Nik Airball's Downfall - How to Turn $1Million Into DUST

Watch the entire stream here: www.youtube.co...
Subscribe if you enjoy the clips!
Link to Hustler Casino Live's Channel: / hustlercasinolive

[@WilkzZz1]

Doug literally explained it perfectly, everytime airhead never has it and he's surprised people keep calling him because he genuinely never has it

[@velttokakka]

and he never plays like this superagro when he has it so its kinda obv

[@hornetguy9063]

@@velttokakkayeah I wasn’t aware of that. Tom’s 3 bet is kind of punt city in a vacuum, but if Nik’s check raises are like K9 or some BS while he traps the nuts and sets, it makes a lot of sense to try to get him to commit more on the come. And maybe even get him to call his entire stack off drawing

Yeah and despite having this image, he manages to rarely get paid with his big hands.

[@basilfawlty8244]

I hope that, one day, Airbrain appreciates the irony of him questioning Tom Dwan's decision making at the poker table.

[@fiddynutz68]

Holy fuck, on the same draw as him with a pair already 😂😂 and he asks why it happened

[@zachfern3190]

BUT I FOUR BET JAMMED! HOW CAN HE CALL?!?!

[@TheBroLounge]

Dwan was crushing the highest stakes and toughest lineups before Nik had ball hair.

[@zachfern3190]

@@TheBroLounge If you get to see a camera angle of the back of Nicks head, its fat. I dunno how but it is

[@TheBroLounge]

@@zachfern3190 He is fat all over.

[@vladtheimpaler7869]

Fatball critiquing Dwan’s play as he simultaneously realizes his own table image sucks is so awesome 🤡

[@UnknownWarriorZz]

Fatball…I love it

[@kevinobrien479]

I agree with you, the word awesome shouldn't exist in anyones vocabulary.

[@Rbskater12000]

@@kevinobrien479why shouldn’t it? Just curious

[@nestlund]

FATBALL….Love It

[@philg6115]

He's not fat, just plump

[@jimgrady7458]

Nik is like an ATM for poker players 🤣

[@fiddynutz68]

He's so shitty 😂😂😂😂

[@soothing_de4th863]

Except when he is running good

[@citizendissidentiv2488]

Nick is a life changer if you catch him on the right session

[@1siriuskid]

AssToMouth.

[@johnapple9482]

Embezzled money or trust fund? Does anyone know

[@Goatboy451]

"Who 4bet jams the flop as a bluff?" You do Nik. And Tom clearly knew that. 😂

[@jrviade85]

The maestro Tom Dwan

[@kulasbukid]

Only bluff and 10 high straight would 4 bet jam that board and tom blocked the 10 high str8 and an over fair would just call or fold after a 3bet and a set would just called the 3 bet hope for improvement in the turn. Nick acting like he don't know dwan resume in cash game poker that dude Is a monster and at the age of 37 he already considered as a legend of the game.

[@sporer_]

As did ANYONE who's ever seen NIk play

[@pahakuutti]

People called airball do.

[@tristanschmitz7910]

Airball: “I really need to work on my image” Nah, it’s more than that 😂 Start with your ego

[@Sam-ul1cg]

Yeah, ego in poker he go broke

[@juhdah2146]

Man, just thank Durr for running it twice.

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

Except he donks off 56k right after, shoving A4…

[@chrisko6439]

The disappointment on the faces of the other players when the whale is out of money, I love it, haha :D

[@brandyharding7692]

Sincere question, why does the general public dislike him so much?

[@bc1sjw]

​@@brandyharding7692 Hes loud, cocky and obnoxious

[@maxg6321]

@@brandyharding7692 his face

[@giogianelli8592]

​@@bc1sjwthat's putting it in a nice way lol. He just comes off like an insufferable douche bag, id see a lot of comments saying he's not that bad and good for the game but video after video I'd try and see that but video after video he just looks like an asshole.

[@tomonetruth]

@@brandyharding7692 He can be pretty obnoxious, and the general public only know him from the headline hands and controversies. I like the guy.

[@kevinb5933]

That’s the problem with most of the HCL games. The regulars like Nik are no match for elite players like Dwan. When Garret was on stream there was a different level of play that you don’t get now.

[@fiddynutz68]

Oh when garret was on stream Airball played like a kitten, so silly he's the horse they decided to bet on.

