Every time I watch that hand I'm still hoping Ivey calls.

What sort of panic sets in when durrrr hears Ivey say "This is gonna be the sickest call of all time"?

I haven't had anything to do with Poker for a number of years but watching this was interesting and made me want to play again...nice work WCG.

Just want to let you guys know why it says Poker Hands by Doug Polk in the bottom right for so long, because this is an older video it was shot in 4 : 3. Because of this, we needed something to fill the space. Hopefully it is not too distracting.

Ivey thinking of calling the bet on river made him great in my eyes.

This is definitely my favorite hand of all time. Tom Dwan #beast

Dwan look's like he is going to have a stroke mid hand hahahaha I'm suprised Phil Ivey couldn't hear is heart pounding threw his chest

imo one of the sickest hands on tv ever

I don't know how, but the back of Negreanu's head manages to be more annoying than the front.

This is def the best series on the channel. Countinue with it my man!

I’ve watched like 30 of your videos, the last two before this one was auto played were ones where you were kinda apologizing/explaining your content and they were pretty helpful in realizing how to think about your strategy. I love these vids, bro. Don’t apologize, you are a good host!

Dwan would prolly be able to make that play with JT or other semi-bluffs so that makes a call pretty hard in that spot. Nice vid.

Laak and Antonio knew it. I believe Phil knew it too. Sometimes you just can't call cause your hand is too bad to call with.

Love these videos Doug. You're analyses are really helping with my thought process during hands. Watched you're twitched stream yesterday, that was a tough loss. You're definitely becoming one of my fav players to watch.

like your thought process, it's spot on, this is how I like to try and approach a hand/hands. thanks for the videos. 😎

"Binks is having a nightmare" hahaha

Glad you reviewed this hand! Cheers Doug!

Just love this format. Keep doing it that frequently! One of the best is analyzing the best hands ever televised. SICK FORMAT!

Incredibly happy to see these uploaded again. +EV videos. Thanks Doug.

People don't seem to give the team of Antonio and Laak enough credit for instigating some of the famous huge pots in tv poker.

My absolute favorite part of this hand is how stupid Negraneau looks when he says he knows Iveys hand.

doug, you insight is unparalleled. thank you for opening my poker mind.

Very nice to hear your input of such a legendary hand; are you enjoying the sun we are having in Vancouver?

Ivey: ‘Can’t beat nothing… Except for that’ It pained him soo bad to lay down to Dawn here lol.

Nice analyze Doug, keep going !!!

Thanks for this awesome video man.

Phil is right that would have been the sickest call of all time

This was a really good episode, my fav so far! One thing I always wondered about this hand was what Daniel thinks Ivey has at the end..

dwan " there was something about the light " hahah

The smash cut at 2:22 is the greatest

"Binks has a nightmare" so casual 😂

For a long time I figured that Ivey decided he had to fold since even some of Dwan's bluffs beat him, like 77-99, T9s, JTs, QJs, and ATs. I suppose Dwan decided to bomb the river here because in addition to not blocking FDs, he just knows that Ivey's range is capped and his isn't. But wouldn't it be better for Dwan to bluff with hands like JTs, QJs, KJs and K9s that block Ivey's 2-pair combos? Cause like you said, Ivey's turn-calling range still contains J9s and all AJ combos.

Relative to most videos on KZfaq, your mic is low. I have to always turn up the volume 30% on your channel.

Great video

the best hand to jam river with is definitely AJ, you have the nuts as well as best blockers

Awesome video Doug Polk! I never think in this level. Thanks for sharing how to really play poker!

Great video Doug, although I have a question about when you were talking about " doesnt have odds to call" on the turn. As the commentator states, he says that Ivey believes he has the implied odds to make calling profitable vs sets, so why do you say he doesn't vs sets specifically when he has 22.7% equity vs them and is calling 120 to win the 286 pot with Dwan having something like 5 or 600 behind? I guess Dwan could maybe get away from an Ivey shove with tens if a diamond hits, although 3 betting tens preflop in that spot seems way inferior to calling with them imo. Folding Queens or Kings with that spr seems pretty exploitable even if the flush or straight is a big part of Ivey's range then.

