INSANE READ By Mariano!!!!!!!!

Vlogger-on-vlogger action took place on the Hustler Casino Live stream as Mariano faced off against China’s Eric Poker. Mariano was left with just bottom pair on the river and faced a huge pot-sized bet from Eric. Could Mariano decipher this creative bluff, or would Eric maneuver his way to victory in front of thousands of his and Mariano’s fans watching at home?
When an opponent overbets on the turn, they will usually be highly polarized, either holding a very strong made hand, a strong combo draw, or complete air. Raising these bets out of position is not often a good idea. A raise will typically only succeed in folding out the bluffs in their range. These are the types of hands that you want to keep betting when you have value. It will also keep in the strongest parts of their range which may already have you crushed or a lot of outs to improve by the river.
Mariano Grandoli, or Mariano as he is more commonly known as is an American professional poker player born in Argentina. He regularly features on the Hustler Casino Live stream but has started to make more of an appearance on The Lodge Card Club stream. He also has a popular poker KZbin channel with over 157,000 subscribers. Since 2021 he has won over $900,000 from live streamed cash games, he is yet to make a name for himself on the poker tournament circuit as he primarily focuses on cash games.
Eric is a professional poker player from China, he has a poker KZbin channel with over 40,000 subscribers. The commentator mentions at the start of the stream that the chat has mainly tuned in to see Eric play. This was his first time playing on a tracked live streamed cash game.
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🔍 Preflop:
Eric Poker limps in from under-the-gun+1 with T7o. Mariano Poker raises to $400 with Q6 of spades from the hijack. After the cutoff, button, and blinds fold, Eric makes the call, and they head to the flop.
💸 Flop - Jd 9s 6h:
Eric checks after flopping a gutshot straight draw on the jack-high rainbow board. Mariano flops bottom pair, a backdoor flush draw, a backdoor straight draw, and also has an overcard. He fires out a continuation bet of $300 and Eric calls.
💣 Turn - Kd:
The K of diamonds on the turn introduces a backdoor flush draw and brings in a possible straight. Eric has now improved to a double-gutter. He checks and Mariano fires an overbet of $2,400 with bottom pair and his own gutshot straight draw. Eric check-raises to $6,500 with his draw and ten-blocker to the nuts. Mariano calls and they head to the river.
🌊 River - 3d:
The backdoor flush draw arrives on the 3 of diamonds river. Eric misses his draw but does have a flush blocker and straight blocker. He fires a bet of $15,000 for just over pot. Mariano only has bottom pair and a straight blocker himself. Can the popular poker vlogger figure this bluff out? Stay tuned to this entire poker 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!
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[@PokerCoaching]

Do YOU prefer to watch cash game/tournament poker vlogs? 🤯

[@kingfloppyballs7083]

I prefer to watch cash games and it is not even close. I find the 30 second tanks before each action in tournaments insufferable and it irritates me so much I almost can't watch tourney play anymore.

[@Frankie_apollo1717]

Tornaments

[@BigHeartBraveSchlong]

CASH

[@SirGwl]

Tournaments

[@joeby2332]

Cash

[@BrickConway]

I just appreciate your grind, Master Little, on all levels. For the first time, today, I saw that you had audio books. Naturally. Always a pleasure to watch you break it down.

[@Jerry_Rose397]

I think Mariano smelled blood in the water when he asked Eric about his chip count lol! Mariano is DA MAN!!!!

[@matteo-cu8uv]

He was very nervous in his reply

[@BrettMKW]

Nice to see a little bit of etiquette with Mariano showing first, you usually don't get that anymore.

[@austinhartwell4197]

He told him he’s good. In this caliber of game they don’t slow roll especially when you’re hero calling with bottom pair and get told you’re good

[@piggy4651]

new video idea: what to do with marginal draws out of position. like what to do with KT on a AQ9 board out of position facing a bet. Can u talk about combos to bluff with, position, implied odds, fold equity needed to bluff, etc etc... THANKS

[@loucap81]

It’s a very impressive call, no doubt, and it shows that Mariano is a perceptive, thinking player. Just bear in mind though that 1) the nit game is on and Eric doesn’t have a button yet, and 2) these guys play with each other a good amount. We don’t know how wild Eric had been playing that night or in the past, but I would imagine Mariano has seen him get out of line before.

[@jadenspeiser3221]

This was the first time Eric was playing on steam I’m not mistaken

[@kennyyuen1600]

Calm down

[@jacobgoldman5780]

Does Q6 even beat all bluffs though? I'd also worry about losing to something like T9 ocassionally.