[@painkiller5657]

garrett was severely overrated in these streams (in part because he used to be able to control who gets a seat). he looked meek and was losing in a table with guys like dwan.

[@PatrickA1]

@@fiddynutz68 Garrett hit every gut shot.

[@mixedminh]

@@painkiller5657 possibly overrated, but at that level of skill these opinions are just personal bias

[@PhonyBologna]

Garet is elite at live tells. When you have such good reads, you can get to the river with a lot of hands and make profitable decisions on the river. Just depends what type of poker you like to watch, theory based (Doug), hybrid (Dwan), or live reads (Garrett). It's obvious to me Dwan is the best because he blends the two together.

[@matthewhanson7218]

Nik Airball was getting cocky a few month back. Poker will humble anyone

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

I would not feel humble if I was Nik here after listening to Dwan insult himself after Nik's reraise. Dwan called with the expectation he would lose badly. Nik lost an extra 252k but mentally beat Dwan.

[@mrhumble2937]

​@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants lol no he didn't. He put him on a bluff but then the 4 bet made him regret it because it's so underbluffed. But Nik didn't have enough so it was a bad play, if Nik was deeper it's a good play. Was an obvious call.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@mrhumble2937 Dwan insulted himself and obviously did not think he was going to win with that call.

[@mrhumble2937]

@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants no he was mad he put himself in that spot. When he typically just calls to avoid the situation But it's always a call, he didn't have to be ahead. Just had to won 1 of 5 times or whatever the gto odds are.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@mrhumble2937 Dwan bet 252k with the expectation he would lose and he obviously did not expect Airball to make that good move. That Dwan did the math and called anyway does not change the fact if Airball was ahead the whole time Dwan would look foolish for the 252k call.

[@joaoalegria7578]

Nik's dad has been having a rough couple of months

[@wyliestivers2634]

That is hilarious!!!

[@RS-do6tv]

Is that where he gets the money

[@joeltroughton3021]

@@RS-do6tvno one knows for sure lots of debate and rumors

[@seanbyrne7919]

When ever someone asks me “how did you call that” after I pick off their bluff, I say “like this” and pick up a stack of chips and push them forward. It always tilts them to no end. 😂

[@SassyJax]

I am 100% going to do this next time this happens w/ me!😂🤑🤗😏great idea 😎☺️😉

[@Moneyovertruth]

Then you wake up in the casino parking lot waiting for your direct deposit to go through

[@richfollen7818]

I just tell them because I play bad

[@jimmiller8687]

I always reply, "how did you bet that?"

[@rcadegaming9123]

a simple 'dont be salty kid' always does the trick

[@satchelyork]

I'm so glad Dwan turned up to show these Johnny come lately rich kids how bad they actually are. Nik and Wes love to shove when they whiff

[@Huyle18]

I'm so sick of all these KZbin players.

[@joonpak]

No one lights money on fire better than Airball.

[@Andrew-yg1cm]

This guy's gonna be homeless by December

[@gemini1213]

Naahhh probably August

[@Riomak7]

😂😂😂😂

[@messikis9828]

Dont worry about him broski

[@KEEPlT1K]

Yall some weird ass haters @ andrew go back to your 1/3 game lil broski

[@B_Random85]

Who cares

[@billybegood466]

Nik is my favorite kind of poker player. Convinced that he's just unlucky and everyone else is bad.

[@PkrDealer86]

LOL, if you can get past the cringe it can be very profitable

[@kylenielsen5341]

The Phil Hellmuth school of cash games

[@pahakuutti]

He knows he messed up. Its just ego talk there in the end but he knew before the cards were dealt. Its on his face, that look of resignation. Sometimes gamblers give that away when they want to lose(and hit rock bottom), but this is a little bit too big a game to be going on that sort of tilt.

[@NicoDavid]

I think the Doom Zoom on the Air Crumbs was the cherry on top of one the most memorable night in poker history.

[@stevelibby6852]

Counting the one on one with Berkey, hasn't he lost over 3M in last month? Super satisfying.

[@kiddd65]

some years down the road there will be a documentary on Airball. The guy who torched millions of his inheritance because he wanted to be part of the "poker club" hahaha

[@CoVrt]

Seems like he’s after this need to be some Alfa bully Villian. “Image” Just shit the f up and let your cards do the talking.