I actually think Eli ruined this hand! From 18:26, you can literally see the gears in Ivey's brain turning. At 18:49 he sits up straight and says "Let's think about this a little bit." He is focused and in the zone like an athlete at the peak of their plays. And at 19:04, he's distracted by people drawing attention to Eli dozing off and then Eli wakes up and makes some useless comments. The moment is gone. He's now smiling and laughing and ends up mucking the hand :(

Doug refuses to acknowledge the importance of body language in hands like this. Dwan is one of the best poker players in the world at reading body language and knew Phil was uncomfortable. Undoubtedly factored into his thought process, you can tell on the flop Phil is slouching and wants to hide

I love your breakdown Doug, watching and studying your videos has helped me take my game to the next level....

I like how Gabe describe Tom as he's really nervous...LMFAO...And Ivey is going to puk blood watching this video

When Eli folds and makes that statement, the button is on him. Then the screen changes and Ivey has the button.

I love these videos

Hey Doug, really nice video! However, as a begginer, I get reeally confused when you just say something like: "Does he 3bet a hand like suited aces or not", who are you talking about? Are you talking about Dwan representing such a hand or thinking Ivey has such a hand? I got confused many times during the video not knowing exactly what you mean :/ I know it must be obvious to you, but for me it isn`t lol Great analysis though!

im so happy that there are actually youtubers who are pro poker players. i look forward to these analysis videos.

Doug you are an inspiration...never forget your 2+ 2 thread "end of my rope"...and after watching the way you break down the hands and having studied GTO it becomes so easy to break down hands into a logical sequence. Since watching all of your videos i am now consistently winning at the micros...i know a long way to go, but the longest journey begins with the first step. I don't play multi tables because like you i want a solid foundation in hand reading, players reads etc rather than go on auto piloting which multi tabling can lead to. Your words on poker are like the messiah preaching...i am all ears...lol..

miss these

I would have loved to see what Daniel's prediction was.

Can someone explain the concept of card removal to me? Does the math really improve that much if someone has a 3/52 chance of having a card vs 4/52 chance?

Fantastic! Thank you so much for that review!

The commentator is the most enjoyable thing for me in this. It feels like someone doing a reaction video with some snarky comments lol

Quick question, why is being able to block a jack on the river (with KJ to use your example) more important than blocking the ace? It makes sense to me on an intuitive level, but mathematically, don't we block AJ equal amounts when we hold one ace as when we hold one jack (in Ivey's shoes, considering bluff shoving the river).

14:22 binks is having a nightmare loool ur funny doug :)

who has the button is the biggest mystery of this whole hand

I find it funny how doug but zero effort into naming this series.

AA can be a check, but AK should really be a value bet on the flop, right? Phil Ivey can have all the 2 pair hands - Q10/K10/KQ - that he'd flat Laak's raise pre and then call Dwan's 3bet. He'd 3bet all the pocket pairs that flop set himself. So with AK you're only worried about 2 K10 + 2 KQ combos, and this is an even better flop for AK because the Qc + 10d means he only have 2 Q10s. Then include the 3 AJs hands and Dwan with AK is only worried about 9 combos exactly? Combinatorics-wise, that's like checking an overpair on 825 two tone where only 9 combinations that beat you. I think it would the best overpair/one pair type hand to bet flop with given that it reduces the probability that you got outflopped. With AA, you only block +1 more AJs combo, but the net card removal effect is that Ivey has more KQ/K10 relative to when you have AK.

I mean, what hand does Ivey put Dwan on where he thinks his 6's are good? J 8 diamonds? 9 8 diamonds? If so, I guess that makes sense bc then he's getting very good implied odds if the flush comes in. Can anyone speak to this?

this is the best hand from high stakes poker.

Ace 6 suited is ok to call A6 big blinds preflop?? Can't even hit a nutter straight with it.

Man that takes some balls

Thanks Doug for all Your Great Work You do a Great Job Take Care . . . -D1G1TALFOX

What a sick hand

Ivey would have bluffed raised river if tom dwan had more left behind, but Ivey assumed he was pot committed

Ur hand analysis is really nice contrast to pathetic phil leak and esfandiari - autorewind. Good job in keeping poker skill game. Best regards Doug!

I wonder what it was Daniel thought Ivey had. Maybe KJ?

I think this has to be the best televised poker hand of all time....right?

I was waiting for you to do this hand. I got a bit confused when you talked about how it's better to bluff with what Tom's holding as opposed to 7-6 diamonds. I'm also working so I'm distracted. I'll rewatch

Read down in the comments that you are from Australia Mate Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi love this series so much Please tell me your gonna play the main event next year????

Yes he is.

let the hand play out first. in my opinion it makes the video more enjozable....! let a viewer make their opinion before interrupting nad giving input on each streak.

