Nik is like an ATM for poker players 🤣

@fiddynutz68

Жыл бұрын

He's so shitty 😂😂😂😂

@soothing_de4th863

Жыл бұрын

Except when he is running good

@citizendissidentiv2488

Жыл бұрын

Nick is a life changer if you catch him on the right session

@1siriuskid

Жыл бұрын

AssToMouth.

@johnapple9482

Жыл бұрын

Embezzled money or trust fund? Does anyone know

Doug literally explained it perfectly, everytime airhead never has it and he's surprised people keep calling him because he genuinely never has it

@velttokakka

Жыл бұрын

and he never plays like this superagro when he has it so its kinda obv

@hornetguy9063

Жыл бұрын

@@velttokakkayeah I wasn’t aware of that. Tom’s 3 bet is kind of punt city in a vacuum, but if Nik’s check raises are like K9 or some BS while he traps the nuts and sets, it makes a lot of sense to try to get him to commit more on the come. And maybe even get him to call his entire stack off drawing

I hope that, one day, Airbrain appreciates the irony of him questioning Tom Dwan's decision making at the poker table.

@fiddynutz68

Жыл бұрын

Holy fuck, on the same draw as him with a pair already 😂😂 and he asks why it happened

@zachfern3190

Жыл бұрын

BUT I FOUR BET JAMMED! HOW CAN HE CALL?!?!

@TheBroLounge

Жыл бұрын

Dwan was crushing the highest stakes and toughest lineups before Nik had ball hair.

@zachfern3190

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBroLounge If you get to see a camera angle of the back of Nicks head, its fat. I dunno how but it is

@TheBroLounge

Жыл бұрын

@@zachfern3190 He is fat all over.

"Who 4bet jams the flop as a bluff?" You do Nik. And Tom clearly knew that. 😂

@jrviade85

Жыл бұрын

The maestro Tom Dwan

@kulasbukid

Жыл бұрын

Only bluff and 10 high straight would 4 bet jam that board and tom blocked the 10 high str8 and an over fair would just call or fold after a 3bet and a set would just called the 3 bet hope for improvement in the turn. Nick acting like he don't know dwan resume in cash game poker that dude Is a monster and at the age of 37 he already considered as a legend of the game.

@sporer_

Жыл бұрын

As did ANYONE who's ever seen NIk play

@pahakuutti

7 ай бұрын

People called airball do.

Fatball critiquing Dwan’s play as he simultaneously realizes his own table image sucks is so awesome 🤡

@UnknownWarriorZz

Жыл бұрын

Fatball…I love it

@kevinobrien479

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, the word awesome shouldn't exist in anyones vocabulary.

@Rbskater12000

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinobrien479why shouldn’t it? Just curious

@nestlund

Жыл бұрын

FATBALL….Love It

@philg6115

Жыл бұрын

He's not fat, just plump

Airball: “I really need to work on my image” Nah, it’s more than that 😂 Start with your ego

@Sam-ul1cg

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, ego in poker he go broke

The disappointment on the faces of the other players when the whale is out of money, I love it, haha :D

@brandyharding7692

Жыл бұрын

Sincere question, why does the general public dislike him so much?

@bc1sjw

Жыл бұрын

​@@brandyharding7692 Hes loud, cocky and obnoxious

@maxg6321

Жыл бұрын

@@brandyharding7692 his face

@giogianelli8592

Жыл бұрын

​@@bc1sjwthat's putting it in a nice way lol. He just comes off like an insufferable douche bag, id see a lot of comments saying he's not that bad and good for the game but video after video I'd try and see that but video after video he just looks like an asshole.

@tomonetruth

Жыл бұрын

@@brandyharding7692 He can be pretty obnoxious, and the general public only know him from the headline hands and controversies. I like the guy.

Man, just thank Durr for running it twice.

@jenniturtleburger3708

5 ай бұрын

Except he donks off 56k right after, shoving A4…

Nik Airball was getting cocky a few month back. Poker will humble anyone

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

I would not feel humble if I was Nik here after listening to Dwan insult himself after Nik's reraise. Dwan called with the expectation he would lose badly. Nik lost an extra 252k but mentally beat Dwan.

@mrhumble2937

Жыл бұрын

​@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants lol no he didn't. He put him on a bluff but then the 4 bet made him regret it because it's so underbluffed. But Nik didn't have enough so it was a bad play, if Nik was deeper it's a good play. Was an obvious call.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@mrhumble2937 Dwan insulted himself and obviously did not think he was going to win with that call.

