Yeah it's one of the worst beats in poker history, and I dunno how many people would do that.

Might be worse. How would you know?

@@sylvesterstain You are an idiot. He said different, which is reinforced by Matt Affleck in the fucking video. Try to read properly, or actually watch the full fucking video you dumb fuck.

@@switters8679 complete over reaction on your part. Chill out.

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@@Zenigundam and that’s why you can’t beat $1-2 at your local casino.

500 k payout helps once he is able to come to grips with the bad beat

he looks healthy to you? he needs to shed 50 pounds

no need to kill yourself over a poker hand. if that's the case, definitely don't play poker. it has some sick beats and can take an emotional toll. but it's never worth offing yourself over. hard to be pro if you can't handle the losses.

@@videoluvr4204 150 pounds need to be shed

@@Zenigundam Hindsight 20/20 math says no w/ implied odds. Matt was on fire this year.

It was the call on the flop that was the problem. He should be going all in or folding based off the stack depths. If he did that, or bet the flop and got shoved on and then called I wouldn't have any issues.

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Mitjitsu 100%. Correct

The call on the turn is fine

Can’t beat luck

Duhamel said he called because he had 9M left if he lost the hand and would be in a great position to win the tournament if not.

honestly it’s a bad call but he flopped a gut shot and has a over pair so in his head he’s alive.. and that turn wasn’t the worst turn for him …

I dealt to him during a WPT event a while back he comes off as a pretty likeable dude very relatable. Most poker pros I've come across seem to have a very inflated ego didnt get that impression from Matt

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Literally *nobody* understood Duhamel's call on the turn. He check-calls OTF but then check-CALLS on the turn when he beats nothing but a stone cold bluff, which in 2010 would be extremely rare especially that close to the FT, and ESPECIALLY coming from the other chip leader.

I agree. It's just a terrible call and a terrible beat. Poker is brutal

I watched John's explanation on tv he said he knew he had outs to suck out on him and if he lost he would have a couple big blinds to work with and if he won the hand he would be overwhelming chip leader which he won and became overwhelming chip leader.. risk vs reward in this case huge risk = massive reward. I understand his reasoning for that.. he had 6 outs.

@@nsme6942 10 outs...that's approx 20% on the turn when he calls. It's ICM suicide, risk is not worth the reward there. His thought process doesn't make any sense. "I knew I had outs" is what you typically hear at a live 1/2 cash game, it's hardly a justification in most cases.

Like tbh I think as soon as Duhamel made the call I think he realized it was a bad one and he lucked out cuz after he hit the runner on the river look at his reaction he almost look a mixture of sad and relieved like he knew he shouldn't have won that hand

In which wsop?

hahaha no you didnt, you´ve never even played in the main event.

Want to punch his face

He would surely find a way to burn down that building

@@norpriest521 nah, he doesn't really talk shit unless it's an unknown player or if he's on Poker After Dark

Difference is, Matt Affleck and Duhamel were both top two chip leaders. This pot meant a lot for both. If Matt won, Duhamel will be crippled down to few blinds. Ivey on the other hand, he was short stacked while Moneymaker had massive chip stack. So even if Moneymaker had lost that pot to Ivey, Moneymaker would still have a healthy stack. So I would say Matt Affleck's bad beat was way more brutal than Phil Ivey's bad beat, not to mention how much the winnings changed their lives. But Ivey, his life didn't change or recognized over main event. He was already established pro who plays cash games for living. He doesn't need the tournament to have a life changing opportunity. So clearly this bad beat was way more brutal than river Ace to Phil. Also, Phil can at least acknowledge that if he was in Moneymaker's shoes, he would be doing the same thing. Duhamel? He clearly had the option to fold. He decided to suck out by calling the all-in on the turn and rivers a straight for 10 outer on the turn for 21%. 11.6 mil to win pot of 30 mil. That's not even 3:1 odds while his odds of winnings is 4:1. So this should've been a fold, especially when there's lot of top range of hands that Affleck can have that has Duhamel beat. Duhamel straight up wanted to play bingo and look for outs.

That's true, but if he had won the $9 million (not to mention endorsements), he would have been set for life. I doubt that any further poker success would have even mattered much to him. Who cares about "pursuing the game" when you're rich

@@kevinandres3306 like Stu Ungar was set for life after his first WSOP win. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

@@kevinandres3306 sometimes the hunt is what people want. I can understand that.

C Galhano duhamel calls and sucks out on him, not much different

Maybe he calls cause Affleck is on the button, probably making a move and he has Affleck covered...

Anyway... It would be the call of the tournament, the question is, would Duhamell had the balls to make that call ? I think not !!

No fucking way he calls pre

Duhamel folds. Affleck isn't jamming pre flop with anything less than QQ

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Also just really impressed by how we handled it and how well he talks

MarvfromdaDland I've often wondered the same,,I mean how many bluffs does he have?

@Mark Years later in an interview he said that he knew he's probably beaten, but he felt priced in and thought even if he's behind he still has outs.

Especially with the overcard on the turn.

readu100 same result !