[@gulfbreeze76]

Just because you have money does not mean you are a good poker player and Airball is a perfect example of this. Way out classed.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

Dwan was completely fooled by Nik here. This is not the hand to say Nik was out classed.

[@RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr]

What are you talking about? Downswings hit everyone, no poker player is immune (someone that plays poker on a daily/regular basis).

[@carper6160]

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants bro wtf are you taking about

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@carper6160 Do you seriously not understand?

[@carper6160]

Nik is such an idiot that he bluffs with nothing and dwan is pot committed. And Nik admits he never has it while they are playing

[@jamesmiller8407]

This game will be busted in 6 months if they keep playing the super high buyins and letting in legit pros. I love watching above average players with big bank rolls but in the long run the elite players will take the cash.

[@PhonyBologna]

Curious, who would you consider 'above average' in these lineups? Aside from non-elite pros like Rampage/Mariano. I'd only consider Double M, DGAF, Nick Vertucci, and Francisco above average.

[@dr.hairbrain1486]

airball is far from "above average". He's literally dogshit, and hands down the worst player I have ever seen. I used to play for a living, and his understanding of the game is nil.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

Nik lost an extra 252k but Dwan was expecting he would lose and called anyway. In poker if you lose the hand / money but fool your opponent that is a moral victory and implies you can mentally beat that opponent later. Dwan did not look elite at all in this hand.

[@PhonyBologna]

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants You're welcome to my game any time Dan :)

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@PhonyBologna You are welcome to get a counter point vs a pointless comment.

[@Stephensouraski]

Nik is just there to donate. He does not care, it's his parents money.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

100% correct

[@gemini1213]

He will go bankrupt

[@markusscott6696]

@@gemini1213 or homeless

[@dman8557]

@@gemini1213 His parents make 10M per month..literally impossible to go bankrupt

[@toddai2721]

His parents own half of the 4 billion corn flakes company in India, called punjacorn.

[@charleslenton3452]

"How does he call?" Dwan blocks the value hand Airball is representing (9,10). 2-pair or even sets are unlikely to 4-bet flop for value on that texture, but even if it does sometimes, Dwan has outs to a 9 or 10 Dwan is an elite player, he doesnt play on "feel" like the HCL recreational regs. Also, the bloke is literally called "Airball"

[@kame_kura]

"How can she slap?"

[@pahakuutti]

Also he got value+draw combo hands completely crushed and there's a lot of them. Way too many combos to fold and thats why Tom was mad at himself for a second there before making the call. I think he was wrong to be mad tho. This is the kind of oppo You wanna let him have the rope to hang himself with. Sooner the money goes in the better because Tens are not an easy hand to play with almost any turn card. Personally I think top set should be 4 betting there a lot as airball. With bottom sets pot control and seeing the turn might be better idea. Quite often top set gets it in really good against a smaller set but the action might be killed on a bad turn card. Depends on how deep tho ofc.

[@TheBroLounge]

If you can't spot the sucker in the first 15 minutes, you're Nik Airball.

[@jmoon808]

Airball needs to play more 80 dollar tournaments

[@mcpartridgeboy]

he needs to start playing 10nl online, he cant even beat 10c bb games, and i aam serious ! i started playing 2nl literally 2$ buy ins and like all begiiners i lost as many times and as badly as nick did, the difference is i lost a few hundred $ and got a lot better , nick has lost probably about 50 million $ and hasnt improved at all !

[@JenniferLynnDickson]

@@mcpartridgeboy you can't fix stupid! LOL! If I played at a table with someone who looked AND acted like "Nik Airball", I'd beat him like a rented mule over and over and over again.

[@whatsfordinner1695]

@@mcpartridgeboy 50 mil , lol yeh ok bud

[@mcpartridgeboy]

@@whatsfordinner1695 tthat makes zero sense sorry ! what is 50 mil ?

[@Woody13woodpecker]

I'm never celebrating anyone's loss, but at least he's somewhat quiet.

[@Krzy801Nav]

Airballed is outclassed by these guys. His big bet bluffs don’t work.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

Dwan called with the expectation he would lose with Dwan insulting himself. Nik was not outclassed here.

