Phil Hellmuth is a great player. One of his most admirable qualities is that he never tilts and always behaves rationally.

Honey, Honey I lost my whole stack with 97 off again

”I call, I play the board” is an amazing sentence 😂

What started as an easy fold, became a 200k lose for Hellmuth.

Has Phil Hellmuth ever won a hand on KZfaq?

"He called me with 10/J suited and I had 9/7 rag, honey."

Elezra looks like a Sopranos character.

I wonder what Tom is thinking when he goes into Durrr stare mode.

Phil’s first mistake was that jacket... 😂😂😂

True statement every time I play live poker when I decide to play a hand I hear Doug's voice telling what to do or not to do on every street

what drug is dwan doing that allows him to appear semi comatose throughout the entire hand? Is it that stuff the amazonian indians get from frogs?

God what a cooler

Honey! He called my 4bet with 97o!

The river commentary is just bad. River jam from Dwan is just perfect. Everyone understands that he can totally do it with a bluff given that he's a fucking animal and against such a man like Hellmuth who doesn't want to be bluffed at all cost that's a perfect decision

the shove on river was pure genius play this is not general play this is psychological warfare

I think it's pretty clear Dwan is exploiting the fact that Phil desperately wants to outplay him and win the pot. Hence the flop check, big sizing on the turn and overbet on the river. And it worked!

"How does 9-7 run into J-10 on that board". Good shit

Phil did say to Tom that “I’ll never put more than 3000 on tens, son” at the heads up game

This is one of my favorite TV poker hands, so glad that Doug took a look at it. I think Phil's comment about not wanting to look stupid highlights a mental state that is common, and one that you don't want to influence your decisions

GUY CALLS ME WITH A 9-7 OFFSUIT!-What Hellmuth WOULD have said if the shoe were on the other foot

Managing to create a 330k pot with 200/400 blinds with 97o on a board of QTT75 CALLING DOWN ALL THE WAY is really some kind of accomplishment

Hey Doug, awesome work!! I can't believe you havent done hand analysis on James Bond Casino Royale final hand yet!

Dwan bet almost pot on the turn with his trips for two reasons 1) protect against a draw heavy board and 2) more importantly, he knows phil knows his rep - such a big bet looks like a bluff and disguises his strength. Phil meanwhile does a poor job acting, snap calling to rep strength when if anything it looked weak

12:23 There is his problem. The most important issue for him is how he looks on tv with his decision.

The edge Tom Dwan has over Phil Hellmuth is the same edge Phil Hellmuth has over a bowl of potatoes.

Not sure how observant Tom Dwan is, but Phil showed discomfort when he grabbed his hat and pushed his glasses up when calling.

So rigged! 97 loses wtf.

That's how he made over 20 million with his reading abilities!

That bet by dwan on river was perfect

Disregarding the level of dynamic between Tom and Phil this hand is a good example of, how big losses on the river can often be traced back to mistakes in the preflop game. The problem with a hand like 97 is, that even when you hit, you usually hit a weak second or third pair, which never beat any of your opponents value range. But you have "something", so you gradually let yourself suck into a larger and larger pot with a mediocre hand.

"Honey, he four bet me with a better hand!"

i think its near impossible to know durrrrs range. im sure,all those guys play him differently than everyone else

I do have to give Hellmuth credit for his reaction though. He just accepted his loss, and quietly left. Would have been so easy for him to tilt and lose several more buy ins. He at least knows when he's off his game, and when to quit.

Hellmuth doesn't seem to understand ranges. He put Dwan exactly on AK.

I have concluded that Helmuth is an average poker player who got into tournaments when not many people did, and won 11 bracelets against not much competition.

2 years later and these comments ended up funnier than the call with 9 7 off. And the call with 9 7 off was fucking hilarious.

Hey Doug, when you play live, do you have the internal monolog in your head running like you do in your videos? If you do, awesome! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us. It's highly appreciated.

*_"You call... it gonna be all ova baby!"_*

Doyle aged 15 years while they played this hand. Rip Van Winkle woke up refreshed and my grass grew three feet.

Terrible Analysis on the river Doug. Tom jamming it against Hellmuth is perfect play. And Hellmuth is just the perfect person to do that against. Hellmuth's ego is too big and he hates it when younger poker players think they can bully him. That's why in this situation, Hellmuth is likely to call even though it's an easy fold.

Doug, even though your analysis sometimes runs long, you always kill it with some kind of montage like the one at 11:08! I love you bro!

Going all in on the river was genius.... Tom knew that if phil had a ten who wouldn't have snap called the turn the way he did......... He puts helmuth on a queen or a flush draw. If it was the flush draw any bet wouldn't get helmuth to call really and if it's the queen might as well go all in on the hopes that helmuth really snap called cuzz he's frustrated..... And he does look frustrated lolol. I guess you just gotta hope he doesn't have two queens.... but again...... if he did, then he wouldn't have snap called the turn.

I feel like Dwan def had a read Phil was going to station this hand. If 97o is in your opponent’s calling range obviously jamming JT prints.

