EXPOSED CARDS DRAMA: The $3,100,000 Poker Pot 

I don't know anything about that, but I think Doug and Tom have polar opposite personalities in a way that unintentionally annoys each other. If they were room mates, they'd be the Odd Couple.

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 I can see Doug making a video, using The Odd Couple opening theme, and it looks hilarious! Hope he sees your analogy and brings it to life!

Shut ur mouth and be more grateful

I was most impressed that Tom knew to circumvent the card reader until he confirmed that Wes was officially all in. Do to past investigations Dwan wasn’t taking any chances with HCL and their boy, Wes.

Great suggestion. 100% agree 👍

To be totally fair, he's changed his game. This is an older Dwan

Yup and how much debt?

Doug messed up this hand so bad. If you see someone's hand, don't say anything until AFTER the hand is over. ESPECIALLY if you're gonna fold. Hand ends - "Hey, just so you know I can see your cards, be more careful." That's it. Simple. Don't make a big scene about it, and don't make a strong reaction/comment after he shows you his hand... lol

But he hadn't looked at his cards, so if he decided his cards were worth playing it would be really shifty not to say anything.

@@johnnyb5534 thrue

@@noahmay7708 To prevent this in the future, Doug and West should NEVER sit next to each other.

This is a good point. If Wesley had AA or KK, would Doug keep saying "I know your cards as if to suggest Doug thinks there should be a redeal".

​@@honeriley 100%. Also, would Wesley really do the whole look at my hand thing if it was AA or KK? Na he would shut up and get ready to play

yep, someone explain this to the donkey wesley

@@spenceringermanson4385 very true.Dwan picked up on all these clues.Although I think he’d call without them anywau

The real facts are always in the comment section

Doug told Dwan Wes had Ace King. Simple as that.

I think Wes told Dwan what he had by his actions..

>Airball is not an overall loser he just under -100k. so he is an overall loser

How much do you think his debt is to the Triads after this win?

That hand is definitely running through his head. If the game would've been regular stacks he snaps,it shows the difference stack size makes

i kept thinking my internet was freezing

Tom Dwan is not ‘the best player’…Doug is far superior.

@@leonproud400Doug had the edge heads up especially online, but a live 6 max million dollar cash game?

Wow nice call. He was doing this all night.

sorry do you mind filling me in on the context behind this?

Yep with Nick Vitucci anything possible with that scammer

@@robyee3325 totally agree he's a scammer and Con-man Look what he did to people in his real estate Seminars he use to have!!!!

​@@mikehascats26some ppl are saying that seat was broken the other night with Russ? What's even stranger is that is the infamous Robbie seat I believe

Totally agree with you. ARTIST!!

lol

Lol

Tail between his legs cause he knows he picked up

Pucked up

he would fold if Doug didnt try to talk him out 3B, Doug should pay half mil

and durr was proven to be right later on as wed did that exact same thing and actually did have the trip 7s lol...pretty wild

When did Doug actually say "I don't want you to 3bet?" Dwan is lying....again

Yes u win yhe comments today

He was in fact, not ok.

First time I ever remember feeling how real that moment was

Wow, no. When someone loses a big hand, it's best to say nothing at all. Nevermind the fact that Nik wasn't even in the hand to begin with. Absolutely classless.

they're dating now

He should've just got up and walked away early on. Not sure why he thought he had to sit there frozen lol

Why the fuck would you be laughing?!?

@@tom-eg3xy would you call a 4-bet pre-flop with A8o in a sandwitch position?

@@shaner217 because he’s part of the game…??? He was chillin not saying a word so he’s fine

watch wesley play AK is a valuable information

OK Wesley's comment to Garrett was bad, but man I just have to respect the hell out of that river bluff

A fish would play the same way with pocket aces. Tom is just monster at reading players.

@@iamamish It actually was a really good bluff, how could he have predicted that alien brain Tom would soul read him? lol

I just can’t agree with this comment. He used a great bluff combo and Doug himself said QQ is probably a fold. Tom just made an all-time read and took it down.

if only he didn't win half of back later on :(

@@CMCMTTTV after dwan talked about it, him shoving fast and everything. So I think he purposely done it there to look weak.

...you have to think Next level here too though. If Wesley had AA / KK here, would he *WANT* to "scream confidence"??

When a guy snap bets 3 streets all in, it’s a bluff or nuts. He isn’t acting that fast with Aces.

Came here to say the same thing, I can't catch where Doug said anything about not raising. Maybe Tom misheard something that inadvertently lead to him calling. Weird spot.

Yeah, Doug did nothing wrong, many people would have made it worse than he did.

me nether! did durr dream that?

shouldve walked away from the table and even come out of his chair by turning towards Wes, any facial expression could possibly sway Tom

Not explicitly, but when someone say "I saw your hand", you expect the player with exposed cards to fold or at least play more passively. Especially since Doug was still in the hand.

tom is also unblocking ak which i think actually makes this an easier call than kk

This RFI reader has been broken for a while ^

Not true as he had QQ vs Rob's QQ later that night and it instantly showed. Card reader was just having issues.

