STRAIGHT FLUSH vs. NUT FLUSH!!! How To Know When You're Beat 

poor guy gets probably one of the best hands of his lifetime and runs into a cheater... sad...

This is why I always fold nut flush pre

This guy is going to be banned everywhere regardless of what they prove. Everyone who plays poker knows this guy is a cheater.

Most sketchy commentary I’ve seen holy cow. No one should be playing at this casino.

"he will get away, he can make that fold" LMAO

I REALLY wish that the board wasn't paired. Would love to see how he tried justify having not gotten it all in...

Body language gives away everything. That is the most depressed a guy has ever looked when holding a nut flush on the river.

Weird how the commentator was quick to assure us Postle wasn’t going to go broke because the board paired...

I'll never be visiting stones, just disgusting.

The commentary is extremely suspect on this hand, like wtf.

He already proved his innocence. He said hes one of the best players in the world and hes not afraid to admit it anymore. Case closed

Daaaaaaamn, this is looking impostleably bad for Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento CA. I doubt anyone would ever want to play polker there going forward.

if it isnt all suspicious enough already, there's an extremely damning piece of info you didn't mention. When you have the nut flush here and just flat a 1/3rd pot river bet, don't you just flick in one chip, confidently flip over your hand and look to not slow roll your opponent when you almost always have the best of it? But no, Postle puts in the $140 instead of just flicking in a chip to signify the call (an indication he knows he is beat) and then holds his cards so his opponent can show and he can muck without revealing immediately to the table that he just called on that river with that hand. "It's like he knows!!"

All the cheating aside, Firas played his hand absolutely horrible like damn

He's also smiling the whole time on the river. And ya Doug, the commentary is unbelievably cringe. A lot of them have to know...

Postle Hand is why I get out of bed on the weekend.

Doug in future Postle hands could you do some analysis from Postle’s point of view assuming he can see exactly what he’s up against? Like do you think he didn’t three bet his AQs preflop because he’s hoping to flush-over-flush the poor fella? Is he calling instead of folding the river to make things look less suspicious?

Most damming evidence is the shake of the head and laugh while looking down right away on the flop

When turn drop and firas only has 600 left , commentator is so certain postle can get away from this lol. Definitely colluding

The irony is that those Stones games are so soft no one really needs to cheat to win.

Seems weird that the commentator is completely confident that Postle won’t double up a super short stack........just noticed you mentioned this later in the video. The same weird commentary happens in the hand where Postle lays down KK preflop to AA. In that hand, the commentator says something like “Postle knows he’s beat here.”

Last video or so Doug, perhaps the video you collaborated on with Joey... you mentioned you found it "dirty" or low that Postle mentioned he was a "single Dad with a lone daughter" on his instagram.... with a background in behavioral science I will say that when anyone brings in their family its a latent confession to their crime subconsciously pleading for mercy and leniency......Postle is rolling over to authority here. I would bet the house on guilt ~ its just a matter of time.... (which isn't saying much at all) This video is a perfect piece of legislation for a cheater.... nice work as usual.

"Postle isnt going to broke" the commentator probably knows that MP is cheating.

1:28 Did she just say "Wow this is crazy we didnt edit any of these hands"

Postle: I am a GOD at Poker! The RU-vid Poker Community: We're about to end this Man's whole career...

The male commentator is clearly in on it. He should be charged.

6:37 remember, if there is 1 leak the whole sink ships xD

Impostable!

Love how you are ending this man's nefarious career.

Your comments during these Postle hands have me laughing my ass off! Thanks for bringing some laughs to these extremely tilting hands.

paired board buddy.. next video

This postle guy was smirking and smiling the whole time.. unbelievable

How could the casino manager not be aware of this sooner?

I wish the board didn't pair... Postal is good enough to get away from this.

Firas got maximum value by only betting 1/4 pot on river. Postle knew it would be too suspicious to muck his hand to that size but if it had been any higher he would have somehow found a way to get away from it

Look at Postle smile at 1:30 he is hoping for another diamond to win Firas stack, then watch him look sad when a 7d comes.

"Postle is not gonna go broke here" lol! It's called mind conditioning for the viewers. Also how can he go broke when he covered his opponent.

So grateful for these videos doug, I'm forever trying to work out when to fold my nut flush.

I’m with you Doug those are the 2 commentators I think that are involved

Announcer is suspect(male).

This makes me think how many people are cheating smart and not getting caught.

4:12 he touches his cap, then within seconds looks down at his lap. Ask and you shall receive.

Sometimes you have to laugh in the face of thousands to one odds Doug. Sometimes you have to hunker down, dig deep, stare at your crotch and adjust your hat a bit, and make that read.

