Story of the Richest Heads Up Poker Game feat. Phil Ivey

Story of the Richest Heads Up Poker Game feat. Phil Ivey | Poker Documentary

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This is the story of the most exclusive and high stakes poker cash game that was played 20 years ago between the greatest ever poker players and a billionaire banker Andy Beal.
The Corporation was a group of pro poker players like Doyle Brunson,Phil Ivey,Gus Hansen,Jennifer Harman,Chip Reese and many other came together to form a 10 million dollar syndicate to defeat billionaire banker Andy Beal.It was an epic confrontation which the pro players almost lost but in the end Phil Ivey was there to save the day.
This is the complete poker documentary about all the interesting things that happened in this 5 year long heads up poker game
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@CrimzinEclipse2010 Жыл бұрын

A dealer at my local casino actually was one of the people who dealt at this game. He told a story where Todd Brunson showed up 5 minutes late for one of their matches, and when he arrived, Beal told him that they weren’t playing today, and to show up on time tomorrow. Beal apparently enjoyed playing mind games like with the pros to throw them off their game.

@Namdrahsirhc 10 ай бұрын

Don't disrespect the fish

@jamespohl-md2eq 10 ай бұрын

Damn. You are gullible.

@rustydawgt 2 жыл бұрын

100k/200k is absolutely insane, imagine playing for a house every hand and a mansion for big hands

@CesarMartinez-nu3if Ай бұрын

And a country for the final pot

@biong168 29 күн бұрын

@@CesarMartinez-nu3if that's good one :=)

@EvansBrosRacing 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty crazy that he did that well against multiple people who were each rested up and experts . He was his own worst enemy but he kicked ass while he was thinking clear . Imagine if he had teammates like Dwan and Daniel or other greats on his team so he could rest .

@teebo5298 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt his logic worked . But one thing let’s not take away . His bankroll was the biggest bluffer . Even the biggest gambling degens get nervous still pro or not. Ivy didn’t wNt any smoke At 120k blinds at first

@Mitjitsu Жыл бұрын

It's probably more to do with the fact the people he was playing against would have been able to discuss strategy at great length with each other. It's evident as they all seemed to improve their game against him over time.

@Mark-sm5eq Жыл бұрын

What's impressive to me is how many sessions Andy won against the son of The Godfather, Todd Brunson.

@jeffrogers3876 10 ай бұрын

@@Mark-sm5eqTodd's highly overrated imo, i feel like a lot of his money was won because people who feared his dad assumed all that knowledge had been passed on and retained by Todd. Much like that best friend of the toughest guy at your high school or town, who rarely had to back up their shit talkin cuz the real tough guy is standing behind him. Sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally. Either way u knew there would be consequences for anyone who even looked sideways at him let alone deliver sn ass whoopin

@Mark-sm5eq 10 ай бұрын

@jeffrogers3876 that occurred to me actually, deep in the cracks of my my mind. However, just the sheer amount of volume at high stakes cannot be ignored at least in the 2000s by Todd.

@DonLee1980 2 жыл бұрын

imagine having a whole team of the best poker players sweating and losing against you. even if it were only 2/5 times, it's still an amazing achievement.

@virtualbown 2 жыл бұрын

So...how smart is this Andy Beal guy? Able to play against the best, not even his day job. Incredible.

@zada4a 2 жыл бұрын

When he is a billionaire and also studied and analyzed the game, its easy - the money means nothing to him - 16 million? That's spare change for him so he can play without nerves at any stakes and just play what he considered the best play after analysing odds - it is not that hard.. But can he make it from 100$ to 1 million? No he will bust, because he is a gambler.

@virtualbown 2 жыл бұрын

@@zada4a It's not easy to be the best in the world at anything. No matter how much money or time.

@zada4a 2 жыл бұрын

@@virtualbown yea but in poker it is a lot about the money. It is a big part of the game, it is not like chess.

@virtualbown 2 жыл бұрын

@@zada4a Yeah. I hear you. They talked about it a lot here where Phil Ivey wouldn't even play him at first because the stakes were too high.

@ilovebrandnewcarpets 2 жыл бұрын

Ive heard portions of this story before, but this is by far the most elaborate retelling I’ve ever come across. Cheers!

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@barteatmyshorts8252 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video good job

@MJH211 2 жыл бұрын

its from the book The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

@michael2305 2 жыл бұрын

there's a book...

