WPH #546: Rampage Poker Is A BEAST!!!!!

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Rampage Poker is best known for his cash game ventures, from micro-stakes to the nosebleeds. But here, he dived into the tournament streets against some of the best poker minds in the world. Left with just ace-high on the river in a huge pot, he had to decide whether to fire a third and final bullet or give up on this huge bluff. What will he do?

When 3-betting preflop from out of position, you should make your 3-bet at least four times the initial opener’s raise size. If you make the raise too small, your opponent can always call, getting great odds, and you will end up playing a huge pot out of position against a wider range.

Ethan Yau, a.k.a Rampage, is a popular YouTuber and poker player. He has over 281,000 subscribers on YouTube and has won over $2,300,000 in tournament earnings, including a $900,000 win in a December 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) High Roller at the Wynn.

The Wynn Las Vegas is a luxury resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, USA. It was opened in April 2005 and is named after its developer, Steve Wynn. The casino is known for its high-end amenities, exquisite design, and a focus on providing a luxurious experience for its guests.

The Wynn Poker Room is well-known for its upscale atmosphere, providing a great experience for all poker players. The poker room at The Wynn offers a variety of poker cash games and poker tournaments, with different stakes to cater to everyone.

This WPT Poker Series took place from December 1st – December 20th 2022 and had 23 events including H.O.R.S.E (Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8 or better, RAZZ, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud 8 or better), 8-Game Mix (No Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha 8 or better, RAZZ, Pot Limit Omaha, Seven Card Stud 8 or better, Limit Hold’em, and 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw).

$25,200 – 2022 WPT World Championship High Roller – Results

1st: Ethan Yau ‘Rampage’ – U.S.A – $894,240
2nd: Kevin Rabichow – U.S.A – $518,940
3rd: Taylor Paur – U.S.A – $328,320
4th: Elijah Berg – U.S.A – $226,260
5th: Benjamin Yu – U.S.A – $168,750
6th: Aram Oganyan – U.S.A – $133,920
7th: Tobias Schwecht – Germany – $109,890
8th: Justin Zaki – U.S.A – $92,880
9th: Justin Saliba – U.S.A – $81,000

🔍 Pre-Flop Action:
Villain 1 makes a min-raise to 50,000 from the cutoff. Villain 2 in the small blind calls, before Rampage Poker 3-bet squeezes to 230,000 from the big blind with AQo. Villain 1 calls in position, but Villain 2 folds.

💸 Flop – Kh Ts 6h:
Rampage flops a gutshot straight draw on the king-high, two-heart board. He continuation bets for 160,000, and Villain 1 calls to see the turn.

💣 Turn – 6s:
A board-pairing 6 of spades on the turn doesn’t slow down Rampage, who fires a second barrel of 375,000. Villain 1 smooth calls, and they head to the river.

🌊 River – 8s:
The 8 of spades brings in the backdoor flush. Rampage is left with just ace-high after missing his straight draw. But what will he do now? Will he continue his story of a monster hand and move all-in, or will he wave the white flag and check? Watch this poker find 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!

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!

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WPH #545: He SNAP LEAVES After This.

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Doug Polk has made millions of dollars throughout his career by getting players to call him with the second best hand. Well, he’s up to those tricks again during a huge cash game on the Lodge Card Club’s live stream. Doug manages to river a flush against the loose and splashy Tesla, but can Doug figure out the best way to ensure he extracts the maximum value?

In general, when you’re out of position and you are called in multiple spots, you should play turns cautiously and only continue betting with your strongest made hands or strongest draws. Hands such as one-pair are likely not going to be the best hand against your opponents’ calling ranges. When there are multiple opponents in a hand your continuing and value range should become much smaller.

Doug Polk ‘WCGRider’ is the owner of The Lodge Card Room along with Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme. Doug has over $9,500,000 in live tournament earnings and 3 World Series Of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including a win in the 2017 $100k Super High Roller for $1,600,000. Since 2014 he has played over 108 times on live streamed cash games and has won over $180,000.

