From Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec...
This is Poker Night in America.
(high energy jazz featuring horns)
- What's up guys?
Hello and welcome to Poker Night Presents:
Party Poker Live at Playground Poker Club.
I'm your host for the evening.
My name is Doug Polk.
You may know me from such accomplishments as winning
this year's One Drop for more that 3.6 million dollars,
as well as publishing over 300 YouTube videos.
Oh my god. Am I a YouTuber?
(whoosh)
Today we have all of our players buying in
for at least a hundred thousand dollars,
this includes Antonio Esfandiari and Sam Trickett.
Rob Yong in for two hundred thousand,
always good to have everyone covered.
We should see some fireworks today.
- [Roberts] And we all sat at the table, we called him,
sat down, bought in for a hundred thousand,
and everybody got up (laughs).
- [Trickett] Oh my god (laughs). That is...
- I love that.
- That is amazing.
- It's so bad.
- He was licking his chops.
- I freaking love that.
- Yeah, and then, one of the guys said,
what are you buying, you're buying in,
what are you buying in for a hundred for?
You expect to win a lot of money! Oh, well.
- (mock yawning)
- I'm kinda tired (laughs). I'm out.
- [Doug] Queen, seven, four, a little bit of a piece
for a few players here.
We see Roberts with a Nut Flush draw,
Ohayon with Middle Pair, and Antonio
with a Middling Pair, Pocket Nines.
(chips clack)
- We're at two thousand, seven hundred.
- [Doug] And Roberts fire out a pretty small bet here,
all things considered, twenty seven hundred into the pot.
- Why does everyone hate pros nowadays?
- It's not hating pros. - It's not fun.
- There's no poker if there's no pros.
- It's not, it's the type of pro, I think.
- Keep the game going. Keep liquidity
in the market.
- That is true.
I would play with a pro like Antonio,
or Jean-Robert Bellande any day.
- [Dealer] Raise, ten thousand.
- [Doug] Sometimes in poker, you just gotta bluff,
and hope that they don't have much.
- It's the type of pros.
They're not willing to straddle.
- But that can be the type of person, can't it.
Not necessarily a pro.
- Like mosquito.
- Yeah, the guy doesn't need to be a pro
to be a dick, does he.
- [Safieddine] That was really effective.
- [Antonio] Yeah, that worked out well.
(laughing)
[Trickett] You get through.
- That worked out well. -
- [Doug] Brick here on the turn.
This is one of those spots in poker, where, sometimes,
whoever wants it the most is gonna win.
No one has too much, and if someone gets aggressive,
they might take this one down right here.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Checks through.
- [Yong] You've got some non-pros that are Bumhunters,
don't you, that leave the table, hit and run.
- [Doug] And that is a flush.
- Bet twenty thousand.
- [Doug] That money's gone.
- [Dealer] Fold.
- [Doug] I like that magic trick.
Ohayon's definitely bluffing here,
he realizes his pair of sevens is not likely to be good,
he's hoping the other players do not have much.
Little does he know, he has run right into the goods.
- I'm all in.
- [Doug] And that is not what Ohayon wanted to hear.
He lets it go, and Roberts on the board
picking up forty-four thousand in that pot.
- Miss Lauren.
- Thank you for raising that, for making that bet.
- You're welcome.
- Juiced it up for you, didn't he.
- Juiced it up for you.
(whoosh)
- The last few times in Vegas, I've been to Vegas
for four weeks at a time,
and I've never been in the Rio once.
- [Antonio] You're not missing much.
- Yeah, well, that just shows
that you have some intelligence.
(everyone laughs)
- [Roberts] They honestly don't have poker
when the World Series is not going on.
- [Trickett] It's not nice atmosphere.
- [Yong] It's depressing, everyone's going on about bad beats.
- [Roberts] That's an understatement, yeah.
- [Yong] Can't find anybody.
- [Dealer] Raise to pass them.
- [Doug] Couple easy folds getting out of the way,
and then Antonio's going to open this action
with ten eight off-suit on the button.
But Sam Trickett having none of it in the small blind
with ace, jack.
- Getting some amazing hands, Antonio.
- Yes. When am I gonna get my turn?
- I know. He's like in every hand.
He's running good.
- [Doug] Now what does Yong have here in his straddle?
Nothing.
That's the problem with random hands.
They often end up being random.
Over to Antonio. A lot in play here.
He's going for the raise,
Antonio's playing aggressive today!
Now against a lot of players, this play would probably work,
but Trickett is a bit on the loose and sticky side.
We might be seeing a flop.
Forty five thousand dollar pot,
two kind of whatever hands, we're playing a little poker.
- [Safieddine] 27.
