We Need To Talk About This Sam Trickett Hand (SICKEST Bluff Ever?) 

This is exactly the kind of spot where the internet experts would say "Easy fold, Trickett is never bluffing here" if he did have the straight flush

Trinket did some reverse psychology here, he got all jittery pulling the usual faces as if he had a weak hand but then jams all of sudden 😂 this is a classic at the casino when someone has a monster but in this case it was the opposite. Well played

Most regs(even sicko pros like these) are wayyyyy underbluffing these kinds of spots. That makes it an amazing bluff opportunity if you can find a hand with decent blockers so kudos to Trickett for going for it. P.s don't try it in your local 1/2 game lmao.

dont fold underrepped hands..........cmon doug, you gotta say that brynn has a straight flush draw too

DO NOT try this in a 1/3 game

Am I the only one feeling spoiled by this onslaught of new content?

Hey Doug I like this new poker hands stuff don't get me wrong but a while back didn't you used to do a show called Polker Hands? Ever thought about doing that again?

Love this bluff so much. Got a bit of a crush on trickett after this - what a baller!

Hey Doug, love your videos, but i think a better question to asked is What Chidwick calling Bryn Kenney with? Instead of what is calling this jam? By narrowing down Chidwick hand, and if hes also a type of player to make strong laydown or if hes a sticky player, we can make a play. Chidwick for sure don't have a full house, i believe a full house would raise. Plus a full house would mean Chidwick had two pairs or a set, and both of those hands are rarely checking back twice, you tend to protect those hands more by betting draws. Especially the turn. So no full house and definitely not the nut flush, cause we hold the A clubs, so he is at best holding K hing flush. Should we make a play? In this situation YES, because he check backed twice with a made flush, so he is a very cautious player. We now know he is cautious with a K high flush at best, yes a jam would be a good play. This jam also piggyback off Bryn Kenny (who made this play possible by raising) value. The hand now seems twice or 3x as strong cause it is jam on the river after a raise and a call, a bluff almost seems silly. I love this play and will also try to find spots in my game to bluff jam off a cautious player and someone who raise me just because he thinks im bluffing and not actually has a hand himself

Plot twist. He was jamming for value

One of the biggest things you have to remember in hold'em is if you play your hand in a weird way that it can cause people to either think that they have the best hand when they don't or that they can get away with a bluff cuz it just feels like no one has anything. This is one of best reasons to underrep your hand sometimes, but you have to ultimately make the call.

Love the hand analysis! Please do more like this format!

I've got a great idea! Let's set a trap, and when it springs, we'll let the prey eat us!

Pretty funny that 2 of these players have now made the final 4. Honestly thought Chidwick would go on a Chip spiral after this hand... how wrong I was!

Great video dude thx for the content. Only one question tho why not call with a full house of 4s ?

Mike "The God" Postle would've easily called there

if Trickett had told his opponents "pick 1 card and i'll turn it over" after his river shove then both would have folded (whether the As or the Jd would have been revealed) ... brilliant move Sam (only cause it worked) !!!

Love this week of hand analysis. Think the jack blocker might have indicated a call was possible at least some of the time? Please look at the Hero Call Antonious hand!

Keep 'em coming Doug! Great content and your humor rocks!

Hey Doug, really dig your new loose aggro uploader style lately. Keep up the aggression :D

Although i believe that if he had done the full analysis of the hand, (shot clock influenced the hand, even though you have time chips it was very early in the tournament) he would have called, you can clearly see which style of play was more efficient by looking at the final table players

Just commenting so you see we are glad you post these videos this often now. No other you youtubers do the analysis this well.

What a psychomaniac kind of play. I'm amazed chidwick makes that fold given he CHECKS TURN. It's just more action than anyone can handle. Hats off to you, Sam. Cheers

Doug... u said in 7:03 that the full house is the nuts,,, what happened to the straight flush and the quads ??? Love ur show .. keep up buddy

One of the main reasons to severely under rep your hand is to get people to blast off at you with crazy bluffs.

Trickett’s bluff makes a lot of sense to me. He’s representing the Ace high flush with his bluff. He probably asked himself what hands beat the Ace High flush? Jack’s full, fours full, and 3s full, also 7 full with a Jack pair. Jacks full are unlikely since he has one Jack, so he has a blocker there. 7s full with Jack pair again is unlikely because of his Jack blocker and calling J7 pre-flop is unlikely after pre-flop raising. 3s or 4s full are unlikely because someone would have bet before the River, especially since there are higher cards for others to pair (the Jack, 7, or any other pair) So through process of elimination, representing the Ace high flush made a lot of sense. Brilliant play!

Doug my man don't want to be rude but just to correct you at 10:56 you said Chidwick called a 5th of his stack

This is awesome, keep 'em coming Doug!

how much would you bet on turn at Chidwicks place?

