I think ur giving him wayyyy too much credit, and I dont think he is trying to induce a bluff at all, and i think what he said after (about planning to call 100% w 8 high) is probably bravado, but I could be wrong ofc. What I will say is if he was caling the river it had to be because he put him on 72.. if so, why shove the river.. other than "to be sre".. but if that was your logiic.. fod the flop to be sre and save 250K EUROS, maybe?! Anyway, imo he more likely is (just gambling and) trying to rep a strong hand by flatting (which actually is good way to rep it rather than re-raising) and force Dwan to give up on his bluff, which obv worked so fair play...so sure, MAYBE he read it the same as Nanonoko was callin the commentary.. (a check-raise on that board after flatting pre IS a bit odd).. but tbh I just think, like a fish often does, he simply decided to just "put him on" 72o.. if its not that (putting him EXACTLY on 72), then calling to INDUCE A BLUFF is awful when half the bluffs ALSO beat your 8 high.. Like, ASSUMING that Dwan has enough bluffs in his range to make this a good call in the first place, that means he is blffing a LOT.. and u would then have to assume it includes T9s..JT..why not Q9s? etc.. u see what I'm getting at. As t happens, I don't think Dwan will bluff a lot in this spot, and 72o is the main bluff he has tho if I was to add more likely ones it would be gutters like JTo which got there on river anyway, and even if they didn't hit river THEY BEAT 8 HIGH.. I know, I know.. Dwan did have 72 THIS time.. but it just aint good poker in the long run. It was ridiculously risky because, first of all, with the stack sizes he was PRAYING that Dwan gave up on the river w less than pot left, as like other players pointed out, Dwan would often just continue and shove his bluffs leaving the opp no option to reshove Dwan and win that way knocking out hands like small pocket pairs that missed, 98 J9s Q9s etc as well.. the only way he would then win is being FORCED to call and PRAY that Dwan had 72op and not some "bluff" that was actally winning (or indeed a 55, AQ AK etc!!!) .. In terms of the likelihood of the play working out, sure Dwan COULD have 72, and did sure, THS time.. but also could be 55, AK, AQ and maybe slowplayed QQ.. JT also could've been a flop bluff and it got there w a str8 but tbh given the board and pre action I am not sure Dwan would attempt many bluffs other than 72o w the 72o game ongoing, and that means there's more value hands (55,AK,AQ,QQ) combos than there are bluffs.. making his calls horrific. Im for sure making some assumptions that could be way off.. like, maybe Dwan bluffs loads of his other air as well like 45s eg.. but tbh that would mean there are plenty "bluffs" that are actually beating 8 high as well.. like maybe he turns missed set mining hands into bluffs like 33 in order to fold out better pairs ike 88/99.. so 33 is beating 8 high.. ... maybe Q9s etc as well.. and if Dwan ISNT bluffing much then the play is bad for a more obvious reason..Dwan is going to show up with a boat in that case! I just doubt Dwan is bluffing much in this spot having watched him in recent years he is much more tight and str8forward vs fish in general.. also on this dry Axx flop it LOOKS bluffy... now that can go 2 ways and it depends what evel the opponent is thinking.. if he knows it LOOKS bluffy then it actually should look LESS bluffy (if he knows that Dwan knows he knows it looks bluffy!!! :-P ) fwiw this, along with the stack size situation) I believe is why Dwan assumed the other guy HAD TO have it.. because calling the turn otherwise is suicide.. but I guess he underestimated either what level this guy is thinking, OR what stupid things a rich fish can do just for the sake of bravado at the table!!! Having said all that, I know absolutely nothing about Dwans opponent in this hand.. he might've been levels and knew Dwan would have to give up and knew that Dwan was more likely on 72o than anything else.. (but for that to be true he would have to know Dwan NEVER flats QQ AK AQ ...and NEVER bluffs anything other than 72o.. leaving only 55 and 72o as the hands he is check raising that flop with .. is that likely??? i highly HIGHLY doubt it ) So, imo, its just that its the type of thing see from fish who love to "put someone on a hand" and if they happen to be right THIS time they feel vindicated like they were "right" but , as I said, thats not how "good" poker works, and its a sure way to lose money in the long run. EDIT: Just realized something I cannot BELIEVE I didnt notice before.. - Rui HAD A 7 IN HIS OWN HAND (making it so much less likely Dwan had a 72) .. this tips it from debatably bad play to CERTAINLY terrible play imo!
I think if he shoved quickly it would have been called quickly. If he sat in turmoil for a while then I think Cao might have lost face & second guessed himself. But given how he played that hand I think he’d have probably called anything Tom did, amazing hand of poker by two great players. Tom would have won that pot had he been facing any other player on earth, shows the level these guys are at.
@@MultiJejje actually, I haven't used those exact two words related to poker comments ever. If you know of a sicker poker hand, please share.......the reactions of all the other players is hilarious and the reaction from Durr when he realized Rui only had 8 high is epic!
Oh my lord... you Dwan fanboys are just too much. RuiCao made the play... why do you aaaaaaalways have to make everything about Dwan? Do you all live in some sort of neverending supernova of 2009 HSP clips?
He was probably talking about another hand as its a big no no giving away information whist the hand is going on, especially if you are not in the hand.
Its against Dwan, he's got an 8 and he knows Durrr can go three barrels with 7deuce. If he's right half the time, hes at least breaking even on this hand.