(chips clicking)
- [Doug] Everyone whiffs here on the flop.
Queen six three rainbow. Trickett checks.
Over to Antonio.
- [Antonio] Check.
- [Doug] He's gonna check it back.
Interesting check here.
A lot of times you'd want to bet the flop,
represent aces and kings, but he's gonna play it
a little bit more sneaky.
Trickett on the turn has to know his ace high
is not very likely to be good, but should he fire?
- [Dealer] 15,000.
- [Doug] Small bet here on the turn,
and Antonio is going to be priced in.
He's got a Double Gutshot, he can make a straight
on a jack or a seven, and if he does hit that hand,
he's likely to be paid off by a variety of holdings.
- Some start at three or four.
- [Yong] I like to play a night.
- I do too, but a lot of the guys don't.
- [Doug] But he's thinking about more than call.
This is a beautiful move, Trickett really
has no play other than to fold.
He has ace high, and even though his opponent
is not really representing much in the way of strength...
- Guess I should have checked.
- [Doug] Aces and kings might have bet the flop.
He can't really do much.
Sometimes, even if you think they might be bluffing,
you just gotta let it go.
- Really has the best poker in Vegas, I think.
- Do you live close to Vegas?
- I moved there from Los Angeles.
Less than a year ago.
- What's it like to live there?
- If you are 15 minutes away from the strip,
I live on a mountain, I have panoramic strip views.
It's beautiful.
I'm always there.
- [Doug] Some nice moves from Antonio there,
it will pick him up this pot.
- Would you bet if I check?
- Yeah, for sure.
For sure I would.
- [Doug] Who said you have to be dealt a good hand?
Sometimes you can make your own fortune at the table.
Unless you're Trickett.
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Alright, well, we'll be right back
with more high stakes action after this.
(upbeat jazz)
- [Dealer] Straddle, 400.
- [Doug] Welcome back to Poker Night Presents:
Party Poker Live at Playground Poker Club.
Straddle back in effect, and then of course,
you have to have the re-straddle.
This game is now four times as big as it was before.
1800 dollars in the pot pre-flop,
and we haven't even seen our cards yet!
- I stayed at the Four Seasons last year.
It was a nice room, but it was a bit remote.
- [Roberts] Yeah.
- [Dealer] It's off the beaten track.
- Raise.
- [Doug] Safieddine finally gained the mix here
with the nine eight suited, but he's going to run
into a couple of big hands.
Pocket jacks behind and king queen as well for Trickett.
- Takes forever and a day to get anywhere
in the casino at LA.
- [Yong] The cafe as well, the RA Cafe as well.
- Yeah, the cafe.
But there's also
a Jean-Georges, there's a...
- [Dealer] 13,200.
- [Doug] Trickett getting a little tricky here.
Going for the three bet, trying to take this pot down
pre-flop, but not gonna happen against pocket jacks.
Safieddine might get out of the way,
but there's no way Ohayon's going anywhere.
- [Yong] Well you have quite an exciting life, don't you.
- [Roberts] What's that?
- [Yong] You have quite an exciting life.
- It's fun. Well, I have several companies.
I have the freedom to do what I want.
- Do you like tournaments, or...
- I do. I do like tournaments.
I never thought I would, but,
your money is paid, it's sunk cost at that point,
so it's just kinda mano y mano at the table.
- That doesn't matter how much you have, you can't.
- [Doug] Get him. Ohayne makes the call.
- Get the pro, man.
Punish him, PTP. Punish the pro.
- [Doug] And we're taking a flop.
- That's not nice.
- Yeah, but I love this.
- [Doug] Please low cards, please low cards,
is what Ohayne's thinking.
Low cards it is!
Hard to be too afraid of this board.
He's only behind if Sam Trickett either has a hand
like eight seven suited, or an over pair
that re-raised pre-flop.
(chips click)
- [Dealer] Bet 18,000.
- [Doug] Looks like Trickett's gonna try
and continue his story here, saying
that he does have an over pair.
He could get a fold, or, if he does get a call,
he might hit a king or queen on later streets.
Ohayne with jacks makes the call.
And the turn is a jack!
This is a phenomenal card for Ohayne.
He has top set, and now he has to think about getting paid.
Trickett also picks up a flush draw, though.
We could see some fireworks here.
Both players have pretty solid hands,
and if Trickett wants to make a move,
this is a great spot to do it,
but not when you're up against pocket jacks.
We don't quite have a boat over boat here,
but we do have a flush draw versus set,
eh, that's pretty close.
- Be there until four in the morning.
- Trying to get back.
- [Roberts] All of a sudden I'm not up anymore.
- You're not having fun anymore either.
- Right, exactly. No, you're not having fun.
And, you're down.