@mrhumble2937

Жыл бұрын

@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants no he was mad he put himself in that spot. When he typically just calls to avoid the situation But it's always a call, he didn't have to be ahead. Just had to won 1 of 5 times or whatever the gto odds are.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@mrhumble2937 Dwan bet 252k with the expectation he would lose and he obviously did not expect Airball to make that good move. That Dwan did the math and called anyway does not change the fact if Airball was ahead the whole time Dwan would look foolish for the 252k call.

That’s the problem with most of the HCL games. The regulars like Nik are no match for elite players like Dwan. When Garret was on stream there was a different level of play that you don’t get now.

@fiddynutz68

Жыл бұрын

Oh when garret was on stream Airball played like a kitten, so silly he's the horse they decided to bet on.

@painkiller5657

Жыл бұрын

garrett was severely overrated in these streams (in part because he used to be able to control who gets a seat). he looked meek and was losing in a table with guys like dwan.

@PatrickA1

Жыл бұрын

@@fiddynutz68 Garrett hit every gut shot.

@mixedminh

Жыл бұрын

@@painkiller5657 possibly overrated, but at that level of skill these opinions are just personal bias

@PhonyBologna

Жыл бұрын

Garet is elite at live tells. When you have such good reads, you can get to the river with a lot of hands and make profitable decisions on the river. Just depends what type of poker you like to watch, theory based (Doug), hybrid (Dwan), or live reads (Garrett). It's obvious to me Dwan is the best because he blends the two together.

I think the Doom Zoom on the Air Crumbs was the cherry on top of one the most memorable night in poker history.

No one lights money on fire better than Airball.

Nik's dad has been having a rough couple of months

@wyliestivers2634

Жыл бұрын

That is hilarious!!!

@RS-do6tv

Жыл бұрын

Is that where he gets the money

@joeltroughton3021

Жыл бұрын

@@RS-do6tvno one knows for sure lots of debate and rumors

Counting the one on one with Berkey, hasn't he lost over 3M in last month? Super satisfying.

I'm so glad Dwan turned up to show these Johnny come lately rich kids how bad they actually are. Nik and Wes love to shove when they whiff

@Huyle18

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sick of all these KZread players.

When ever someone asks me “how did you call that” after I pick off their bluff, I say “like this” and pick up a stack of chips and push them forward. It always tilts them to no end. 😂

@SassyJax

Жыл бұрын

I am 100% going to do this next time this happens w/ me!😂🤑🤗😏great idea 😎☺️😉

@Moneyovertruth

Жыл бұрын

Then you wake up in the casino parking lot waiting for your direct deposit to go through

@richfollen7818

Жыл бұрын

I just tell them because I play bad

@jimmiller8687

Жыл бұрын

I always reply, "how did you bet that?"

@rcadegaming9123

Жыл бұрын

a simple 'dont be salty kid' always does the trick

If you can't spot the sucker in the first 15 minutes, you're Nik Airball.

some years down the road there will be a documentary on Airball. The guy who torched millions of his inheritance because he wanted to be part of the "poker club" hahaha

@CoVrt

Жыл бұрын

Seems like he’s after this need to be some Alfa bully Villian. “Image” Just shit the f up and let your cards do the talking.

This guy's gonna be homeless by December

@gemini1213

Жыл бұрын

Naahhh probably August

@Riomak7

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@messikis9828

Жыл бұрын

Dont worry about him broski

@KEEPlT1K

Жыл бұрын

Yall some weird ass haters @ andrew go back to your 1/3 game lil broski

@B_Random85

Жыл бұрын

Who cares

Nik is just there to donate. He does not care, it's his parents money.

@LIONTAMER3D

Жыл бұрын

100% correct

@gemini1213

Жыл бұрын

He will go bankrupt

@markusscott6696

Жыл бұрын

@@gemini1213 or homeless

@dman8557

Жыл бұрын

@@gemini1213 His parents make 10M per month..literally impossible to go bankrupt

@toddai2721

Жыл бұрын

His parents own half of the 4 billion corn flakes company in India, called punjacorn.

Nik is my favorite kind of poker player. Convinced that he's just unlucky and everyone else is bad.

@PkrDealer86

Жыл бұрын

LOL, if you can get past the cringe it can be very profitable

@kylenielsen5341

8 ай бұрын

The Phil Hellmuth school of cash games

@pahakuutti

7 ай бұрын

He knows he messed up. Its just ego talk there in the end but he knew before the cards were dealt. Its on his face, that look of resignation. Sometimes gamblers give that away when they want to lose(and hit rock bottom), but this is a little bit too big a game to be going on that sort of tilt.