In early 2022, poker professionals Doug Polk, Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme joined forces to acquire a controlling stake in The Lodge Poker Club & Card Room, which happens to be the largest poker establishment in Austin, Texas. This exclusive poker club, accessible only to its members, boasts an impressive array of amenities, including over 80 poker tables of cash games and tournaments, operating around-the-clock. Additionally, The Lodge provides an inviting ambiance with 40 large-screen TVs, allowing poker club members to enjoy sports entertainment while playing poker or while relaxing in the cozy waiting area. The live poker stream includes commentary from Skull Mike and Slick Rick, who have been long-time regulars at The Lodge. They provide viewers with strategic insights, complemented by a perfect blend of humor. Lodge Card Club has bought San Antonio’s largest poker room, Rounders Card Club, which opened in July 2024. The new Lodge Card Club San Antonio will relocate to a larger space to host bigger tournaments and events. Chaz Gill, known as Big Daddy Chaz, will join Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen as a partner to help meet the local poker community’s needs. There will be the same top-tier tournaments, cash games and service that Lodge Card Club is known for.

There is also a Lodge Live Stream that has had a variety of different poker players coming to play on stream, these include; Doug Polk ‘WCGRider’, Alex Foxen, Dan Cates ‘Jungleman’, Ben Lamb, Bill Perkins, Brad Owen, Andrew Neeme and Nik Airball.

🔍 Preflop:
With the $400 straddle on, Doug Polk raises to $1,000 from the button. Tesla calls from the small blind with K6o before Goofy calls from the big blind with JTo. Bulldog defends with 53o from the under-the-gun straddle and they head to the flop four-ways.

💸 Flop – Kc 9c 8d:
The king-high, two-club board sees the action check to Doug on the button, who fires out a continuation bet of $1,000 with his relatively weak, three high flush draw. Tesla check-raises to $3,000, having flopped top pair, a backdoor straight draw and a backdoor flush draw. Goofy cold calls the raise with an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw himself. Bulldog folds with just five-high and Doug makes the call with the current nut low hand.

💣 Turn – 4d:
The 4 of diamonds on the turn introduces a second flush draw. Tesla still has the best hand with a pair of kings and decides to fire out a bet of $11,000. Goofy folds his straight draw, but Doug calls once more with his baby flush draw.

🌊 River – 5c:
Doug finds the perfect river card on the 5 of clubs, improving to the best hand with a flush. Tesla doesn’t seem concerned by the flush completing river and slides out a bet of $25,000 with just one pair. Doug then raises all-in for Tesla’s remaining $118,200. Surely, Tesla must realize his weak top pair is extremely unlikely to be good and will fold, right? Stay tuned for the entire poker video to see what happens!

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WPH #544: He THINKS He’s WON $100,000!!!

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Often at the poker table, there will be one specific card in the deck that would spark an insane amount of action. It may improve two players’ hands to the virtual nuts, yet one will lose thousands while the other reaps in their opponent’s misfortune. During a huge cash game at the Lodge Card Club – Bulldog, Tesla and Doug Polk find themselves involved in a massive pot when the river card improves Bulldog to a full house & Tesla to a flush! But will the British Bulldog get paid in full by his wild opponent?

When you have a fairly weak flush draw in a multi-way pot, it’s important to understand your opponents’ ranges and make disciplined laydowns, even if you might be getting the correct pot odds. Calling with a weak flush draw on a paired board could spell disaster for you as you might already be drawing dead to a full house or have very few outs against a stronger flush draw. It’s crucial to make disciplined folds in these situations.

Alex “”British Bulldog”” Spencer is a British professional poker player from Doncaster, England, UK. Spencer is a regular on The Lodge livestream and has over $350,000 in live tournament earnings. Since 2023, Alex has played on over 45 live streamed cash games and has won over $120,000.

James, also known by “”Tesla”” is an American amateur poker player and entrepreneur who lives in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. This was his first appearance on The Lodge Live Stream. Since 2024,
Doug Polk ‘WCGRider’ is the owner of The Lodge Card Room along with Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme. Doug has over $9,500,000 in live tournament earnings and 3 World Series Of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including a win in the 2017 $100k Super High Roller for $1,600,000.