[@60gsBabyyy]

Pure Ivey move to ask a question deep in the tankb

[@wadnerpericles1553]

Use to be Rampage but after I started really understand poker I like watching Mariano

[@Blase21]

Great video as always! One note, the Mar- in Mariano is pronounced like March, not Mary. :)

[@604pvan]

Think Mariano put him on Ace Diamond and 10x. Would love to hear Marianos analysis.

[@iamamish]

If I'm ever playing for pots of this size, and I make a pot sized bet on the river and my opponent calls me with 4th pair, you can bet that I'm going to be carefully studying the hand to see how Mariano got onto me. I think it is the turn raise - not enough value. The only bluff that came in was the diamond craw, and as JL pointed out a lot of players won't bluff at frequency with hands like that, as they'll be afraid of getting blown off their equity. They'd rather see a cheap river.

[@vincenzod9431]

He had a massive body read on my man here.

[@conorm2524]

​@@vincenzod9431What was the read?

[@TriviaKing-o3l]

I thought his name was Mariano. Is it Merryiano?

[@charlestai5320]

You're right

[@J-Bags]

The Mario edit 😂

[@kayanhashemi7419]

I personally want to know if Johnathan himself would have made that call or not. I gotta respect both players for this play, it was tough & high level play.

[@alexandruion7660]

Eric's raise sizzling on the turn gave it away. Small raise on such a wet connected board doesn't make sense unless he has QTd. Mariano is top lvl pro and soul read him. Also river sizz is mega suss

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

“…I’ve been told it’s Argen-Tine” 😂

[@Rottenfish18]

Argentinese

[@bobbywheeler5590]

I like the call. Without knowing the result, when the river came out, I thought Eric should around 20k(maybe not so round in number)+. There’s much more to think about considering turn barrels that Mariano could have that simply call pot sized rivers. Eric having the straight blocker with the 10 and a flush blocker the 7 is fun and all, but AJ, AK, , KT, KQ, and a couple other pair combos that include flush blockers may find a call “when it’s close”. I think the 1.5x+ pot bets has a more balanced approach in getting the folds you want and then also getting calls from stronger hands when you have the nuts.

[@bobbywheeler5590]

I mean, I like the call SOMETIMES 😂

[@paulmoore7964]

HCL standup game works the other way round, mariano already has his button to show he has won a hand, he is jumping on the fact that the limper needs a button

[@tasoskotsaris6899]

Insane …Donkey ….you mean ….!😂🤣

[@Antzzz_Manzzz]

Sick call

[@thefitnessgrampacertest247]

Marryano

[@StuartFerguson55]

Wait what?!? Now you say that if you take this line and bet all-in on the river your going to get snapped off by two pair every time? Over 3x pot river jams on a board with possible straights and flushes getting snapped off by two pair every time? What games are you playing in?

[@26bisket50]

The best players have a part of their brain that tell them when they are good or not. Until you activate that you will never be a part of the one percent elite in poker

[@Jesus4eternityKJV]

jonathan do you dismiss mariano raising the river as a play? he could call and see a over pair bluff from opponent scoop him .. I dont like the call I think as a play against his range over play hand..what do i know im a 35 yr low limit wiiner nothing more..peace

[@IzCreamz]

raising all in on the river doesnt get called by worse, you're essentially only going to get called by hands better than you

[@westsidecourtesy9949]

The pre-flop pot amount was the exact same size as my last check lol…. I’m not alright 😢

[@Ufkatuale]

That Eric looks at his cards after river was a diamond is a clear tell that he has not a flush

[@bartink]

Or he has the flush and wants to get called.

[@Matzes]

I wonder if you would check your cards again if you had a flush

[@alexj2869]

i think they can hear the commentaters

[@kennyyuen1600]

He's better than rampage

[@Matzes]

Mariano is a legit good player

[@chalachin4452]

Eric did what rampage/airball move.

[@Womenandwine]

I think deep you actually raise small. I could be mistaken though.

[@StuartFerguson55]

You overbet turn and your opponent raises you and you think players are never going to fold a pair and an gutshot?

[@griffin_kith6214]

I think you need to realize deepstack or not poker is played liker poker after 5/10 or good player 2/5. A lot of these players are stuck and not deepstacked its just a higher stakes game, they're still down tens of thousands and somewhat trying to lock up the leads they have

[@jtaquazthegoat7173]

Hungry horse poker is my favorite cash game player recently

[@J-Bags]

Exploitative play is key

[@tate9611]

It's gotta be Adrian Peterson or Neymar Jr.