You took a big win, and turned it into a loss.
- All you had to do was get up.
- [Roberts] Right.
- I've done that so many times.
Been winning and then dunked it off.
- And it doesn't matter whether...
- [Yong] Blackjacks, same deal.
- [Roberts] Set over set, or boat over boat,
or straight flush you ran into, doesn't matter.
- [Dealer] 31,000.
- [Roberts] Wish you'd gotten out.
- I'm all in.
- [Dealer] All raise, all in.
- Fold.
- [Dealer] Fold.
- God, I would have had the nuts. God!
- I was gonna bluff it off again.
Am I allowed to see the river?
- Just peel it off, who cares.
Nuts. I would have had the nutters.
- [Doug] We feel so bad for you, Antonio.
- [Dealer] 200.
- Why do they put them in a spot like that?
- It's so they can read the cards.
- [Doug] We're back in play,
and a paltry 100, 200 dollar blinds.
We have a call from Ohayon with a four three off,
and Antonio is going to bump it up with an ace seven suited.
It's nice to raise with these kinds of hands
every now and then so you can make some nut flushes,
and put some pressure on your opponents.
- I knew I'd get a good hand on the button.
- [Dealer] Raise, 2,000.
- [Doug] What I'll tell you, when it's not gonna work,
when you run into pocket rockets.
Now, if I knew Antonio, and I do,
he's going nowhere against this.
He has two of the five cards necessary for a flush.
Antonio loves flushes.
What does surprise me is Ohayon comes along
with four three off suit, that's a garbage hand.
You can just get out of there, man.
And all of a sudden, cracking aces starts to look
like a real threat.
Little does he know Antonio has the nut flush draw.
All it takes is one more club to move it into the lead.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Interestingly, Yong checks it back on the flop.
Queen of spades on the turn does not help anyone.
Now Yong is gonna have to bet and start to get some value.
- [Dealer] Bet, five thousand.
Fold.
- [Doug] I would say a lot of players
would like to call here, in Antonio's shoes,
but the thing is, he's been playing aggressively
and putting in some raises,
so maybe we'll see him make a move.
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Yong] Don't be a hero, Antonio.
- [Doug] Call it is, and let's take a river.
Off suit five, not the card Esfandiari is looking for.
But maybe he wont' believe that Yong has anything at all.
- Ten.
- [Dealer] Ten thousand.
- [Doug] He played it a bit tricky on the flop,
checking it back with the aces.
Normally you just bet the flop if you have the over pair.
But sometimes doing this can be a good play.
It makes you tricky to play against, and tough to read.
- Raise.
- [Doug] There's the Antonio that I know and love!
Coming in for the check raise on the river,
dropping the hammer.
Yong can't feel too happy about the situation,
but he does have pocket aces, and he's up against someone
that is a very aggressive player.
What will he do with his over pair?
- I don't think you got it in you.
I'll pass aces.
- [Doug] Ooh.
(chill music)
- How many times have you got it in you?
Good bluff, you did it.
- Sometimes, you get one through.
Antonio Esfandiari, the magician!
Let's see if he's got any more tricks
up his sleeves, after this.
- Welcome back to Poker Night Presents: Party Poker Live
at Playground Poker Club.
It's still me, Doug Polk.
That's right, you're stuck with me.
Well let's jump back into the action.
(jazz blast)
- That's what you said.
- You're no blind right now.
- [Doug] Ohayne will be the only blind in this hand.
He's paying the small blind, big blind, and the ante,
in order to enter the action after missing the last hand.
- Six on the river, yeah?
- Six on the river? Five on the river.
Seven eight got there, ten jack missed.
- I didn't think you had,
you had like sixes, I thought you would have
done something with...
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Yong] Thought you'd throw me sixes or something.
I could just chuck them.
- [Doug] Ohayne with a six four off.
We've got some really quality holdings here pre-flop.
Little does Trickett know how far ahead he truly is.
Until the flop comes.
And it looks like a safe flop in Trickett's shoes.
Not likely to be up against higher pairs.
- [Antonio] Can't check.
- [Doug] Hard to have a four, but, you know what,
sometimes they have it.
And Ohayne leads out for 1300 into Trickett.
- I should have made it 50, made it look even more fishy.
- [Doug] Not much reason to raise in Trickett's shoes.
He'll make the call, and Roberts gets out of the way.
- [Yong] You had a draw.
- [Doug] Jack of diamonds on the turn, a neutral card.
Ohayne's probably going to continue to pound for value here.
When you have good hands in poker, you usually bet
and try and build that pot, especially against opponents
that get a little bit sticky, like Sam Trickett.
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Doug] Sam going nowhere with the pocket sevens,
unless this river is a seven,
he will be losing quite a large pot.