Everyone wishing Tom shoves at the end. The quick call on the turn by Rui convinced Tom in his mind that Rui had the best hand. This hand is real poker!
This is closer to gambling I'm pretty sure. If real poker is nosebleed stakes, degen bluffs with the 72 game on, then yea sure. But there's almost no way either player is taking a GTO-informed line in this particular hand. Maybe Dwan is to some extent, but I don't think a solver would ever recommend that you float flop and turn with 8 high in a three-bet pot so as to steal it on the river. Very entertaining television, but I don't think there's much to learn here for anyone.
Amazing, so glad to witness such a crazy series of events, right from the opening with Rui saying "I'm the biggest fish in town." planted the seed subliminally and left Tom chewing on a cold steak i reckon. One of the best poker videos in the last 20yrs and just glad a camera was there to capture it. Absolute balls of steel to follow it through also..
This is indeed some high level playing. I can't even fathom playing with either of these hands. Shows me that no matter how good I think I am, I would not last long professionally.
Yeah, I've been caught by some amateurs in hands that were ridiculous, but were very well played. It's normally the older folk who played like this. Scary.
Triton poker, I take exception to you saying this is the *sickest Triton poker hand of all time*...no...this is possibly the sickest hand of all time period!
6:00 Tom looks too funny eating that steak 🥩 you know even though he got outplayed and lost a huge pot but he fking enjoyed it, the level of game play is next level.
If he was so sure that Tom has 72o, it would have been more impressing if he just checked down and said: " i don't need to bluff this hand, 8 high is good" ...he would be a legend forever on this Earth 😀
It would be a big mistake to check back. Ok i'm sur if dwan shove, cao call, and it would be a stu ungar call, but when Durr check, cao has to shove in case durrr had poket pair or like JT . But of course Cao put Dwan on 72
@@maeliza258 do u think that if thats the case, and Dwan has all those bluffs that beat 8 high in his range, then calling the turn in the first place is pretty bad? With the stack sizes its super likely Dwan would've just shoved the river at that stage a lot of the time
@@maeliza258 do u think that if thats the case, and Dwan has all those bluffs that beat 8 high in his range, then calling the turn in the first place is pretty bad? With the stack sizes its super likely Dwan would've just shoved the river at that stage a lot of the time
Oh for SURE! Dwan hated the bet, knowing that he'd lost, but respected it all the same, ESPECIALLY when he saw the 8 high that also missed the whole board.
The main reason I know Hellmuth is the greatest is seeing people hate him, even in videos not about him. No one hates the worse, 23rd best, 4th best, or even 2nd best.
Respect to them for being so casual and humorous about a multi 100k pot and these two guys are just levelling each other with high card hands 🤭🤭🤭 Mad levels...
He knew exactly that Tom played 7 2. Don't ask me how, but in no other world do you play 8 7 off that way. 8 high actually the worst hand that still beats Tom, there is nothing else he could have put him on 😂
Watched the full session and Dwan check raising was weird compared to his play all session, he kept trapping. It looked weird to me too on a rainbow flop and Randy said the same thing. It didn't help that the table joked about 7-2. Prop bet was on for an hour and I think Dwan won once with it already.
@@terencekwong3033 sick that he had a 7 in his hand too which blocks 72. i watched it many times, and id say this is the most insane hand ive seen over the years.. high stakes poker is exclusively for loaded players with unlimited bankroll. pros can only hang in there by sticking to the book imo. i cant imagine anyone else playing eight high that way at these stakes. maybe miki, even still, not at these stakes. rui cao is insane
I watched the whole series of this cash game and for sure Rui Cao gives the most action I've ever seen! The check raise by Dwan was fishy which is why RC committed. The A turn convinced him TD didnt have it, so he would have a chance to steal the river. If TD shoved river I dont think RC insta calls even though he doesnt think he is up against a made pair from the board. Great poker hand
Flop bet and small bet on the turn n the A on the turn indicated Tom is bluffing. The combination is unsure but Tom was asking for 72 game, so... Leads strongly for that hand. River check is Ruis chance to get all other bluffs off the hand.
I think this is just a pure example of playing the player. Don't forget these guys have a lot of experience with each other and there is a lot of play leading up to this that goes into the metagame and dynamic between the two that isn't showing on camera. What Rui Cao was actually thinking' I'm not sure. Since he even had a blocker to 7-2 by holding 7-8. I very much doubt he would have called the river despite him claiming he would have called. Excellent play though. It's kind of similar to what Dwan did to Ivey all those years ago but that time it worked. And Ivey had hit a pair of 7s on the river.
Not sure if he really would've called a shove by Dwan. If Rui was sure Tom only had 72 then there was no reason for him to jam the river. He obviously would've never been called by a 7 high. If he was sure Dwan had 72 then he would've checked the river.
I do believe he would have called Tom's shove on the river. Super sick hand, one of my all-time favorites for sure. Makes it even better that Tom was asking for the 7-2 game all night, even asking for 8-3 and 9-4 lol. Epic! :)
Not sure he calls. Would say 50/50 at best. Hes holding 87 which blocks one option for 72. But with less than a 3rd of pot behind might be pot commited already.
