$2,000,000+ Pot with a Straight Flush Draw?! [EXPLAINED]

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5 ай бұрын

Jason Koon and Elton Tsang play one of the biggest televised pots of all time in the Triton Super High Roller cash game in today's high stakes poker hand review.
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Phil Galfond explains the poker strategy involved when long-time high stakes poker professional (and his personal friend) Jason Koon and super high stakes pro Elton Tsang get into a monster pot and only ONE of them has a huge poker hand!
Recorded during the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro, this high stakes poker hand was one of the biggest poker pots in the history of televised poker and surprisingly was played just after Jason Koon lost a $2,000,000 pot!
Jason Koon and Elton Tsang were joined at this livestream table by famous poker players like Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Paul Phua, Daniel Cates, Mikita Badziakouski, and Kane Kalas.
If you are familiar with any of those names and their poker play, it’s no wonder the pots were getting this big!
For the original footage please enjoy this highlight video from the Triton Poker youtube channel:
Biggest pot in TV poker history? Million Euro Cash Game at Triton Poker Super High Roller Series:
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@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! If you haven't gotten your hands on my mindset ebook yet, you can grab it here for free: www.philgalfond.com/mindset

@PissyKnish 5 ай бұрын

Arent you just republishing Tommy Angelos intellectual property? The only thing of value I'v ever learned from you is the name Tommy Angelo.

@JelloJiggleMan 5 ай бұрын

@@PissyKnish well that's unfortunate to hear, but in Phil's defense your intellectual deficiencies aren't his fault...butttt keep reading and maybe one day you'll learn something man, never know !

@PissyKnish 4 ай бұрын

Fight me. @@JelloJiggleMan

@pokerpunk9413 4 ай бұрын

Phill, really really want a run it once hat. Help a guy out. U r already my poker hero

@birdywins 5 ай бұрын

Regardless of theory, the feeling of relief/elation Jason must have felt when the 4c hit the river must have been insane.

@camaleonsacor1618 5 ай бұрын

haha bro, he eyaculated 7 times in 2 seconds while he saw that cards and was trying to get still. SICK card, just the perfect one

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

For sure! We’re all still human.

@Great_PatBingsoo 5 ай бұрын

There’s no such thing as theory in poker. Ya’ll are all delusional by looking at charts. This channel is a joke.

@newstandardaccount 4 ай бұрын

@@Great_PatBingsoo yeah hahaha players who've won millions at poker and who consistently win tournaments are delusional

@OneEyedJack01 4 ай бұрын

@@Great_PatBingsooyou sound like a standard 1/2 losing player - unwilling to learn, so you will keep on losing

@user-bk2gd6rg1z 5 ай бұрын

“ I was trying to find a way to call” what a legend

@danielniese535 5 ай бұрын

What is this game holy cow?! 2k-4k-10k with Ivey, dwan, koon and jungle??

@datboi4994 5 ай бұрын

It’s a Triton game they’ve got some of the best high stakes to watch honestly a good mix of recs n pros

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

Triton has some huge games and events!

@jonathanhansson804 5 ай бұрын

@@PhilGalfondDo you know if Elton and Jason are backed or if this could possibly be 100% their own money? Either way losing this kind of money in a few minutes should make anyone sick... I'm curious how big a hit it is to these kind of high rollers

@benjaminsmith6063 5 ай бұрын

@@jonathanhansson804pretty sure neither are backed .

@Mm-vr8ss 5 ай бұрын

there’s no mike apostle. Still pretty cool though. Apostle is better than Ivey and Dwan TBH. I wish they would agree to play a max high stakes game.

@aidenarmstrong2797 5 ай бұрын

Love these type of vids! Always excited to see hand breakdowns!

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

Awesome. More to come!

@Geyeeza 5 ай бұрын

Legendary table and crazy hand broken down by a legend. Poker at the highest level has some of the most unique and interesting minds.

@Rbskater12000 5 ай бұрын

Love your hand reviews Phil. Seriously super awesome

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@CameronDayDYT 5 ай бұрын

I Lol'd for real at 4:55 "and this is...interesting"

@JO1E1 2 ай бұрын

youve made poker entertaining again!!

