WHAT Is He DOING???? [HUGE Blunder!]

Have you ever made a mistake at the poker table that haunted you forever? Well, I doubt that mistake cost you over $100,000! In this poker hand from the Hustler Casino live stream, J.R. and Hanks found themselves in a massive all-in pot preflop, and Hanks made an outrageous mistake that you will not believe!
Generally, when there is significant preflop action in front of you, like an early position open and a 3-bet, and you are holding a medium pocket pair, you must be very selective with your 4-bet all-in range. Even if you think the opener is loose, the 3-bettor will generally be strong and will only call you when you are crushed, so folding could be the better option.
Hustler Casino Live is a full-scale, high-value poker production. Close to a million dollars was spent transforming the casino’s high-limit poker room, the Crystal Room, into the set of this new state-of-the-art live show. Hustler Casino Live looks more like coverage of a TV broadcast sporting event and appeals to those beyond the poker community. Unscripted and unedited, they host regular poker streams such as ‘Max Pain Monday’ and ‘Thirsty Thursday’. Some of the most notable poker players to have appeared on the show are Phil Ivey ‘The Tiger Woods of Poker’ ‘RaiseOnce’, Tom Dwan ’durrrr’, Phil Hellmuth ‘The Poker Brat’, Chris Moneymaker, Doug Polk ‘WCGRider, Garrett Adelstein ‘Gman’, Tony Guoga ‘Tony G’ and many more.
This 24-hour poker stream took place on 1st December 2023 and aimed to be the first-ever 24-hour cash game live stream. Blinds started at $100/$200 with a $200 big blind ante but with straddles. Action was driven and stakes were raised with popular formats such as the stand-up game and the 72o game being played throughout the stream. This high stakes poker game featured players such as J.R., Matt Hanks, Nik Airball, Alan Keating, Brandon Stevens, Charles Yu, Professor, Andy Tsai ‘Andy Stacks’, Sashimi, Santosh Suvarna, Jboogs, Jibrael, Stanley Tang, Pennzoil Don, Pepe, and Mo.
No player played poker for the entire 24 hours, but Hanks played for the most at 19 hours, then Alan Keating with 16.5 hours closely followed by Nik Airball with 15.5 hours.
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Charles raises to $6,000 from the hijack with A5o and faces a 3-bet to $18,000 by J.R. in the cutoff with pocket tens. Next to act on the button is Hanks who chooses to 4-bet rip his entire stack of $110,200 all-in with pocket nines. After the blinds and Charles fold, J.R. makes the call. The two high-stakes cash game poker players agree to run the board out twice, and what happens after the runouts will make your jaw drop.
You would be crazy to miss the outcome of this hand, so watch the entire poker video now!
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!
You will also find many poker hands on this channel that contain some of the biggest names in the poker world such as; Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doug Polk, Garrett Adelstein, Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Fedor Holz & many more!
#pokerstrategy #hustlercasinolive #highstakespoker

[@PokerCoaching]

What is the biggest mistake YOU have made at the poker table? 🤯

[@jeffshackleford3152]

Didn't fold pre...

[@mrjsuasap2]

Thought I hap pocket 4s… Thought I flopped a set…. Got stacked with A/4

[@ianshirreffs5604]

I made a huge ICM mistake in a tournament I played on Sunday (day 2 FT). I beat myself up for a couple of days, but I'm good now.

[@7207238]

Yesterday I played a home tournment, with no deallers, sitting about 35bb deep I got A9o in the big blind after I saw everybody folded I just tuened over the ace thinking I got a walk, and went to take down the dead chips, when somebody suddenly said "hey there's a raise over there" looking to my left I saw the utg+1 actually with cards and raising chips in front of her... the players at the table thought that since I showed 1 of my cards with the intention to fold, then it should be a fold, but I called the home owner who decided that I can play this hand with the open card, of course I called the raise 2.4bb, and the flop came 9 high, she cbet 1.7bb into 6.3 I raised her to 4bb with my top top, and she called. turn a Q and I continue with 7bb bet she minraised me to 14bb I could't fold for this price, another 9 on the river and I put the rest of my chips in, she quickly called (probably with an over pair) and I got a double up despite my mistake preflop..