He wouldn’t have called obviously . That’s why he shoved the river hoping to induce a fold from middle pair or bottom pair … if he knew he had 7 2 he would have checked back river ?? Lol
0:44 Elton remind Dwan that Tony G didn't act yet. apparently Dwan reacted to Rui cao's raise too soon, even ignored Tony G before him. in the same time, while everyone is talking and laughing, Rui cao didn't say a word, he must noticed this. i think this eagerness to call the raise shown by Dwan is weird, and made Rui cao very suspicious of Dwan's hand. Dwan's check raise on the flop, bet on the turn are very very strong move, Rui cao's 2 calls especially the call on the turn are extraordinary. and you can't fault Dwan for not push on the river, it's impossible for the opponent to make these 2 calls without a very strong hand that willing to call his all in, because on the turn he asked how many chips Rui cao had left, and Dwan make a heavy bet accordingly to test Rui already, but Rui anwsered him with a call. two sick players together make this sickest hand , that's poker at its finest😍💯
The ONLY reason to call turn rather than raise turn is to keep 72 in the pot. Against all other bluffs, you would want to raise turn to stop them from rivering value or bluffing again (since you lose to them.) Which makes the shove actually the most insane part of this hand. If you thought Tom's range had bluffs other than 72, then you have to raise turn. But if you think he has only 72, then you would have no reason to shove river, because you check and win. So, for this bet to make sense, he had to think both that Tom WOULD shove 72 on the river, but he would NOT shove his other bluffs on the river and rather X/F them. I suppose it is also possible that he thinks Tom's range is 72 exactly but also some thin value like a queen, which is going to X/F to a river bet. Or he's drunk. Hmm.
I'm pretty sure that any attempt to properly analyze this hand is doomed to fail. There was over half a million dollars in that pot, with both players not only missing completely, but also have the highest card between them being an 8.
This is easily the best poker hand of time caught on tv and also the best cash game. Triton is so far ahead of any poker shows out there. That little weirdo Garret would get so pwned in these games
@@jonathanbotek2077 In my opinion, it does make sense, because even if he put him on 7-2, it cannot be guaranteed 100%, and so I believe his thought is that he can get Tom to fold, just in case he has better. It's like insurance on his read, in a sense. I do believe he would have called Tom's shove on the river. Super sick hand, one of my all-time favorites for sure. Makes it even better that Tom was asking for the 7-2 game all night, even asking for 8-3 and 9-4 lol. Epic! :)
@@mitchrapp5214 It doesn't negate, because poker is a game of incomplete information, and even if he is confident in his read, the shove on the river is a "just in case it's not 7-2" shove.
Not necessarily. Durr was the one who asked to play the 7 2 game, and Rui kept that in mind, and Durr did not seem so confident with his bets, he looked a little uneasy.
I've seen a lot of hands from time to time but THIS...idk what to say even. He must have putting Dwan on that excact hand...so sick calling all the streets with 8 high and all that money in the middle...just WOW. And Tom red him on the river that he'd call him was also sooo sick. Holy cow...if Tom All ined river that'll be the best hand televised ever and for ever period. Intensest hand of all time. Before it was Tom Dwan vs Ivey with Dwan 79 and I've with A high so close to calling...but this one is rly nuts
All in 8,7 high is an absolutely insane read. I don’t think Tom could believe what was happening. But his final decision was the only thing that let him down. Should have gone all in at the end and Cao would surely have folded at that point. The worst thing Tom did was to ask Cao the value of his stack after the flop, nobody with a good hand is going to say things like that. Cao smelt blood from that point onward.
@@jasonleetaiwanhe could well have done, but at that point it was worth another 100k to find out, having already put in 300k+ & would be due around an extra 100k from the 7 deuce bounty from all players. Checking was absolutely pointless, might as well have just folded at that point.
When Tom check-raised the A5Q-rainbow flop, he instantly gave away his exact hand. What other two cards could possibly pull such a move on that board? Rui was smart enough to realize what was going on and had the balls to play accordingly. Mad respect to Rui.
@L G: I just can't imagine any other hand that would check-raise in that spot. Whoever hits this particular flop will most likely bet out or just check-call, while gutshots check-fold or float. Check-raising doesn't make any sense in that situation - unless you're completey airballing.
@Dmitriy: I don't see much additional benefit in check-raising AQ there. Only very strong Aces might sometimes call, but most likely you're up against a set...
With Rui in position and Dwan just calling the 3-bet kinda signals both players have weak hands against the board, it was just a matter of who has the weaker hand, still gutsy to call and shove w/ 8 high though the 7-2 reward and alcohol may had a play in Rui's decision lol
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Please we need Rui Cao to explain the hand, pretty sick sick play. Other level
do you need players in Montenegro
Never have I seen anything in poker as crazy as someone smooth calling turn with 8-high to induce a bluff from 7-high.
Ahahahahahahah
Agree. High level poker. Borderline insane
@@tonyswe9463 he was trying to disguise his hand by calling the bets hoping Tom will check so he can shove
And then supposedly value bet his 8 high vs what he thought was 72.