@gimpscalawag 5 ай бұрын

I learned more about ranges in this video than I have learned in all the other videos I've watched combined

@alexanderhernandez2151 5 ай бұрын

Great, this man posts great material

@brennaballen9783 5 ай бұрын

He did a great video on how to narrow down ranges throughout a hand that really opened my eyes and has definitely helped my game.

@riccardolozzi9336 5 ай бұрын

Which video?

@brennaballen9783 5 ай бұрын

@@riccardolozzi9336 Whoops. My bad. I was thinking of the range funnel from Conscious Poker by Alec Torelli. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/osWkddGJndqyoGw.html&lc=Ugznc2woOnAZ6MGbPq14AaABAg.9ygfiB5yCFj9ykn3vjt8Vz

@Firenutz 5 ай бұрын

Yes, what video, please?

@paulmac1472 5 ай бұрын

Superb analysis

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton :)

@nicholi2789 5 ай бұрын

What a sick hand. Jason is a stud.

@Agof860 5 ай бұрын

I think K7s can shove turn, you get extra FEquity against made hands and value against combo draws. Its also really hard to play river when you miss.

@Johnny-cz2wv 5 ай бұрын

Yea would love to know the theory behind why Phil wouldnt have jams for 1.3x pot on this dynamic of a turn

@argsgsgsgnngndg9894 4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but after UTG check raised flop and called 3-bet, your fold equity on the turn is super low, also it's a board where Jason has the range advantage so it would be a punt to shove turn imo

@mmcd1204 4 ай бұрын

I really wish the river bricked for Koon and was checked to. Would love to see if he went for it

@anthonyr6532 5 ай бұрын

I don’t understand what betting that sizing on the turn accomplishes. Either jam and put max pressure or check and take your equity.

@MrJoosebawkz 5 ай бұрын

what r with those huge disks. but then they also have chips?

@GeorgeZacharopoulos 5 ай бұрын

Remember when they used to call 200-400 nosebleed stakes? What do you call this

@goget1on 2 ай бұрын

Suicide stakes!

@CancelIFR 5 ай бұрын

Sick edits in this one. Did you fire Thomas? 😂

@le9335 5 ай бұрын

All your videos are good. This as well. Like and thanks.

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you!!

@jackolini 5 ай бұрын

Pretty good river for Jason. I wonder if it brinked whether he was going to bluff or not. I bet he wouldn't have. I know we shouldn't play results but Elton probably should have bet more on the turn. I guess he thought Jason had 2 pair or better but I think with AA/88/77 Jason would have shoved on the flop. The only other hand to be afraid of would be Ax of hearts, and that is definitely in Koon's range. But you have plenty of equity against those hands on the turn. Betting half pot, Koon isn't making a mistake and if you bet bigger, you are forcing him to make his hand on the river if he is drawing. You might get some folds and deny him equity on the turn.

@Fantalope 5 ай бұрын

if he bets too big on the turn then his bluff/value shove on the river would be too small, no? 540K into 1.5mil. Too small to fold out villians hand if you are representing a bluff on the river I think. But I dont have the best knowledge on theory

@gogeto26391 5 ай бұрын

Really enjoying the single hand breakdowns, but would love to see you talk about what the solver suggests, and why the player did/didn't go with that line/play.

@pugsnhogz 5 ай бұрын

Please DON'T do this. If I wanna get bored to tears with solver solver solver there are a hundred other channels doing that already

@SoSo-li6dn 5 ай бұрын

In these spots is a good live read just wrong?

@kingoli5769 3 ай бұрын

Can someone tell me if Jason Koon is supposed to call if Elton shoves turn? If Im playing a low stakes tournament or cash game, am I supposed to call the turn with an open-ended straight flush draw when someone 4b the flop and jams turn?

@SPQR_14 3 ай бұрын

It's just simple pot odds... Look up some videos that explain pot odds. You calculate your odds of hitting the river using outs, and then calculate the ratio of the bet you have to call to the pot size. He's got 9 heart outs plus 6 straight outs = 15 outs = roughly 30% chance of winning on the river.