- [Dealer] Ten thousand.
- [Doug] A three isn't a very good card for Trickett,
because his opponent had a three
and was betting he now has a full house.
What will Trickett do?
- [Dealer] Call.
- That's gonna do it.
- Drawing dead the whole hand again.
- [Doug] Almost dead.
He had one seven left in the deck.
- It's the worst river, I guess.
- Did you like the flop?
- Yeah, not bad, not bad.
(everyone chuckles)
(whoosh)
- It's nice being able to have a good game.
- I just kinda took it easy last year,
'cause I was getting married like five days afterward.
- Yeah, I got it.
- But yes, I didn't really nail it.
- Who's big blind?
Oh, Frenchie!
Frenchie!
- You're playing tight, so it's easy for me to fold.
- [Antonio] Frenchie!
You'll loosen up.
- [Doug] Antonio with a needle before he comes in
for a raise with his five suited.
- I don't know about my Frenchie when he's losing.
- [Safieddine] You're right.
- [Antonio] They only know about it when he's winning.
It's the best show in town.
- [Trickett] I'm dying to play a hand.
- [Antonio] (chuckling) Dying!
(Roberts chuckles)
- [Doug] And our two tightest players,
Krpan and Safieddine get out of the way.
- [Antonio] Me and my English mate.
- [Doug] Tight is right, guys. Remember that.
Ten ten five, two pair for Antonio.
- It's like the last flop.
- [Doug] And nothing for Yong.
- Now you've gotta float.
I know standard procedure.
See what comes next, and then see if you can rep it,
the whole BS, I know, it's not my first rodeo.
- [Doug] Antonio baiting him into a call.
- Did you write a book?
- I'm starting to like you, actually, now.
- You what?
- I didn't like you at first, but I'm starting to like you.
- Now you're starting to like me?
- Really?
There's someone that does not like Antonio?
- It's also okay to give up.
Just save the,
whatever money's gonna cost, this and that.
It's always that.
- I've never seen anybody that does not like Antonio.
- That's gonna hurt.
- Nobody likes the guy that won 18 million in a tournament.
(Antonio laughs)
Before they meet him.
I get it all the time, "I thought you was gonna be a prick,
"but you're actually alright."
I'm like okay, nice, how judgmental of you.
- I'm just gonna find out where I am.
- [Dealer] Raise seven thousand.
- I love this by the way, the table talk, the...
- The speech, I like you, you're my friend.
- Another raise!
- Oh look, he's quiet now.
This is the first time he's stopped talking.
- [Doug] Antonio makes the call.
Yong needs a king or a seven.
That is not a king or a seven.
Antonio improves to a full house.
But, Yong is saying he has a ten.
- I bet you're right.
(Roberts laughs)
So he wants to continue to sell the story,
fire two more streets, maybe gets Antonio off of it,
but honestly, I just can't see that happening.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Yong checks back. Jack river.
Now Antonio knows Yong is weak.
If he had a strong hand, he'd bet the turn.
So the question is, how can he make the most money?
Is he gonna check and let Yong have one last shot
to try and fire?
Looks like that might work out.
- [Dealer] That's 50,000.
- The plot thickens, ladies and gentlemen.
The plot thickens.
It's not often I lay down full houses.
- I am starting to like you, though.
- It's not often I lay down two,
I mean it's like you're making it so obvious
that you have it, that it's starting to make me think
that you don't have it.
(Trickett chuckles)
You know?
- [Doug] This is almost three times the pot bet.
He's saying he has a ten, and now Antonio
is put into a terrible situation.
But at the end of the day, he does have a full house.
And Antonio does not like the fold button.
Antonio throws the chips at his opponent!
But is good, so those are coming right back.
And that, my friends, was an over 100,000 dollar pot.
- Wow.
- [Safieddine] You were gonna look like a hero,
or like a dingdong.
- A hero, or a zero.
- You were fifty fifty.
Alright, that's it for tonight.
But before we go, as always, the chip counts.
After play so far, we see Antonio up a cool 50,000.
Sam Trickett getting buried down 133,000.
And Lauren Roberts with a surprising 100K win so far.
We're gonna have to see if that holds up.
(chill guitar)
Next time, on Poker Night Presents: Party Poker Live
at Playground Poker Club,
Antonio Esfandiari likes to use all his time,
Ouri Ohayon uses none of his time,
and Francois Safieddine flops quads for a royal flush draw.
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From everyone here at poker night, I'm Doug Polk.
- Wow.
You were gonna look like a hero or like a ding-dong.
- A hero or a zero.
- You were fifty fifty.
Are we taking a break?
- A break?
(explosion)
- [Doug] Poker Night in America is brought to you
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