I think ur giving him wayyyy too much credit, and I dont think he is trying to induce a bluff at all, and i think what he said after (about planning to call 100% w 8 high) is probably bravado, but I could be wrong ofc. What I will say is if he was caling the river it had to be because he put him on 72.. if so, why shove the river.. other than "to be sre".. but if that was your logiic.. fod the flop to be sre and save 250K EUROS, maybe?! Anyway, imo he more likely is (just gambling and) trying to rep a strong hand by flatting (which actually is good way to rep it rather than re-raising) and force Dwan to give up on his bluff, which obv worked so fair play...so sure, MAYBE he read it the same as Nanonoko was callin the commentary.. (a check-raise on that board after flatting pre IS a bit odd).. but tbh I just think, like a fish often does, he simply decided to just "put him on" 72o.. if its not that (putting him EXACTLY on 72), then calling to INDUCE A BLUFF is awful when half the bluffs ALSO beat your 8 high..
Like, ASSUMING that Dwan has enough bluffs in his range to make this a good call in the first place, that means he is blffing a LOT.. and u would then have to assume it includes T9s..JT..why not Q9s? etc.. u see what I'm getting at. As t happens, I don't think Dwan will bluff a lot in this spot, and 72o is the main bluff he has tho if I was to add more likely ones it would be gutters like JTo which got there on river anyway, and even if they didn't hit river THEY BEAT 8 HIGH.. I know, I know.. Dwan did have 72 THIS time.. but it just aint good poker in the long run. It was ridiculously risky because, first of all, with the stack sizes he was PRAYING that Dwan gave up on the river w less than pot left, as like other players pointed out, Dwan would often just continue and shove his bluffs leaving the opp no option to reshove Dwan and win that way knocking out hands like small pocket pairs that missed, 98 J9s Q9s etc as well.. the only way he would then win is being FORCED to call and PRAY that Dwan had 72op and not some "bluff" that was actally winning (or indeed a 55, AQ AK etc!!!) .. In terms of the likelihood of the play working out, sure Dwan COULD have 72, and did sure, THS time.. but also could be 55, AK, AQ and maybe slowplayed QQ.. JT also could've been a flop bluff and it got there w a str8 but tbh given the board and pre action I am not sure Dwan would attempt many bluffs other than 72o w the 72o game ongoing, and that means there's more value hands (55,AK,AQ,QQ) combos than there are bluffs.. making his calls horrific.
Im for sure making some assumptions that could be way off.. like, maybe Dwan bluffs loads of his other air as well like 45s eg.. but tbh that would mean there are plenty "bluffs" that are actually beating 8 high as well.. like maybe he turns missed set mining hands into bluffs like 33 in order to fold out better pairs ike 88/99.. so 33 is beating 8 high.. ... maybe Q9s etc as well.. and if Dwan ISNT bluffing much then the play is bad for a more obvious reason..Dwan is going to show up with a boat in that case! I just doubt Dwan is bluffing much in this spot having watched him in recent years he is much more tight and str8forward vs fish in general.. also on this dry Axx flop it LOOKS bluffy... now that can go 2 ways and it depends what evel the opponent is thinking.. if he knows it LOOKS bluffy then it actually should look LESS bluffy (if he knows that Dwan knows he knows it looks bluffy!!! :-P ) fwiw this, along with the stack size situation) I believe is why Dwan assumed the other guy HAD TO have it.. because calling the turn otherwise is suicide.. but I guess he underestimated either what level this guy is thinking, OR what stupid things a rich fish can do just for the sake of bravado at the table!!!
Having said all that, I know absolutely nothing about Dwans opponent in this hand.. he might've been levels and knew Dwan would have to give up and knew that Dwan was more likely on 72o than anything else.. (but for that to be true he would have to know Dwan NEVER flats QQ AK AQ ...and NEVER bluffs anything other than 72o.. leaving only 55 and 72o as the hands he is check raising that flop with .. is that likely??? i highly HIGHLY doubt it ) So, imo, its just that its the type of thing see from fish who love to "put someone on a hand" and if they happen to be right THIS time they feel vindicated like they were "right" but , as I said, thats not how "good" poker works, and its a sure way to lose money in the long run.
EDIT: Just realized something I cannot BELIEVE I didnt notice before.. - Rui HAD A 7 IN HIS OWN HAND (making it so much less likely Dwan had a 72) .. this tips it from debatably bad play to CERTAINLY terrible play imo!
slightly drunk rui cao is the highest form you can reach. its like 3000 levels above zen master
I raise u a sober Alan keating
@@DeezNuts-zy5ci yeah, i'm gonna have to agree with you. Keating much crazier lol.
Super saiyan
If Tony G happened to be the most quiet one here, you know that table is lit 😂
He’s the entree at that table and he knows it.
Tony's busy getting rubbed down 😂
The insta-fistbump by Dwan to Rui Cao. Big respect for both
"He's one of my kind"
For sure! Props to both men, especially Dwan taking his loss like a champ, even after seeing the 8 high on the other side!
Wholesome Poker moment.
@@LucianDevine I'm so sure, Hellmuth would have EXPLODED had he seen the 8 high on his opponent.... 😅🤭
when you in the 8 figure millionaire range ya can bet like this sheeesh
You know you made a crazy play when even the dealer can't contain himself.
They are good actors
You made me rewatch it for nothing the dealer just sat there and got on with collecting the chips in wtf you on about?
@@maybe-xh8il it brings sadness to my heart knowing that I stole some of your precious time.
@@michelcharbonnier7603 don't let it get you down il be alright
If Dwan shoved and Rui snap called river, it would have been the sickest hand possible. This is still up there.
100% agree! Snap call an all-in bet with 8 high and win! That truly would have been one of the greatest hands of all time!