@Pokerfarhang 5 ай бұрын

It's funny when played this way it's not a punt from Elton if he calls the river, i think Jason has said it while discussing this interesting hand

@mmfb88 5 ай бұрын

Flop play with k7 is a massive punt though

@SGProductions87 5 ай бұрын

@@mmfb88 they are very deep tho, very disguised if hits backdoor nut flush

@JayOh- 5 ай бұрын

Sheesh! Yea that was a good one!

@bdj7922 5 ай бұрын

what about JTs for koon on the flop? seems sick but possible

@whatupdun 5 ай бұрын

I was just scrolling up from reading other comments to post this same thought JTh turns double gutter with K or Q, creates a bbj vs 65h lol It's crazy, but only slightly more so than his exaxf holding here?

@xxyanlixx 3 ай бұрын

Wonder if Jason Koon would take this line if it was a 2s on the river, and if Elton Tsang would call off that bluff.

@lunchbox6576 5 ай бұрын

What bankroll do you need to play at these stakes ?

@Reypstraptor4269 5 ай бұрын

4 buyins

@TheMarkODonohue 5 ай бұрын

All of it

@vertsang5424 5 ай бұрын

not "that much" i would assume. Many players at that level use the money of others (something like, if they lose, they don't lose their own money, and if they win they get to keep a % of the winnings).

@jordanphillips3341 5 ай бұрын

U need like 5 million$ bankroll or u need to be good enough to be staked

@vertsang5424 5 ай бұрын

@@jordanphillips3341 5M bankroll is nowhere near enough because players in these nights comes with at least a million. So your bakroll should be in the hundreds of millions...which not many players have. So all the pros in it comes with loaned money

@tanyanankiatsuranon9187 3 ай бұрын

I thought they were playing shortdeck until that 4 comes out lol

@mikebassett9195 5 ай бұрын

I'd imagine in this spot Koon is going to have 910hh 56hh 910dd for bluffs on the river. In this specific hand Koon hits on the river, but many times he will miss. Do you expect Koon to bluff everytime Elton checks to him?? Is there any cards you wouldn't expect Koon to bluff on the river when checked to?? Another thing does GTO call sets on that turn?? I was wondering what value Koon has on river to balance his bluffs. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos, I really enjoy hearing your thought process

@jackolini 5 ай бұрын

I don't think he would have bluffed if he missed but he was priced in getting 3-1 on the turn. Elton should have bet bigger IMO.

@offrampc 3 ай бұрын

Ironically, Elton ended up playing the hand correctly, as in, betting and raising when he had the best hand (although he thought he was bluffing) and folding when he didn't. In other words, if he knew exactly what Jason had, he would play it the very similarly (would probably jam turn instead of betting large).

@cedricpeyrichou6861 5 ай бұрын

C'était une partie très intéressante Merci Mais c'était très difficile à comprendre avec Google translate 😅

@burkhartlaw1 4 ай бұрын

I’m trying to think whether I’ve won money or lost money when I flopped a straight flush draw…

@kennykenken4189 5 ай бұрын

4 of diamonds would have been such a sick river and may have generated the biggest pot in televised poker history??

@dondrap513 5 ай бұрын

I'm stunned Tom folded that hand in position. That's a call and see what happens kind of hand given the configuration and texture, imo.

@Mathemagical55 5 ай бұрын

Why don't you pull up a million and show us how to play in that game.

@user-rx1mb5fp7c 5 ай бұрын

Its a bit of a grim spot. Its multi-way and even if you are ahead, there aren't many cards that can improve your hand, whereas there are heaps which reduce the relative strength of your hand on later streets. It seems to me that a fold can't be TOO far out of line, regardless of what game theory might say on the matter

@casperiito 5 ай бұрын

your hand is so capped... literally the only card you want to see is the ace of spades

@Mastro_ 5 ай бұрын

I don't play cash. I only play tournament. Is Phua allowed to say "I'm set mining" ? Shouldn't he be NOT saying ANYTHING about his hand if it's not heads up?

@joshcarpenter2008 5 ай бұрын

I think he can say about his own hand in a cash game but it's way out of bounds to talk about other people's hands if you aren't heads up. I am not an expert but Phil didn't seem to think it was an issue or he probably would have said something when it happened.