🔍 Preflop:
Bulldog raises under the gun to $1,000 with QJ offsuit. Doug Polk calls from the small blind with T9 of hearts and Tesla squeezes from the big blind to $6,000 with A7 of hearts. Bulldog calls the 3-bet with his two broadway cards and Doug calls with his suited connector.

💸 Flop – Qh 5h 4s:
The flop gives every player a glimmer of hope in the hand. Doug checks with his ten-high flush draw (that he doesn’t want to hit!) Tesla with his nut flush draw fires a continuation bet of $7,000. Bulldog calls with top pair and Doug calls with his dominated flush draw.

💣 Turn – Qc:
The board pairing queen of clubs on the turn only helps Bulldog, improving him to trips. Doug checks first with just ten-high, having not picked up a backdoor straight draw or improved to a flush. Tesla chooses not to double barrel since it’s likely one of his opponents has a queen and he does have some showdown value with ace-high. After Tesla checks, Bulldog bets $15,000 with his three queens. Doug wisely folds his draw, but Tesla sticks around as the two of them head to the river.

🌊 River – Jh:
The biggest action card in the deck, the jack of hearts, hits the river. Bulldog improves to the nuts with a full house, queens full of jacks, while Tesla makes the second-best hand with an ace-high flush. Now, with Tesla first to act, how will he proceed? Will he check, worried Bulldog might have a boat, or will he move all-in, hoping to get paid by a queen? Stay tuned until the end of this poker video to find out!

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WPH #543: HUGE ERROR By Charlie Carrel!!!

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Charlie Carrel and Maria Ho are both seasoned poker professionals when it comes to the live felt. So, when they had to battle against each other heads-up during GGPoker’s Game of Gold, there were sure to be fireworks! In this poker hand, both Ho and Carrel find themselves with trips on the river, but it is Carrel’s kicker that gives him the best hand. He shoves all-in and it looks like Ho is destined to get stacked — until Carrel decides to open his mouth!

When a flop contains two to a flush or two to a straight, you should often use larger bet sizes with hands that are strong but can be easily outdrawn. This is because many turn cards will cause you to slow down your action and force you to check. Therefore, you should get as much money in the pot as possible while your hand is still very strong & will often be the equity favorite.

Maria Ho is a professional poker player from America. She has over $5,400,000 in live tournament earnings, putting her in the top 350 on the all-time money list. She is well known for commentating on a wide variety of poker shows including the US Poker Open, Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters and the World Series of Poker.

Charlie Carrel “Epiphany77” is a professional poker player from England and has over $9,600,000 in live tournament earnings with his biggest cash of £1,600,000 coming at a Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London in a £50,000 tournament. Charlie is a strong believer in live reads & live tells at the poker table and regularly explains his decision-making that often uses this ability to help guide his decisions. He is widely known to be against the Game Theory Optimal (GTO) approach to poker, often saying ‘F#&K GTO’ in his YouTube videos. Instead, he focuses on developing & executing exploitable poker strategies. Charlie’s big break came in 2014 when he took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for over $200,000. He is good friends with high-stakes tournament poker player Ben Heath.

Filmed in Seoul, South Korea and hosted by experienced poker broadcaster Ali Nejad, Game of Gold combines high stakes poker with survival reality TV. Over the course of the 12 episodes, the sixteen participants competed across various poker formats, including Sit & Go’s, Heads-Up games, Indian Poker and a standard tournament poker game.

The poker players on the show included Daniel Negreanu “KidPoker”, Jason Koon, Fedor Holz “CrownUpGuy”, Kevin Martin, Kyna England, Josh Arieh, Daniel Cates “Jungleman”, Lukas Robinson “RobinPoker”, Nikita Luther ‘HiiiBarbie’, Charlie Carrel “Epiphany77”, Johan Guilbert “YoH ViraL”, Olga Iermolcheva, David Williams, Andy Tsai “Andy Stacks”, Michael Soyza and Maria Ho.