He was calling. no doubt. Dwan saved a little check folding.
I was hoping he would check back the river and casually ask Tom to show his 72
I think if he shoved quickly it would have been called quickly. If he sat in turmoil for a while then I think Cao might have lost face & second guessed himself. But given how he played that hand I think he’d have probably called anything Tom did, amazing hand of poker by two great players. Tom would have won that pot had he been facing any other player on earth, shows the level these guys are at.
Lol that would be too risky to check back river imagine dwan had 9 2, but yea he was calling if dwan shoved
Legendary hand that will be seen and remembered for years, if not decades. Made possible by Rui Cao the Rock
They call him “The Iron Head” (铁头) if you watch the full episode😂
@@IdeaIsSimple What's knucklehead in chinese?
Rui Cao is a joke😅
Easily best hand of all time for me and the best cash game of all time.
@@aaronlloyd6905 , agree. Best hand played by top notch poker players
Even the dealer loved it
I've watched this hand at least 5 times and it is by far one of the funniest, craziest, most entertaining hands of all time!
"by far" is so overrated now-a-days. I bet you have wrote similar "by far" comments hundreds of times
@@MultiJejje actually, I haven't used those exact two words related to poker comments ever. If you know of a sicker poker hand, please share.......the reactions of all the other players is hilarious and the reaction from Durr when he realized Rui only had 8 high is epic!
Would've been great to see him call down a river shove.. however I don't doubt that he would've none the less
Great hand. Entertaining
@@georgelee5416 Q4 shove by Helmuth 🤣🤣🤣
They looked like they were having so much fun! This was one of the best poker tables I've ever watched, MORE PLZ
It’s how poker should be but people take it so seriously cause money is involve
How many years later and Dwan is still the goat of nlth cash games. The most entertaining player of all time
Oh my lord... you Dwan fanboys are just too much. RuiCao made the play... why do you aaaaaaalways have to make everything about Dwan? Do you all live in some sort of neverending supernova of 2009 HSP clips?
@@AnaInTh3Skytalk about unnecessarily angry …. chill man it’ll all be ok
@@AnaInTh3Sky Dwan encourages the 7 2 bounties at the games and makes them more fun, this clip is an artifact of Dwan through and through
@@alfarachet2 Jesus... if you are giving Dwan credit for the 72 game now... you most definitely are too much of a blinded fanboy haha
@@AnaInTh3Sky😂😂😂😂
What makes this 100 times more insane is that Paul is screaming he had 72 during the hand and rui has a 7 in his hand
Ikr what the heck is going on lol I was like what is he doing when they’re screaming 72 haha
@@Ndhdhdb the icing on the cake is that Paul didn’t have 72 😂😂😂
He was probably talking about another hand as its a big no no giving away information whist the hand is going on, especially if you are not in the hand.
@@rexoid0800 you def def didn’t watch all the episodes.they’re all pissed drunk
Its against Dwan, he's got an 8 and he knows Durrr can go three barrels with 7deuce. If he's right half the time, hes at least breaking even on this hand.
Here Tom is blasting half a mil down with 72o while Helmut is buying in 25bbs in his own soft cash game in Live at the Bikes.
Hellmuth angling and cutting deals with amateurs 😂
He’s buying in minimum stacks against youtubers and celebrities.
"We will see if your around in 5 years kid" 🙊
But it is interesting also Dwan didn't rebuy and played very reserved there, but here going for it against Rui...
@@redbull4fly797 i think by episode 3 of the series he was already in for 600k.
This hand was really insane and the preflop action of the player against dwan made him represent perfectly what the boards gave. Ak, AQ, AA, QQ, KK
6:00 world most expensive steak
elton's laugh is illegal :D he gave more intensity to this epic scene xD
The face of the dealer is priceless as well. Definitely a player that appreciates what just happened 😄
5:45 lol the dealer
Everyone wishing Tom shoves at the end. The quick call on the turn by Rui convinced Tom in his mind that Rui had the best hand. This hand is real poker!
Pretty hard not to have the best hand when the other guy has 7 high
As DNegs once said - "this might be how y'all play poker, but that isn't poker"
This is closer to gambling I'm pretty sure. If real poker is nosebleed stakes, degen bluffs with the 72 game on, then yea sure. But there's almost no way either player is taking a GTO-informed line in this particular hand. Maybe Dwan is to some extent, but I don't think a solver would ever recommend that you float flop and turn with 8 high in a three-bet pot so as to steal it on the river. Very entertaining television, but I don't think there's much to learn here for anyone.
A quick call usually means weakness trying to look strong though. And yeah, that was the case here too.
I know I was wishing he'd had it in him to shove and *bluff* Rui off of his massive 8 high!
Definition of a soul read.
Elton’s laugh makes the whole clip
Gutsy read
If the action smellys fishy, its fishy.
This hand reminds of the good ol' days when Durrr made his oh-so entertaining _Poker After Dark_ appearances. Was rooting for him here.
Amazing, so glad to witness such a crazy series of events, right from the opening with Rui saying "I'm the biggest fish in town." planted the seed subliminally and left Tom chewing on a cold steak i reckon. One of the best poker videos in the last 20yrs and just glad a camera was there to capture it. Absolute balls of steel to follow it through also..
Balls of steel or have an unbelievable amount of money.
i mean imagine if Dwan had anything he coudla very well been a fish right there
This is indeed some high level playing. I can't even fathom playing with either of these hands. Shows me that no matter how good I think I am, I would not last long professionally.