[@tjislost]

​@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants you're being outclassed in the youtube comments 😂 so stfu and stop crying your boyfriend lost

[@user-ld4jg3zs3u]

​@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants you've replied to lots of messages here with the same garbage line. Are you airball in disguise? Dwan picked him off. End of

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@user-ld4jg3zs3u I know most HCL people who comment dislike airball with a passion but that does make anything I said not true.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@user-ld4jg3zs3u Dwan calls himself dumb multiple times. There is no way when he called he thought he was ahead. Nik made a good move and I would bet you Dwan would even admit that to you. If Dwan admitted he thought he was behind when he called what would you say?

[@gman9035]

Dik Hairball meets karma

[@Emc4421]

I love how Polk just calls him out. Airball “how do you call a 4bet jam? why don’t you believe me. I need to work on my image.” (um dude your nickname is airball) Polk: “well when you say you never have it, and you never have it, people aren’t going to believe you.” lol

[@untouchable360x]

The "air" in airball means that he's good at turning his chips into "air."

[@miltoncardoza6571]

Honey can’t believe he called 😂😂😂😂

[@ramlimedia]

Please continue what you're doing Nik, everyone loves you 😅😅

[@aaronlin6260]

Why is it so satisfying to watch Nik losing a $1M????? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelmclaughlin6139]

A million for you, a million for you, a million for everybody! - Airball Winfrey

[@RichardsWorld]

Tom is like a cold-hearted assassin.

[@timweiss2011]

Nik's breathing was so accelerated and never slowed down while waiting .... a bluff tell

[@DvdStennis]

It’s not a bluff tell. That can also happen when people have the nuts. It’s a sign of ‘excitement’, so that can go either way.

[@timweiss2011]

@@DvdStennis When they get the nuts, the initial excitement passes in a minute or two... Bluffing high accelerated breathing last longer.... doesn't stop.

[@johnfogarty1024]

This makes me feel so much better about losing $1200 the other night after being set over setted

[@turnerjazz7872]

oh ouch.

[@downtoboca8659]

😢

[@jason0joon]

Being a world class poker player for 20 years is how he called. I 4bEt jAmMeD, I MuSt hAvE iT

[@richlewis1879]

It's only a matter of time before we don't see airball on stream anymore

[@Fr.VeniceLAI]

Nik Airball is making Poker worth watching...when is Bluff gets exposed and Call...his reactions and is facial expressions are classics.

[@annarichify]

It’s costing him his life savings to make poker worth watching.

[@Fr.VeniceLAI]

@@annarichify ..he has to be rather wealthy, otherwise who would be making those incredible bluff bets in multiple tens of thousands and even couple of hundreds of thousands USDollars. I won't be able ...would you make those bets & bluffs of such enormous amounts ..unless of course, able to take those losses !!

[@AaronFortin]

The dude is playing stakes wayyy above his skill level

[@alexsevern1260]

Nik has to respect Tom’s stack size in a scenario like that, easy call for Tom with how much he had

[@TheGillenium]

Right? Dudes got over ten times his dreaded “4 bet shove” lol

[@justthetwoofus.]

100%

[@NeroNORirl]

cash game my dude. stack size matter in a different way than a tournament. It's not about knocking someone out to advance in placement

[@TheGillenium]

@@NeroNORirl what its about is taking peoples money whether you win with 1 pair or a straight flush.

[@michaelmercado6680]

Folds when ahead and all in when behind. Great player

[@dudebro3250]

Where can I get a table full of these players?

[@bengordan8266]

Nik might be the worst poker player we’ve seen in decades.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

i think wes is a little worse and i think keeting was a lot worse , though that fold with QQ means he has improves a bit

[@chadwellington2524]

you guys are jokesters.. airball was crushing up hundreds of thousands over like 100 games..until the game where he tilted off to rampage, then he went on a downswing and lost his way

[@chadwellington2524]

airball was one of biggest winners on hustler until the game he lost a million vs rampage

[@LM-du4uv]

Motormouth in the white cap should shut up while other players are involved in a hand.

[@den_525]

LOVE IT!! Airball losing is the best

[@dhenrock]

You never question a legend!!

[@NayaWrap]

When being Indian and trying to act too cool goes wrong

[@leonardletoto]

"I need to work on my image." When your image is a crappy poker player...yes.

[@richardjeppson7361]

Leave your children with nothing. They will be the better for it. This guy is the worst of what un-earned wealth does to a person.

[@WireShark]

Helmut: I can dodge bullets baby! Nik: I can punt dollars baby! Tom: Hold my beer... Legends!

[@terry7340]

These guys are like a pod of friendly orcas.