@314god-pispeaksjesusislord Жыл бұрын

@@PokerBounty you GOTTA BE KIDDING 😂 Amarillo slim, the partner of Brunson and Roberts said, YOU CAN SHEAR A SHEEP MANY A TIME BUT SKIN HIM ONLY ONCE. Chip Reece is one of the best cash game players ever and he knew how to lose. Brunson masterminds it all. AMATEURS USE STATISTICS PROS USE ECONOMICS, we ain't even discussing comps, whew. The only test would have been against UNGER if he was high enough not to care about anything but the game. Do an investigative journalist expose!!!

@peterciurea7771 2 жыл бұрын

If you see this as a maniacal billionaire learning poker, you missed the entire story. He's a top tier mathematician, not just a billionaire. He had a theory that risk tolerance was higher in the players, because they had experience.He wanted to see if they would play with the same fear amateurs would have at ricking large sums of money. He also tested the poker wisdom of the time, using his watch as a random decision aid, causing his behavior to be unpredictable , and many other things. He ran an experiment to prove out what was commonly held as gospel in the poker world of the time - lots of learning for all of poker after his work In some respects, he won - pro players could only face him AFTER pooling together. The core premise, pro vs an amateur psych difference was absolutely proven out

@M4R5-C4V14R 2 жыл бұрын

"In some respects, he won - pro players could only face him AFTER pooling together. The core premise, pro vs an amateur psych difference was absolutely proven out" The only thing this proved was that someone with an infinite bankroll could intimidate those without one.

@laurenmp7486 2 жыл бұрын

And there are numerous poker players with math degrees, so his whole thing thinking he could learn what poker players don't was just hubris. it wasn't like his scheme was anything more than a poker version of a hedge fund anyways. Great as long as everything plays out how your data allowed you to predict it would, but the second what's happening isn't in the data, it's over.

@Hotobu 2 жыл бұрын

@@M4R5-C4V14R ...it's almost like that's just a restatement of what he said 🙄

@absoluteloyalty9033 2 жыл бұрын

If that was his only advantage, it appears that his decision was stupid. You should have a bigger advantage than that. The fact that they were multiple people gives them a huge advantage.

@cybalanced4108 2 жыл бұрын

:smart:

@timelapsega 2 жыл бұрын

Ivey saved their asses, dudes a legend. But man heads up for this short of a sample size is so risky, either side could just run way above ev and destroy the other.

@bobbyd9319 2 жыл бұрын

Sample size....wasn’t small, they played many times and for many hours. Wasn’t as if they played for one day !

@M4R5-C4V14R 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbyd9319 Even if it were a month in total days played, that would still be a very small sample size.

@M4R5-C4V14R 2 жыл бұрын

It seems as though Ivey saved them, but he was also the only one to be able to play him 3 consecutive days at the end of a long series. The same might have happened if Lederer was allowed to play him continuously.

@bobbyd9319 2 жыл бұрын

@@M4R5-C4V14R sample size is small, but since it’s heads up, the skill kicks in faster than any other game.

@shahrukh877 2 жыл бұрын

@@M4R5-C4V14R NO PLEASE NO say anyone but LEDERER dude is the biggest nit

@jinzokan3499 10 ай бұрын

Yo this is a great documentary of one of the most epic events in poker history that we know of! Thank you so kuch for putting this all together i remember learning all of this through random snippets on 2p2

@traviskeeler4533 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done vid. I have read "The Professor, The Banker and the Suicide King" which is the best-written account of this amazing period of poker history and you nailed all the essential information. Incredible story. Sick amounts of money wagered for sure.

@cerealseeka1774 2 жыл бұрын

Man this was a hell of a story. Knew that the corporation played beal, but not in so much detail. Really appreciate it, good job :)

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@generationgabe5966 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the story ! I’ve heard small talks about this never got the full story thank you!

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@roberthorry621 2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerBounty awesome job

@dannyh5937 Жыл бұрын

I love watching videos like this. Filled with poker lore and all these stories that people talk about, but never know the true story. Great video. Also, money is basically fake when you're worth 7.8 billion. He could have been playing 10k/20k hands and it wouldn't make a dent in his bankroll.

@extremelylucky999 2 жыл бұрын

This was a damn good piece of content. Kudos

@CesarMartinez-nu3if Ай бұрын

Absolutely relatable to a lot of us I’m guessing, couldn’t live with the fact that there was a missing piece he could find if he tried, finding out why,how he was losing to them, knowing their weakness and figuring out how to exploit it, two understandings, Andy’s, and the pros.