When you have millions in the bank it doesnt really matter
Who cares what the hand is when the opponent never see it?
@@MMaRsu there all winning players
Even if you have millions doesn’t mean your gonna win in these games .
Yeah, I've been caught by some amateurs in hands that were ridiculous, but were very well played. It's normally the older folk who played like this. Scary.
This is not high level play. This is just people with too much money in their banks and big egos
Triton poker, I take exception to you saying this is the *sickest Triton poker hand of all time*...no...this is possibly the sickest hand of all time period!
6:00 Tom looks too funny eating that steak 🥩 you know even though he got outplayed and lost a huge pot but he fking enjoyed it, the level of game play is next level.
I’ve seen all the videos this one is best by far lmao legends
If he was so sure that Tom has 72o, it would have been more impressing if he just checked down and said: " i don't need to bluff this hand, 8 high is good" ...he would be a legend forever on this Earth 😀
He was value shoving :D
It would be a big mistake to check back.
Ok i'm sur if dwan shove, cao call, and it would be a stu ungar call, but when Durr check, cao has to shove in case durrr had poket pair or like JT .
But of course Cao put Dwan on 72
Would be too sick..
@@maeliza258 do u think that if thats the case, and Dwan has all those bluffs that beat 8 high in his range, then calling the turn in the first place is pretty bad? With the stack sizes its super likely Dwan would've just shoved the river at that stage a lot of the time
@@maeliza258 do u think that if thats the case, and Dwan has all those bluffs that beat 8 high in his range, then calling the turn in the first place is pretty bad? With the stack sizes its super likely Dwan would've just shoved the river at that stage a lot of the time
Triton is the best. The players are boozed and play wild. Meanwhile other poker streams have players with vpip under 15%
“Honey he called me with the 87!!!”
Imagine Hellmuth's reaction and compare it with Dwan's.
LOL
honey he all in me with 8 high
Oh for SURE! Dwan hated the bet, knowing that he'd lost, but respected it all the same, ESPECIALLY when he saw the 8 high that also missed the whole board.
The main reason I know Hellmuth is the greatest is seeing people hate him, even in videos not about him. No one hates the worse, 23rd best, 4th best, or even 2nd best.
@@1stFactCheckerthats simply a lie. Lots of players in lots of sports who are not the best have been hated.
Respect to them for being so casual and humorous about a multi 100k pot and these two guys are just levelling each other with high card hands 🤭🤭🤭
Mad levels...
in opposite to garreth adelstein ^^
Makes you wonder if the money is real or if it someone else's money.
He knew exactly that Tom played 7 2. Don't ask me how, but in no other world do you play 8 7 off that way. 8 high actually the worst hand that still beats Tom, there is nothing else he could have put him on 😂
Watched the full session and Dwan check raising was weird compared to his play all session, he kept trapping. It looked weird to me too on a rainbow flop and Randy said the same thing. It didn't help that the table joked about 7-2. Prop bet was on for an hour and I think Dwan won once with it already.
@@terencekwong3033 still incredibly difficult to make that play with so much money involved
@@terencekwong3033 sick that he had a 7 in his hand too which blocks 72. i watched it many times, and id say this is the most insane hand ive seen over the years.. high stakes poker is exclusively for loaded players with unlimited bankroll. pros can only hang in there by sticking to the book imo. i cant imagine anyone else playing eight high that way at these stakes. maybe miki, even still, not at these stakes. rui cao is insane
I watched the whole series of this cash game and for sure Rui Cao gives the most action I've ever seen! The check raise by Dwan was fishy which is why RC committed. The A turn convinced him TD didnt have it, so he would have a chance to steal the river. If TD shoved river I dont think RC insta calls even though he doesnt think he is up against a made pair from the board. Great poker hand
Flop bet and small bet on the turn n the A on the turn indicated Tom is bluffing. The combination is unsure but Tom was asking for 72 game, so... Leads strongly for that hand. River check is Ruis chance to get all other bluffs off the hand.
This is up there with the Robl vs Matt Kirk hand
I think this is just a pure example of playing the player. Don't forget these guys have a lot of experience with each other and there is a lot of play leading up to this that goes into the metagame and dynamic between the two that isn't showing on camera. What Rui Cao was actually thinking' I'm not sure. Since he even had a blocker to 7-2 by holding 7-8. I very much doubt he would have called the river despite him claiming he would have called. Excellent play though. It's kind of similar to what Dwan did to Ivey all those years ago but that time it worked. And Ivey had hit a pair of 7s on the river.
Pair of 6.
I think people forget this way too often. The play leading up to these often matters in these situations.
Gotta love Tom...just brushes it off and sits down for a bite to eat with a glass of beer before re-joining the action!!
He’s blowing off someone else’s money so it’s all good for him
Tom literally just bet more than the value of my house in the 7-2 off game
I’ve never seen so many emotions out of Timothy, insane hand
That might’ve been the best call down I’ve ever seen. Great enough for a poker pro to shake your hand right after.
Alternative title: The best hand played in the history of poker🤯
Respect to both players playing the best
Respect
perfect sound of barnyard from 5:20
The best band in poker history. This is a play that even Ivey can't do!
Agree
@@tonyswe9463 Look up his bluff vs paul jackson.