[@claudepapillon]

I folded a straight

[@javiponch8093]

nope, you muck em you lose it.

[@supersmoo7377]

Does anyone know if JR gave Hanks some of the money back for his mistake?

[@chrisholland8226]

No for two reasons, 1. it is always your responsibility to table your hand, 2 we have seen on every live stream, the RFID readers show incorrect cards so even with what we "saw" we don't know 100% that the reader was correct.

[@Fatpigkenny]

In general, you muck, you lose. In this particular spot, even more so since they went all in, JR shows and Hanks refused to show. Which in my opinion is just very bad etiquette.

[@brianfloyd2279]

I came here to say the same.

[@jeffshackleford3152]

Yes, but I don't think Hanks would lie. Let's be honest here, Tom Hanks will not be remembered for his skill at the poker table, so probably better to keep him playing long term.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Not really some people think its bad luck to show.

[@OfferMeMoney]

2 minutes in and the guy burnt >$100k. He’s really falling off.

[@Fatpigkenny]

@@lloydchristmas1086 now that’s the definition of irony

[@nouser129]

No. He mucked his hand.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

He really didnt...they never hit the muck. The dealer grabbed em.

[@Stoicmind89]

@@lloydchristmas1086 lol he pushed his cards forward face down. The dealer did her job. Completely his fault. When will players learn to table their hand. Lmao what a donk

[@brianpotter2812]

WOW! ALWAYS turn over your hand at the end just to be sure and let the dealer figure it out.

[@omerlavian5120]

This makes me feel better 😂! I often feel bad bc when I play live I'm always worried I don't see what my hand is. Glad to hear even the best make that mistake and that I watched this video!!

[@Australian_Made]

I was sitting next to a good buddy who had a Full-House on the turn, and he KNEW he had a FH. He put it all-in on the turn & got called. After the river was reveiled, the opponent flipped over and showed a FLUSH which got there only ON the River. My buddy said, oh, you got there, and mucked his OWN Full-Hand, FACE-DOWN to the dealer. When the Dealer dragged in my buddy's Hole-Cards, I had to sit there and KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT, until the Dealer finished the business awarding the pot. ONLY THEN was it proper to speak up. I had seen his Hole-Cards, and said, "'why did you muck the Full-Boat?'" He said, "'I thought a Flush beats a Book, for some stupid reason.'" YES, under pressure with ALL YOUR FUNDS in the middle, you can make STUPID mistakes. ALWAYS table your hand just in case your judgement is offf for some stupid reason.

[@nosteinnogate7305]

All-in with 99 after a 3-bet seems like information worth concealing.

[@NefariousMinds]

Could be beneficial for future streets as well though

[@joshuapatrick682]

I promise it doesn’t give you an edge that can make up for a 6 figure downswing though.

[@ianshirreffs5604]

I mean, if you muck, it's over. There's no intervention at that point. Phil Ivey mucked a flush at the WSOP ME because he didn't double-check his cards. Sorry, Hanks.

[@jack42011]

Bummer but the commentators should not be involved. He failed to table. End of the matter

[@nomaddamon670]

hanks had been playing for quite some time by this point. this was corrected afterwards.

[@jadkins69]

No. Those readers mess up all the time. I wouldn't give him half.

[@thelazydeuce4953]

I recently played a hand where I had AQ, flopped Ace, bet flop and turn and opponent called, board paired a 7 on river and I checked it to the opponent who bet small and I called, she said “I just have a deuce”. I heard, “I have seven deuce” Annoyed at what I thought I heard, I mucked the winning hand for a sizable pot. HUGE BLUNDER were the words I kept hearing in J Littles Voice in my head. I’ve had a tough time letting this one go.

[@NeuroticNOOB]

That's a huge leak if you muck your hand when someone claims to have a better one at showdown... let them show first, they did the last action

[@MrAgmoore]

I don’t even play live and I know that people do fake call ☎️ outs

[@MrAgmoore]

Like… just Google “will kassouf wsop” - dude was a lawyer, later caught in another tournament stealing chips.