@markcentola8845 2 жыл бұрын

There is an entire book about this game; Beal realized a big part of poker was stakes so he ultimately raised the stakes so high he could break them in any given game because at that those stakes it can shake anyone’s game. The lesion is that a large part of poker is the stakes and how much money you have to keep your game stable.

@cinerama62 2 жыл бұрын

It's a fascinating story about this now legendary poker match. ' The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time Book by Michael Craig.

@xxxYYZxxx 2 жыл бұрын

There are more lessons, including the pros declining to play Beal in Texas. The Bellagio poker room was run by poker pro Bobby Baldwin, friend of Doyle & co. Yes, Beal wanted to raise the stakes, but the pros preferred to play Beal in ring games instead of heads up, as the pros have an edge as a group. It's unfounded to presume the pros only pooled their money (and split the winnings) that one time to play Beal heads up, and not in ring games (or tournaments) as a rule. The colloquial term for collusion in poker is "having a piece of each other's action".

@dangermouse9348 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxxYYZxxx Beal wanted to play heads up. He knew that was his best chnace of winning. Nothing to do with collusion between pros at a multi player game. Having a piece of someones action is not collusion, it's very common for pros to sell a piece of their stake in a tournament or cash game. I've bought and sold action myself. If it was undeclared in a cash game then yes it would be collusion. Otherwise it's very standard. In this case the only way the pros could afford to play Beal was by pooling their money. IIRC there was something like $20 million on the table at one point.

@xxxYYZxxx 2 жыл бұрын

@@dangermouse9348 You're just accepting the terms of the colluders. Just because they don't also admit to signaling hole cards doesn't mean they're not colluding. Admitting to "having a piece" is a deflection of the issue. It's like a baseball pitcher with sandpaper and Vaseline who claims he's just obsessive about personal hygiene and manicuring - only a home town fanboy shmook would fall for such a rouse. Why didn't the pros want to play heads up? The notion that Beal had a better chance to win heads up than vs a full table is absurd, unless the pros are colluding. Pros stand to make more vs. Beal heads up than with other pros at the table, unless the pros were .... colluding.

@dangermouse9348 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxxYYZxxx HU poker is very different to full ring. It's FL so it's mathematical and Beal had run millions of simulated hands. Facing one player you only have to figure out what that player's habits are. You don't have to concentrate on what a bunch of other players are doing. You haven't a clue what you're talking about. Do you think the mafia are still running Vegas?

@footballfreak0 2 жыл бұрын

Very Elaborate, love the chapters. Great job!

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@_antwonTT6 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff PB. Keep them coming!

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@ChonkySlotDonkey 2 жыл бұрын

Andy Beal was running syms before Pio solver lmao

@BirdDawg1 10 ай бұрын

So this guy took on a team of the best players in the world, by himself and WON? (The first match to 10 million). What an animal.

@mattbarnes128 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear the full story thx

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@jr9655 2 жыл бұрын

I know that he is the billionaire, but I found myself rooting for Beal in all of these cash games. And Howard Lederer, screw that thief!

@alextaylor8776 Жыл бұрын

Me too. These poker pros are not very likable people and most seem like they’re miserable in real life.

@DelusionalNYC Жыл бұрын

@@alextaylor8776 back then, anyone who qualified as a longtime poker pro was also a gambling degens, almost by definition

@kyle7950 4 ай бұрын

Ya they were legends turned villains. To think Andy beal the reason for full tilt ..

@jk7140 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute pack hunters. Loved to hear this story, if you read between the lines you get to learn about a group of people who are masters of more than just one game. Really cutthroat stuff, all without any bloodshed. So much respect to "the corporation"!

@absoluteloyalty9033 2 жыл бұрын

Why respect? It's multiple people against 1 person. That's a huge advantage.

@xxxYYZxxx Жыл бұрын

Well put. I'm trying to argue with a "fanboy" about how colluders operate in poker and it's like explaining to a kid the tooth fairly isn't real. 😄

@rico2timesfn919 9 ай бұрын

No respect whatsoever to the corporation !consisted of multiple people who who robbed the poker community . I wish Andy would have popped them all lol

@tribalwar907 2 жыл бұрын

Great doc bro. Thanks

@llawma2588 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! One of the best poker stories I've heard... Phil Ivey is intimidating and super good. But the Billionaire guy was not a pushover

@bumpsy2358 Жыл бұрын

16 million dollar push over..everybody becomes a fish to the right Shark!

@Alex-tx2em Жыл бұрын

@@bumpsy2358 The right shark having to be the greatest of all time to beat a businessman going against the absolute pros of poker for fun. Give the guy some credit.