5:07 "He open-checks river, he knows" 😂

$150 to call with an Ace high flush? This mother is lucky he wasn't playing in Vegas in the 70's. If the casino didn't beat him within an inch of his life, a fellow player would once he left.

The fact that Postle DIDN'T show his bad beaten hand to the table says a lot, too. If I had the nut flush and lost to a friggin STRAIGHT FLUSH, I'd definitely show everyone how bad of a beat that was lol

How do you not 3bet AQs there? Especially when you know what they have.

I’m with you on every vid you put out Doug but question on this vid. If he found out the dude has 10 8 of diamonds for the straight flush. Why didn’t he fold turn or River bet. He still paid guy off. No way he pays off river bet even with nut flush if he already knew guys has straight flush? Was it so it wouldn’t completely give away his cheating so every now and then he as to pay it off even tho he knows he’s beat?

Yo Doug... I watched the berkey and DeSoto podcast and they seem to think that Postle will never be charged with anything criminally and never serve any jail time...what do you think?

My only issue is that 250k is not enough to go around for all of these people to be involved.

Loving the Postle videos. Greetings from Mexico, Doug.

Just the smirk on his face when he saw the flop, already gave away what he was thinking the moment it hits...

It really is gross what these people did, I hope the lawsuits rain down.

Im not a lawyer but I pointed this out before. People are taking him to court, but his win rate, though godly, could technically be possible. It may be in the 1/10,000,000+ range but still, there have been more than 10 million poker players. This would have happened at some point. Maybe a few times. But it's HOW he's won this much and where which is definitely cheating. Stuff like this happening hundreds of times is why this is virtually impossible. You'd need some amazing expert witnesses and no witnesses on postles side to get him in court, or you're gonna have to explain game theory and some of these hands and how ludicrous they are to a jury. Which isn't gonna be easy. Someone else was found to be cheating via stats. I don't know if his case is solid for this though. Mike only played 6k hands. We haven't got anything solid on him - just theories and speculations. Some of the hands joey brings up could work. But yeahh... can lawyers clarify this?

5:45 SPOT ON. It's HILARIOUS how much the commentators talk about his "wizardry" and work so hard to justify his moves to themselves

Doug, **Think about it - the commentators are not only "justifying" his plays, they are guiding him throughout their commentary, live!** Just listen to the commentators on hands, and imagine that Postle can hear them as well. They are basically telling him what to do or what cards the opponent has, many times in a hand. Imagine that you were the commentator and you are trying to help your friend playing while commentating, and you will notice that this is what they are doing. Also, It could be that Postle's phone is also recording their commentary, and therefore sometimes he needs to roll back to hear again what his opponents have. That way if someone is looking at his phone it can look like he's listening to music.

He's laughing like - I guess I gotta call because people watching would really know I'm cheating if I fold this.

What a GOD. that reading ability though. And a single dad. Biggest winner on ultimate bet. He doesn't want the spotlight. But when you were this good, the fame is inevitable. Even the commentator starts HEAVILY EMPHASIZING the fact that Postle will get away. it's almost like he know this single dad can read the opponent's hand like a GOD. What would this RU-vid channel with 7,000 subscribers do without this God? And a single dad though. He lives in Sacramento. So he can't play anywhere else. He is not allowed to move . The child's mother won't let him. He Crushed online poker from 2003-2008. GOD. when all this blows over, he will take on any challenger. Later. When all these haters online leave him alone. He is just trying to take care of himself and his daughter. And to continue the Life style he is accustomed to.

ACR should sponsor him!!!

On the river postle is picking up his cards and acting like he's ready to fold.....weird mannerisms

God I wish the board didn't have to be paired!!!

How come every live cast from Stones, Mike Postle is always seated in the #2 seat. Does he ever sit in the 4, 5, 6 ,or 7 seat?

These are hilarious

Te commentary saying “Postle can fold this” is enough evidence to send them to jail. Whoever said that is in on it. Period

Magnificent analysis on a strange cheating situation that's likely to never happen again.

Every video I watch makes it harder to understand how no one caught this sooner...

I'm starting to think some of the announcers are involved after watching this.

He gets the Intel from the Commentator . It seams like he knows every time what APOSTLE is going to do before he does it every time . lol

I’m so confused. People are still playing with this guy on the stream? And he’s still cheating?

Doug, if I remember correctly, the guy who cheated you on online poker installed a trojan virus onto your computer. He could only cheat you when you had your computer open and running, correct? Would it be possible that when Postle and Justin (and other technicians) tested out their Dream Poker Tour, Postle had access to one of their computers? Could he then install a similar virus to watch the stream while they had their computer on? That would explain how one person could hack into a LIVE live stream to watch only while that select individual was logged onto the stream production. They would unknowingly give him full access to the cards while they were working in production. Just a theory, doesn't explain the 86o turning into 98s hand graphics change.