[@Kanders190]

I love the “I’m NeVeR bLuFfInG tHeRe” by a player who was actually bluffing

[@dlove2830]

Nik...Rule #1 in poker...never EVER try to bluff someone who has you covered...especially if they have you covered by 5X or more. If I have $300, and my opponent 4-bet jams for $25...and I have 10-10 (or even AK), you're damn right I'm going to call. The absolute dollar amount is not the point. It's the ratio of PAIN you can inflict or cause yourself if you're right or wrong.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

lol, what a stupid opening line.

[@honeriley]

Both players are thinking: "I have blocker(s) to the nuts. Time to bluff!".

[@postive-vibes]

Dwan has an overpair and an inside straight draw. Not an easy call, but it's one many/most players would make in that situation. How Nik doesn't see that is beyond me. Perhaps he's just too tilted to see it during this hand.

[@joeltroughton3021]

Absolute bs. A 4 bet jam on the flop…. Nik has some sort of live tell that dwan was likely exploiting

[@ericlandis1805]

@@joeltroughton3021that 4 bet jam looked weak af. There was no logic

[@joeltroughton3021]

@@ericlandis1805 when you say it “looked” weak that’s a hilarious statement considering we see the cards

[@jamesflaherty59]

@@joeltroughton3021 It's airballs image, you have to call he always turns up with nothing as he did here. He isn't shoving a set or straight here either. Easy call.

[@dazediss6629]

If he’d got anything of substance he’d have flopped it & set the trap; he didn’t & Dwan knew it. That’s why Dwan instantly says “I think I’m calling”, just to make sure it wasn’t a double bluff in his head, but then he looked up and realised he wasn’t calling against Ivey, Antonious, or Negreanu; and it was just flavour of the month top amateur Nik Airball; who was already on massive tilt after losing a million in 20 minutes; then he gets his own mind straight & makes the relatively easy call.

[@LittleDinkens]

How does it work when you lose the 1st board and chop on the 2nd board? Dwan won a quarter of the pot or something?

[@ivanblank3667]

I must say, I don't understand people in this sort of game mixing it up with Dwan. I remember playing against him online in the very early days before he made it big and my immediate note on him was pretty close to: "Avoid playing hands with this guy." And color-coded for super strong. Of course, now you don't need to figure out how good Dwan is... If you don't know how good he is, then never mind being in a game with him, you shouldn't even be in a game in a casino.

[@falashlaba20]

On the first hand. Does anyone know why the odds show 24% and 76%??? Am I missing something? It's more like 12% and 88% the way I see it. No?

[@AaronFortin]

We love seeing Airball punt like we love seeing Garrett at a poker table.

[@StylinProfilin3889]

No “WE” wouldn’t love see Garrett at the poker table.

[@annarichify]

@@StylinProfilin3889 speak for yourself. Only a moron doesn’t want to see Garrett at the table. No matter what you think of him, he’s an action machine and fun to watch.

[@thamade]

Speak for urself fk garett

[@joboilibres9593]

Who says i love garrett at a poker table?

[@annarichify]

@@joboilibres9593 I said only a moron doesn’t lol. Do the math, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Why wouldn’t you want to see Garrett at the poker table?! Because he rightfully thought he was cheated?! News flash, so did a lot of people. I’d challenge anyone that plays the game and criticizes Garrett, to be in his shoes at those stakes, in that particular situation. Garrett’s a beast. Hope he comes back soon, like most poker players/fans.

[@spamrobban]

0:50 Joey obviously drunk as shit... "Eh Twam in, Tonn eh, enreh lil intristing spot here..."

[@Hotobu]

Berkey is lucky he got his pound of flesh while the whale is still paying out.

[@pizzayolo3563]

Are there stats of these Hustler sessions? I am really wondering what the total winnings / losses of some people are, especially of Nik. Anyone knows where to find such info?

[@hahangag2933]

Tom dwan is one of a poker legend!!!!!!

[@chaddddd1251]

No one noticed the low key angling from Dwan saying "I am probably calling". Airball looked dejected as hell and Dwan got an easy read. Obviously it's Airballs fault as he doesn't know how to control his emotions but Dwan is a master gambler.

[@danitradess]

Anyway, where is Garret or Poker Bunny?

[@joserivera-tm6ju]

You must be in the past

[@KEEPlT1K]

Poker bunny🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danitradess]

@@joserivera-tm6ju I am.