Dwan clearly recognises that given his 4bet preflop, a Ten shouldnt be in his range, making him either have quads, Qs full or a bluff. Thereby his overbet shove looks like its often a bluff. Great bet !

I like Dwan's bet on the turn. Phil can certainly have hands like a 7 or a weak Q. He checked he flop and the 10 is not that good of a card, so it's highly unlikely he is going to bet if Dwan checks over to him. So Dwan misses on a lot of value by not betting.

I hate this guy saying its an easy fold, I mean third pair its a great hand in a 4-bet pot. Plus he blocks 77 and 99 fam. I bet this Doug guy is stuck playing 1$ sit&go´s.

Dwan always looks like he's a little afraid of something!😳

Hellmuth STEAMING got me to watch video end before Hellmuth starts STEAMING! ...and don't say that he made the call because he was STEAMING.

In this spot it was brilliant over bet shove. They had just had that heads up match and Tom knew Phil was after him and didn't want to get bluffed. The shove looked bluffy

12:40 Eli is just worried about stacking bread

To be fair to Hellmuth, Dwan checkback on the flop would have thrown me for a loop. After Phil calls the turn, particularly against Durr, he has to ready to call the river after the board bricks out. Nevertheless, I think this hand is just a lesson why not to play 97 in a 4 bet pot, because you end of in a bad situation about 99% of the time (having said that, I am still gonna do it).

glad to see you`re not set back by the drama.

Tom is a cash player. Phil is not a cash player

I love how Phil berates hands that guys play then on the next video Phil is playing the same hand

you sure you're allowed to show this hand? haha

I would love to know what range Tom is putting Phil on when he bets the river ? AQ KQ and 99 make the most sense IMO

Tom bluffs a lot, so the probability of Phil calling thin with a Q or 7 is way more likely than him having a better T or boat. Jam is perfect play given Tom's image, and given that tons of draws missed. The fold is only obvious if your opponent is super ABC and only shoves with the nuts and never bluffs, which is not the case with Tom.

Hahaha! You had to show your bluff at the Bike.

Go's all in with pair 7's.....

He called me with J HiGH! Amozing

I get that phill is world class player but most players wouldn’t even make the initial pre flop call on 9 7 off

I love how tom played the hand

Hellmuth is clearly the best of all time. I mean, who of us hasn't donked off $120,000+ every now and then?

hellmuth will ALWAYS be a target for durrrr; ever since phil tried to humiliate him and his play of 1010 vs. phil's AA at the heads up championship. durrrr doesn't show it but he's a little hot-head. if you insult him at the tables, he will try his best to run you over. (just ask bob safai). phil pretty much knew he was beat but he'd rather lose a huge pot than take a chance on getting his ego bluffed out on national television.

Thanks Doug, just a thought if You could mention how much they start the hand with would be nice to know, Over-bets are Fun for Everyone, Thanks take care and may the Run Good be with You . . . -D1G1TALFOX

Dwan has a huge history of playing junk or near junk. Hellmuth was probably banking on the 3 barrel bluff by Dwan instead of a hand.

Love the show, feel like I've been progressing alot. It would be great if you could add a graphic poker range matrix while you're talking about ranges!

Tom representing a bluff on the end was perfect. Dwan isn't checking usually on the flop with a pair of 10's or Q's. So another 10 coming makes it less likely that he has a 10 and Helmuth's 7 is good. Especially with Dwan betting reasonably big on the turn.

I think you're wrong about the reason for the overbet on the river. Dwan knows that Phil wants to beat him badly. He knows that Phil wants to make a sick hero call. Plus, Dwan had 4-bet out of the blinds preflop and could have AK diamonds that missed. The overbet is a polarizer: "Either I have it or I don't". With the flop being so textured, a missed draw is very likely. I suppose if Dwan really had a big draw on the flop, he probably would've bet it, but since he is playing out of position and Phil had already raised Eli and then called Dwan's 4-bet, he could also have put him on a big hand as well and checked the flop instead. In the end, however, the overbet shove on the river is something that Dwan does a lot with bluffs or monsters. I think there is no question in his mind that he's good here, though, and he's relying on Phil trying make a hero call with garbage.

As a novice player my first thought on the river shove by Dwan is Hellmuth seems to like to slow play AA KK post flop especially against aggressive players, With regards to value Doug didn't mention those as holding that might call, it seemed to me Hellmuth might take a similar line with those cards, what am I missing? Thanks!

From Dwans perspective I would have put helmuth on trying to trap him with aces or kings so I would have used the same line as Dwan only fearing queens full.

Is he saying at the end they made the hand up for the tv?

"Honey,he called with 10 Jack. He called with 10 Jack,honey."

Doug, I will tell you what Helmuth is thinking....he doesn't think Dwan would bet that big if he had a ten or if he had a queen either. Plus there is so many flush and straight draws out there.