@bumpsy2358 Жыл бұрын

@@Alex-tx2em That is correct, the right shark for a 16 million dollar Whale He was going to get beat it was just a matter of time. When you get a big fish on the hook, you don't just yank him in the boat, you let him flounder awhile wearing itself out thinking its going to get away. That is exactly what happened. Take this little tidbit of wisdom to heart, otherwise one day you too, will be the fish, and not know it. Its all about psychology, making a sucker believe that they have a chance. I only can give him credit for having 16 million to loose and not sweat it. So in a different field, he is the shark.

@Alex-tx2em Жыл бұрын

@@bumpsy2358 Oh so they lost on purpose all those years even though they refused to budge playing those high stakes after all those losses. They lost, it took the greatest poker player of all time to recoup what they had lost. You're giving them too much credit thinking they could risk losing a whale with that many losses. Phil is what saved them, my point is give the guy credit for being a newcomer and doing so well against the best. He came back because they geniunely lost, I agree in the beginning they had baited him, but to brush off all those losses as bait is hilarious revisionism.

@bumpsy2358 Жыл бұрын

@@Alex-tx2em Okay, LOL. I gave you some game for free, I did not get it for free, I had to pay. But it was well worth it! I have since never gotten busted at a poker table. If you play poker, and you cant spot the fish in the first half hour to 45 minutes, then you are the fish. Poker is not strictly mathmatics, that is what he thought. He wrote a program that he used to beat wallstreet, but his program could only do the math, it cant do the psychology. And that is the edge.

@jamalsowell3650 2 жыл бұрын

When Dan Bilzerian said he made his money playing poker, this is the game he tells his friends he played in.

@brucelee5576 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ianaguilar8090 2 жыл бұрын

Hes a trust fund baby he didn’t make his money through poker

@christophersuswal9544 Жыл бұрын

@@ianaguilar8090 Everyone knows that. He loves poker and is mediocre like all of us. He looks up to self made millionaires through gambling and wants to be that

@ianaguilar8090 Жыл бұрын

@@christophersuswal9544 not everybody know that that’s why he became so famous I don’t think people would be as big as a fan of his if they knew he’s really a trust fund baby

@christophersuswal9544 Жыл бұрын

@@ianaguilar8090 I try not to be to cynical but in general people are idiots who desperately look up to people after they watch a video and blatantly ignore the facts in front of them. Plus, it was a short term fad and those "fans" probably turned that back at this point. He was a pretty stereotypical case of short term fame and all of it's glory at first. Then comes the downfall and shame. The thing is Dan still isn't hurting! His life is just fine I feel bad for his old fans. They'll just latch on to the next story that they want to be and continue to be fanboys of various characters until they die. And that's all they'll ever be

@davegorman9822 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and commentary!!!

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@20thdistrictcourtoftexas5 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the piece...One interesting note I read in the book but didn't hear here is that on all these trips back and forth between Vegas and Dallas, Beal always flew commercial!

@PokerBounty Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@shavemangin 2 жыл бұрын

You make great videos , thanks 🙏

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@Smile-uwokeup-2day 2 жыл бұрын

This history of poker game here with da pros Andy b did is insane . Cool vlog this is wow

@jso2332 Жыл бұрын

What a cool story. Thank you for sharing this. I never knew about it.

@emceelaces 2 жыл бұрын

So basically… PHIL IVEY IS THE GOAT 🙌🏼

@DaveFu Жыл бұрын

From No Home to Buy any home Jerome

@TruthHurtzandHealz Жыл бұрын

There's no debate about it.

@martinwhalley3286 Жыл бұрын

Stuey Unger would wipe Ivey out.

@TruthHurtzandHealz Жыл бұрын

@@martinwhalley3286 after he "wiped out," 10 lines of coke? I don't think so. Stu Ungar had a really bad drug addiction. Throughout his life story as a professional poker player he lacked the discipline to maintain a steady poker game. His highs and lows were like a roller coaster ride and he couldn't maintain true balance because of his lack of discipline, so there's no way that he could outplay Phil Ivey. Phil would sense this weakness out in Stu and use it against him. Stu would make desperation moves that Phil would easily capitalize on and use against him. With that being said, if Stu Ungar had not been mastered by drug addiction then his game could've been insurmountable and possibly even greater than Phil Ivey, but it wasn't.

@michaelss1294 3 ай бұрын

Ivey used to be great. But nowadays, top poker players run circles on Ivey.

@saucecan0119 2 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated video

@robertmistodinis1075 Жыл бұрын

Amaizing video, thank you !

