Poker Players Replay Their Most Memorable Hands | The New Yorker 

Not to brag but I won $4 in red dead

The story the woman told was AMAZING. A complete dunce tripped his way into a near-victory. Great story

I have no clue what they're talking about but MAN was it tense.

Jamie's hand was crazy, the guy with QQs was a super amateur, you can never guess that, good job calling him down. so sick

Why am I watching this, I dont even know the rules

You need to understand that everything you do on the poker table conveys information

That second story was a rollercoaster of emotions

notice the guy who has the highest live earning talked about a hand he played incorrectly, not one that he did well with. I think that says a lot about how critical winners are of themselves.

Wow. I was tensing up just watching the hands being described out...!

Really appreciate that you guys didn't dumb this down.

The guy with the two queens is mood

the worst thing about poker is that unlike in other sports, when you lose you actually lose money

I once played 5 bucks on a bluff when I was a kid and lost. You got nothing on me

3rd hand was so thrilling. Being able to bluff a pro when starting out is pretty amazing

props to schulman for sharing a massive misplay to the public lol

I love that he acknowledges that sometimes our misplays were influenced by the opponent. When we "play bad", the opponent is in pretty much the same situation yet he manages to perform better. Too often we compare our tournament performance with practice performance and claim we're not at our best but playing well under pressure is part of skill too

I love how they use the cheapest possible commercially available chips in these re-enactments.

I don't know much about poker strategy, but the second player's comment on her opponent changing what his bluff was representing really struck me. It's something I had never considered - that a good bluff is also a consistent bluff, and is more than just trying to make your opponents think you have a generically winning hand.

I like the third hand best. That re-raise on a blank river is a nice move. I'll have to look for a good spot to do that in my own games.

These were great. Would watch a lot more of these. The jacks hand was told brilliantly. i was sweating the outcome

can i get an english version

This series is good for introducing new players. I like the pool one, opened my eyes to another world

Great video 🙏 Love hearing their insight!

The first hand was sort of an anti-climax.

gotta love them youtube recommendations, watch the whole vid

Great video! I hope you do some more like it.

awesome! That Asher Conniff has a lot of balls.

The way Jamie talks about her game is beautiful. So much interesting slang.

I love this series! Maybe you could do one for Magic: the Gathering, or another chess one with someone like Vassily Ivanchuk or Vishy Anand :)

Really nice video! Please make more like this

“This is the most stressful hand I’ve ever played” Me: *go fish*

Nick Schulman is such a BOSS. Admits when he’s wrong for making a play, VERY FEW poker players admit that, their egos are always to big to admit so. Kudos to him...

I paused multiple times to try to guess the play - great video.

Really solid call by the second person with Jacks

It's like 3:00 in the morning and I don't even play poker :/ IDK

I won my first game today in school. Love this game!

laughed out loud at the Queens just shrugging...was not expecting that hand lol

For those who keep commenting that they have no idea why they're watching this since they don't know how to play poker, its simple. It's just a really good video! Also, poker is a great metaphor for life. A lot of games are like that of course. The psychological element of poker, trying to make the best decision one can with incomplete information and no knowledge of how one's best intentions will turn out...well, that kinda is life. My two cents on each hand for no real reason other than boredom (and to make those who don't understand poker feel even dumber, and for those who do understand poker to call me an idiot.) Hand 1: Re-raising isn't terrible there. The meta-game implies his opponent is aware of his style. He might have just called (thinking he's just re-raising for info) and planned to check-raise any card on the turn. Hard to know what would have happened, but clearly results based thinking indicates he made the wrong play as it shut down the hand. Calling on a rag board like that screams monster to me, so re-raising would seem to indicate he was trying to make it look like he didn't have a monster. Tough one. Hand 2: Fold pre-flop. Likely up against a bigger pair (typed that before seeing results which turned out to be a great outcome). But JJ is not strong in that spot and its too early in that particular tournament to mess around with anything other than QQ or higher (in my opinion but I'm really tight). Hand 3: Bet the flop, why not? Lots of cards could show up on the turn which would put your hand in jeopardy and you have no idea what the guy flat called with... who is a great player. You have position though so not terrible I guess. I'd say betting the flop around 75% of the time in that spot is best though. Turns out he just played it amazingly well on the river, I doubt I'd ever make the guts to make big a bluff like that. I say bluff because it was clear his opponent had something big since he went in the tank that long. Probably a medium Q. Anyway, he's way better at poker than me (along with everyone in the video) to make a play like that on the river.

i like how no one wanted to talk about hands they lost lol

You cant all be loosey goosey eating a sandwich

The graphics are amazing.