Mike Postle is the greatest of all time and I want to one day play with the same level reading abilities and psychological skills and develop his uncanny instincts.

@wave this is just 1 of approximately 20 hands I have seen that he plays very suspicious. If it only happened a couple times no one would be saying anything. It's that he always makes the right decision, which is not possible even for the top pros. It says he won like 65 out of 70 sessions, and the few times he lost certain employees were not there. It's like a murder trial with only circumstantial evidence. There's no body, no murder weapon but still obvious who the murderer is.

He should have given himself a rule that he can only "cheat" once every session. That alone would be enough to give him a huge edge.

I don't see a problem with this hand...he could've raised the river but it's not auto-raise imo, especially if you think Villain is tight. If you go for thin raise and get re-raised and you know Villain is tight - it's an auto fold unless you're against a tricky opponent who can take advantage of you but...Tom Dwan isn't playing these limits!

"Postle can make that fold" these folks have a far rosier view of this guy's skills than reality would dictate.

The check river was suspicious and no commentators pointed out this. I think postle found out after betting on the turn that he was up against the straight flush by staring at his crouch.

You playing him heads up Polky? He called you out!

To be fair, the commentators aren't necessarily in on it. Maybe they've just been suspicious before and brought their suspicions up with their boss (Justin I believe), and were told there was nothing going on and they shouldn't let on that they're suspicious in any way as it could hurt the stream. These people could just be doing their jobs and following their boss' orders without actually being in on it. Kinda looks like that to me when you see the faces of the guys who have to justify calling off your entire stack with 45o, and they could very well still be suspicious and talk among themselves about it, which is probably what led to Vanessa kinda blowing the whistle on the whole thing.

The show had hard time bringing celebrities, so the producers decided to "manufacture" their own poker celebrity .. like all those fake reality shows on tv. Hopefully they didn't charge the losing players. I wish they casted Matt Damon. I would have definitely watched all the episodes 😉

GREAT analysis of the nuances. Good work, Doug.

Imagine the scenario in a bad beat jackpot if postle had won something like that

Funny as hell when you're like, "and then, there are some people that, you know, they're just definitely aren't involved." HAHA

He must owe the IRS lots of money, maybe who knows? Anyways I'm value betting the turn 100%, and close to pot size.

Daamn what a time to be alive... these Postle hands are gold

Oh the sweet sweet content

Will Doug take the HU RFID challenge?

He could also be facing a smaller flush that would bet the river

0:40 ... our hand begins with ZZ Top trying to figure out where the cocaine went and why these bank cards to cut lines look silly... he says to the hobo on his right "I've no idea what's going on here haha, where's Lucy?"

I'm curious how he would do at a cash game....... literally anywhere else...

By far the best thing going on the Internet right now. Keep em coming.

Guys, he's innocent, he busted Durrrr's roll 10 years ago. LEAVE POSTLE ALONE!!!!1

yooooooooooooo you legit had me at postle hands and that's 4 seconds in lmao, im now contractually obligated to watch the entire video

So is this one of the "stuffed hat" incidents? Looks like it might be?

To me it sounds like he is just listening to the live commentary which would give him an extremely clear Edge and maybe most likely a couple of the commentators are in on it. The commentary sounds very suggestive

he could have run this cheating scam for years. funny how his own greed is what got him/them caught

As to Postle’s collaborators, I would not look to the Commentators who see the stream on 30 minute delay, but the people behind the curtain (to the right of the commentators), one of whom would be the Editor who sees the hole cards in real time. Also, who’s wearing a microphone and sitting at the desk behind the promo screen next to the Live Stream table?

You never mentioned anything about his "abilities" or the fact that he was a solid winner online between 2005 and 2009. Fake news!

ON THE TURN ,LOOK HOW POSTLE LOWERS THE BRIM OF HIS HAT RIGHT BEFORE HE CHECKS THE CROCH CAM AND AFTER HE LOOKS AT HIS CROTCH HE LOOKS UP AND IS VISIBILY UPSET CUZ HE KNOWS HES BEAT ... THE BODY LANGUAGE COMBINED WITH THE PLAY IS JUST GUILTY ALL DAY!

mike is the sacrificial lamb that gives legitimacy to the other poker live streams.

Hey Doug Correct me if I’m wrong but the guy commentator say firas thinks he has all the good hands in this situation but he doesn’t. Isn’t a straight flush the best hand you can get so nothing else will beat you so he does have the best hand even if someone did have a boat or four of a kind