I have a question. when Tom checks the flop after 4-betting, isn't his hand kind of face up as JJ,99, pair of 10s or pair of 7s? I know it makes sense to check those hands but in general it really caps players' range. do people really check a set or an overpair on that board?not likely, especially since its fairly wet. do people check AK/ on that board? not likely, since its just giving up on a 30k pot after you 4-bet and it makes your 4-bets suck. the best hand I can see people checking in Tom's spot is QJs and the worst one is 76s while a bunch of draws bet.

pretty sure i own all footage of the Jack of Hearts playing card. expect an email shortly.

I think Doug doesn't take in count of toms tragedy of poker in general where he gets into people's heads and make them believe he'll bluff in a lot of spots. I know it's a vague statement but that's why tom was so good back in these days bc he knew how to play the typical high stakes live players back in the day.

Love to see Phil get smashed.

I assume dwan puts hellmuth on kk, aa, aqs at worst. the tight v the uber aggro. great to watch

damn u still salty about the torelli hand huh

That's why I don't play crap cards like that. You always hit low or middle pair and get caught having to make tough decisions. 77 on that board looked really bad, can't believe he called all in

Hey Doug Have You Ever Considered Buying GSN?

Hey Doug, love your analysis! Is there nothing to be said here for the fact that the larger bet sizing of Dwan on the turn and river indicate he's betting a polarized range? Hellmuth was clearly bluff-catching in this hand, and shouldn't he be correct to do that once the flop checks through and none of the draws (diamonds and the various straight draws, which he mostly does not block) complete? I agree that Hellmuth's mistake in this hand was clearly preflop - he should just fold to Elezra's open, and certainly to Dwan's 4bet - but once he gets to the flop couldn't it be argued that there is some merit to his play? I think this train of thought was in his mind once he says "I'm gonna look like an idiot if I'm wrong and a genius if I'm right." Anyway thanks again for vid, I have learned a huge amount from all your analysis on KZfaq and various articles you wrote for Upswing.com. I was sorry to hear that you retired from poker but I remember you saying in one video that sometimes great players decide to amass a fortune and ride off into the sunset, and I guess that's what you decided to do. Would love to see you back one day and wish you all the best with your future endeavours! - Sean

Doug, wasn't the original quote also from you, but delivered to A.Torelli after he called your bluff in that very hand just featured in that montage ? Pretty sure you said, then, "What are the chances that 8 - 6 runs into Jacks?" LOL! - my ALL-TIME favorite live comment immediately after losing a HUGE pot!

Where can I watch the original videos of these

Tom Dwan..no sunglasses, no hat, no hood, no nothing..just a zombie look to intimidate the hell out of you to make a bad call..but I didn't see a steaming Phil here, WTF//

This is shocking by hellmuth. Not surprised though he plays with emotion

So the message of the lesson is not to call with shitty hands?

i personally love durrs river jam. before he made it i was thinking he should make a smaller value bet that would be easier to call but once he shoved it made perfect sense. it was a huge super polarized bet and, being aware of his table image, it was cool to see him play it in a way that looked like he was following up on a turn bluff. i think a smaller bet would have looked more like a value bet and helmuth might have been more likely to fold. maybe he knew helmuth was sick of being pushed around and was likely to make a loose call so he got max value. that being said, you're amazing Doug. im struggling to move out of microstakes and youre a superstar so im in no position to say you are wrong. its just my personal opinion.

You guys need to stop with the hate on Doug declaring that a spot is a close decision. Poker is about solving the puzzle your opponent is creating, while creating one yourself. Sometimes, calling in a spot creates a good puzzle while missing out on value, and raising is great for value, but bad for your puzzle. When Doug says a spot is close, what he means is it that that specific decision isn't without sacrifice. Not only do decisions run close in poker for the most part overall, the exact hands Doug decides to review are almost always really interesting and dynamic in nature, so decisions will be even closer on average.

Doug, at the end of this vid, you say, "Sometimes, seems a little bit too strange, if you ask me". What do you mean by this?

@Doug Polk Poker By including Alec's footage, are you implying that there was "no strategy" in his calldown and he was just "sending a message that you can't target him"?

The Daniel Negranu KZfaq ad on your videos are killing me

I’m in love with Durr and his upturned eyebrows

I've never understood about poker after dark. What is the format? It it just a cash game? Or is it some kind of tourney? I see it gets down to heads up sometimes, but the blinds never seem to go up. Fun video tho

How in the world Phil won 15 WSOP bracelets with the way he just played with Tom... it’s doesn’t makes no sense !

he's a "pro" and he got busted with 9-7... lesson of the day... DON'T BE THAT GUY!!!!

Doug Polk, would you argue that there is merit in discussing the K2/K10 hand where Dwan puts in a ton of money calling down Phil's bluff with bottom pair?

BRO YOUR VIDEOS AND MONTAGES KEEP GETTING FUNNIER. i like watching your poker videos cause you put humor in them. even my girlfriend who knows little about poker finds you hilarious. keep it up doug.

Doug is like Tokien's Elves: Go not to the elves(or Doug) for advice, for they will say both yes and no