UNREAL POKER HANDS (Handz vs Taras)

Handz and Taras battled on Poker At The Lodge and played some of the craziest hands we've seen. Watch them here.
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[@edition-deluxe]

Great lesson on how to WASTE your big hands. This play against a fairly tight player is just so dumb. He could have gotten a pot size bet called on both of those first two hands, so we are talking about missing out on 75k.

[@cmares5858]

Handz is somehow put into the most ridiculous spots on a regular basis, its incredible.

[@StarkVandalez]

actually this is a great spot.. such an easy fold.

[@loganmarchese6171]

Bro, Taras is actually horrible. He made the wrong decision on almost every streak of every hand and just lucked out the last hand that Handz didn’t have QQ or better. He had the one hand that can make that lay down.

[@SergeantRichGolfing]

Doug,, good blast on Taras. The dude could clearly see 3 stacks of pink chips and Handz had him covered so why the hollywood question. Seriously???

[@spaMgobLiN]

Handz is a great player. Been unlucky from what I have seen but plays with a pair of balls.

[@gawdbody6710]

I can't wait for Doug's Simpsons breakdown... ohhh this is going to be GREAT!!!!

[@AwoL205]

Those firsf 2 all in shoves are horrible plays. His deuces could have easily picked up 50kish. And the QQ he could have at least bet pot and hands probably would've called

[@thavonephanthavongsa4962]

taras is a noob he wasted his hands , he should of made it pot size bet every hand he won, he would of been up atleast another 100k

[@vincentvandersanden8716]

Taraz is extremely easy to read, he plays like we play on the lower levels plays one hand at the time.

[@Joe-ul3gh]

Taras is leaving a lot of money on the table. It went check on the flop, Handz is going to call $260k when its fairly obvious that he could be holding 2 pair?

[@drogontargaryen3428]

Taras has no clue how to get max value

[@darryldai8811]

😅what is Taras doing?

[@gabrielsaboia-vo8zb]

Bad plays, win minimum cash

[@leslieomarmateo1050]

Taras isnt as good as he thinks

[@borntobeking85]

It’s an easy fold to me. The hint is he told everyone that he was in a bad spot then decided to go all in.

[@Jay-ix3mp]

Taras has the thinnest skin

[@Jay-ix3mp]

4:33 holy pretentious

[@PhilHermouth]

Handz has some bad karma or something! This is ridiculous at this point!

[@sandman9861]

easy tell, could u make it less obvious that u had a monster?

[@turbohayabusa01]

So from the second to last hand to the last hand did Taras pull money off the table or did he lose 400k?

[@vlada_janjanin]

you can see the hand number, they weren't in order. the lodge shows the hands in random order which i find horrible.

[@khaclongutc]

why he all in? bet can help him to get more chips? @@

[@vincentvandersanden8716]

Maybe Handz should have shoved the 99 on the river into KK to get some folds

[@vlada_janjanin]

lmao

[@daria_morgandorffer5768]

I’ll never understand people who take so long to make a decision.

[@daria_morgandorffer5768]

Once someone is all in I understand why you should take time, but the people who tank just to do it make the game suck.

[@edition-deluxe]

You have probably never played with hundreds of thousands of dollars in front of you either??!

[@daria_morgandorffer5768]

@@edition-deluxe no I never have, the most I’ve ever had on the table was about 1100$ after a really good session of 1 2. But I am speaking from experience of people tanking in the small games I play in. With this much money on the line I understand but not with a few hundred dollars.

[@RaviG95]

Wow, i was mistaken, i thought Efan was by far the worst poker player to play on steam. But now, im having second thoughts, Taras is tied with with him on that. No skill from either of them and cringy af to watch play.

[@edition-deluxe]

I disagree, those huge overbets probably get called against players who are not as tight. Like Doug or Brad or Bill Perkins.

[@ajhieb]

@@edition-deluxe But he didn't make those huge overbets against Doug or Brad or Bill Perkins. He made them against Handz, and they were both terrible plays given who they were against. Taras is garbage.

[@edition-deluxe]

@@ajhieb One more piece of Meta you are not analyzing. Two days before Rampage bluffed Handz with a huge river all in then showed it at Hustler Casino. Hippie dude must've known this and was trying to exploit that. Anyway, I'd never make that play, I personally like getting paid on my big hands. There is something to be said about not always doing the 'right' thing.

[@Jay-ix3mp]

11:13 taras should have led the turn

[@StarkVandalez]

100%. as soon as the flop checks back.. and the ace comes.. he should be trying to rep a weak Ace.

[@DTR1LL]

Handz should be renamed to Foldz 😂

[@alba4life122192]

He folds correctly and you put salt in the wound. You…are…pathetic.