In this episode of High Stakes Poker, you can see Andrew Robl, Nik Airball, Charles Yu, Stanley Tang, Brandon Adams, and Santhosh Suvarna playing $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em. You can read about previous episode here.
One For Each
Yu opened 10♥10♦, Airball called with A♥J♦, Robl called with K♥Q♣, Tang called with 8♣5♣, and Suvarna closed the pre-flop action with [invalid notations]. The pot is $32,000.
The flop comes J♣7♣8♦, giving Tang the most equity with a second pair plus flush draw; Airball also hit the top pair with a top kicker. It’s checked to Airball, who bets $20,000, Tang raises to $75,000, and Airball calls. The pot is $182,000.
The turn was 4♠, and it’s a good turn for Airball, who takes the lead in the hand. Tang gets some additional outs, as six gives him a straight. Tang went all-in for $247,000, and the speech play comes in. When Airball asks Tang what he is doing, Tang says he is tilted; Airball says he has no idea what he wants to do but calls and is favored to win with 61 percent of equity.
They decide to run it twice; the first river was 7♠, and the second river was 9♣, so Airball and Tang split the $676,000 pot.
Airball Makes an Amazing Read and Denies the Biggest Pot in History of HSP
Tang opens A♦7♥ to $5,000, Yu calls with Q♥9♥, Airball calls with 6♦6♣, and Adams calls with J♦J♣. The pot is $22,000.
The flop comes 8♦10♥6♥, everybody checks, and Yu bets $10,000 with his gutshot plus queen high flush draw; Airball calls with a set of sixes, Adams calls with the overpair, and Tang calls with a gutshot. The pot is $62,000.
The turn comes 2♠, which doesn’t change anything, and Airball leads for $50,000 with the best hand; Adams and Tang both fold and Yu calls. The pot is $162,000.
The river is J♠ giving Yu the nuts, but Airball leads again for $200,000 and gets shoved on for $682,000 effective.
After thinking for ten minutes, Robl calls the clock on Airball and has one minute to decide.
Ultimately, Airball makes the right decision and folds, but Yu wins $297,000.
Tang Splits Again
Yu opens to $5,000 with A♣4♣, Adams 3-bets to $20,000 with A♦K♣, Tang cold 4-bets to $80,000 with K♠K♥, Yu folds, and Adams goes all-in for $237,000, Tang snap-calls. They decide to run it twice.
The first board was 9♣A♥2♠9♥10♦, and the second was 3♠2♥7♠10♥J♥; Adams and Tang split the pot of $483,000.
This was the final episode of High Stakes Poker Season 12.