@@reezellthia , nah. That is old stuff.
@@reezellthia oh！
who are
This series is the best poker to watch.
crazy play...
it gave me goosebumps.
Rui Cao is certainly the guy you want to be up against when you flop the nuts.
I believe Rui Cao when he says he will call with 8 high if Dwan shoved.
Not sure if he really would've called a shove by Dwan. If Rui was sure Tom only had 72 then there was no reason for him to jam the river. He obviously would've never been called by a 7 high. If he was sure Dwan had 72 then he would've checked the river.
@@shaunlatinski9722 if he is sure than Dwan has 72, there is no reason not to jam.
@@sashoplamenov7501 ?????????
@@almostfamoushun if you know you beat your oponent and he check, you are supposed to jam...whats so hard to understand?
@@sashoplamenov7501 You're not getting value from jam LOL.
Has the 2-7 blocker and still calls down 🤣 sickening stuff
I really believe Rui cao would have call if Tom decided to shove. Then this is the best hand I ever seen
So why Rui shove? :)
@@kicklekick7551 Just incase Tom maybe had some other bluffs in his range 8hi doesn't beat. Better to be safe.
if he just checked and showed 8 high BEFORE tom, then yeah this would probably be THE BEST hand ever...
@@davidwain7890 , well explained
By far the funniest Triton Video! Tom is such a legend
the greatest hand i have ever seen
I'm paused at 1:25 trying to figure out Dwan's hairline.
Elton Tsang has the best laugh ever. Even though he's losing a ton he's still having fun. Must be nice to be Billionaires and Millionaires.
He made over a million in their cash game before this one. He's still very positive
It’s an awful high pitched laugh
High stakes are sick. It's not about cards, it's money, ego and balls.
Best hand ever “who is rui cao?!”
A high stake player. One of the best poker player in France.
@@tonyswe9463yea it’s a quote guy
"Because if I shove he snap calls me!" Lmao dwan with the respect
5:26 - Just imagine 7,2 being a BAD FOLD if Rui Cao says "all in" WITH 3,2!
Such a beautiful thing to watch… the mindset to fire and call from both sides is truly a work of art.
I guess this is no longer the craziest hand ever lol
Which one is now?
@@aronkar9599 J4 probably
Yea, calling all in on the turn W J4 high when putting your opponent to A high and pray to win is maybe considered sicker hand xD by Robbi the fish
2:53 "a little bit less is what he said" lol 😂
All time 4 SURE !!!
Tom so sick love it son
Absolute crazy play. This is poker at its best
what a great reaction from Tom D, if that was Phil Hellmuth the table would be upside down lol
This was by far the most degen 6 minutes I have ever witnessed in my life.
Imagine hellmuth shoving with 7-2 on a bluff and getting called by 8 high for the winner 😂😂😂😂 HONEY…!!!
I know how to play basic poker but I don't get this. can someone explain? who won? what's with 7 2?
This is beyond craziness
Even the dealer was laughing!
I do believe he would have called Tom's shove on the river. Super sick hand, one of my all-time favorites for sure. Makes it even better that Tom was asking for the 7-2 game all night, even asking for 8-3 and 9-4 lol. Epic! :)
He would have because they were playing the 72 game. I think he had a read on Tom on that hand.
Bad flop raise and turn bet from Dwan with massive range disadvantage. Looked hella bluffy although tbf rui cao doesn’t really have a range
Yea I am pissed Tom didn't go all in on river, would of been best call of the universe
Not sure he calls. Would say 50/50 at best. Hes holding 87 which blocks one option for 72. But with less than a 3rd of pot behind might be pot commited already.
He wouldn’t have called obviously . That’s why he shoved the river hoping to induce a fold from middle pair or bottom pair … if he knew he had 7 2 he would have checked back river ?? Lol
The last minute of this is like one flew over the cuckoo's nest 😂😂
The omaha session was amazing
0:44 Elton remind Dwan that Tony G didn't act yet. apparently Dwan reacted to Rui cao's raise too soon, even ignored Tony G before him.
in the same time, while everyone is talking and laughing, Rui cao didn't say a word, he must noticed this.
i think this eagerness to call the raise shown by Dwan is weird, and made Rui cao very suspicious of Dwan's hand.
Dwan's check raise on the flop, bet on the turn are very very strong move, Rui cao's 2 calls especially the call on the turn are extraordinary.
and you can't fault Dwan for not push on the river, it's impossible for the opponent to make these 2 calls without a very strong hand that willing to call his all in, because on the turn he asked how many chips Rui cao had left, and Dwan make a heavy bet accordingly to test Rui already, but Rui anwsered him with a call.
two sick players together make this sickest hand , that's poker at its finest😍💯
The ONLY reason to call turn rather than raise turn is to keep 72 in the pot. Against all other bluffs, you would want to raise turn to stop them from rivering value or bluffing again (since you lose to them.)
Which makes the shove actually the most insane part of this hand. If you thought Tom's range had bluffs other than 72, then you have to raise turn. But if you think he has only 72, then you would have no reason to shove river, because you check and win.
So, for this bet to make sense, he had to think both that Tom WOULD shove 72 on the river, but he would NOT shove his other bluffs on the river and rather X/F them.
I suppose it is also possible that he thinks Tom's range is 72 exactly but also some thin value like a queen, which is going to X/F to a river bet.