Great analysis, and a fxking great bluff from Trickett... thx for the content

Why would quads and boats even be factored into Kenneys range on the river. Wouldn’t sets and straights bet the turn there given the board texture? He’s only repping a strong flopped flush. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Great content Doug love the way you analyse

Doug, could you analyze limping strategy from the small blind that was used widely in this triton tournament. For example, voegelzam used it multiple times in different situations. I would love to hear your comment on why it is getting popular even though it is seen as a "wrong" way to play.

I would not have believed Chidwick would lay that down... WOW

Are their ranges really that tight there after being checked around twice? I'd expect everyone have much more air-type of hands or thinner value than just flushes and boats.

"Chidwick is NEVER BLUFFING here" Wow, I never thought I'd hear Doug say that phrase ever on Poker Hands

Doug, i really like your youtube content. whether its serious crypto, jokey crypto or poker , thank you for these videos. the weather has been weird in the uk recently and an insect bit my ankle and ankle is now swelling up. cough i will get my coat.

Really interesting discussion and hand... I think you can get away with this most in the earlier levels of a high buy in no rebuy tournament. Especially if you really know the players, as these guys likely do. Can't pull this against anyone at random, but if you think the opponent is on the thinking side and will stop before calling off while saying "I flopped it! If he's got me, he's got me!" then and only then can this be profitable. I disagree about not doing this in a low stakes game. You find the guy who hates "players like you" and always loves to think the worst, that the opponent always has the hand that beats you, then you can try it then as well, maybe. Again, know the players.

Glad to have you back Doug

Great work Doug keep it up!!

Great hand, Great review... Loved it!

That was awesome. Strong move from Trickett. Well played.

Doug didn't mention J7d or J7h at all. Trickett is definitely capable of having those even though he called in the small blind but they make complete sense the way the hand played out.

One of the best leveling wars I've seen.

Everybody is a badass until some megachad bet-OverbetSqueeze jams the river with Top pair.

12:43 I think what's interesting though is Chicwick's call. Would he really have just called with a boat? Surely he would have bet? That's what makes Trickett's play good imo. The Call bu Chidwick seems like weakness.

Why you gotta spoil with the title?

I play mostly online, thus I'm not really in the live tell side of things. But, Sam's facial expression at 10:50-10:53 gives so much intel that he is bluffing. *Note that this doesn't mean that I would have called*

Nice video DOUGIE. Also, i think u left ur muscles in ur other shirt.

Smart, yet humorous analysis as always... but. any plans for a vid on your crypto channel sprinkled into the mix here and there??

I tried nearly this exact play (bluff-raise-jamming the river with nut flush blocker) at my local poker room. Got snap called by a jack-high flush. Bluffing only works against pros guys...

It always seems like the guy that tries to trap ends up getting bluffed

Any comments about the initial 1/3 size bet on the river before the bluff? Shold we consider it in favour of a call with a flush?

15:15 🤣😂 I just about lost it

Trickett's hand blocked the nut flush and top boat...My guess is that was his reasoning, and he put Chidwick on a flush, as opposed to a set, given that he checked in position until calling on the river.

I must suck as a poker player, because im not folding a two card flush for 383 more.

It's like Christmas morning over and over!

I wish I understood what you were saying half the time. Haha. Sounds like nuclear chemistry

I dont know if he can do this without having the ace of clubs in his hand. I dont think there is a universe where in a multiway pot people check sets behind. If kenny had a set he can check flop but never the turn. If chidwick has a set i think he is gonne bet flop a lot. Also the river bet sizing was sick because after his reshove on the river chidwick probably took it as a inducing bet with a monster holding. Sick play!

If the HJ was a unknown you would of ROASTED the way they played the hand.

Am I missing something on the River. Polk narrows Trickett's bluffs to boats, quads or straight flush. What about the most likely winner - Ace-high flush?

Doug, what would you have done if you were in tricketts shoes on the river?

He had the nut flush blocker. What else do you need?

Ac is key because Chidwick has a face up flush. IMO he does not need to worry about protecting his range given the BBs polarizing >5x raise and Jd is kind of neat since it blocks the BBs stronger boats (1xJ7s or maybe even occasionally 1xJ7o). He cannot have A7, A4 or A3 with Ac either so this actually seems like the very best candidate for bluffing in this multi-player-spot Interesting question then is: Does a jam from Tricket make money assuming calling with a flush is profitable for Chidwick and knowing Chidwick is capped and will probably fold.

Hey Doug I was following you all the years, took 1 year off with all gambling and found my way back here! You look really good compared! Are you living keto now?

I've started calling these great hands (high flushes +) on the river most of the times. It's working pretty good so far, though I got destroyed by quads once hahaha

If you had bought some of tricketts action, how would you feel him making a play like this?

7:00 “a full house is the nuts” wrong. Straight flush is the nuts, followed by quad 7’s

I would put it in top 5 given the situation and people involved.

Hmm taking notes :) I wish Kenney had a high flush, would have made the hand even more interesting! As you say, are they really calling??