Honestly my favourite video on youtube. I watch it every few months and it gets me every time

I'm not in to poker, but this was a fantastic watch

The last hand was the most impressive. He didn't stone cold bluff but pretty much did.

the frustration is REAL

yeah, i bet 750$ that none of them wanted to tell their really most memorable hand, because it was a losing one.

I would HATE to be in Jamie's spot in level one of the main. I also would have folded river, so good on her, made me happy seeing how that hand played out.

I enjoyed all hands man. Especially the third one. The process that goes....man I have a long way to go

I have no idea what they're talking about haha

So much lingo lol

I had the same experience as the first guy. Poker on the river, lost my composure...

4:48. The absolute madman

Always stay calm, and never get intimidated

did they get these chips at the dollar store

When you felt the feeling of eternity in that last hand

Lmao Nick Schumann raising with Quads on a rainbow board 4x the flop raise is by far the WORST play I’ve ever even heard of. RIP 💀💀💀

If The New Yorker ever interviewed me about my most memorable hand I would have at least made up a good story.

10:31 "...you get what you give in this game. The guy who studies the hardest and works the hardest and really grinds is usually the one who ends up with all the money at the end." That 12 second nugget makes the time watching this video well spent.

Why did you raise quads nick???? What where you doing?

This was like when my QQ hand full house went up against KK full house. Went on to take third place after being in first

Can feel the pain of Nick with raising quads :)

Standard is to bet 25-35% pot on the flop with J9s on QQ9 in a tourney, looking to check back many turns

The people who did the animation doesn’t know what “under the gun” means 😂🤪

that last hand took balls of steel

Once I hero called an all in bluff in a 5 dollar 2x spin and go. Nothing beats that.

Jamie's reasoning to the call was so cool to listen to.

Cant believe the double Q guy almost waddled his way to victory. Great story

The one time I had four of a kind it was also 7s

Where can i submit my full skip hand in Uno... It really bothered me

God the pocket queens was so bold😂😂

This video really makes me wanna watch pro poker

I started playing online poker cause of this video lol

Okay I had no Idea what they're talking about since I don't play poker hahahahaha but makes me wanna learn

Go to any casino, any country, any time of the day or night and you will hear a poker player telling someone about their most memorable hand.

That set of jacks hand was funny lol I took down a 100k GTR must be nice playing 10ks lol

came back to this after seeing asher run deep in the main

I understood nothing yet I still watched it

That QQ reveal is such a sick twist lol. It makes absolutely no sense. No way I could have found a call there, but I don't even know what to make of such a nonsensical reveal.

I really like this Asher guy.

nick is great on tv . should maybe speed the voice up a bit.

Whenever I donk out I'll watch this video and feel less sad.

anyone know what parker's hand was? had to be TJ right?

Holy moly 5:38 I feel like that guy acted how you would act playing an online poker game with no real money. I'm glad it worked out for her.

Raising with quads takes some balls

In the 2nd hand, if she decided the opponent was an amateur there's not much point trying to figure out what they're representing at the end of the hand and whether the story is consistent. You've already made the decision they're not thinking that way! An aggressive amateur player is just as likely to have A9dd there as any over pair or a lower set, and play all the same way.

I have no idea what's going on but it sounds intense

the stressful one was make me tense, I would have folded like a cheap origami

I don't have a clue what any of these people are talking about but it sounds intense.

what is games call?

They say unlucky in cards lucky in love, but I’m unlucky in both!

Just like Kenny Rogers said, you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Nice Wal-Mart quality chips

Bluffing and waiting for someone to take action is the most anxious part of poker

Anyone have a video link to what Asher was talking about? I can't find it anywhere!

am i the only person watching this who actually plays poker?

My most memorable hand: I'm UTG+2 and I get dealt AA. Meanwhile, the waitress is arriving with my drink. UTG raises to 35 (we're playing 2-100 spread limit) and I casually call like I'm interested more in my drink than my hand. Two goes fold and then another guy goes 135 and then the original raiser goes 235. I cap the betting at 335. Flops comes T92. Original raiser goes 100, I raise to 200. The other guy calls and the original raiser goes 300. I cap at 400. This happens for two more streets. It is more than a $3000 pot. When it's time for showdown, I show AA, the original raiser open folds JJ and the other guy open folds KK. This happened in Seattle and we were playing a 2-100 spread limit and there could be no more than 3 raises per street. Weird rules, I know.

So much anxiety

I feel for that first guy.

my worst was amazing.... It would take too long to tell you but it ended up being good for me and my freinds

lol how did I get a poker masterclass as before this 😂😂😬