@PokerBounty Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@jaj6786 8 ай бұрын

Beal was undoubtedly an excellent player but the real test would be to put him in a poker tournament where everyone starts with the same # of chips, with no reloading permitted. He would lose badly to top players in this tournament format. The only thing that made him dangerous was that he could play absolutely fearlessly due to his bottomless wealth.

@damingalam8809 2 жыл бұрын

Never knew Chumlee is that good at Poker! ^^

@jamiec6504 2 жыл бұрын

The irony I keep seeing in these comments with their so called “expert” opinions is hilarious given the simple fact that even if they were only slightly paying attention they would’ve immediately realized that all of these games were LIMIT hold ‘em. I remember hearing about these games during the time as I was playing a lot of poker but this was an excellent breakdown of this story and very well made. Thank you for your work and sharing.

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

@praveenchandrajoshi4286 2 жыл бұрын

Andy also deserve respect.

@andyt9181 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is pretty obvious for anyone that hear this story.

@TheChainChasers 2 жыл бұрын

I just see this as a dude with way more money than the people he's playing. He's at no risk no matter what happens. He just has an ego issue and saw a game like poker as his best shot to beat professionals

@TheSqueakGeek 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChainChasers he beat so many professionals. While some play for money, he played for sportsmanship and competitiveness. It's highly respectable

@TheChainChasers 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSqueakGeek is that why he constantly pressured them into playing for blinds above what they were comfortable with? You're a biased fool

@broylespokerschool3856 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChainChasers it gave him an edge against the best in the world and had only been playing for a short time. Mad respect for the dude, very impressive to get close to their level that quickly

@MemberWhen Жыл бұрын

Dude basically just casually invented PIOSolver in 2001. Legend.

@jiveturkey8728 Жыл бұрын

and how did that work out against Lederer and Ivey? Even if you know the odds, you still got to play the hand and thats where the old-schoolers will out read you.

@Hedonism96 11 ай бұрын

@@jiveturkey8728solid point man. under rated take

@colintimp1372 10 ай бұрын

It's not hard at all to figure out limit holdem. It's really a straight pot-odds game. Exploitative play only goes so far. No-limit is far more complex; and involves much more implied odds and exploitation of the opponent.

@lonnieo4676 2 жыл бұрын

wow, amazing story, i thought i was gonna see a fish going to a shark fest and asking what's for dinner, but he really turned out to be a formidable opponent... esp. when they get to change sharks every few hours...

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ShivaOO7 Жыл бұрын

22:04 The king of Apples is my personal favorite card.

@Danny-pi1xh 2 жыл бұрын

Solid video

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@abcdefghi9 6 ай бұрын

I can respect Andy Beal, because I see the statician/mathematician in him at work. It certainly was an experiment, but also a test of his own wits/mathematical knowledge against pros.For an amature/newbie to challenge the all time greats and even beat them at all was amazing in itself.Further more they had to team up to bring him down. One by one, they wouldnt stand a chance. Also if beal was a pro they would stand a chance against him.They won because they do that full time.He was running a billion dollar business(which is a challenge in itself) and also playing world champions in the afternoons. Thats crazy. But as a Mathematician he should have known he wouldnt stand a chance agains these guy, but he certainly made them shake in their boots.

@lucozade8373 2 жыл бұрын

For a billionaire he actually took a very hands on approach

@bubblebaath7840 Жыл бұрын

The video was amazingly put together, love your work.. also can I play in Vegas at 18 or is gambling age in the US 21 like the drinking age?

@PokerBounty Жыл бұрын

Thank you!. I believe you have to wait till 21.

@gavinbrando8255 Жыл бұрын

Andy Beal has got to be one of the coolest people of all time 🤣😂😎😎😎😎😎 absolute genius!

@Smile-uwokeup-2day 2 жыл бұрын

Am such fan of Phil ivy here

@sirris4330 2 жыл бұрын

Howard Lederer flexing so damn hard:)

@johnnywang206 2 жыл бұрын

Had no idea Lederer was so good. He seemed so scared on high stakes poker.

@kennedybrendon3623 2 жыл бұрын

He was scared. He is a degenerate gambler and was broke and borrowing money during that era

@brucelee5576 2 жыл бұрын

High Stakes Poker is No Limit.

@kennedybrendon3623 2 жыл бұрын

@@brucelee5576 You are an idiot. Please stop embarrassing yourself by commenting online

@Ken-ev8zx 2 жыл бұрын

I want to see Andy Beal come back...

