Poker Hands - Gordon Vayo Gets PUNKED By Qui Nguyen In The 2016 WSOP Main Event 

I was looking through the comments today and it appears I missed a good opportunity to call this series "Polker Hands" (My last name is Polk and my show is about poker, it makes sense if you think about it). Will certainly be looking to use this clever joke moving forward.

When the overbluffing guy meet the overfolding guy. Perfect match...

The only good part of this final table was counting how many times Antonio said "He has a lot of heart," which is just code for, "Oh, crap. These guys suck."

Maybe Nguyen had a live read on vayo. Why check back the 5 and win ~20% of the time when you know you can just place your massive balls on the table knowing the nit will fold? Absolute legend

Vayo gave this championship to Nguyen. Played like a complete nit, and deserved to lose. This hand is just one especially glaring example of it.

Was Vayo waiting for the absolute coconuts before going all in?

sharing this breakdown is so great. to me this is a humanitarian effort on the part of Doug Polk and deserves a Nobel Peace prize.

nguyen should have been like 'if you fold and show, I show, no bluff, just being friendly'

Great analysis Polk. This really shows what a bad fold it was by Vayo. It's unbalancedly tight, it's a fold you'd make to exploit someone who underbluffs. It's just a baffling mistake when Vayo should have known that Nguyen is likely to be unbalanced towards overbluffing and if anything he should try to exploit him by bluffcatching in an unbalancedly frequent way.

Hey Doug, I was wondering, why don't you call this "Polker Hands"? I think it'll be a clever pun because your name is Doug "Polk" and you are reviewing "Poker" Hands. Haha I think it'll be a good gag to pull on your viewers.

Was having a walk earlier, trying to analyse this hand and knowing that you were bound to post it. When I got home, bink! Cheers Doug

hey doug, can you please explain why you said that when he bets 80% of the pot OTR you have to continue with a little over half of all your hands? because our range OTT was strong flush draws, combo draws and 9s, and there are way more draws combos than there are 9 combos and we are of course folding busted draws on the river. So, could you please explain what you meant? Thx a lot for the video!

What was the ruling on QcQc hand? cant find full video

Hey doug, what acctually happened on that 2x QC board in the cash game, any fallout or anything like that?

Surely Qui is shoving instead of checking at the end there because he knows Vayo is ultra tight and has to have at least a 9 to call down two streets like that - while at the same time figuring Vayo's not going to bet his tournament life on a 9 considering his absolute fold-fest. Understand it's probably not the right play in general poker though.

Epic RU-vid channel Doug these hand analysis are much appreciated

Hey Doug, I often hear you relate the size of a bet (taking into account the pot) and say that because of the sizing you should call with x% of your hands. Then you explain how to choose between the potential hands you would call with. What math are you doing exactly to come up with the percentage?

Yo doug who do you dislike the turn sizing? Makes sense to go big with Tx and over pairs?

Hey Doug, from an MDF theory perspective, would you be calling approximately the top 55% of your turn calling range on the river?

Hey Doug, you're awesome; I love your sense of humour! Just wondering what happened with the hand where there was 2 x Qc? Was the hand dead? I've never seen that!!!!

Such a joy to watch these shows Doug ... ! :-) Keep it up !

i liked the way it looks like you notice the the Qc repeat straight away rather than after you've scooped your chips in

great video, Doug. your hand review videos improve each and every time!

Thank you for making this video. I was beginning to think I was the only one on Earth that believed what you just explained.

Hi Doug, what type of bronzer are you using? It look nice...

OMG I literally burst out laughing at 2:13 LOL

I like how the stream footage you have is of higher quality than wsop posted on their YT channel

Great analysis. Your spot on with your remark about tournament life. I can't remember playing a tournament hand where I took into consideration getting knocked out of the tournament. Heads up there's no reason to think about it. The only time it should enter your mind if there's a mini stack (5 blinds or less) and there's a big pay jump. And even then I don't like to think about it. Just play your game and make your best decisions.

thoughts on going all in on the turn if you are VAYO? basically to protect and a bit of value, there's a lot of bad cards on the river and pot is big enough.

Hi Doug, would it not be an option for Vayo to bet the river to defend his hand knowing his opponent barrels a lot?

Is this river call range the same for cash games: if someone bets 80% pot call a little over 1/2 of your hands on the river?

Hey Doug, I enjoy a lot your poker hands analysis, I think it would be great if you could this on a hand that we don't know everyone's holdings.

Hey Doug, is calling the big turn bet always the play here? is there an argument for shoving?, given the size of the pot, Nguyens bluffing frequency and being able to equity to draws?.

Doug I really enjoy this. It's great to hear your thinking process.

Doug can you analyse your 98ss vs Matt kirk's 42 in the super high roller cash? Thought it was a super interesting hand especially with Kirk on your left

the only thing worse than vayo's fold is esfandiari saying "you cant allow past plays have an effect on your decison", yes mate, lets all delete our hand histories and go for the feeling!!!

