Craziest Live Poker Hands Explained: What Were They Thinking?

[@kasparsc]

Phil, I really love the chill, relaxed, yet concise and will thought out format of your videos. Keep doing what you're doing, man!

[@PhilGalfond]

I appreciate the specific positive feedback very much! Thank you!

[@stoic521]

Preach it, brother. Appreciate you and all your content, Phil.

[@stevekats]

Recreational players are gonna love this video

[@Matthew_F]

I'm a recreational player and I enjoyed it

[@ZalexMusic]

You and your content team are really hitting your stride, you've put out some BANGERS lately Phil.

[@PhilGalfond]

Thank you!! GO TEAM!

[@kickdeboll]

Banger confirmed

[@cameronfricke3217]

one of my favorite poker channels, Happy Holidays Phil i hope you and your family are well, Love the content!!!

[@PhilGalfond]

Thanks so much! Happy holidays to you and yours.

[@NotfromDateline]

please turn this into a series! amazing content!

[@joeshab123]

It's always funny when the 7-2 game is on and all the players not in the pot are talking about how one or both of the players in the pot has the 7-2.

[@TimeNap]

IDK how long Phil has been making videos but I like his style. Always a better experience to listen to genuinely nice people.

[@pugsnhogz]

#suggestion - the Rui Cao vs. Tom Dwan hand with the 7-2 game on. Cao will forever be OG in my book for that play alone.

[@tonyswe9463]

Agree. OG

[@JasonEmerson711]

Only way it's more gangster is if Dwan pulled the trigger on river and this cyborg calls with 8 high.

[@Wholeyhuman]

When I talk to people about poker who don’t play , I always show them a Phil Galfond video . Very easy to digest

[@PhilGalfond]

I truly appreciate that. Thank you!

[@sudstahgaming]

The level of understanding of the players tom says because he snap call me if i shove, loved this phil brings out the fun beauty part of the game

[@Mrperson662]

The even sicker play for Rui would have been to check river 😂

[@YTSparty]

Rui calling a shove by Drrr would be historic. I'm guessing after playing a million hands of poker with the same people, it's pretty hard to disguise your hand.

[@susta1815]

Rui is a cheater

[@jlbcredit2397]

Board is so bad for the 3b caller that it’s almost completely impossible to stay balanced with 72 game in effect. Toms only (normal) possible value hands on the river are 55, (3 combos) a5s (1 combo) Jts (up to 4 combos but probably less) And then a debatable amount of aq Compared to 12 combos, of 7-2 (because costa has a 7) But it’s way too dicey for Tom to find weird hands like A4s as a flop x/r in this spot to balance all those bluffs because of how good board is for Cao’s range so he’s almost certainly going to be over bluffing massively. From the moment Tom found x/r on aq5r Cao knew what was up. And decided the 7 blocker didn’t even matter lol. Great call down

[@somedudesdad3905]

Fun episode. Thanks to the team for putting this together

[@tenningale]

With the last hand, even the dealer was laughing

[@johnbolyard8918]

Whoa great video man, fuckin Dwan and Rui are both insane. I wish i had that bankroll

[@calpoker21]

these vids are so great pls keep pumping them out

[@Bigfishead59]

Phil, Larry here, you know me as a dealer-friend of Tommy's from Aria. Retired in the Philippines now.😊 Having dealt many hours to Matt, I'm only two mins into the Video and your analysis of Matt is spot-on, if not even more forgiving a description. 😊😊 Andrew knows him well and is obviously willing to risk his stack with intentions of showing and tilting Matt. Which is highly profitable.

[@Battlegroundinho]

Love the format ! I wish you covered the haxton vs daut wpt hand, but there is maybe not much to say about haha. Would love to have your insight on this one 😊

[@PhilGalfond]

Good call! I sometimes worry about dipping that far back into the archives, but that was a true classic.

[@Battlegroundinho]

@@PhilGalfond Maybe you could try a fun hands classic review/analysis. I was thinking about that hand with phil laak vs scott seiver 😂. That could be so funny and nice to watch. Keep up the good work !

[@markus122piesuckers]

My favourite hand ever

[@arcadion448]

15:46 - what you can teach: "If you have 8 high, call on the turn to induce an opponent to bluff the river with 7 high". Norman Chad would say this hand has advanced poker by 50 years.