Airball needs to play more 80 dollar tournaments

@mcpartridgeboy

Жыл бұрын

he needs to start playing 10nl online, he cant even beat 10c bb games, and i aam serious ! i started playing 2nl literally 2$ buy ins and like all begiiners i lost as many times and as badly as nick did, the difference is i lost a few hundred $ and got a lot better , nick has lost probably about 50 million $ and hasnt improved at all !

@HeebabbaHoobahstankfosho

Жыл бұрын

@@mcpartridgeboy you can't fix stupid! LOL! If I played at a table with someone who looked AND acted like "Nik Airball", I'd beat him like a rented mule over and over and over again.

@whatsfordinner1695

Жыл бұрын

@@mcpartridgeboy 50 mil , lol yeh ok bud

@mcpartridgeboy

Жыл бұрын

@@whatsfordinner1695 tthat makes zero sense sorry ! what is 50 mil ?

This game will be busted in 6 months if they keep playing the super high buyins and letting in legit pros. I love watching above average players with big bank rolls but in the long run the elite players will take the cash.

@PhonyBologna

Жыл бұрын

Curious, who would you consider 'above average' in these lineups? Aside from non-elite pros like Rampage/Mariano. I'd only consider Double M, DGAF, Nick Vertucci, and Francisco above average.

@dr.hairbrain1486

Жыл бұрын

airball is far from "above average". He's literally dogshit, and hands down the worst player I have ever seen. I used to play for a living, and his understanding of the game is nil.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

Nik lost an extra 252k but Dwan was expecting he would lose and called anyway. In poker if you lose the hand / money but fool your opponent that is a moral victory and implies you can mentally beat that opponent later. Dwan did not look elite at all in this hand.

@PhonyBologna

Жыл бұрын

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants You're welcome to my game any time Dan :)

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@PhonyBologna You are welcome to get a counter point vs a pointless comment.

I'm never celebrating anyone's loss, but at least he's somewhat quiet.

Just because you have money does not mean you are a good poker player and Airball is a perfect example of this. Way out classed.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

Dwan was completely fooled by Nik here. This is not the hand to say Nik was out classed.

@RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Downswings hit everyone, no poker player is immune (someone that plays poker on a daily/regular basis).

@carper6160

Жыл бұрын

@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants bro wtf are you taking about

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@carper6160 Do you seriously not understand?

@carper6160

Жыл бұрын

Nik is such an idiot that he bluffs with nothing and dwan is pot committed. And Nik admits he never has it while they are playing

Please continue what you're doing Nik, everyone loves you 😅😅

Honey can’t believe he called 😂😂😂😂

Tom is like a cold-hearted assassin.

"How does he call?" Dwan blocks the value hand Airball is representing (9,10). 2-pair or even sets are unlikely to 4-bet flop for value on that texture, but even if it does sometimes, Dwan has outs to a 9 or 10 Dwan is an elite player, he doesnt play on "feel" like the HCL recreational regs. Also, the bloke is literally called "Airball"

@kame_kura

Жыл бұрын

"How can she slap?"

@pahakuutti

7 ай бұрын

Also he got value+draw combo hands completely crushed and there's a lot of them. Way too many combos to fold and thats why Tom was mad at himself for a second there before making the call. I think he was wrong to be mad tho. This is the kind of oppo You wanna let him have the rope to hang himself with. Sooner the money goes in the better because Tens are not an easy hand to play with almost any turn card. Personally I think top set should be 4 betting there a lot as airball. With bottom sets pot control and seeing the turn might be better idea. Quite often top set gets it in really good against a smaller set but the action might be killed on a bad turn card. Depends on how deep tho ofc.

Dik Hairball meets karma

Airballed is outclassed by these guys. His big bet bluffs don’t work.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

Dwan called with the expectation he would lose with Dwan insulting himself. Nik was not outclassed here.

@tjislost

Жыл бұрын

​@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants you're being outclassed in the youtube comments 😂 so stfu and stop crying your boyfriend lost

@user-ld4jg3zs3u

Жыл бұрын

​@Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants you've replied to lots of messages here with the same garbage line. Are you airball in disguise? Dwan picked him off. End of

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ld4jg3zs3u I know most HCL people who comment dislike airball with a passion but that does make anything I said not true.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ld4jg3zs3u Dwan calls himself dumb multiple times. There is no way when he called he thought he was ahead. Nik made a good move and I would bet you Dwan would even admit that to you. If Dwan admitted he thought he was behind when he called what would you say?