@vertsang5424 5 ай бұрын

well he could be lying. I assume it count as trash talk, which has relaxed rules on tv shows

@pugsnhogz 5 ай бұрын

It is just joking around, man. No one cares

@ticenits1926 5 ай бұрын

Flop 3bet is always a bluff HU

@SFTM1 5 ай бұрын

i get a hand like this every other hand I play and have yet to hit.

@Pokerfarhang 5 ай бұрын

would be amazing play if hed shoved the turn

@Firenutz 5 ай бұрын

Tom looks more and more like a Vulcan.

@pokerpunk9413 4 ай бұрын

I love the way u break down hands U do it so technically but also plainly so even a simple poker mind can benefit from. U are and have been my poker here since the omgclayAiken days. U r in my mind the real ambassador for the game.of poker. Both u and Little are great.for the future of the game.. Ps... still REALLY REALLY want a run it onve hat. Hook up a huge fan.

@tsaageotrimm 5 ай бұрын

that's one hella scary table... Phil Ivey and Dwan!

@nicholi2789 5 ай бұрын

Don’t forget Koon. The guy is an absolute beast. Even in cash games.

@tsaageotrimm 5 ай бұрын

@@nicholi2789true!

@tamoose1 3 ай бұрын

Look at Jason’s neck artery pumping away…even high stakes guys get excited over a huge pot

@argsgsgsgnngndg9894 4 ай бұрын

Jason needs 34% equity to call the turn, unless i'm bad at math, so it's a fold in theory?

@jay-jaykay3707 3 ай бұрын

didnt check the math, but assuming you mathed right, thats just the needed equity if betting ends there, eg in an all-in situation...here they both have money behind so the hand continues, so either he thought even if he doesnt hit there might be enough scary rivers to get some fold equity, and/or he was thinking that if he hits one of his draws there were enough hero calls for some implied odds, especially the black outs for his straight look super dry on that board...

@docokd7oco443 5 ай бұрын

Plaques are a colossal pain in the ass...

@MrAgmoore 5 ай бұрын

3:50 seems like a tight fold?

@user-rx1mb5fp7c 5 ай бұрын

@marksimos7549 4 ай бұрын

Comments help. You’re welcome

@pokerpunk9413 4 ай бұрын

Anyone out there have a run it once hat for sale.... please Been looked for one for a while. Chatted w Phill in an email and they aren't doing merch anymore

@PaddyRoon7 3 ай бұрын

What's the deal with some casinos having weird chips like this? I don't see the point lol, just use normal chips

@ihatecommies4777 5 ай бұрын

Tom Dwan should be called Spock now not Der omg he looks like a Vulcan 🖖🏾

@jonvia 5 ай бұрын

Nice...drink coasters instead of chips

@iIliterati 5 ай бұрын

Damn, I'm such a dork, I definitely would have folded the 65h on the turn. But also, that flop play was a psychopaths line, made no sense.

@user-rx1mb5fp7c 5 ай бұрын

Definitely can't fold turn. You need 25% equity to call the half-pot bet which you will always have unless villain has Ah xh, so against villain's range, its a must-call. I liked the analysis on calling vs shoving turn though

@iIliterati 5 ай бұрын

@@user-rx1mb5fp7c with the line he took I would just assume a huge portion of his range is AhXh with a backdoor straight. And in that scenario I'm basically dead. The way he played the flop is just so wonky. Check, call, raise is so strange because rarely it's presupposing Koon is check raising

@thenzshow1 5 ай бұрын

Am I seeing things or is Phil’s nose really red?

@redemptionneeded 5 ай бұрын

Koon got extremely lucky on this

@sinatra222 5 ай бұрын

He was a favorite on the flop, 55% to 45% "eXtReMeLy LuCkY"

@redemptionneeded 5 ай бұрын

@@sinatra222 - turn? Who had more equity?

@garywu6488 5 ай бұрын

Elton should've just shoved turn. Can easily shove sets there too for value

@jacobm3461 5 ай бұрын

Why do they use those giant chips? They look so weird.

@apex1034 5 ай бұрын

It's the nosebleeds

@nicholi2789 5 ай бұрын

@@apex1034I think for a few reasons. It lessens the chance of making a mistake with these massive denomination chips, they also look cooler on tv like it’s Casino Royale or something.

