While the action on most of the popular live streams was relatively mild last week, Triton Poker brought us a legendary heads-up match worth a total of $20 million, which saw Patrik Antonius play quite a few interesting hands against Ossi Ketola, the high-stakes poker end boss.
The other poker live streams brought casino live action of their own, as HCL put together a few fun groups for the weekly high-stakes games, and Poker at the Lodge continued its programming with a series of mid-stakes games featuring characters like Correy Eyring.
If you didn’t quite have the time to watch the tens of hours of live action brought to us last week, here is a quick recap of a few of the most interesting hands we saw play out.
Patrik Antonius Folds a Monster
Last week brought us the biggest live-streamed heads-up match of all time, as Patrik Antonius took on Ossi “Monarch” Ketola in a $10 million match, hosted by Triton Poker.
The match was very fun to watch as the two players both made moves, as both were very comfortable playing for high stakes, which led to a few very interesting hands.
One of the most interesting hands of the match saw Patrik make a massive fold in a heads-up match, as he recognized his opponent’s strength and was able to get away from a monster.
The hand started with blinds at an incredible $50k/$100k. Patrik limped in with K♦9♠, Ossi raised to $350k with his Q♥9♥, and Patrik came along for the ride.
The flop brought Q♠J♥8♥, giving Ossi both a made hand and a strong draw, while Antonius was left with just a gutshot.
Ossi checked his option, and Patrik put in a small teaser bet of $175k, which Ketola raised to $525k, looking to extract some value. Patrik made the call, potentially looking to make some moves on the later streets, and the two moved on to the turn.
The turn card was the 10♥, the ultimate action card that improved both players to the hand they were hoping for.
Ossi checked once again, and Patrik value-bet $625k this time around. Once again, Ossi check-raised his opponent, this time making it $1.6 million to go.
Antonius had to make a call with a straight, and when the river brought the 3♣, most viewers expected the match to end right then and there.
Holding a straight flush, the ultimate nuts, Monarch moved all-in for Patrik’s remaining $4.1 million, putting the Finn to the test for it all.
Incredibly, Antonius somehow found a fold against a very aggressive opponent who was more than capable of bluffing in this spot, and he saved himself over $4 million by doing so.
It was all for nothing in the end, however, and Patrik ended up losing with AK against KJ the very next hand. The match went to Monarch thanks to card distribution, but Patrik made mostly the right plays throughout the game, including this incredible fold.
The Best Hands Hits the Muck
This week’s Friday night game on Hustler Casino Live featured a mix of true high-stakes sharks and relatively inexperienced players, one of whom ended up making a blunder that cost him about $100,000 in potential profits.
Daniel, a relative newcomer to the HCL streams, opened the action with a raise to $2,000 over the top of an $800 straddle, holding a beautiful Q♠Q♣.
Turbo, who is usually known for giving a lot of action, surprisingly got out of the way with J♠10♣, while Win It All Paul and Brazil God came along for a call with A♥J♦ and A♠Q♦, respectively.
When the action got to Ryan in the straddle, he looked down at 9♠9♦, and he had a bit of a dilemma on his hands. On the one hand, he could see the flop cheaply, but on the other, a 3-bet was reasonably likely to get rid of some of the opponents.
Feldman went the aggressive route and re-raised to $14k, and we all expected Daniel to move all-in, as he had a total of $44k, which was the ideal stack size to shove at this point. Instead, he made the call, and the action moved back to the two callers.
Win It All Paul decided his AJ was no good and folded, while Brazil God simply moved in with a stack that covered his opponents. Ryan made the call almost instantly, bloating the pot to $104k.
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It was at this point that we saw one of the biggest mistakes in recent HCL history. Daniel just needed to call $30k more to potentially win a pot worth $130k, and he was holding pocket Queens against two very splashy opponents.
Pocket Queens were by far the best hand, with 56% equity 3-ways, but Daniel decided one of his opponents surely had Aces or Kings, and he folded.
Ryan and Brazil God decided to run it twice, as commentators tried to save Daniel’s face, saying they can’t even blame Daniel for folding, but the truth is he had made a massive mistake, and everyone at the table knew it.
The first board ran 6♣3♥3♣K♠2♦, while the second was 9♥Q♥4♥8♠6♥, which meant Daniel would have scooped the entire pot. Instead, Ryan and Brazil God split his $14k, plus some extra money that was left in the pot by other players, and Daniel was left wondering why he folded for just $30k more.
Despite this mistake, Daniel ended up $80k in the game, as he ran pure the whole night, and Ryan joined him in the winner’s column with $56k in profit, while Brazil God was the biggest winner of the game, up $109k, all of which would have likely changed if Daniel had simply put in the easy call he had in this hand.
No Lack of Action at the Lodge
The action at The Lodge in Austin may not be as big or glamorous as that of Huslter Casino Live or Triton Poker games, but since reopening, the club has consistently hosted games with a mix of fun players and high-stakes pros, making for a great show.
This week brought us some $10/$25 Poker at the Lodge action, which quickly grew out of proportion, leading to one of the biggest pots of the night, all of which started with a $200 raise from Pier, who had A♦10♦.
Link just called with A♥K♣, Tito joined with 8♦5♦, and Efan and Correy both decided to see a flop for $200 as well.
The flop brought K♦6♠4♦, giving three players a significant piece of it. Surprisingly, Pier checked his option with the big draw, while Link bet $600, looking to protect his top pair.
Tito made the call with his low flush draw before Pier sprang into action and re-raised to $2,300 with the nut flush draw.
Link went for all the marbles, betting his entire $9.7k stack, and this was enough to get Tito to fold his hand and save nearly $13k he had left in his stack.
Pier made the call, and the players decided one board would be enough. With two diamonds already folded and no other immediate outs, Pier was in a pretty bad shape going to the turn.
Yet, as it so often happens in poker, the turn card was the J♦, which immediately gave Pier the check-mark, as he could no longer lose to his opponent’s one pair.
Had action gone differently, Pier could have perhaps stacked Tito as well, although seeing the turn may have saved Link from losing his stack.
After winning this $21k pot, Pier went on to book a very small $2.4k win, Link lost $4.6k, and Tito dropped just over $10k despite saving his stack here.