I love how Polk just calls him out. Airball “how do you call a 4bet jam? why don’t you believe me. I need to work on my image.” (um dude your nickname is airball) Polk: “well when you say you never have it, and you never have it, people aren’t going to believe you.” lol

The "air" in airball means that he's good at turning his chips into "air."

Why is it so satisfying to watch Nik losing a $1M????? 😂😂😂😂😂

It's only a matter of time before we don't see airball on stream anymore

You never question a legend!!

A million for you, a million for you, a million for everybody! - Airball Winfrey

Folds when ahead and all in when behind. Great player

@dudebro3250

Жыл бұрын

Where can I get a table full of these players?

Are there stats of these Hustler sessions? I am really wondering what the total winnings / losses of some people are, especially of Nik. Anyone knows where to find such info?

This guy's gut shaking while he laughs in disgust was soooo satisfying

Nik's breathing was so accelerated and never slowed down while waiting .... a bluff tell

@DvdStennis

Жыл бұрын

It’s not a bluff tell. That can also happen when people have the nuts. It’s a sign of ‘excitement’, so that can go either way.

@timweiss2011

Жыл бұрын

@@DvdStennis When they get the nuts, the initial excitement passes in a minute or two... Bluffing high accelerated breathing last longer.... doesn't stop.

LOVE IT!! Airball losing is the best

So happy for players like Dwan (half-way through this vid)! Great call! How can you *not* ?!

@misspetit

8 ай бұрын

Dwan is not the same Dwan as before. He's more reserve now. Nik is the new Dwan

How does it work when you lose the 1st board and chop on the 2nd board? Dwan won a quarter of the pot or something?

This makes me feel so much better about losing $1200 the other night after being set over setted

@turnerjazz7872

Жыл бұрын

oh ouch.

@downtoboca8659

Жыл бұрын

😢

Being a world class poker player for 20 years is how he called. I 4bEt jAmMeD, I MuSt hAvE iT

Motormouth in the white cap should shut up while other players are involved in a hand.

I love the “I’m NeVeR bLuFfInG tHeRe” by a player who was actually bluffing

Nik Airball is making Poker worth watching...when is Bluff gets exposed and Call...his reactions and is facial expressions are classics.

@annarichify

Жыл бұрын

It’s costing him his life savings to make poker worth watching.

@Fr.VeniceLAI

Жыл бұрын

@@annarichify ..he has to be rather wealthy, otherwise who would be making those incredible bluff bets in multiple tens of thousands and even couple of hundreds of thousands USDollars. I won't be able ...would you make those bets & bluffs of such enormous amounts ..unless of course, able to take those losses !!

@AaronFortin

Жыл бұрын

The dude is playing stakes wayyy above his skill level

Lmao love it. Always a good day when he gets stacked. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

"How do you call the 4bet jam on the flop?" Dwan "cos you don't do that enough with good hands and your frequencies are out!" 😂

I love how the closed caption calls him “hairball” 🤣

Nik has to respect Tom’s stack size in a scenario like that, easy call for Tom with how much he had

@TheGillenium

Жыл бұрын

Right? Dudes got over ten times his dreaded “4 bet shove” lol

@justthetwoofus.

Жыл бұрын

100%

@AwesomePossum1987

Жыл бұрын

cash game my dude. stack size matter in a different way than a tournament. It's not about knocking someone out to advance in placement

@TheGillenium

Жыл бұрын

@@AwesomePossum1987 what its about is taking peoples money whether you win with 1 pair or a straight flush.

When being Indian and trying to act too cool goes wrong

It’s funny when a bluff gets called and then the caller is berated by the bluffer for making a bad call lol.

"I need to work on my image." When your image is a crappy poker player...yes.

These guys are like a pod of friendly orcas.

Nik might be the worst poker player we’ve seen in decades.

@mcpartridgeboy

Жыл бұрын

i think wes is a little worse and i think keeting was a lot worse , though that fold with QQ means he has improves a bit

@chadwellington2524

Жыл бұрын

you guys are jokesters.. airball was crushing up hundreds of thousands over like 100 games..until the game where he tilted off to rampage, then he went on a downswing and lost his way

@chadwellington2524

Жыл бұрын

airball was one of biggest winners on hustler until the game he lost a million vs rampage

Helmut: I can dodge bullets baby! Nik: I can punt dollars baby! Tom: Hold my beer... Legends!

Both players are thinking: "I have blocker(s) to the nuts. Time to bluff!".

Tom dwan is one of a poker legend!!!!!!

Leave your children with nothing. They will be the better for it. This guy is the worst of what un-earned wealth does to a person.