@williv 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe Elton didn't shove turn or call river. 500k to win 2.5 million pot. You beat every draw except 56.

@DonTrump-sv1si 5 ай бұрын

Its always "the right play" when a pro does it. But if an amateur does the same thing then its not. Poker is extremely subjective. I guarantee you, if I called into Crush Live Poker and talked live with Bart Hanson and gave him this exact hand played by Tom Dwan and Jason Koon ( I know the main hand was Koon V Stang),and told him it was me and some other dude, playing a 1-3 game, hed rip me a new a-hole; correcting me on every street.

@iamamishiamamish8155 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure that's true, but even if it is, he focuses on small stakes exploits, which aren't as relevant here

@DonTrump-sv1si 5 ай бұрын

@@iamamishiamamish8155 I didn't know gto changed with the limit size. I must have missed that lesson. They should rename it to "Game Theory Optimal Only For High Stakes" or iow GTOOFHS

@wills6487 5 ай бұрын

Poker theory is, in fact, objective. Let’s use our brains here, should you expect the same play out of 1-3 players that you do from Tom Dwan and Jason Koon? Of course not. If you don’t even know enough about poker that you can watch CLP and not understand why Bart’s advice might be different, maybe you should consider the possibility that it’s you who has more learning to do, rather than that the entire population of poker pros are actually a sham

@DonTrump-sv1si 5 ай бұрын

@@wills6487 Lol settle down kiddo. So i have you on record saying that GTO changes when the limit changes? You are 100% double speaking out your azz. On one hand youre saying poker is objective (meaning there is a correct way and a wrong way) and then you say it changes with the limit size and whos playing, which by definition is SUBJECTIVE. Its impossible to be as dumb as youre seeming. Moreover my above comment has little to do with the limit being 1-3. If I called Bart and told him I was playing 10-20 or 25-50, hed still correct me on every street. Dont be such kiss azz doofus one time in your life

@andrejbogdanov2816 5 ай бұрын

As long as 80% of comments on a Phil Galfond! video are by obvious massive losers, poker is well alive and kicking. 😂

@4EverTruth 5 ай бұрын

I know that it's cooler for the title of your video but that's not considered a 2M dollar hand

@thom8363 5 ай бұрын

The title is "2M pot". Explain how there is no 2M in the pot

@terracottapie 5 ай бұрын

Great hand, great analysis as usual from Phil Galfond, but I can't watch videos with these stupid Applebee's coasters as chips and not giggle through the whole thing.

@fswatyahoocom 5 ай бұрын

draw is a bad play every time.

@fibonacci112358s 5 ай бұрын

Conventional poker wisdom is that you want to just realize your equity with minimal investment, if you have a lot of equity.

@justinn8410 5 ай бұрын

So you follow along with all the weak tight regs.

@MissingWilson 5 ай бұрын

These chips are stupid

@geoffin99 Ай бұрын

boring river

@Johnny-cz2wv 5 ай бұрын

That thing at the end is so annoying if regs do that; probing about the other guy's hand while not giving up any info themselves. Just shut up, if the rec wants to talk they will

@nowornever9327 5 ай бұрын

GG has confirmed Superusers and no video about that? Shame on you Phil

@PhilGalfond 5 ай бұрын

My release timeline is 1.5-8 weeks from the date of recording, so it doesn’t make sense for me to do current events. If you follow me on X, you’ll see me talking current events more often, this included.

@Mr1234qwertyasdfg 5 ай бұрын

elton is cheating

@johnniewelken5417 5 ай бұрын

Very pink nose Phil, drink much after the yt duties?

@norm996 5 ай бұрын

this is why poker is gambling... you cannot control the shuffling

@krisamagus1 4 ай бұрын

really?

@PissyKnish 5 ай бұрын

The only thing of value I've ever learned from you is the name Tommy Angelo.

@charlesnewborn3760 5 ай бұрын

phil, why you clickbait? its not a 2million dollar pot with a SFD, its a 1.5Million dollar pot with SFD. by the time he makes the pot 2Mil+, he doesn't have a SFD anymore, since all the cards are out. Jesus how am I supposed to learn anything from this channel if you cant even understand nuance.