Doug you say Dwan shouldn't fire 3rd barrel if he has missed diamonds, but say Ivey should fold because he blocks diamonds. Perhaps Ivey should call with missed diamonds if Dwan is indeed not bluffing missed diamonds on river.

Doug, I don't think bluff raising river in Ivey's shoes is ever a good play b/c Dwan's 3 streets bluffing range in this scenario is very narrow to the hands you mentioned (unless he's a total maniac that is going to be super unbalanced and weighted towards bluffs). I think this is a bad bluff even with KJs that blocks hands to the str8 b/c it is very ulikely that Dwan is going to triple barrel and fold the top of his value range (KK,QQ,TT, J9s sometimes) for just about ~250K more behind (pot being 679K) if Ivey decides to bluff raise. If Dwan had more money behind and pot geometry was different then I could see a river bluff raise with Jx blocker working more often, but not in this spot.Also, don't you think trying to bluff people out of the top of their range is a bad idea; esp when they have range advantage? That's one of the main reasons why I think your bluff vs Patrik didn't work b/c he was at the top of his range (even tho I like the hand you chose to bluff). I just don't think that trying to bluff people when they have super strong hands and one of the few hands they're going to have in a certain spot, Is a good idea.

Easy to play like this when you know you're not paying back your debts

Under Armor tank to wrap up the video? GTO, fo show.

Doug a few weeks ago you referred to Dwan as "a whale on a heater", this week you referred to him as a great player. Which one is he?

Doug, would you say its wrong for Ivey to call this river with A6?? If he thinks dwan is exploitatively overbluffing this river, doesn't that mean he can technically max exploit by calling 100% of his bluffcatcher and just rekting Dwan? Obv it means he might get readjusted on but thats another issue

Love how ivey calls tom durrr

Wish we can hear Ivey and durrr talk about this hand

A hall of fame nap for a soon to be poker hall of famer

at the end you say that he should jam with AJ off, that's the nuts.

phil calley the turn was bad but b/c his pot odds dont justify the call but these are pros they always call with bad pot odds

Very interesting hand there to be honest. I think Tom bets exactly the same if not slightly more if a diamond hits the river, I can't see him giving up there and Phil would scoop a huge pot. I believe Phil knows that Tom is weak and I think comes to the conclusion that tom Probably has a hand like JJ with the Jack of diamonds hence the fold with 66. Tom's betting/bluffing is awesome but I think Phil taking as long as he did there with just a 6 on the river in such a huge pot shows why at the time he was the best player in the world. It's easy to say but if it were me there on the button I would raise to about 120k when tom bets 46k on the flop just to give the hand more definition and really test Tom's hand strength on the flop. If Tom did decide to call and float to try and take the pot away on the river it really likely goes check check on the same 3s turn card. So Phil essentially would save money as the turn bet was 120k. I think also Tom much more likely shuts down on the river on the same run out as he would be scared Phil does have a huge hand. But I do agree with you Doug that flatting the flop is the ideal play most of the time here just against Tom I think a raise is better with Phil's huge draw.

I fucking love you Doug! Keep up the great work you do. no homo btw!

he's capped himself; ivey, perhaps. thought, if dwan bet a slight amount more, he could take out almost all fold equity from ivey and prevent iveys raising there. i was thinking ivey is only raise/folding on the river here. is that like a meta play though? dwan doesn't bet that much to show he's prepared to make that call, as well as price ivey out from calling something like aq/a10 type hands?

Phil ivey doesn' t beat even some bluff(JJ,AA,KJ).So why is he thinking?

I know it's all hindsight and it's easier when you see the cards etc but if Ivey justbraises flop could have won the hand and if called just gave up

how can u judge play of 2 best players in the world?how can u even think u know what they think?

If there only were more rake, Daniel would go with J3s and bluffreraise river.

Sometimes people just want to get in on some action with the bois. Don’t always have to be over critical when someone pays a bit more to see the flop lol.

Why would AJo be different for 3-betting pre from AJs? Both are kinda bad if you get 4-bet. Well, against many players its an easy snap fold but yeah

I really don't get why you continually ignore live tells. It's a crucial part of the game. Ivey didn't tank for several minutes on the river thinking about hand ranges and pot odds.

Mikey P would've crushed Tommy in this one...#CTO undefeated.

Why are your videos always so damn quiet?!

How about footage that isn't 40 years old

doug why you didnt play the 102k game ?

Why do people dislike Daniel Neg?

Ever think about calling it "Polker Hands"?

Dwan is hard to read because he always looks nervous af.

My god tom dwan is a monster

polka :D