[@VladTheInhaler..]

*has overpair and a gutter where you have half the cards you need for the straight* Flatball: “how do you call me?!?”

[@efg1311]

The worst call of all last week was Feldman and Vertucci not putting Airball in the lineup every single night. He’s great for the fans of the stream and even better for the other players in the game.

[@narele25]

I don't think airballs mommy and daddy could give him enough buy in money for each night.

[@mrflip0921]

Airball is unwatchable

[@DustinPlatt]

Any video where Airball gets felted or busted or tilted or loses or gets unlucky or is a donkey (which is obviously every video he's in) I like and subscribe.

[@JLRRyan]

DAMN! HOW MUCH MONEY DOES AIRBALLS FAMILY HAVE???!!!

[@transeeyou885]

when u put a real poker player not afraid of swings among these fishes

[@paulb3883]

His style has been sussed and Dwan has the money to call his relentless bluffs and awful sizing and timing tells, he bets way too quick when he hasn't got it and slows down when he has it

[@gemini1213]

True. Tom is a pro. Nik is a too aggressive amateur. Tilting fish that thinks he is good but actually only won in the past because yes some fish get lucky.

[@bensantellano]

It's sad. He's gonna be the "artist formally known as..... Airball"

[@mrhumble2937]

Nah he had an obvious tell but that wasn't it. Which made Tom 3 get the 10 10. Then he got a little worried after the 4 bet, thought he was wrong.

[@LearningFast]

All of the other players should just start reaching over and taking his chips away. His money would probably last longer that way. He isn’t even trying to win.

[@lucianlandry8332]

I played in a private run-off tourney (play previous nights to qualify??) where someone who didn't show up had their chips slowly blinded off ... they outlasted a LOT of the other players. Like I wouldn't be surprised if it was 2/3rd of them.

[@williamsfamilychannel1585]

I bet buttonclicker is laughing from back home

[@kwon911]

Nik needs to stop bluffing. Everyone figured out that he overbids when he is weak.

[@pnwjinx7155]

Lmao love it. Always a good day when he gets stacked. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shinonkim4814]

It’s funny when a bluff gets called and then the caller is berated by the bluffer for making a bad call lol.

[@manchildusa]

Y’all don’t give air all enough respect he has been funding this stream ☠️

[@Obinaab_Kenoobi]

What a nice call Dwan ! Wp !! Dwan did not call you with a pair ! He called with a pair and a gutshot draw...more than you had..unlucky...unfortunate...you will be back...

[@edifysalim5359]

and he got 2 blockers with his 2 tens

[@newdomtanner]

NiK A: Loud and desperate. My kind of player. Hahahahahaha. Where's that loud laugh?

[@arashalavi440]

Airball called mc hammer after that game for advice .

[@Crypt0M0nkey]

Keep Durrr in the game. He’s the modern day Stu Ungar

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

I never heard of Stu insulting his own play like Dwan did. Dwan called with the expectation he would lose.

[@SSky06]

​@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Fairly sure I remember watching a documentary that talked about Stuey insulting his own play quite a bit. But he also berated everyone else, including the dealers lmao. He was a pretty classless guy, he was just good.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@SSky06 I know he insulted dealers and other players I just never heard he did it to himself. I would not be surprised but I just never heard it. Doyle Brunson said Stu was obnoxious and disrespectful when he was competitive and implied he was a very generous person with his money he won to a fault. I heard someone say Stu would bet thousands of dollars on games he was bad at "like golf" and would lose but he was addicted to the action. That he had to constantly bet on things but I read that poker was not even his best game. The game he was allegedly the best at he could give a top pro at it an unfair advantage on purpose and still beat them. I forget what the game was called.

[@mattc3581]

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants His best game was gin rummy, which was also played for money. They apparently banned him from playing in the world championship on the basis that nobody else would enter when the best they could possibly finish was 2nd. He was arguably one of, if not the best poker player ever as well. He had massive problems with addiction though, both drugs and sports gambling (which he wasn't good at). To the point where he was too bankrupt or high to enter or stay the course of many big poker events. He still won the main event twice though I believe. There was a story of him playing one of the top gin rummy pros in a high stakes game and his personal bodyguard pointed out to him at one point that his opponent was looking at the bottom card every time he finished the shuffle, giving him a huge advantage in gin. Stu said he was aware of that and was taking him to the cleaners anyway, the guy was only still playing because he thought he had a big advantage and could turn it around, if Stu called him on it then no way the guy would have played on.