[@Rubbercarpet]

Why are you commenting everyone else’s games when there’s already a commentator? Why don’t you play and we’ll comment your play…..playboy

[@Dr.Magical]

he does that quite frequently! what he does in this video is called creating content. hope this helps.

[@kristianstenerson2608]

the commentators on Hustler are absolute fish compared to JLittle, who has remained relevant in mid-highstakes and won MILLIONS. You'd rather listen to Nick Vertucci? XD

[@gmeenew12345]

not saying it played a role and have no idea of their history, but playing with your cards like you hate them before raising just seems really dumb, you could almost see the wheels turning in his head of i should fold, oh wait no ill raise

[@stevenalper3890]

phil ivey would have been proud

[@gmeenew12345]

wiki says argentiine lmao

[@qsdailydose8970]

Cash game

[@TomRauhe]

Voice is super shaky and depressed hearing that question. Call. You're thinking too GTO, Jonathan. This is live poker. This was a clear live tell.

[@Frankie_apollo1717]

Great hand

[@zaidal-zobaidi7206]

Mariano is my favorite player.

[@joey4523]

Wolfgang is pretty fun to watch

[@OhSheaPoker]

no

[@samanthafernandaz1918]

Not a tough call. There is a physical serious tell. Go see the video again

[@danradke98275]

Absolute dunce comment

[@Ihave10billionsubs]

But Mariano didn't seem to notice that tell, and if he didn't it's a very, very tough call. I wouldn't do it and I can tell you 95% of poker players wouldn't.

[@iamamish]

there may be some tells but "not a tough call"? You should go on the show and clean up!

[@nickelodeann]

Me when I watch rounders once

[@samanthafernandaz1918]

​@@iamamish its because u play by logic. I play by tells only. If u play with me u know. I fold if i feel u are too strong and call if i feel u are too weak. I dont have any logic

[@untouchable360x]

Easy read. Mariano "blocks" KQ, QT and QJ.

[@vincenzod9431]

Easy read? Maybe in 1 cent 2 cent

[@JS-tm1gq]

doesnt block a frush

[@jamesmurray1982]

The lean in was a sign of weakness

[@Propaniac491]

It’s definitely Agrentinian (teenian)

[@filmplayer333]

Mariano is bad... that was a BAD call. Not because he got it right ONE time people should give him credit. He will lose more in the long run making this calls. like come on lol

[@qqqniyouqian]

He also admitted it in his video

[@welcometoukraine3839]

He needs to be good 34% of the time to break even in a long run

[@Kektamusprime]

how is he bad? hes been a winning player for a few years now i think last year he made like $800k

[@zacharyberry1478]

He’s bad? Then my god you gotta be the biggest whale on earth. Have you had 1% of the money he’s made ? Let’s be honest pal

[@filmplayer333]

@@zacharyberry1478 Aww we got a groupie how cute. People like you are the ones that Mariano can piss in a cup and you would happily drink it 😂 your reasoning on your message makes no sense. Nothing about my opinion expressed my level of game for you to say with no sense if im a whale lol. Im a profitable player that doesn’t need to show case how much money I make or show/share my level of thinking at the table that most people do. I dont need to show my plays and huge pots to gain fanboys admirers like you. But if you do your research you will see the punts and crazy -EV plays he has. People sometimes get to higher stakes only because who they know and not because what they have earned. I dont know him personally. I dont care to know him. I have played with him shortly. Thats all i can say. My opinion is based on what I have seen in videos and experienced myself. And if he is putting himself out there in front cameras and KZbin videos that people can express their OWN opinion then “get out of the kitchen if you cant handle the heat” we don’t have to agree. We just have different opinions. People glorify players base on one call that went right instead of really making sense of it all. Of course we when you call and you are right you look like a god but when wrong you look like fish. This hand! Not because he won means he played it right. Even in the short run that is -EV Best of luck to you.

[@robert2375]

Not sure why announcer thinks Eric played this hand well. The river bet makes no sense.

[@andrewthomas1400]

The flush got there bro 😂- the most obvious check raise bluff on turn. I think sizing should’ve been a little less but it certainly wasn’t a bad play.

[@luuisefonzi6943]

am i first

[@Btrrdoubleor0]

I suggest every single player avoid playing with Mariano on HCL live. I been comparing his play style between HCL and Lounge. I highly doubt that HCL and M has some dirty secrets lying deep down there.

[@SiiiiNiCiiiii]

Dude ur pretty annoying lol