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Whether they won or lost, every poker player will remember the biggest pot of their life! When poker vlogger Brad Owen sat down at a high stakes cash game in the Bellagio poker room, he knew he might encounter the largest pot of his poker career – though he probably didn’t expect it to be with queen-six of spades! In this poker hand, on the river, Brad holds the third nuts and faces a pot-sized bet from his opponent. Will he win or lose this unforgettable poker hand? Whatever happens it is certain that Brad Owen is in shock at the outcome of this hand!
When playing deep stacked poker, you should generally continuation bet less often from out of position as being in position provides a huge advantage. However, in live poker, where flop raises are less frequent and ranges tend to be wider, continuation betting from out of position often becomes a more viable poker strategy.
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 758,000 subscribers. His YouTube channel has had over 175,000,000 views. Primarily a cash game poker player Brad has started playing more live poker tournaments since the start of 2022. His lifetime total live poker tournament winnings are over $900,000. His biggest cash for $152,266 came in December 2023 when he finished 7th in the $50,000 WPT Alpha8, during the WPT World Championship at the Wynn, Las Vegas.
The Bellagio poker room is a stylish 7,000 square feet space that houses 40 tables and two high-limit areas, the most prominent of which is the Legends Room – an exclusive two-table enclave named to honor poker’s greatest players. This room was previously known as Bobby’s room, named after the legendary poker player Bobby Baldwin.
🔍 Preflop:
Brad Owen raises to $120 from the hijack with Q6 of spades and the villain on the button calls with J2 of spades. After both blinds fold, they both head to the flop.
💸 Flop – Ts 4s 2c:
Brad flops a flush draw, a backdoor straight draw, and an overcard, so he decides to fire a continuation bet of $200. The button player holds bottom pair with an inferior flush draw and opts to raise to $600. Brad calls and they head to the turn.
💣 Turn – 8s:
The flush completing 8 of spades on the turn is perfect for Brad, as both players improve to a flush. Brad’s queen-high flush leaves his opponent drawing dead. Brad checks and his opponent fires another bet, this time for $1,300. Brad chooses to slow-play and just calls.
🌊 River – 5d:
The river doesn’t change anything and Brad still has the best hand with the third nuts. He checks again and his opponent goes for value by betting close to a pot-sized bet of $4,000. Will Brad fear a higher flush and just call, or will he raise to extract maximum value from his opponent’s lower flushes or other strong hands? Stay tuned until the end of this poker video to find out what the poker vlogger does!
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!