[@kdub9918]

I can’t lie Ive done this before not at these stakes but when it comes runner runner to a one card flush for or it makes a straight if you focus too much on certain cards coming like Hanks was thinking an 8 beats him then sees an 8 but doesn’t register it’s a club he just thinks damn my set lost it’s weird but it happens,crazy it happened for 100k. Always look back at you hand when a 4 flush gets there

[@MaydayAggro]

Another reason I ALWAYS turn my hand up as soon as the action is finished during an all-in situation. I guess I should just be happy when people keep their hands face down from now on!

[@conradburdekin722]

I played my first ever casino poker tournament last week. In the small blind I said call and put in the value of the big blind. What I’d not noticed is early position had already shoved. Floor was called and I had to put in chips to call the shove. I had 83 off. Bb was chip leader. ‘Sorry’ he said, before re-shoving. Obviously I couldn’t call 😔. Lesson learned

[@pokerqAK47]

No, I don’t always know, but I always check a few times. People even ask if I forgot what I had but idc 😆

[@danielfay8963]

Every stake you play you always have to read your own hand (unless your opponent is nice enough to do it for you). If he mucks it, its a loss no matter what. To add to that, he kept his hand hidden when his opponent showed (and asked to run it twice after seeing his opponents hand), which is not the best etiquette imo

[@shikeridoo]

I had a worse spot ( not monetarily). Tabled my hand in a streamed PLO game. The floor came over so him and the dealer dealt with the pot, I didn't pay attention. They split the pot. A month later a buddy texts me and says hey, did you see what they did to you? The floor effed up, the dealer didn't say anything, and the whole table of which a few were seasoned pros kept their mouth shut. 15-20k € pot that was. The video is probably still online.

[@berniemcginley3616]

At some time in our poker "careers", MOST of us have misread our hand, AT LEAST ONCE!!! After watching a BRUTAL situation (guy next to me mucked the winner), I've always turned my hand over.... the cards speak for themselves. Unless, of course, it's OBVIOUS I've lost (4/5 hearts, the board is 5 BLACK cards above an 8, with no str8 , or flush, on the board)

[@rickwelch8464]

What a nightmare. I did this once in an obviously smaller pot, but a big one for that game way back then. I had KJ suited and two pair BUT also a straight draw. I kind of knew I needed the straight draw, or I felt like I did. We got all the money in, he called my jam and showed me bottom set so in my head I was like "c'mon NINE!" J comes off on the river and for whatever reason I muck my cards immediately. I was so looking for the A or the 9 that I didn't even clock that a J did the trick too. 700 bucks gone. Face palm

[@BESH_the_great]

Absolutely brutal but no one saw the cards and the dealer didn’t know either so you lose bud. Gotta stay aware

[@TSeries502]

What is the point of running it twice, run it 3 times if you are there to gamble and make money. Its like playing red or black and praying the dealer gives your bet back before he spins the wheel, absolutely pointless

[@willlinke2849]

No the booth stays in the booth cause the rules are procedurally clear about that exact circumstance

[@mrmacross]

Heh, I watch poker clips on KZbin, but it's not like I know a lot of these players. I only know of Hanks from the clip of winning a hand against Eric Persson who didn't know there was a flush draw on the full board and exposed a king to hide his straight. So now the only two hands I've ever seen Hanks play involve a player not realizing a flush was made.

[@W84IT]

One player per hand. No change to outcome.

[@jamesdemler7364]

Strange since the flop came out all clubs---doesn't everyone then check their suites than? very very strange.

[@NefariousMinds]

Always, always, always table your hand, no matter how embarrassing it might be.

[@CribNotes]

I mucked a BIG chop one time. This type of mistake can happen when you've already resigned yourself to losing the hand. Remember Ivey mucking his winning flush in the Main Event? I don't like to show my cards, but now I take my time before mucking. Last week I I shoved with pocket tens and thought for sure I was toast looking at the run out. My opponent showed an ace high flush. Before mucking my cards, I checked one last time and saw I made a straight flush on the river!

[@chefmikeankh6434]

I always turn hand over when I go all in.

[@hoodwiser7652]

Doing this at these stakes is absolute madness.

[@ocalaballa]

This almost happened to me once. I never muck my hand but once I shoved with 44 lol and my opponent called with AQ and an Ace and Queen came on the flop and I almost mucked but I disgustingly showed, and I ended up making a flush that I didn't even notice.