@michaelr9840 2 жыл бұрын

Yes thank you so much

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

My Pleasure

@danielmeuler2877 Жыл бұрын

The Higher the Stakes the advantage goes to the person with the most disposable income.

@well.thy.one. 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure lederer made this whole thing up

@Guerilla423 2 жыл бұрын

It was all just Antonius's fever dream

@armkidmustang 2 жыл бұрын

someone needs to make a movie on this

@NoLookKING Жыл бұрын

so sick!!

@jameslourenco1570 2 жыл бұрын

They only had that bankroll because they were stealing money from full tilt customers

@andyt9181 2 жыл бұрын

@johnson oney How much did he take of your money?

@TropicalWeatherThreatSociety 2 жыл бұрын

Doyle was innocent in all that

@AngoNL035SD Жыл бұрын

Howard Lederer did indeed!

@railb1rd 2 жыл бұрын

This Andy Beal guy really had an advanced computer for the time.

@rollykid 2 жыл бұрын

Andy Beal prove to be a top poker player, he was able to beat the most of the top players at that moment and he lost against the GOAT

@DJ-kk3co Жыл бұрын

He intimidated them with his money. They were playing with almost there whole life savings, he was playing with one days budget lol common sense would tell you that but it appears your lacking in that area.

@jfdesignsinc.innovationsid1583 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why Andy felt the need to take on all,of Vegas by himself. I think his zeal and own ego was his downfall..he should have formed and anti -corporation to help him battle. Take the pressure off and be able to do some of the work so he could rest and relax . But a guy like Andy with his ego ,that would not be an option.

@brucelee5576 2 жыл бұрын

He's trying to beat them, not necessarily trying to make money.

@tomcads1604 2 жыл бұрын

@@brucelee5576 oh for sure, even if he lost 50mio dollars, that would make it less than 1 measly percent of his entire net worth. For a regular person that's the equivalent of maybe losing a couple 1000$, a chunk of change surely but nothing life changing by any means

@Maitreya888 2 жыл бұрын

For Andy this was pocket change. He didn't care for the money, he wanted to prove his mathematical theory and it was alot of fun for him to challenge the best players.

@Mokarney Жыл бұрын

Even if Beal lost $10M in a single sitting, it was a rounding error in his bank accounts. He truly has an unlimited bankroll compared to the pros, he would have cleaned them out eventually.

@jaadmaan8156 10 ай бұрын

$10M in cash is not a rounding error to anyone except perhaps the US Gov. most billionaires are billionaires through non liquid assets. $10M of liquid cash is a lot to everyone

@benjaminparkin9716 2 жыл бұрын

amazing story

@PokerBounty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

@martinwhalley3286 Жыл бұрын

I remember playing at the Mirage. The two tables on the riser, by the brush station. The inner table was empty at 7pm and the game I was in, was full with about 6 names waiting. 75/150 Limit Seven Card Stud $1500 min buy-in. I buy $3k and after two hours, I was up $2500 and I noticed a few people filing into the main table. An hour later, 7 people let them fly. There were some chips, but they were primarily for the dealer taking the rake. They were playing Chinese poker, ostensibly to kill the time waiting for a few more players for whatever game they were there for. 1 and 2 limit, that would be 1 and 2...stacks of 10k in hunids, rubber bands no extra charge. Just when I thought I stepped up. No, I guess not

@brentritchie6199 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video have been a poker fan since mid 2000's but didn't know about this. I wouldn't bet against Phil Ivey on anything!

@Adam_P_Wood Жыл бұрын

Same here, I know all the isildurr stories surprised I’ve missed this.

@OHDURRRRR 2 жыл бұрын

When you the goat 🐐 only other cash game is dwan durrr

@ShuvzPoker Жыл бұрын

There's a book about this called 'The Professor, The Banker and the Suicide Kid' fun read

@MrSamuraijack13 2 жыл бұрын

the ironic thing is that none of these 'pros' can beat 200nl these days. just goes to show the level of so called 'pros' back then and how far the game has come.

@nirvananlh2292 2 жыл бұрын

Great .

@rjmacready9828 3 ай бұрын

Ivey the goat for real

@Magurkin_Mindfully_Meta Жыл бұрын

and the Phil Ivey Myth becomes Legend

@user-fc8hj7xv5d 8 ай бұрын

I sat and chatted with Todd Brunson in 2013 and he told me about how he was preparing for play Andy Beal Hu for 5 million in a few weeks so I don’t think the story ended with Phil Ivey

@PokerBounty 8 ай бұрын

Yes, Beal came later and played another heads up match against Todd and Todd won 5 mill from the banker.