[@SuperDomHD]

phil galfond makes the best poker content on youtube hands down!

[@Uncle_Troy]

Rui and Tom have a boatload of history going back to the late Full Tilt days when Rui first started playing nosebleeds. They are also former proponents of that hyper-LAG style which has made players like them so much money during their breakout years. With that said, I really don't think there's a ton of meaningful strategy to discuss in the hand other than perceived range vs. perceived range as well as the live tells that could derive from the fact they were drinking as this hand was dealt out. Just a classic example of a very entertaining levelling war which got way further out of hand than it ever should have because both players had some liquid courage in them. I'm curious now: I think you've analyzed the Durrrr Challenge hand with "Any Two" Sam before, but have you analyzed the Durrrr Challenge hand vs. Luckexpress where they both had king high on the river and Durrrr successfully re-bluffed Luck?

[@chrisgee188]

It was actually luckexpress who rebluffed durrrr in that hand!

[@SqueezeFade]

The moment when the hands are revealed has big Leslie Chow “youuu fukka meee?!” vibes.

[@ayeshacarmody]

I just love these videos, so fun and interesting at the same time ! Bravo Phil !!

[@jopeckproductions782]

more hand reviews pleeeeease

[@PhilGalfond]

Working on it!

[@sleong]

The Robl/Kirk hand was one of the best I've seen

[@bossbear7187]

Sheesh, I had a bluff get called after he tanked for 2 minutes for $200 last week and I was sick for 3 days....i couldnt imagine these nosebleeds. These videos are fun to watch.

[@MajorCanada]

The 27 hand is a great thing to do in a small cash game with friends. Tons of fun. Few drinks, low stakes, just enjoy the bluffs and the mindgames and have a laugh. Not really my cup of tea at higher stakes :D

[@robertshawnmitchell]

It's wild in the streets! Great video, as usual. Thanks, Phil!

[@markfromct2]

Thanks Phil. Put that in your solver all you GTO pros

[@Jumpman-kb2py]

I swear Aussie Kirk is the guy they made the movie, The Gambler, off of when it comes to poker haha

[@KiiroiSenko1]

Tom vs Rui = Fuck Around vs Find Out.

[@tonyswe9463]

Exactly

[@williamfranzen8548]

Phil Galfond u are the absolute goat keep pumping out videos

[@PhilGalfond]

Thank you!

[@mmfb88]

Once matt 5 bets min robl automatically knows he can’t have AK cause AK would shove so robl knows Matt is super polarized to AA or air and given how spewy of a rep Matt has it’s much more likely he has the later. The final nail in the coffin is when Matt bets the A on the turn. If he had AA he will check a high percentage of the time to give robl some rope. Hands like A5o probably either rip turn or check not bet small. Another bluff tell by Matt is the classic small bet on turn he’s basically saying oh I still want to try and win by betting but I don’t want to risk it all which is funny cause if he just shoves turn he obviously wins. Easy for me to say when I can see the cards lol

[@r.w.221]

Rui calls with 8high until the river… never want to hear Poker is dead from anyone 🎉

[@EarlZMoade]

Because one Chinese billionaire punted a tiny fraction of his net worth?

[@NotInAsia]

Just don't understand why Rui Cao called $160k on the turn. Why not just push all-in? You have fold equity then against all Tom's bluffs? Just calling gives Tom a chance to potentially bluff the river?

[@Tyler215]

Another excellent video from a top poker channel. Focused, entertaining, and I learn something new in each video. Keep up the great work, happy holidays!

[@FriendsForFriends666]

Id say that totally gto plays at those line-ups 😂 with Matt kirk on the table I'd call with pokemon cards 😂

[@bahardin3992]

Hi Phil; Andrew is Robl and Matt is Kirk. Worth saying sometimes since graphic shows otherwise and not all viewers know them two that close. just saying....😉😁

[@mikemurphy9960]

Wtf hand at the end did I just watch. Been a fan for MANY years phil, please do a video covering Patrick antious hands, guy is a wizard like yourself

[@IceBug1337]

I love this kind of analysis. You are doing great, Phil.

[@MeleaBPoker]

Love you and all your vids. Not sure about the use of the term "street poker" though.

