see the turn and the river

[@royfokerpoker1802]

@@lucassredzinski8671 They should have played for the pot that was already there at most, for guy to go beyond that and just say take money back was such bullshit. We as an audience wanna see the hand play out

[@lucassredzinski8671]

@@royfokerpoker1802 agreed

[@chriswright8114]

@@royfokerpoker1802 yea, well when you start playing poker "for the audience", you let me know.

[@royfokerpoker1802]

@@chriswright8114 Ok Karen

[@liudizzle]

One of the nicest guys at the table but he may as well play with his cards face up

[@wisniewski23]

Great guy and great player!

[@martifish]

Great guy is guy

[@Johnny2Feathers]

Guy was a class act and great for that season. I wish that Dwan played that session though.. can only imagine the action he and Guy may have had.

[@dougschadel8094]

I would have been sick to see quads there on the board 😭😭😭😭

[@Ballen81587]

Jaime Gold casually calling a 7 thousand dollar raise with 7 4 off suit

[@gutzzgutzz6795]

he sucks lmao

[@dageek1000]

Sammy is such a cool guy

[@alecschneider6475]

seems like a good dude

[@omarvelazquez7538]

Sammy Farha: Can I get my money back at least? Hahaha

[@Benchan108]

So he wears Richard Mille before the hype

[@CHUYITO818]

This is old why poker go took it away from other poker channels?? They should just put all the recent High stakes poker and stop with the BS on old videos that use to be available here

[@dorf213]

when you are already rich you seek adrenaline rushes. this is why Guy is there. not the money. he could sense this would wreck Degenyamine and offered him a lifeline.

[@Simon-nv5zj]

pretty telling doyle just wanted to gamble with the ATd, when he said 'hes got me @ 21:38

[@habbortenohabborteno8684]

Can someone explain me what was the deal at the end, please? 🇲🇽

[@JaMmCRuZaZUl]

Guy le dijo que lo dejaba ir sin tener que apostar todo su dinero y que solo se quedaria con lo que ya estaba en el pot. Obvio Benyamine acepto y ninguno de los dos quiso ver el flop, turn ni river aunque ya no contaran.

[@pelimies1818]

Great stuff.

[@vasaoz]

Mr. Laliberte played well and did a good job, its a happy ending .

[@hare1729]

Imagine still in that hand with quads

[@PooyaTabari]

28:55 , i still wanna see that turn and river , 2022

[@joemurray6522]

Sammy’s 80k bet with the nut low flush literally makes no sense. People at the local 1-2 game don’t even play this bad

[@andrewchebyrek9364]

Miss this shoe OPEN IT TO BIG CROWD PLEASE

[@mikewatte4478]

Did u know the commentary wasn't live

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

26:20 This is what your face looks like when you shit your pants

[@jeramypickett8357]

all that good play just to give it back to big papa!! haha texas baby

[@Alexander1107Lopez]

Look. We want Laliberte’s at our table. When he offers the offer he offered David you should take it. You can’t hate him because he saved you half a mil.

[@augustburnsorange1748]

benyamine and laliberte are both frenchman

[@theovard6992]

The true reason they're there is to shuffle their chips.

[@juryemery6695]

That was sooo Coool 😎👍

[@tomwalsh63]

Great bet at 7:30 don't get cute, just secure the pot

[@travisalias3475]

Guess he does run it twice hahahah

[@Dessienewshoes]

Cool dude 😎.

[@Raider19D]

It's crazy that this game is like pennies to a billionaire. He literally just giving peoples money back saying, "I'll just take the pot". LOL

[@bomberdan]

@18:59

[@crazy3rdgen]

What a life lol

[@Simon-nv5zj]

just imagine if benyamine had of got to the turn omfg!

[@alexwipe]

You didn’t show the amazing gesture he gave in that first hand against David benyamine.

[@as3609]

You didn't watch the video

[@mcdamion]

Then Doyle was like, I’ll take all you have.

[@toolinc.collection1521]

He played welled until that ace 5 all in

[@rolandkennedy80]

Its always hard to play against someone who literally doesn't care abt the money and will play ANY 2 cards

[@Doppe1ganger]

The way Guy runs here is how every opponent of me runs. Unreal

[@TheFartBreakersNr1]

Insane how bad he played and yet the others couldnt exploit it that night

[@GorillaRadio88]

That’s why Guy wanted to play for such high stakes. He knows most of the pros are out of their comfort zones.

[@iamskippy]

*I have never made more than 20k in a year… My parents* _(one of whom worked for the government for 15 years)_ *never made above 30k a year…* 28:05 And these guys are casually betting what they would take 20 years to make in one hand … _and we live in the richest country in the world._ *I know it’s jealousy and I hope if I ever magically get to their point in life that I don’t take for granted how many people would switch places with me in a heartbeat ❗️*

[@as3609]

Pathetic. Do you know how many people would switch places with you in a heartbeat right now? More than half the people on the fkin planet. Count your blessings, and be quiet.

[@Ghostone11]

Guy might be the best billionaire player. Who else compares?

[@anthonyp5863]

Bill Klein is better in my opinion

[@dekutrash6214]

if that guy didnt see the cards i bet he wouldve won with quads

[@davidsimon4376]

i feel like benyamine takes unnecessary crap for the last hand. he was fine with running it once if they were going to run it. i don't blame him, he was only about 12% to win both. he was going to run it once but if guy offers to just take the middle, losing 50k and move on to the next hand is a much better spot.

[@xavierpaquin]

My bluffs always get called at PLO...

[@mrx7181]

28:00 guy proceeds to make one of the worst deals in the history of televised cash poker here. 2-1 favorite in a 1.2 million pot and instead of just running it twice he decides to fuck himself out of all his equity. He won all the money that was in the pot preflop plus sammy's bet and David's raise, profiting a total of $64,400 when in reality 65% of a 1.227 million dollar pot belongs to him. On average he will profit almost 200k when they decide to run it.

[@sonlmz]

Laliberte lose the benefit of approximate 1227.9k * ( 65-35 ) / 100 / 2 - 113.9k / 2 ~ 127k by deciding the early win.

[@Jerryhayes2]

Here fishy fishy!

[@Federer20Goat]

If I’m Beyamines kiss I’m throwing up watching this

[@New-ye2fl]

Wonder what guy is upto now

[@FaithfulReasoning]

It sucks how amateur players dodge people not having the hands when they r making crazy bets

[@Top5et]

Sad they set Guy up to lose millions over millions later on online... Well, as sad as a couple of millions dent into a billionaire's account can be...

[@88mphDrBrown]

What are u talking about? Ub?

[@Top5et]

@@88mphDrBrown full tilt eg?

[@88mphDrBrown]

@Little Oggie is this the little Oggie that uploads Hogan's hereoes?

[@88mphDrBrown]

That's f'd up, but I'm not surprised the community is has always been full of scumbags.

[@Top5et]

@Little Oggie exactly... he was wise enough to quit unlike a guy called Gustav from Denmark

[@Ddyoutube100]

A guy who had his entire bankroll on the line vs a Billionaire which the pot is pocket change to.

[@Tintin6128]

Man jamie gold is the worst 😂

[@KennyMcCormick99]

Man... Gee plays like hes playing with someone else's money!!

[@user-kn9ws5mv8c]

稳中才能求胜！

[@MacBaza]

Instantly stopped watching after they didn't run it out in first clip... I'm not sitting through any hands without a conclusion.