I was actually so triggered on this river, how do you play it out this way then just forget what to do on river? I'd like to know your opinion on the hand after next break where vayo ends up calling down with bottom pair, almost same situation but worse board

2 q of clubs? Where was that? And what happened??

- insert here the polker hand joke -

Also it got me so tilted that Vayo was more nit HU than when there were 6 and he was playing against Nguyen

Nice video man. Kinda random but what's your dog's breed? He's epic

Hey Doug, would Vayo check shoving the turn be a bad play? Is Nguyen often bluffing the river on missed hands? I don't see any hands stronger than Q9 that Nguyen could have that would check down the river.

hey doug! I know what the poker range chart looks like, but i dont visualize it during hands in tournaments, should i? would i become a better player if I visualize the chart while playing hands?

thank you doug. was waiting for you to go over this hand haha. absolutely agree. he took that line against this opponent to add bluff ranges into his opponents range. when he calls on the turn im pretty sure he has to call on all the brick rivers... 5d being one of them.

Doug, listen pal I've been thinking... You should maybe consider naming this segement - Polker Hands?

Hopefully the next video is about Vayo vs Josephy.. This set over set hand. Seems like it was foldable hand. Ty Doug.

Hey Doug, how about an analysis of the hand played by Ruzicka when he triple barrel bluffed with AKo to end his WSOP Main Event run? I gained a lot of respect for Ruzicka. I can probably count on my hand the number of times that I've emptied the clip with three streets of aggression after 3-betting with AK and blanking on every street. I'd love to hear your thoughts about barreling with overcards after entirely missing the board. Also, I remember you 4-betting with AQo in the Aussie Millions cash game against an opponent holding JJ, and you fired two bullets after missing the board pressuring the villain to fold. Of course, that king on the turn connected strongly with your range. You must have considered that the villain wouldn't have called your flop bet without an unpaired hand so AK or KQ were likely out of his range. AA, KK, and QQ would have 5-bet shoved on you, so it seems that you put your opponent on a pair like 99-JJ after his call on the flop. Would you have fired a third bullet on the river no matter what? I'm guessing that the stack-to-pot ratio committed you to continuing the story. Is it optimal to barrel on every street in 3-bet pots with overpairs like AA, KK, and QQ to balance a strategy if I'm also triple barreling when I miss with AK or AQ?

Yesss! was hoping that you'd explain this hand because I watched the whole heads up live from the start until the end, what my thought was it had to do with some of the previous hands they were playing, especially the one where Qui triple barreled with the club flush draw and got there on the river and pushed all in on Vayo. Vayo correctly folded that hand for his tournament life and I'm sure he saw the hand afterwards during break (because of the 30 minute delay on TV) so I think Vayo was thinking if Qui pushes all in on the river he'd have a hand that beats his 9 in this situation (overpair?or JT QT KT AT of clubs which picked up more outs on the turn?) and also like you said Qui was just punking him the whole heads up lol. I think he didn't think the hand through carefully enough and was worrying about if he's wrong by calling there his tournament would be over. I agree with Doug on barreling the turn with that hand is quite strange with that bet size because maybe Qui is somewhat an armature but he went all in on the river to put Vayo to the maximum test for his tournament life on the line... maybe it's got something to do with Qui's baccarat playing habit haha! Either he folds and he gains a massive chip lead or he'd have to start again if Vayo called that leaves Qui's with 100 mil (50 bb). Just my thoughts! Thanks Doug for the video.

I've always asked myself what happened when you saw the 2 Queens of clubs on the flop? Did u quit the game? did the players in the game make any conspiracy theory of someone cheated afterwards?

Hey Doug did you have a good time in the DR?

I don't understand why he really never looked at Nguyen during a lot of hands. He made not attempt to pick up any physical tells.

Wow 2:16 was intense. Also, is 4:02 an original mistake by ESPN or a tribute from Doug to Esfandiari's two 9s of clubs ?

loved the video doug. i was playing lodden thinks with a friend and we bet on what you think the percentage of poker players all time are winning players. i have $100 riding on it so would love to hear back from you

Just watched Luke Scwartz make the call in same spot here against Romanello in an old premier lge game ,Genius or station ?

I have to love the pressure he is asserting here. Perhaps Vayo had a plan to ry and trap initialy and then got scared. What I think is if you call the turn the only river card you could fold would be an ace or a king but even then would he ship. I watched this several times what does Vayo think Qui is reping, set? Another great video Doug!

"Going all red line on you" LOL thank you my thoughts exactly. I watched every single hand of the ME final table and was astonished that an accomplished poker player folded here. Punked indeed homie, punked indeed.

I remember being so frustrated watching this. Vayo clearly missed several opportunities.

this fold is bad, and you should feel bad. nice video doug, you made me think a lot about the balance of my hands, i can say you help me to get a step in the poker thinking. thanks. and ah, you ever think about calling that polker hands?