Or he's drunk. Hmm.
I'm pretty sure that any attempt to properly analyze this hand is doomed to fail. There was over half a million dollars in that pot, with both players not only missing completely, but also have the highest card between them being an 8.
Just lmao at this hand breakdown. This is just one staked donkey playing the 7-2 game and one rich donkey trying to bluff the pro.
Gee, you sound like a real expert.....
That’s why this hand is awkward as fuck and very suspicious to me..
This is the sicket poker hand i ever seen in long time, that rui cao is crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a bluff
For sure the best hand ever played
Also considering the stacks out there
Respect to Rui Cao one of the best best to do it actually
Or one of the worst
“Tom got cheated just like me.” -Garrett Adelstein
I watch every episode of every Triton cash game and this was just spine tingling -the best hand ever - both legends
Does anyone know what kind of card they use for the game?
Thank you for making poker great again
Lol
Hahhs the man smilin in the backround 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is easily the best poker hand of time caught on tv and also the best cash game. Triton is so far ahead of any poker shows out there. That little weirdo Garret would get so pwned in these games
I think Elton have no chance against Garrett…
This hand was terrible.
That guy was legit prepared to call with 8 high.. what insanity and full of guts!
Gangster
Rui Cao = legend
Respect
How about to check the river with 8-high and take the pot?
This was just Insane. Fearless!! That's why they're at the top!!
Top 😂, hahaha , if you are rich you could play that game . The money that those people don’t came from poker 😂
For once the title did not disappoint
Only thing that would’ve made this better was if Rui cao checked on the river knowing he was good.
Betting makes no sense if he put him on 7-2 only
@@jonathanbotek2077 In my opinion, it does make sense, because even if he put him on 7-2, it cannot be guaranteed 100%, and so I believe his thought is that he can get Tom to fold, just in case he has better. It's like insurance on his read, in a sense.
I do believe he would have called Tom's shove on the river. Super sick hand, one of my all-time favorites for sure. Makes it even better that Tom was asking for the 7-2 game all night, even asking for 8-3 and 9-4 lol. Epic! :)
@@Ninjasnipes7 Your first paragraph kind of negates the second. I think 50/50 chance he calls a shove on the river.
@@mitchrapp5214 It doesn't negate, because poker is a game of incomplete information, and even if he is confident in his read, the shove on the river is a "just in case it's not 7-2" shove.
@@jonathanbotek2077 , betting is the right play. Cuz if Tom has a Q or pair under Q it’s hard to call. Betting is like an insurance.
I forgot Tony G was even at the table... usually much louder
It's so cool that Mr Chow from the hangover is allowed to play in this high roller game
Nice racist joke. Very funny
paul phua nodding his head seeing his money going up in flames
lol was thinking the same
Tom should get it back……it has to be cheating according to GMAN.
Unbelievable poker skills by rui cao such a dangerous predator 🐍
This is rigged 100%
Not necessarily. Durr was the one who asked to play the 7 2 game, and Rui kept that in mind, and Durr did not seem so confident with his bets, he looked a little uneasy.
The dealer laughing his ass off....lol....
This didn't age well did it?
I've seen a lot of hands from time to time but THIS...idk what to say even. He must have putting Dwan on that excact hand...so sick calling all the streets with 8 high and all that money in the middle...just WOW. And Tom red him on the river that he'd call him was also sooo sick. Holy cow...if Tom All ined river that'll be the best hand televised ever and for ever period. Intensest hand of all time. Before it was Tom Dwan vs Ivey with Dwan 79 and I've with A high so close to calling...but this one is rly nuts
All in 8,7 high is an absolutely insane read. I don’t think Tom could believe what was happening. But his final decision was the only thing that let him down. Should have gone all in at the end and Cao would surely have folded at that point. The worst thing Tom did was to ask Cao the value of his stack after the flop, nobody with a good hand is going to say things like that. Cao smelt blood from that point onward.
I think Cao still calls with 8 high on the river because he has so many chips in the pot.
@@jasonleetaiwanhe could well have done, but at that point it was worth another 100k to find out, having already put in 300k+ & would be due around an extra 100k from the 7 deuce bounty from all players.
Checking was absolutely pointless, might as well have just folded at that point.
"I swear to god I call!" haha, thats a good, friendly needle lol
When Tom check-raised the A5Q-rainbow flop, he instantly gave away his exact hand. What other two cards could possibly pull such a move on that board? Rui was smart enough to realize what was going on and had the balls to play accordingly. Mad respect to Rui.
Check raising that board instantly gave away his hand?? Lol
+. A / Q Tom check-call, but he could play AQ same way too...
@L G: I just can't imagine any other hand that would check-raise in that spot. Whoever hits this particular flop will most likely bet out or just check-call, while gutshots check-fold or float. Check-raising doesn't make any sense in that situation - unless you're completey airballing.
@Dmitriy: I don't see much additional benefit in check-raising AQ there. Only very strong Aces might sometimes call, but most likely you're up against a set...
@@ChattyAvocado check Tom hand with AJ On AJ8, max from Ax, any gutshots
With Rui in position and Dwan just calling the 3-bet kinda signals both players have weak hands against the board, it was just a matter of who has the weaker hand, still gutsy to call and shove w/ 8 high though the 7-2 reward and alcohol may had a play in Rui's decision lol
They play like they need to make a lawest combination