I think the only other logical hand for Chadwick to be thinking about is the Ace high flush.. which he and his opponent knows that he doesn't have. He has the 4th nut flush, the board is doubled and he's facing an all in at just under a mill.. Sick but effective.

if I’m underepping my hand that much, I block JJ! And the guy after me jams! 🤔🤔( we all know he’s polarized( bluff alerrt) why jamm? In the first place( did the player super slow played a set, like I did with my flush? Too many stars alining, I have to see it! Yes, his move obviously screams strength, but there’re huge leaks in his bluff!

I realllllly am not a huge fan all the time of using card removal/blockers to have a big influence on your decision making because just because you block someone from having a certain hand DEFINITELY does not mean they don't have that hand. Often times they can even if you block. Onto this hand though, Sam made an amazing play I feel albeit extremely gutsy. Both of his cards are actually blocking big hands The nut flush and his Jack is blocking Jacks full so he can be pretty certain neither player has that. I think that he might feel even if one of his opponents has a full house, are they going to call off that many chips in a MASSIVE money tournament like this? I'm not sure if that was his thinking but I applaud his intelligence if it was. In the moment i'm not really able to make deep removal and thoughts like this. Great play.

Dont burn yourself out Doug! Love all the content though cant lie, just don’t want to see a goodbye tweet!!

This game is just too sick man. Have I said that before?

Nut flush blocker plus top boat blocker. Excellent bluff.

You kind of did not really analyze the river spot properly. What about Chidwicks decision?

Doug, I expected you to make your "you gotta call even though you'll lose some of the time " speech 😆😆!

Shouldn't Chidwick be calling here? He completely underrepped his hand and still would've had half his stack to play on. Are both players really going to double check a 2 pair or set on the turn? The only thing that can trap 2 streets out of position is flopping the straight flush, am I wrong here?

Wow Doug back making content or videos or whatever you want to call it

Can someone explain why Doug says Chidwick wouldn't consider Trickett having a better flush?

Doug what's the most you've ever tipped a poker dealer?

Why not jam Ax of clubs for thin value. Makes sense to me only Bryne Kenney can have a boat realistically and there are so few of them.

Trickett always has the sickest bluffs. He's got some unbelievable calls too. Great player.

SUCH A SICK HAND. Chadwick has the J in his hand so you think he almost has to call this, but if you are him, looking at that board, what hand is worse than a J high flush that jams over 2 players. Great bluff by Sam, holding a J and the Ac in his hand. Great spot to go for it, all I know is people, bet your trips, bet your boats and bet your flushes and you won't get in spots like this as often.

So Dan, would you have called in Chidwick's spot?

cool hand and analysis

He looked like he was about to have a heart attack as he was scooping in the chips

Isn’t Trickett value range wider than JJ, 77 and 56c when it goes check, check, check on both flop and turn? He does block the nut flush and he has no reason to think that anyone has a boat.

Easily one of the sickest hands ever streamed.

Is this short deck ?

the problem with setting up a trap like this is sometimes it backfires on your mentality that one of the opponents may have been doing the same exact thing and waiting for the moment. The beautiful thing about poker is you always have to consider putting yourself in your opponents place. There is really no right decisions like the wiseasses are saying in the comments saying : I would have done this" and whatever stuff. It always take a bit of a gamble in the end.

Do the Chidwick J5 vs Rajkumar all in. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

Gross spot for Chidwick. His hand strength is face up after flatting 100k river bet. No boats in his range. Trickett used this fact to put him to the test.

What are your thoughts on Tricket’s body language? Seemed weak. I think he was reacting thinking about calling and then realized he wanted to bluff. Surprised he went for it having given off those tells. Wonder if Chidwick read them as reverse tells.

what did u say at the end, doug? 'i've been telling you guys for a long time. ______ rlly get a nerve for bluffing' pls fill in the blank 4 me

Can you guess now how many chips Aaron Zhang got in his man purse?

Loving the daily videos. Keep it up. Thank you!

Sets most often would look for protection on flop, worse case turn...Chidwick pretty much has to believe Sam had it all the way to find this fold. Like 56cc?? Would love to know how he found the fold as logically it doesn’t add up unless for some horrific reason in a multi-way pot, the set never bets till river while either fills up, quads up. So...did Chidwick think he must have flopped the 56cc? Scary things are under the bed and in the closet if you look for them. Personally I love seeing the robots get smoked!

These spots are probably what seperate say...LLinus etc etc from the rest of the players. How often is Trickett ...or Bryn playing value like this? Probably very very rarely which really weights their ranges towards bluffs. So you can say Combo this...and combo that. But in reality you may be beaten by that combo 3% of the time or something which drastically increases the amount of bluffs compared to value. I would bet if LLinus was in Chidwicks shoes here he would call knowing he blockers JJs and the fact that Trickett may use this line for value a very very small % of the time making it a +EV call