[@jacobsimpson5389]

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Stu has a great biography that I’ve listened to multiple times now on audiobook on KZbin. It’s worth a listen, he had a very interesting life.

[@ghostface8358]

He calls that because now you’re finally playing with a pro, not just rec players. Either you completely reevaluate your play very very soon or you’ll be back in the general admission part of the poker room very soon lol

[@illpoet13]

Whilst I feel for the guy because he's living his dream and failing miserably at it, I do think he's been really good for poker overall. It makes for great television.

[@alexandruion7660]

Airball is unaware what ppl think of him. The pros see him as an ATM and he thinks he is a good player. When he said " i 4bet flop and u called with a pair". Ofc he is gonna call u cuz u the whale at the table.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

Really interesting hand how Dwan felt he was lighting 289k on fire and insulting himself and Airball being in shock that he called. I have seen some pros call with really weak hands and lose and tell or show they were weak so nobody bluffs them. I also saw a hand that was 27 vs KKKK and the guy with 27 bluffed so well in the hand it fooled the guy with KKKK to reraise him. People can praise Dwan for the call but he thought he was donking his money away. It is like he called out of spite. Just like the 27 player "who lost a lot of money in the hand" completely fooled the KKKK player. Poker is hard.

[@JtotheR-O-C]

Yea but even if he thinks he’s behind it’s still a spot where’s he’s expected to call because he’s up and running well and has outs and is playing on the biggest poker stream ever

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

@@JtotheR-O-C As long as Airball does not have 109 Dwan can still win against everything else true but he made it sound like he was lighting his money on fire as a personal punishment for the bad reraise before that. I would say they both fooled each other in this hand.

[@michaelblaes9847]

Airball looked really nervous while Dwan was deciding.

[@joshyjosh8817]

Tom Dwan is the man. Anyone remember poker after dark?

[@jeffsetter213]

"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." -Will Rogers

[@davidrhodes5245]

I have to wonder sometimes if the new batch of young poker players even know who Tom Dwan is. They seem to play against him like he’s just your average decent player. Tom is a legend of the game. Test him at your peril.

[@PkrDealer86]

This guy's gut shaking while he laughs in disgust was soooo satisfying

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

How is Airball 24% on the flop? Hes got three cards to catch to win the pot outright? Dwan is like 88% to win outright.

[@Hotdiggity11]

It's 76%, 24% which adds up to 100%. For whatever reason, I'm guessing they added the chop outs to his percentage? Not normally how you should do it but that's my assumption.

[@brucevonah511]

@@Hotdiggity11 That is normally how u would do it.

[@paulmayer8654]

Because their system takes into account the folded cards. So it’s the true percentage and not the theoretical percentage that players use.

[@fswatyahoocom]

Airball is a good name for him. he is full of air!!!

[@HAWKERPWNZNUBS]

Poker players must love sitting down at the table and seeing airball there 😂😂😂😂

[@vincent21212]

consider doubling the size of your graphics - it's damn near impossible to see the numbers and cards on a phone screen. What's the matter with you people?

[@Tyrogrs1994]

Airball gets good hands, but he can’t ever get away from them when they hit

[@lordsangone]

"I really need to work on my image" If only Nik really meant it.

[@leonardyoung2126]

How do you call? Dwan is up 1.5m after that call against wesly, his in a mood to gamble after winning a big pot like that.

[@NeroNORirl]

So this is how Nik made his millions playing poker. I really do think he put dwan on JJ, 9A, Q9, 9J or a singel pair type of hand. Nik knew that if he had a one pair hand he should fold and Nik got the balls to actually shove with air. That he also had lost 700k before this might made him more agressive in the pot and put him on tilt. Dwan is not a regular player though, he play different against everyone and that is so out there. His thought patterns are extremly well put together leading him to the right answer over and over. Very impressive call and 3bet to enduce the shove and get max profit, even if he put himself in a hard calling spot to the all in.

[@marksimpson2321]

"How do you call the 4bet jam on the flop?" Dwan "cos you don't do that enough with good hands and your frequencies are out!" 😂

[@joedon1706]

Airball: "My bad." Rest of table: "Oh, no shit."