[@sansan1time640]

Why you never mention, that Tom is freerolling half of the games, easy to make crazy plays when you have to pay off 20-30%

[@bossbear7187]

Bruh...the best content on youtube. Keep up the grerat work. ...and thank you, I look forward to your vids

[@PhilGalfond]

Thank you so much!

[@ClamperDrew]

Idk if I believe Cao would call the river. If he was so confident Dwan had 72, then why not make the sickest check back ever?

[@borg972]

Are you sure these are some of the world's best players Phil? Perhaps not and they are just playing very high? because I see such weird hands in my low stakes games all he time 😹😹

[@fracritel]

Would’ve told the other players to shut the F up during the hand and talking about seven dues and is he going to go all in during hand with this kind of money shut the F up I do it at my casino and I’m only playing for or stakes games and I tell people to shut up there in hand no talking

[@peterhardie4151]

I love how Galfond has to explain how to balance your 7 2, 10k bounty range.

[@berdyderg900]

Rui has a 7 in his hand, out of every combo you could lose your mind with that has to be basically the worst one. Did dwan accidentally flash a card to rui or something?

[@gabrielforero9007]

He was definitely cheating

[@michaelss1294]

Rui is the top 5 best poker player in Europe back in 2010-2015.

[@overbet56]

Yea Rui is the right guy to put on the thumbnail lmao

[@4ROTATIONAL4]

Why does Robl just seem like such a tool? Is it just me? I would hate losing to him more than any other player.

[@theadventuresofslim3057]

72 is really interesting, lets say Tom only uses 4 combos of 72 to 4-bet so he has more AA/KK in his 4-bet range than 72 he has 12 72 combos to play aggressively post flop, if he has less than 24 value combos on the river and you're getting 2-1 you should call with hands beating 7 high. However Tom did give up on the river so it shows some kind of balancing Tom is doing as to not over-bluff his 72. The thing I don't like about 87 is that although it dominates 72 it blocks 1/4 of Tom's 72 bluffs so probably better to just play 2 cards higher than 7 just incase 72 flops a pair.

[@Badbentham]

And I thought, after reading the video title, that Kirk would at least pull a true Stu Unger ( not even a Robbie 😛) : You got nothing, I got high card, - I win! But especially as Robl's shove on the Ace looks indeed so completely bluffy. 🤫🙃😉

[@J6warrior]

If he called a shove on the river with 87o would that have been a cheating scandal?

[@AngryH]

This was such a cool video with the hand analysis and the hands them selves this is what poker is about love it🎉🎉

[@PhilGalfond]

Street poker is my favorite kind of poker. Glad you enjoyed it too!

[@paulpena5040]

Rui Cao is so full of it "I call you I SWEAR I call you.". Really? Then why shove on the end? Any small bet might induce a shove isn't that what you want? Or just check back 'cause you know he has 7 2. Obviously he's trying to get a stronger hand to fold he's never calling a shove.

[@mnm1273]

Shoving at the end kills off some unlikely bluffs. Rui Cao doesn't need 100% confidence to call an initial shove, and so he might want to avoid the shove on a reraise because it changes the odds in his opinion. This is all about player psychology.

[@aptand]

Phil "The fish is actually a very tricky player who isn't bad and I don't have an easy time playing against him" Galfond.

[@xaviierm9332]

idk what that rui cao call was ngl. that is disgusting. and not in a good way

[@SqueezeFade]

Robl is my favorite color on the spectrum. Brilliant.

[@MatthewCashew3]

Omg what a great KZbin channel. Thank you KZbin algorithm! You are exactly what I have been looking for! Keep it up!

[@animaroku]

If the Rui Cow hand was today, he would be blamed to be a cheater

[@SteepDescent]

hand 1 sucked because the flop bet sizing was so bad.

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

schulman's comment just prior to flop coming out showing one of the very many ways he's the best poker commentator, for sure currently.

[@justinjames7801]

Super entertaining to watch but not recommended to try at home 😂 when I first started playing again, after not playing for 10+years, I watched this kind of poker, went and tried to play like that and failed miserably 😂😂

[@loco4dogg]

Not something me as a low limit player will probably run into, unless it's a friendly home game playing 72 so there's that but entertaining as hell.