@tomtom-yr1jg 2 жыл бұрын

If they played no limit holdem it would have been a different story

@jbf4184 2 жыл бұрын

If you read the book Andy was smart enough to start figuring where he could negate the pros advantage and find an edge.

@aussiegrows8096 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how people play limit holdem

@sh0cktim3 2 жыл бұрын

Limit actally takes some skill heads up. 9 handed limit is garbage tho

@Dark3nedDragon 2 жыл бұрын

@@sh0cktim3 Does it? When you can read your opponents' hands accurately enough to raise a player that has you beat high enough that he thinks your draw hit and he needs to fold, meanwhile recognizing the other player will read that raise as a bluff, and still not committing too much of your stack while doing so, to me that makes No Limit a far better game. Understanding how each player at the table will see your actions and respond to them, is honestly more important than the cards. Players that only raise or call large raises when with a very strong hand should tell you where you sit quite clearly, and let you get away from strong, but beaten hands pretty easily. Depending on the size of the limit game, drawing for cards isn't nearly as punishing, the short-variance is extremely punishing though if you were to raise with a solid hand that has them beat all the way to the River where they hit it, and then you lose a significant pot. If it's Pot Limit that's different, for regular Limit you end up in a lot of circumstances where it becomes profitable to just Call with the worst hand, in a way that you would be severely punished in No-Limit.

@miketheman1393 5 ай бұрын

Ivey is the GOAT...

@senadhalilovic1762 Жыл бұрын

Funny part of the story: "Howard Lederer play aggressively"

@cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474 Жыл бұрын

That was an awesome account of the incredible series of events. Thank you for the upload. It is sort of sickening though to see people treat such high sums of money with such utter disregard. Hey for Mr Beal it wasn't about money, $10,000,000 is pocket change if you take into account his business on a whole. He could afford to lose it no problem. BUT, the degen gamblers are another story, they just saw a way to take some jerkoff's money. He wasn't just some jerk though, he was a top level mathematician who studied probabilities. Damn, he wrote his own code to run them. If it is really about the skill of actually playing poker then stakes don't matter - $100 or $ 10,000,000 - it's all perspective. But the super high stakes do take people out of their comfort zone and does change the way they play. Why not just go for the stratosphere where was the $5,000,000-$10,000,000 for $1BN. Now that is the game I want to see. Not even he could stomach losing that amount of money.

@jiveturkey8728 Жыл бұрын

Since this is a private game are the winnings taxable?

@vincenttooles1415 7 ай бұрын

This guy is f🤬🤬kin legend... the best poker pros in the world were just his play things lol

@BigDaddyGee85 2 жыл бұрын

100k/200k...that is something else though

@whatsup4616 2 жыл бұрын

Now Andy Biel has picked up chess and is playing Magnus Carlsen for 500k a game…

@nirajways 2 жыл бұрын

First he has to deal with Nepo

@M4R5-C4V14R 2 жыл бұрын

good one

@pangaea6united 2 жыл бұрын

have to think within last 20 years something similar has taken place behind closed door completly confidential

@pangaea6united 2 жыл бұрын

Also have give props to Jen

@bobymacdilan 2 жыл бұрын

well according to Dan Bilzerian that's how he made his money right ? hahaha

@dantrav1927 2 жыл бұрын

Made respect to Andy!

@upplsuckimcool16 2 жыл бұрын

Dude..... what I wouldn't give to see these hands in real time.

@paulpena5040 Жыл бұрын

Imagine playing in a game where the big blind is a brand new top of the line Lexus.

@steerpike50 Жыл бұрын

Nice story.

@joeashbubemma Жыл бұрын

I have a 3mo CD at Beal bank, had no idea.

@elyastoohey6621 2 жыл бұрын

When you think about it. Just teasing the stakes to mess with their bankroll, he only walked away with 12.5 BB’s ahead. Most of that can likely be put down to poorer professionals nit folding.

@iamskippy Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure how I’m going to pay rent next month and these guys are playing small blinds worth more than my car. 🤦🏼‍♂️ *I know people in other countries would say:* _You can’t complain when you have clean water and indoor plumbing_ … but it still blows me away to hear *how much money rich people spend on “having fun”*

@putinsgaytwin4272 Жыл бұрын

The poker players are literally working and doing their job. The billionaire was having fun but also trying out another way of making moneu

@SerErryk Жыл бұрын

Your $1/$2 game would be nosebleeds in many 3rd 🌍 countries.