No he didn't.

It's crazy how misinformation like this travels. So long as it's a story people want to believe they'll upvote it and spread it further

if he did actually try to hide his cards from the reader he should be banned from the steam.

It was an OK live read. I'm pretty sure someone like Rui Cao would have called with 22

Why would tom not have AA or KK? Having an A and K reduced his chances but doesn't eliminate it. Tom is not 6! here period. He can have AK, QQ, KK, AA

⁠@@spenceringermanson4385 yes, but in this case Wes made a prediction based off his own hole cards and was correct. This is the edge that fearless (and pro) poker players have over the casuals. That’s why they’re so successful.

@@moickjs2975 lmao OP said he cant have AA or KK but there are as many combos of AA and KK combined as there are QQ. Actually "casuals" overemphasize the importance of blockers as compared to pros. Holding AK and knowing you block AA and KK is far from pro knowledge. Pro knowledge is knowing Tom Dwan has been in multiple pots larger than this so not attempting to bluff him off TT-QQ And Wesley Fei is definitely not a pro poker player I hope your being sarcastic?

@@spenceringermanson4385 I said “and pros”. And I didn’t say Wes was a pro. Obviously Wes didnt know 100% that Dwan didn’t have AA or KK, that would make him psychic (or a cheater). but his read of QQ and below was on point. And Dwan did almost fold because he knew it was more likely that Wes had AA or KK due to the 5-bet pre. Honestly, looking back at the actions on the flop and turn (and to a certain extent, the river) the fact that Dwan did not raise the flop or turn basically confirms to myself (and Wes, probably) that Dwan has QQ or worse. If Dwan was trapping with AA or KK he probably would have snap-called the river. Don’t forget, it was a 5-bet pot pre; the chances that Wes has an 8 is probably

Yeah seems like he was a passenger just coming along for the ride

Handz is so unintentionally funny 😂

Yea probably QQ and JJ are way better to call than KK here.

I once called a 4b triple barrel with AKo, on a 88342 board only fearing a spiked pair or rivered A5 suited knowing said player would have acted differently with AA and KK preflop differently after he messed up his bet sizing put too many chips in and faced my 3B. Knowing he didn't have AA or KK, the two hands that love seeing a 3b, only hand I feared was a random 8x. QQ won't triple off in 3/5 400 BB deep when we started with 2k each.

Btw Doug had Doyle hand (suited but still Doyle). It's kinda symbolic.

💯

I always do this.

But then if someone finds out later that you knew his hand, they could accuse you of working together with another player at the table. Best thing is to let them know straight away that they messed up.

Actually he didn't.

@@Deveshh usually I let them know regardless once the hand is over.

Yes, but saying "I think you just hit trips" could be an attempt to get more to read from Wesley, there were clues either way already

He put it in because QQ is a monster on that flop. He was just acknowledging it might be a big cooler situation.

Its a way of making yourself seem smart or not dumb if u call and are wrong. It's a win-win kind of thing to say

this. it wasn't some amazing soul read. he thought he was beat (so his read was wrong) but felt like queens were too good on that board. also as the above commenter said, it's a win-win for him.

When Doug said "I haven't looked at my hand yet" it pretty much gave away that Wesley didn't have Aces, which made the call much easier

thats literally not true at all 🤣 the entire river tank, he discussed Wesley having an 8 and flopping trips, he said at one point, "you could just have aces", like why is there even a discussion area on the internet when people dont pay any attention to anything and just type whatever nonsense they want...

@@SoulfightPoker He said that "you could just have aces" and then glanced at him, could just be to see if he gets a reaction from him. Maybe to see if it jolts him at all to hear his cards. He didn't budge and Tom immediately says "it just doesn't seem like you have aces". For someone who pays so much attention you sure missed a lot of details! If Tom thought he could have aces he would have folded. He was more worried about an 8, not AA. Doug unintentionally gave away information because Tom might pick up on the fact that Doug might not even consider trying to more or less talk him out of a 3bet if he had AA or KK.

@@itskmillz haha the amount of nonsense in this comment... I mean you even start your comment off saying maybe this, maybe that, then by the end of it you're speaking as if what you think is exactly set in stone what happened. everything in your comment in subjective

like someone wright he should only fold his hand and tell it after the hand

that's the difference between Dwan and Solvers

The difference between playing against donks at Hustler/Lodge and playing the biggest and best cash games in Macau and on Triton tour for years.

@@nawazhemmuth8506 right lol this was probably a relatively easy session for Tom compared to what he’s seen

@@christopher7763 he isn't scared money which is the biggest factor. All the others are.