[@oneone_isme]

that's why we should turn over our cards after shoving ,sad for Hanks:(

[@bojanpusica8388]

Always hated guys who went all in, get called and then don’t show, deserved to lose

[@monologgue]

I’ve won big pots that i thought i lost because i flipped my cards over. That was w a 3k stack. I would never risk it for that much money. Just show!

[@terracottapie]

The commentators shouldn't interfere on the spot on their own, but I do think, because this is such a special situation (a popular stream), there should be some pre-game conversation on this, and the producers and the players should all agree on what to do in such a situation. If all the players don't mind, then the commentators can say something.

[@urbrt2653]

I hate that on this stream they don't turn over their cards esp during runouts unless they are sure they won. If you were called show it man.

[@NIKKIPE1]

No

[@Alexandertygreat]

This is exactly why you always open your hand when allin.

[@jimmullin1958]

no way!

[@cmc0605]

I agree with JL that the commentators are not obligated to "correct" a decision, though if I was J.R. after the stream I'd give half the pot back (not that he needs to of course). The tricky thing here is it seems that there's a non-zero chance that the RFID reader is wrong. I know it's slim, but if you can't go to the cameras, then you can't really prove that you had the 9c.

[@markrabel6281]

Not paying attention. Wow

[@drjitters]

No.

[@KenpachiPoker]

They're on delay. Nothing can do

[@willlinke2849]

Dude? What?

[@andreathomas4579]

No, they should not get involved. We have seen numerous player gaffes and they simply cannot get in after the fact.

[@robmckrill3134]

100% NO, He mucked his hand

[@Kingsfool]

What would Bart Hanson say about this situation?

[@MrAgmoore]

There’s an interesting discussion on Crush Live Poker where a new player shows his hand by having the cards in the palms of his hand 🤚 ✋ “Poker Table Ethics: When to Speak Up for New Poker Players."

[@MaydayAggro]

I think he may have realized afterwards. He turned bright red after sitting there for a minute and looked very uncomfortable.

[@C-Gan1970]

Tom Hanks son.... Spittin image

[@joshjosh1780]

No he mucked them dead hand, and yes I do miss what I actually have sometimes, but! I always ALWAYS show my cards once its decided how many times we are gonna run it, for this exact reason, this actually happened last night, in a PLO hand I had J/10/3/3 and I was looking for the straight on the flop, 6/8/9 the and 8 and 9 were hearts, Turn 6 of hearts, villain goes all in, I call because I'm a donk and I table my hand face up, river... 6. Villain has J/10/Qh/Ah suited for a Ace high flush on the turn... I said "nice hand", but thankfully the player next to me stopped the dealer as he was pushing the chips to the villain, and wiggled my 3/3 on the table and saved my hand!

[@skippinhippo]

hopefully the commentary is on a delay, so whatever happened at the table stands

[@deinheld4686]

If you muck, you muck

[@C-Gan1970]

Spitfin image.... Tom Hanks son.

[@joshuapatrick682]

It is your personal duty to keep track of your hands. I always table my hand in all in pots for this reason, sure it might help giving away information but it can help avoid costing you six figures.

[@UncleJoeLITE]

It would be too complicated involving the team. He mucked that pot, but to be fair, imho he mis-read his hand.

[@tanthony298]

Its your responsibility to show your cards JR can give him a rebate or full refund out of the kindness of his heart but is in no way obligated to give him a dollar back

[@beatingu8347]

I’m an online player. When I play live there have been multiple times when a straight is revealed and I’m questioning it. Takes me a moment longer to see it. Doing everything online I think I’ve gotten dumber.

[@mfv533]

My first time in the casino, I only showed one card which was top pair so i would have won the pot, but instead I forfitted the pot bc only showing one card is mucking your hand. A lesson I will never forget.

[@user-vc1bw9mg7h]

Showing one card is not mucking your hand. They will make you show both cards. You probably mucked the second card yourself and they forfeited your hand

[@mfv533]

@@user-vc1bw9mg7h yeah thats probably what happened. It was just a rookie mistake

[@terracottapie]

I would understand if the guy missed the fact that he had a one-card flush, but the NINE HIT THE BOARD TOO! How do you not realize you won at that point?