@patocall8146 2 жыл бұрын

Great job, Barry deserves credit for convincing the corporation to let Phil play, Phil is the greatest heads up player ever

@CowSaysMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын

Not DISPUTING that PI is great, however, I'll be you can find NO evidence of PI playing heads up LIMIT holdem before or since. So I'm not sure you have any leverage for your statement. HU Limit Cash games just DON'T exist outside of people's kitchen tables, and this silly match

@kevdawg55 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tommy-fo4gb Phil would have been great in the Wild West since he can dodge bullets, baby

@brianmcleod5474 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tommy-fo4gb Not Hu and he's fucking horrible in cash games. Hes the best tournament player without a doubt though.

@CowSaysMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын

@captain scentsible39Agreed about LIMIT, but It wasn't heads up, which is what I stated. Sites back then didn't have heads up tables.

@AngoNL035SD Жыл бұрын

@@Tommy-fo4gb PI is the best over all poker player ever, PH is one off the best no limit hold ‘em tournament player from the past!

@wantaG18 2 жыл бұрын

There was no Bobby's Room when they played the first time. Bobby's Room didn't exist until the Room was remodeled years later.

@wantaG18 2 жыл бұрын

Andy did actually play Todd in a $5M freeze out at 100k 200k in Bobby's Room. Todd won.

@ryanli869 2 жыл бұрын

@@wantaG18 this also doesnt make sense cause that means each player was sitting only 25 big blinds deep which is super short stacked.

@wantaG18 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanli869 They played limit holdem in all of these matches. The blinds in the freeze out mentioned are 50k and 100k. The limit is 100k 200k. So only 25 big bets each. Think of it as a 4-8 limit holdem game. But with 25k chips.

@bohs1984 Жыл бұрын

He is now worth more than 11 BILLION. The Professor of Poker is now The Pariah of Poker after Full Tilt scandal.

@user-dx7ks4yg3j 8 ай бұрын

So basically Andy Beal was the inventor of the GTO-concept 🤔?! My mind is blown

@mustafa2010ism 2 жыл бұрын

Really crazy. Taking on all of this team of champions alone and driving them up the wall.

@shivasirons6159 2 жыл бұрын

Beal had some success against the best in the world, i imagine he,d be pretty darn good against regular,s.

@sakikogookheng 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking that. If he just played regular stakes against regular people he'd have a great time playing poker and wouldn't feel so used

@ryanturner3432 2 жыл бұрын

@@sakikogookheng how did he feel used? They didn't trick him into sting or take advantage of his. From start to finish it was all his idea.

@15xgg80 2 жыл бұрын

@@sakikogookheng It was a test and a challenge for his ego. When you are that rich everything seems boring because you can literally buy whatever you want. Him losing 10-20 million is lik us losing $1000 sure it stings a bit but its not going to make a difference in your life.

@xanderlinde8746 2 жыл бұрын

22:05 is that a king with an apple 🍎 suit?

@dingaonhockey 2 жыл бұрын

....the flop came 🍌🍌 🍌. I recheck my cards and it's the right color....wrong fruit 🍋🍋. Nooooooo 🍌

@88mphDrBrown 2 жыл бұрын

Buying into a 3 handed game with your whole bankroll that's only 50bb is one of the dumbest poker decisions I've ever heard of.

@thelifeofLJ2011 2 жыл бұрын

No shit, that is reckless

@88mphDrBrown 2 жыл бұрын

@@thelifeofLJ2011 it blows me away that any professional would make such a horrible decision, let alone a great pro. Most bad recs would instantly know how dangerous/ terrible that decision is/ was.

@15xgg80 2 жыл бұрын

@@88mphDrBrown Most of these "Pros" are not responsible with their money as you may think. I used to watch high stakes poker back in the day and they would bet huge sums of money on just about anything. They would talk about winning or losing 100's of thousands of dollars while flying on few hour private jet to vegas doing coin flips. They would lose/win millions while playing golf and betting who will do better. They may have calmed down now but back in the day it was wild what they were doing they would gamble on just about anything.

@Skovos 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like an elite 4 origin story

@colintimp1372 10 ай бұрын

I had heard that Ted Forrest originally turned down being part of the corporation; only to then show up to play on his own dime. This said he had been unavailable. The other members were pretty pissed about it.

@PokerBounty 10 ай бұрын

You are correct

@wingedwords9402 2 жыл бұрын

Over aggressive Andy drowned in shark infested waters 😂😂.. nothing can really replace the situational awareness of millions of hands.. no matter how many sims u run..