Round 2 was the heads-up team battle part of the show – There were 4 teams with three players on each team. After one match, the losing team would put up their next poker player. After one team had lost 3 matches, they would be eliminated to the losers bracket with the winning team advancing to the winners bracket. The 3 players on the losing team from the losers bracket would be eliminated from the show.

The final six players competed in a winner-take-all format Sit & Go (SNG). This was unique as it meant there was no Independent Chip Model (ICM) pressure on any of the poker players.

Game of Gold Results
1st: Maria Ho – U.S.A – $456,000
2nd: Daniel Cates ‘Jungleman’ – U.S.A – $0
3rd: Johan Guilbert ‘Yoh Viral’ – France – $0
4th: Fedor Holz ‘CrownUpGuy’ – Germany – $0
5th: Kyna England – U.S.A – $0
6th. Josh Arieh – U.S.A – $0

🔍 Preflop:
Maria Ho raises to 40,000 with Q4 of clubs from the button, which is also the small blind in a heads-up format. Charlie Carrel 3-bets to 140,000 with KQo and Ho calls with her dominated queen.

💸 Flop – Qh 9h 5s:
Both players flop top pair, but Carrel has the better kicker. He fires a continuation bet of 110,000 with his pair of queens and a backdoor straight draw. Ho calls with top pair, and they head to the turn.

💣 Turn – 6d:
The 6 of diamonds on the turn brings in a possible straight. Carrel doesn’t slow down, putting out a second barrel of 350,000. Ho calls again, needing only a four on the river to win the pot.

🌊 River – Qs:
A board-pairing queen of spades on the river is a disaster for Ho, as she improves to trips with a worse kicker. Carrel now unloads the clip and decides to overbet shove all-in for 1,400,000. Surely, Ho can’t get away from this heads-up cooler, right? Stick around until the end of this poker video to see what happens!

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WPH #542: Doug Polk Gets OWNED!!!!

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Huge pots were bound to happen when some of the best players in the world faced off during the 2023 edition of The Million Dollar Game on the Hustler Casino Live stream. In this poker hand, Doug Polk finds himself in a world of pain with the beautiful pocket aces after LSG Hank shoves over the top of his river value bet. Can Polk soul read Hank and make the correct call?

When you have the nuts on boards that are not very coordinated, you generally want to use a smaller bet size. Your opponents will struggle to have a strong hand as you lock up the board and there will not be any draws for them. Having said that, in deeper-stacked games and against stickier opponents, shifting toward larger bet sizes can also be a profitable play, especially against weaker players that are inelastic to bet size.

LSG Hank is introduced as a successful cryptocurrency investor from China. Since 2022, he has played over 13 times on live streamed cash games and has won $14,000.
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 poker 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 was from the fourth and final stream of the highly anticipated 2023 Million Dollar Game, which was a $1,000,000 minimum buy-in cash game. The game was streamed for five evenings straight and featured an array of professional poker players and businessmen competing against one another.

🔍 Preflop:
With a $3,000 big blind ante, Tom Dwan limps under the gun with T2 of diamonds before LSG Hank decides to raise to $6,000 from the hijack with a mystery hand. After the cutoff and button fold, Doug Polk looks down at the best starting hand in poker, pocket aces and three-bets to $30,000. Dwan folds as Hank calls and the two of them head to the flop.

💸 Flop – Qh 4d 3c:
Doug bets $23,000 with his overpair and backdoor wheel draw. Hank makes the call with his unknown hand and they head to the turn.

💣 Turn – 8d:
The 8 of diamonds on the turn introduces a possible backdoor flush draw. Doug bets again with his pocket aces, this time for $81,000. Hank seems to still like his hand as he calls once more to see the river.

🌊 River – 9h:
The backdoor flush draw bricks out and Doug decides to go for value with his pocket rockets, firing a third consecutive street with a $200,000 bet. Hank, having stuck around after Doug barreled all three streets, shoves for the rest of Doug’s stack, for a huge $937,000! Doug is left with just one pair, but what will he do, call or fold? And what could Hank possibly have? Stay tuned until the end of this poker video to find out both!

