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While playing on the high stakes Triton Poker invitational cash game, Tony G and Tan Xuan get involved in a monster pot during a straddled hand. This is a pot that could reach over $3,000,000, but the players have absolutely nothing! Ultimately, it will come down to which poker player has the biggest heart. Tony G has often said he has heart at the poker table, but will he prove that in this high stakes poker hand, or has Tony G lost his mind?
When deciding whether to bet with a flush draw or straight draw, it is important to consider the showdown value of your actual hand. Betting with a ten-high flush draw is a good poker strategy since it is very unlikely to win at showdown, whereas checking back with an ace-high flush draw can be a stronger play because the ace already provides good showdown value as a high card & beats all of your opponent’s non-paired hands.
Antanas Guoga or, more commonly known as Tony G is a Lithuanian-Australian businessman and also a part-time professional poker player. Tony G has played on many live poker streams throughout the years such as: Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, The Big Game, and many more. He is known for his theatrics at the poker table and over the top celebrations. Tony G Big Mouth Celebrations. His most famous quote is “On Your Bike” when he stacks an opponent. Since 2006, Tony G has played on over 47 live streamed poker cash games and has won over $1,500,000.
Tan Xuan is a Chinese businessman from Wuhan. Xuan has won over $12,300,000 in live poker tournament earnings, putting him in the top 150 on poker’s all time money list. His biggest score of $2,308,384 came during the 2018 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro, where he finished second in the HK$1,000,000 No Limit Hold’em – Short Deck Ante Only tournament. Since 2018, Since 2018 Xuan has played on over 77 live streamed poker cash games and has lost over $7,700,000.
This was a special Triton Poker Invitational Cash Game held at the Maestral Resort & Casino – Budva, Montenegro; it spanned over seven days from August 4 – 10, 2024 and featured players such as Phil Ivey ‘The Tiger Woods of Poker’ ‘RaiseOnce’, Paul Phua, Daniel Cates ‘Jungleman, Andy Ni, Tan Xuan, Esti Wang, Elton Tsang, Handz, Patrik Antonius ‘The Finn’, Adrian Mateos ‘Amadi_017, Tony G, Rob Yong, Linus Loeliger ‘LLinusLLove’, Aaron Zang, Brian Kim and Danny Tang.
🔍 Preflop:
With the $4,000 straddle on, Tan Xuan limps with K4 of diamonds from the small blind. After the big blind folds, Tony G raises to $24,000 from the under the gun straddle holding J8 of spades. Xuan calls with his suited king and they head to the flop.
💸 Flop – 6s 5s 3d:
Xuan checks after flopping an open ended straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Tony G, who only has two overcards, a backdoor flush draw and a backdoor straight draw, makes a continuation bet of $50,000. Xuan raises to $160,000 as a semi bluff and Tony G decides to call in position.
💣 Turn – Th:
Neither player improves on the ten of hearts turn, but Xuan continues to represent a strong hand from the flop as he makes an overbet of $382,000. How will Tony G respond? Surely, he will just fold with jack-high and no draw right? But what Tony G does next is insane! Stay tuned to the end of this poker video to find out!
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