I play a lot of SnG's, and it always amazes me how many people just ante/blind off their chips, when they are near the bubble, instead of making a stand and going for the win. Also, short-handed, people just don't understand how strong pairs are. Your starting hand doesn't matter NEARLY as much as it would in a ring-game.

HI from uk,love your stuff @the minute doug LIKE a BOSS.

What about J9? Is the J kicker strong enough to call? Just call J9’s without a club?

Yea, while I was watching the heads up battle live, I kept wondering what your video analysis would be on many of these hands. _"Hm, what would Doug say about this hand? :-)"_

Hey Doug! Love the content you have been bringing to the interwebs :) Was there ever an explanation why two Q of clubs were flopped in that high stakes cash game???

polk antonio said he wasnt c betting a lot so how he was bluffing a lot??at 2:40 around...

Vayo is a tight player and I think Qui picked up on that and played him like a fiddle. I also think that's why heads up between them lasted over 8 hours. Qui deserved his win...the best play I've seen since last year with Joe.

C'Mon, Doug. Tell us how you REALLY feel. Just kidding! I think you're super thoughtful about a game it's really love, and I always appreciate authenticity. If I weren't an NYC musician with no money I would TOTALLY hire you as coach. Keep doing what you do, Kk

The summary of , "Qui is an aggressive gambler in a racoon hat" is legendary lol

9:33 any thoughts on NG checking his cards on the river ?

If you think your 9's are good to call the turn, what possible hand would the 5 on the river help Qui with? If you thought you were good, why not bet the river 1/2 pot and if you get raised then so be it, but checking the river when a blank hits seems like giving up.

Do a cribs episode!! we wanna see dougs house and car!!

Doug you should breakdown Robl vs Matt Kirk

When it's headsup, there is no icm effect. So all ranges are the same as in a cash game.

u sincerly looked disapointed in both haha loved it

Ever considered changing name to Doug Pok?

thank you for doing this :D

been waiting for this. you the man Doug.

You should call yourself in this segment "Dougtor Polker.

Very good video. Keep it up Doug.

"I might want to consider going smaller because of how tight Vayo was playing in the big blind" This doesn't seem like a good argument to me because Vayo is not a reacreational player and his big blind defend range is going to factor in his opponents open size and become wider as a response.

I agree with 100% what you're saying. Nguyen hand did not make any sense and vayo should have called, he either had trips or nothing and the odds of that are very low. and quick question, do you know what marchese thought of this play particular and vayos play overall and do you know if he was telling vayo any of the hands that happened prior to this. meaning he was getting outplayed/bluff. cause he should have grown a pair and do anything besides what he was doing. addressing

So qui can have JJ+, T9s, A3c and that's it right?

That optimal frequency blueball. Oh, secret poker things.

yo douggers why dont you call it Hand History Analysis and Review with Ph.D Doug Polk? I'm still on tilt about this fold btw

You didn't consider A3 clubs as a potential hand. Very probable given Vayo saw a similar play on the river when Nguyen rivered a flush

Has to be the best final heads up in the main event in the past 10 years!!

Obviously there are some differences but this hand reminded me of Moneymaker's bluff on Farha

so who won?

this hand will haunt Vayo for the rest of his life

Keep up the great work Doug!

another great video Doug! pretty much once he folded there i don't think he could of won the main event raccoon's confidence would of been so high after that and he just kept the pressure on!

Decent analysis. How would you "rate" a somehow blocker bet (20 M-ish) by Vayo on the river? A shove by Mr. Win over a bet like that would well be somehow impossible?

Just to let you know I don't just throw punches when you say looney toons nonsense, excellent analysis! WP

I'm not sure if you respond to comments on here but I'm really looking for an answer here. I just took a terrible beat in a live game. So my question is what are the odds that when I'm holding AJs and the flop comes A A X what are the odds of my opponent having a better ace. The turn was a queen the river was a jack to fill me up. Villain bets, I raise, villain 3 bets, and I 4bet shove and get insta called. Villain turns over AQ. This was 9 handed btw. How rare is that?

He told how to pronounce 'Vayo' during the ME like 3 times, yet you still say it wrong Doug

tremendous analysis doug

I think that vayo ei tj out a doubt was thinking that nguyen had jacks or better. I think if he at least min raised the flop, nguyen would most likely went away. Maybe if nguyen Re raises, vayo can tank fold, but I don't think nguyen would have done anything that funky with total air. Nguyen probabky knew the range vayo was in, meaning 1 pair and knew he wouldn't call his tournament off, especially after running him over for pretty much the whole time. Vayo seemed to be waiting on that 1 big Phil Helmuth hand that never came.

"What the hell is Nguyen doing on the river?" Evidently playing really well

excellent analysis Doug

Another thing I dont get is that Vayo won the River at the Winstar about two months ago so he has to have some recent experience in headsup spots. I don't know what happened to him but he is not going to enjoy the coverage.

Doug has a unique way of looking at the game