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WPH #541: This Has NEVER HAPPENED Before!!!! [Feat. Nik Airball]

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With over a quarter of a million dollars on the line in a huge cash game at the Lodge Card Club in Texas, no one wants to be ‘that guy’ to call the clock on someone. However, when Nik Airball’s river tank against Tesla and Stache drags on so long that it risks compromising the integrity of the stream, something that has never been seen before happens in a live streamed cash game!

When playing deep-stacked cash games, you can & should apply a lot of pressure to your opponents when you have draws. Many of your opponent’s holdings will not be able to withstand big bets across multiple streets. However, you should be cautious in multiway pots, as you will be betting or raising into more than one range.

Nik Airball is an investment banker and an amateur poker player, he is a regular on the Hustler Casino Live poker stream playing any stakes, and is often involved in heated table talk with the other poker players. Nik Airball is almost fluent in Mandarin, engaging in table talk with many Mandarin-speaking poker players. He often voices his strong opinions about current trends, topics and scandals in the poker world on social media and poker podcasts. Since 2022 and from over 160 sessions, Nik has won over $590,000 from live streamed cash games.

James, also known by “Tesla” is an American amateur poker player and entrepreneur who lives in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. This was his first appearance on The Lodge Live Stream.

Zach Hambrice ‘Stache’ is an American amateur poker player. He’s a management consultant at FTI Consulting, where he leverages his expertise in compliance and regulation. In addition to his role at FTI Consulting. He has played over 53 times in live streamed cash games and has won over $9,000.

🔍 Preflop:
With the $200 straddle on, Nik Airball raises to $500 with 42 of hearts. Tesla calls with 98o in the cutoff and Brown Balla calls with K9o on the button. After the small blind folds, Stache squeezes to $2,500 from the big blind with 43 of clubs. Airball calls with his low suited one-gapper, as does Tesla, but Brown Balla folds and they head to the flop three-way.

💸 Flop – Ks 7s 5h:
The king-high, two-spade flop doesn’t pair any of the players’ holdings, but it does provide some draws. Stache, holding just a gutshot to the low end of a straight opts to check rather than fire out a continuation bet. Airball has a backdoor straight draw and the only backdoor flush draw, as he checks. Tesla, with a gutshot straight draw to the nuts checks back.

💣 Turn – 6h:
Stache turns a seven-high straight with his suited connector and believes he’s hit the jackpot. Little does he know that the 6 of hearts is the worst card in the deck for him as he is now drawing dead! He bets $5,000, only to be met by a raise to $16,500 from Airball, who has picked up a backdoor heart flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. Tesla has hit his dream card, improving to the nuts. He puts in the rare cold 3-bet to $31,625, which both Stache and Airball call.

🌊 River – 3d:
The 3 of diamonds river is a brutal card for Airball, as it improves his hand to a seven-high straight. Stache and Airball both check it over to Tesla, who fires out an overbet of $125,000. Stache makes the call with his straight, and now the action is on Airball, who holds the same straight. It shouldn’t take too long for Airball to make his decision, perhaps just one or two minutes. What happens next has never been seen before on a live streamed cash game! Stay tuned to the end of this poker video to find out what it is!

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How To Set Your POKER GOALS For 2025 | A Little Poker with Jonathan Little 12-02-2024

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Everyone dreams of winning the World Series of Poker Main Event or bluffing legends like Phil Ivey or Daniel Negreanu in a high stakes cash game. While there’s nothing wrong with big dreams for your poker career, setting realistic, yearly goals is far more practical & sets you up for long term success! It’s the beginning of the year so when is a better time to learn how to set your poker goals for 2025?

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Maybe you often set poker goals that are too ambitious, only to feel disappointed and want to quit when you don’t achieve them. Or perhaps you go too easy on yourself, setting goals that don’t push you to improve enough. In this webinar, Jonathan Little will walk you through the ideal process for setting meaningful and achievable poker goals for 2025.