[@MrAgmoore]

The river gave pocket 10’s the straight on the river. Hanks saw the magnitude of the river but neglected the suit. There’s a Phil Ivey tournament hand where he did the same thing with pocket 8

[@jasonwimmer71]

Nope. Gotta protect yourself. All he had to do was table his hand... pretty basic fundamental rule..

[@untouchable360x]

Both overplayed their hands.

[@tillermax2874]

no

[@rodb.5801]

Clearly no

[@chefmikeankh6434]

You muck you lose

[@chriskoshinski]

That's the dumbest poker question ever asked....

[@jtg2525]

oops

[@xxpierrot]

doesn't matter. he should have a couple million in the bank

[@brad9284]

He mucked .... he's outta luck 😂 that's why you should table your hand 👌

[@veekay3158]

No, poker is an individual game of skill. One of the skills is reading your hand.

[@GodofDisco]

Tell him after the game is over as a personal favor far away from the exact moment so he knows he blundered so he can be more perceptive in the future but do NOT get involved in the pot or mention it now, he mucked his hand so he loses.

[@loudmouthjason5177]

no just happen to rampage too

[@kennethchia4194]

PLAYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN HANDS. Always. Just table your hand!

[@newstandardaccount]

YIKES

[@edwardjackson9871]

Are the names not showing correctly? Isn’t it JR who mucked his hand of the pocket 10s?

[@BibinVenugopal]

No, 99 mucked. They ran twice 99 won first round(he did not see it), 10s won second round. 99 would have got half pot if he showed his hand

[@MrAgmoore]

No basically Hanks was down a tonne that week / month. It was affecting his head / game. This hand was after the million $ buy-in vs. Alan Keating ( maybe a few months after the Robbie hand ).

[@MrAgmoore]

JR had a twitter account, so you can see his pic

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

Noooooo, definitely not.

[@pokerqAK47]

People made such mistakes vs me lol. I’m just not embarrassed to turn it over

[@loco4dogg]

Should have just turned them up preflop.

[@justinkauffman731]

I like calling if he has $150k (minimum ) possible to win. I agree, this is a fold for the best play

[@Ggoodlad1]

Hell no - they have no business covering for his mistake. Ask Phil Ivey.....😖

[@C-Gan1970]

%100 Absolutely not

[@OfferMeMoney]

I selected “no” and all that happened was an option to pause the video.

[@Chalks38]

Isn’t it just 50 deep with a 2k straddle ?

[@Mindswamp]

No. It is the players responsibility to play his cards.

[@dullatron]

Everyone saying he mucks he loses is correct, but Hanks refusing to show his hand after his opponent did preflop threw any further sympathy I might have had out the window.

[@LouisTorrespoker]

Dont think they can or should. The cards aren't table face up so they can't.

[@ClamperDrew]

Hell no...if the game has any integrity, the commentators should be watching a delayed feed which would make it a moot point to say anything.

[@zeptime3473]

Doesn’t matter what we think. He mucked it!

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

I dont like these BB antes, whats the difference between $1k/$1k + $1k BB ante and $1k/$2k? No difference I can see . With bb ante stacks of $100k are seen as 100 bigs, when in fact its really 50. Whats the difference? its still 1/2k but now yr not calculating pots as 2k bb, does that not mess up the solvers with pot odds etc?

[@JollyRogerProductions]

No, it was not a properly tabled hand. They are not players in the game, they should never intervene

[@marksimpson2321]

I thought Hanks had turned his hand over then mucked.. but he didn't. In my opinion, Hanks should have turned it up.

[@valiuxas]

I bet they made an agreement to return Hank the half pot which he deserved.

[@markcummings3146]

He's mucked his hand can't do anything now.

[@lifeiswonderful22]

I play poker for blood. I show no kindness here, and I expect nobody to show me that kindness.

[@mikec200]

Absolutely not. Ask Phil Ivey about mucking a winning flush

[@StandAndStare]

It was a 55BB jam, still probably a fold. No one should see the cards live (only on a delay) so commentators shouldn't be able to say anything. This is further case in point that no one not in the hand should talk about the action AT ALL. If someone had mentioned the four liner to the flush it could have cost JR 100k.

[@nyregrus]

You're all in, just show ffs

[@ckookiemonster]

No. What if the reader was wrong

[@Ryans_awesome_gaming]

He mucked it