The reason Tom is so good is because he has a nearly psychic level of empathy, combined with great analysis/decision making abilities. He was made for poker, and it shows.

Good point. IMO Wes owes Doug at least a BB, for effectively forcing him to fold most hands. In fact, if Doug doesn't fold, Wes can get information from that, which could make this an angle, or even just a way to keep Doug out of the hand.

Don’t follow the logic here…how does that imply he doesn’t have Aces?

why doug said that have to do anything with wes don have AA ?

Great point! I never thought of it that way

If you see opponent already has AA, would you even bother checking your own hand?

he shook his head, but said 'yeah I'm good." obviously it stings, but Wes did not quit the game and seemed to be in decent demeanor (especially after winning back 800k). Dude got into BTC when it was worth $300 a coin, so I'm sure he's got money back (and even if that is his whole roll, he's still a millionaire).

Also, after this session, he's down at Hustler Live games, but only by $95k

Right? He loves droning on about a blocker. Most of the time the blocker thing makes about a 2% difference. An A 8 was folded in front of the camera, there went two "blockers" right there.

@@pocketaces6756 In poker sometimes 2% more its all you need to make optimal play.

@@6thsense464 I agree that sometimes it does matter. But there are many more factors in live poker that can also make a big difference, it's different than just online number crunching. Also, I've lost track of how many times I've seen AA against AK. I bet the AK guy thought, I've got a blocker so the other guy won't have an A! It's just a factor in the decision, not a reason to ignore many other factors, that was my point. Don't weigh the blocker thing so heavily, or one will pay the price.

@@pocketaces6756 where are you getting 2%? it cuts the a priori odds of a pair that shares with your hand in half and it reduces the odds they have one of the cards in your hand by 23%. and of course there will be blockers in the folded hands but since you don't see them they can't affect your decision.

@@pocketaces6756 AK makes it 50% less likely your opponent has AA. That's just a fact.

But If you are folding KK here, you basically have to know he has aces and the reaction Doug makes just doesn’t feel like he saw aces. You’d never tell someone not to 3 bet aces just because you saw them.

Where is this vid? Can't find it on his channel.

@@aaronsmith4806 this feels like a reach

If it was Alan Kitting, or some donkey like mikky, Mrbeast at Hank’s sit it would be a disaster

*trips

I’m happy to see this comment because to me it seemed so clear that Wesley must be bluffing. He’s known to stick to Broadways and pairs in most spots. I don’t think Wesley is known for mixing it up with 32 suites from ep. Then the body language. He looks like the guys on the first 48 when they get caught for deleting someone. Head in the hands. Hand in the cookie jar. And Tommy is the Daddy cop. And pulls out the belt.

@@checkthenutznot the belt 😂

​@Stef Yes, the belt, and poor Wesley is bent right over, with his pants down. So glad to be able to watch this kind of savagery, from.the safety of my sofa

I think the bluff was great. Easily could’ve had Aces Kings pocket 8s many trip 8s. Dude was on the button. Shoutout to Tom I think it took more balls to call with queens for that much money in a 5 bet pot where Wesley was in position and triple barreled all in

@@JeoJetsonmusic agree. But his body language was screaming weak because he wanted Tom to think he was strong. Tom could not be fooled. His hands were shaking. He was weak. But he made most of it back with a lucky set on 4th Street against the Japanese dude who had him 4-1 after the flop.

Tom's aura or there's something else to it?

the game changes when you realize you are playing with two HOFers in him and Doug, let alone Durrr being a 100% generational talent and pro. He is truly the greatest with Ivey and Ungar and Reese and Doyle. He is a Rushmore pro, period.

Doug, hall of famer? Really?

Airball shows why he wanted G-man gone from HCL. He is a live fish against competent pros.

@@kenshinXX Absolutely. As the one time best heads-up no-limit player in the world he certainly deserves to be along with Galfond, Sulsky and Cates.

Fact that was sooooooo baaaaddddd!

Yeah, I wash so confused. Fetal position after all in

He broke character there. Thought the same at that moment.

Hows that big respect? Thats an annoying thing to hear after losing 1.5m on a bluff you got some dummy saying “woahhh u ok bro?!”

dwan definitely had a read. snap shoving river is a big tell and i think thats what nudged tom to call.

@@AC-wl7ve I definitely agree but still that's a lot of money to call with just queens especially as many times as I have lost with queens probably is why he would've got me to fold.

@@AC-wl7ve Snap showing in that spot could mean Aces too. That read was from Dough at the begining.

@@TONAL03 thats what i mean is everything combined and then a very common bluff tell on the river was probably what nudged him towards a call.

😂 “Wesley shoves and Polk snap calls the clock!”

Doug clusterfucked the entire stream, from what I've seen so far. Unbelievable.