Jonathan Little has made millions from high stakes poker tournaments and cash games over his career. A big part of his success comes from knowing how to set effective poker goals each year — and understanding how to respond and adapt when he either achieves or falls short of them.

Setting your poker goals is just as crucial as understanding bankroll management, analyzing opponent ranges at the table, and mastering concepts like the independent chip model (ICM). Learning to set the right goals is essential, so there’s no better time to start learning how to set your poker goals for 2025!

In order to take your poker game to the next level it is vitally important you learn all the nuances of the game.

Do you know what ranges of poker hands you should be playing from each position? When should you 3-bet, call or fold? When is the right time to make a hero call or a huge bluff? Do you know how to play preflop, flop, turn & river effectively and how should your poker strategy change depending on the street? What difference does it make if you are playing multi-way vs heads-up?

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WPH #539: Brad Owen’s MASTERCLASS On How To SOUL READ!!!!

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Brad Owen takes a seat away from the stream tables at The Lodge Card Club in this hand, but he has his trusty camera there to vlog all the action. After he gets check-raised all-in on the river while holding a straight, Brad attempts to completely soul read his opponent!

When deciding to take a line that involves floating the flop and bluffing the turn, you should be willing to fire another barrel on specific rivers especially if the river is unfavorable for your opponent’s turn calling range. Even if your opponent is likely to have overpairs, it is important to recognize which cards are good for your range and bad for theirs.

Brad Owen is a WPT ambassador and co-owner of The Lodge Card Club in Texas, he is a very successful YouTube poker vlogger with over 742,000 subscribers. His YouTube channel has had over 175,000,000 views. Primarily a cash game player Brad has started playing more tournaments since the start of 2022. His lifetime total live tournament winnings are over $900,000. His biggest cash for $152,266 came in December 2023 when he came 7th in the $50,000 WPT Alpha8, during the WPT World Championship at the Wynn, Las Vegas. Since 2022, Brad has played on over 26 live streamed cash games and has lost over $200,000.

In early 2022, poker professionals Doug Polk, Brad Owen, and Andrew Neeme joined forces to acquire a controlling stake in The Lodge Poker Club & Card Room, which happens to be the largest poker establishment in Austin, Texas. This exclusive poker club, accessible only to its members, boasts an impressive array of amenities, including over 80 poker tables of cash games and tournaments, operating around-the-clock. Additionally, The Lodge provides an inviting ambiance with 40 large-screen TVs, allowing poker club members to enjoy sports entertainment while playing poker or while relaxing in the cozy waiting area. The live poker stream includes commentary from Skull Mike and Slick Rick, who have been long-time regulars at The Lodge. They provide viewers with strategic insights, complemented by a perfect blend of humor. Lodge Card Club has bought San Antonio’s largest poker room, Rounders Card Club, which opened in July 2024. The new Lodge Card Club San Antonio will relocate to a larger space to host bigger tournaments and events. Chaz Gill, known as Big Daddy Chaz, will join Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen as a partner to help meet the local poker community’s needs. There will be the same top-tier tournaments, cash games and service that Lodge Card Club is known for.

🔍 Preflop:
The player under-the-gun+1 limps in, followed by a limp from the hijack. Brad Owen raises to $100 from the cutoff with QJ of clubs and is met with a cold 3-bet to $305 from the big blind. The two original limpers fold, but Brad calls in position with his suited broadway cards which are also 20% of a royal flush.

💸 Flop – Td 6s 6c:
The big blind fires a continuation bet of $160 on the flop. Brad calls with two overcards, a backdoor flush draw and a backdoor straight draw.

💣 Turn – 8s:
The 8 of spades on the turn introduces a possible spade backdoor flush draw. The big blind slows down and checks. Brad picks up a gutshot straight draw and bets $425, having gained some additional equity. His opponent calls and they head to the river.

🌊 River – 9s:
The 9 of spades hits the river, completing the backdoor flush but also improving Brad to a queen-high straight. The big blind checks for the last time and Brad fires a near pot-sized bet of $1,500. To Brad’s complete surprise, the big blind decides to check-raise all-in for $3,720. What Brad says next reveals just how good of a poker player he truly is. Stay tuned until the end of this poker video to find out what that was!