[@dr.indianajones9558]

Phil you are my favorite bisexual poker player ever.

[@MikeTython369]

Surprised Phil didn't mention how odd it was for Rui to choose 78o to do this with as he's blocking the 72o. Hmm

[@jasonbatteiger2421]

when i read the title i almost immediately thought of this hand being a part of it (certainly if this was longer and had more hands), as this hand here is well known "in the streets" hand. this was prior to seeing the picture of it clearly being this hand.

[@notjazz.]

Last hand is crazy😭 no way he woulda played like that unless he suspected dwan to have 7,2. But how tf??

[@notjazz.]

With 8 high??😭😭

[@darrellirwin8412]

Another method of thinking I can afford it, and there’s some stuff roble can see we can’t. He must have some history here to do what he did seen this hand many times

[@jackwalker9633]

Paul Newey is a rec? Guy had 5.5m career earnings, I would like to be this type of rec please :D

[@Romans8-9]

Using live earnings is not a good metric to determine if someone is a pro or not.

[@ayeshacarmody]

I just love your videos Phil :) So much fun and wonderful analysis combined

[@SteepDescent]

hand 1: no analysis on robl jamming preflop?

[@harbourdog3501]

The look on Dwan's face while he's betting/being called on the flop and turn is priceless 🤣

[@AndyUrWald]

Both Matt and Dwan fumbled their chips a bit on their respective turn barrells. I cant even imagine the pressure you must be feeling to slide out those kind of bluffs. Fascinating hands.

[@jerry.goodman]

Another awesome video. I like watching the high stakes stuff from time to time, I feel it just theater. That said, these 2 hands were Masterpiece Theater worthy!! Keep up the great work.

[@PhilGalfond]

Thank you!!

[@lucasvanbakel2334]

Love the video Phil! Really looking forward to 5-betting K6 at my next session🎉😊

[@edward6902]

that last hand was WICKED...the first one was good too the reactions of the direct participants...they all COLD VILLAINS

[@shawnli5548]

2 classic examples of Batman street poker.

[@markcummings3146]

Huge respect to the GOAT putting out top quality free poker training content right before Xmas. Love your stuff Phil.

[@chadjehebej2258]

Damn i loved this video, please sir, give me some more

[@darrellirwin8412]

The second hand is not street it’s more like ghetto

[@Love1isall]

I didn't know Matt Damon actually played hig stakes poker.

[@Mrperson662]

Tbh the call call shove against overly aggressive players who have a habit of building big pots with poor holdings is a really good counter. And also a way to torch a lot of money

[@MasterNobodyD3]

Now do a follow up of hands where it didn't work and someone totally punted it off lol

[@drdooba5432]

Matt Kirk is Vanessa Selbts with a shaved head

[@joeaquilino19]

Ba si oh I call 😂man i wish i knew what that meant 😅

[@susymay7831]

These guys think about a lot of things.

[@cronstrubzo]

keeping that part of tom dwan eating food in the end was the best decision for this video

[@kh19208]

I will definitely throw up after the 72 hand but Tom immediately went to eat

[@PhilGalfond]

😂 He’s been here before.

[@user-fi3kq9vl9w]

There is nothing that tilts me more, than to see how ROBL is talking.

[@kickdeboll]

Phil GOATfond

[@ch1mpui]

You're the teacher of my poker instructor. I love your content and have a lot of respect for you! Keep up the great work!

[@moeduh]

what about your K5 hand vs Eli Elezra on HSP? that was a pretty hood play from you, Phil! pre flop, at least...

[@joeshab123]

He already talked about that hand in one of the HSP videos he made.

[@atliola81]

Love to listen to how you think

[@willinnewhaven3285]

I've seen action like that in Draw games, Deuce and NL draw

[@Donkadocus]

Robl can see the cards

[@MageAtYou]

awesome videos

[@hungrymikepencetd5686]

Nice video :)

[@Pokerfarhang]

Very interesting hands, To be fair A is a pretty bad card for Mat

[@PhilGalfond]

Definitely. Still such a sick play!

[@berdyderg900]

Why does it matter? Couldn't the turn be a joker and it make no difference? Like he 5bet K5o he has no range construction