@@carlislehendersonthethird7799 Dwan: Collusion?

Would be a unique leveling tactic

Been playing 22. Have seen it and done it more than I can count.

What does that even mean?

Airball is a sketchy dude. I seen enough during the cheating investigation involving him on the live stream.

He said "No", someone should check on him after that.

@@Just_Pele he said "No, is good" Obviously it sucks a lot, Id want everyone to stfu and not talk to me after saying "no, its good"

@@nikolaykomissarenko7822 agreed. If I'm in Wes's shoes, I appreciate Nick asking, but after that, shut up and let me process the fact I just punted off 1.5 mil.

*Bluffs off 1.5m* Dummy: “woooah u o k bro?” Comments: “omg hes so nice!”

He said that missed diamond draws aren’t bluffing the river. I had the same thought as you, but I haven’t studied a solver for 1000+ hours like Doug has.

imagine how obnoxious it is standing in a 3.1 million$ pot tho.

@MrJoedanmin it is alittle bit but it's also bc 99% of the time poker players are sitting lol. It'd be wild tho standing bc of the stand-up game and u end up on a 3 million pot. Whether the other players sitting or standing would be interesting too

Wes didn’t “show” his hand to Doug originally. Doug saw his hand do to sloppy peeling.

@@ChipBleeder afterwards in the video he handed him the cards, I guess so he could look again.

Airball was sullen until Wesley lost 1.5 million and then pretended to care about him😂

@@Lkxknekcner …I missed that part…lol

I put him on QQ ..I called it out multiple times in live chat during the hand

I was shocked when it showed he had QQ. I also thought he was just trapping

They could just run separate streams that all only show one player's cards. Click on whatever ones you want to know.

Neither. It was Not a misdeal, the casino takes No action in your scenario. It would play out the same as this clip. Wesley did not show his cards to Doug until *After* Doug folded. The fact that Doug saw Wesley's cards Before Doug folded was simply poor card protection on Wesley's part- which happens often with players. The biggest difference here was that Doug called it out, many don't say anything- especially during the hand. Unless the Casino has evidence of collusion or other cheating, the hand plays out as usual.

​@@delg1211 If Doug calls and Wesley later folds, a good dealer will then expose Wesley's hand so that all remaining players have the same info. I'm one of those who wouldn't say anything. Profotable poker is about capitalizing on the mistakes of others. I wouldn't ever intentionally spy on a player's hand, but if they're flashing cards then that's no different to me than if they have an obvious tell. Funnily enough, this happened to me in a live game once. The player was sitting across from me. He raised pre-flop and I called with QJs. The flop came 39K rainbow. As the flop was being dealt, he was shuffling his cards angled towards me and I saw that he had 88. He led out, so I called. Turn was an A and he led out again. This time I raised a decent amount knowing that he couldn't possibly call with 4th pair...except he did call! That's when I realized he had 99 and flopped middle set. He was setting the trap on the river (probably putting me on an A, possibly 2 pair). He went for the check-raise on the river. The bad thing for him was that I realized my mistake and wasn't about to try to bluff a set. The worse thing for him is that I binked the gutshot T, and since there's no way he could ever put me on QJ here, he gladly check-raised his flopped set all-in to my river straight. He was livid and couldn't understand how I could play a hand so poorly ;)

@@delg1211 well that’s the my point. Since he said it out loud, if he had called or raised after saying that, if I’m at the table and in the hand I would ask for the table to see his hand! I would have asked for a ruling. And I’m pretty sure they would rule that he would have to show his hand to whole table if Doug stayed in the hand.

@@jaimevelez4861 Would they make Doug prove that he knew Wesley's cards, before showing them to everyone? Otherwise, you could just say that whenever you wanted to screw someone.

100% Dwan has been in many many pots well over 1M.. this was very likely not his largest one

has to recoup 1.2 apparently he lost ooch

I think he flipped on the sonar and heard a cash register.

Honestly Wes is so nitty, Dwan probably doesn't 4 bet OR fold turn if it wasn't for that preflop shit.

How does sonar work?

😂

or the kid who is called a "pussy" repeatedly to make him do something which only hurts him

It doesn't mean that he couldn't still play certain hands. Knowing what opponent has will obviously have huge impact on EV of preflop decisions. Anyway he could also still wake up with AA himself...

I would still check if he AA

@@jarppe123 If wesley had aces or kings, then there is a high chance that doug will not have a playable hand after he 3betted, so naturally there will be more a hesitation to look at his hand cuz its pointless. but he did anyways which means doug might have a potential 4 betting hand. i think tom read into this because no one is 100% balanced in this spot even doug. if wesly had aces, doug might try to look cool and just fold without looking

@@TheLastConfessionTV there are lots of hands that you would play for 30k with 1mm effective against aces to setmine, and suited spade and club connectors. Aces are just one pair.