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How To CRUSH With A HUGE Stack! | A Little Poker with Jonathan Little 11-25-2024

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One of the key aspects of becoming a winning poker player is knowing how to crush with a huge stack. Whether in cash games or poker tournaments, mastering how to navigate with a huge stack will add a massive amount to your hourly rate!

It doesn’t matter if you’re a poker beginner or an experienced professional — everyone will accumulate many enormous stacks during their poker journey. Whether it’s in tournaments or cash games, Jonathan Little, with his decades of experience, will delve into the similarities and differences of playing with a huge stack.

When you have a huge stack, it’s important to understand that your poker strategy should change depending on the stage of the tournament. In the early stages, you can use a big stack to see more flops and play in position. Whereas in the later stages, there will be a lot more Independent Chip Model (ICM) pressure. On the bubble you can use a big stack to bully opponents who are scared to bust. On a final table you can also use it to exploit a lot of medium stacks as the majority of those players will be looking to ladder up the pay jumps by waiting for the shorter stacks to bust.

In cash games, you can’t apply ICM pressure to your opponents. Instead, having a huge stack means you need to focus on playing solid deep-stacked poker and understanding the importance of implied odds and reverse implied odds, which has some similarities to having a huge stack in the early stages of poker tournaments.

In this live poker video, Jonathan Little will explain in great detail how you can start crushing the games you play with a huge stack. You may have always wondered: Should I be more aggressive with a big stack? What bet sizes should I use? How important is my position when playing deep-stacked? Have no fear — this video is perfect for you! Jonathan will address all of your concerns with his decades of experience in both poker tournaments and poker cash games.

In order to take your poker game to the next level it is vitally important you learn all the nuances of the game.

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WPH #538: Nik Airball HUMILIATES Doug Polk!!!!

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Doug Polk and Nik Airball clash once again at The Lodge Card Club in a massive high stakes cash game. Polk puts out a value-bet on the river with pocket kings only to find himself facing a check-shove all-in from Airball. Will Polk make the call and win a pot worth over a quarter of a million dollars?

When deciding on whether to call a raise or a 3-bet preflop you should consider two things. Firstly, your implied pot odds – are you getting the correct price to call? Secondly, you should also consider whether the opponent you are playing against is the type of player that will triple barrel bluff on certain boards. If they are, it means that you are more likely to realize your implied odds therefore you can justify calling bigger 3-bets and raises preflop.

Nik Airball is an investment banker and an amateur poker player and is often involved in heated table talk with the other poker players. Nik Airball is almost fluent in Mandarin, engaging in table talk with many Mandarin speaking poker players. He often voices his strong opinions about current trends, topics and scandals in the poker world on social media and poker podcasts. Since 2022 and from over 150 sessions, Nik has won over $570,000 from live streamed cash games.

🔍 Preflop:
With the $800 double straddle on, Bulldog raises to $2,000 from the cutoff with K9o. Ryan Feldman calls from the button with 63 of hearts and Nik Airball defends from the big blind with pocket fives. Doug Polk then 3-bets to $14,000 from the under-the-gun straddle with pocket kings. Bulldog and Feldman fold, but Nik Airball calls as he looks to set mine with his small pocket pair.

💸 Flop – Qs 9h 2h:
Airball checks to Polk on the queen high two heart flop. Polk, holding an overpair to the board and a backdoor straight draw, downbets to $11,000 and Airball calls.

💣 Turn – 8h:
The 8 of hearts on the turn completes both the flush and straight draws. Airball now has fourth pair on the board. He checks and Polk, opting for some pot control checks his kings back.

🌊 River – 7d:
Airball seems content to get to showdown as he checks again with his pocket fives. Polk, holding the overpair, decides to throw out a value-bet of $38,000. Airball opts for the most aggressive play and check-raises all-in for $139,000. Will Polk sniff out Airball’s bluff and make the call or will Airball get Polk to lay down pocket kings? Stay tuned to watch the full poker video and find out!

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