On the first hand. Does anyone know why the odds show 24% and 76%??? Am I missing something? It's more like 12% and 88% the way I see it. No?

*has overpair and a gutter where you have half the cards you need for the straight* Flatball: “how do you call me?!?”

We love seeing Airball punt like we love seeing Garrett at a poker table.

@StylinProfilin3889

Жыл бұрын

No “WE” wouldn’t love see Garrett at the poker table.

@annarichify

Жыл бұрын

@@StylinProfilin3889 speak for yourself. Only a moron doesn’t want to see Garrett at the table. No matter what you think of him, he’s an action machine and fun to watch.

@thamade

Жыл бұрын

Speak for urself fk garett

@joboilibres9593

Жыл бұрын

Who says i love garrett at a poker table?

@annarichify

Жыл бұрын

@@joboilibres9593 I said only a moron doesn’t lol. Do the math, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Why wouldn’t you want to see Garrett at the poker table?! Because he rightfully thought he was cheated?! News flash, so did a lot of people. I’d challenge anyone that plays the game and criticizes Garrett, to be in his shoes at those stakes, in that particular situation. Garrett’s a beast. Hope he comes back soon, like most poker players/fans.

Dwan has an overpair and an inside straight draw. Not an easy call, but it's one many/most players would make in that situation. How Nik doesn't see that is beyond me. Perhaps he's just too tilted to see it during this hand.

@joeltroughton3021

Жыл бұрын

Absolute bs. A 4 bet jam on the flop…. Nik has some sort of live tell that dwan was likely exploiting

@ericlandis1805

Жыл бұрын

@@joeltroughton3021that 4 bet jam looked weak af. There was no logic

@joeltroughton3021

Жыл бұрын

@@ericlandis1805 when you say it “looked” weak that’s a hilarious statement considering we see the cards

@jamesflaherty59

Жыл бұрын

@@joeltroughton3021 It's airballs image, you have to call he always turns up with nothing as he did here. He isn't shoving a set or straight here either. Easy call.

@dazediss6629

6 ай бұрын

If he’d got anything of substance he’d have flopped it & set the trap; he didn’t & Dwan knew it. That’s why Dwan instantly says “I think I’m calling”, just to make sure it wasn’t a double bluff in his head, but then he looked up and realised he wasn’t calling against Ivey, Antonious, or Negreanu; and it was just flavour of the month top amateur Nik Airball; who was already on massive tilt after losing a million in 20 minutes; then he gets his own mind straight & makes the relatively easy call.

I like how everyone has a sly smile after he leaves.

Tom Dwan is the man. Anyone remember poker after dark?

I bet buttonclicker is laughing from back home

Berkey is lucky he got his pound of flesh while the whale is still paying out.

Airball looked physically distressed where he was waiting for Dwan to call.

At least Nik had a few sips of cold coffee left in that cup.

The worst call of all last week was Feldman and Vertucci not putting Airball in the lineup every single night. He’s great for the fans of the stream and even better for the other players in the game.

@narele25

Жыл бұрын

I don't think airballs mommy and daddy could give him enough buy in money for each night.

@mrflip0921

Жыл бұрын

Airball is unwatchable

DAMN! HOW MUCH MONEY DOES AIRBALLS FAMILY HAVE???!!!

Airball: "My bad." Rest of table: "Oh, no shit."

Airball looked really nervous while Dwan was deciding.

I must say, I don't understand people in this sort of game mixing it up with Dwan. I remember playing against him online in the very early days before he made it big and my immediate note on him was pretty close to: "Avoid playing hands with this guy." And color-coded for super strong. Of course, now you don't need to figure out how good Dwan is... If you don't know how good he is, then never mind being in a game with him, you shouldn't even be in a game in a casino.

Y’all don’t give air all enough respect he has been funding this stream ☠️

Airball called mc hammer after that game for advice .

Best episode ever

NiK A: Loud and desperate. My kind of player. Hahahahahaha. Where's that loud laugh?

Nik...Rule #1 in poker...never EVER try to bluff someone who has you covered...especially if they have you covered by 5X or more. If I have $300, and my opponent 4-bet jams for $25...and I have 10-10 (or even AK), you're damn right I'm going to call. The absolute dollar amount is not the point. It's the ratio of PAIN you can inflict or cause yourself if you're right or wrong.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

Жыл бұрын

lol, what a stupid opening line.

What a nice call Dwan ! Wp !! Dwan did not call you with a pair ! He called with a pair and a gutshot draw...more than you had..unlucky...unfortunate...you will be back...

@edifysalim5359

Жыл бұрын

and he got 2 blockers with his 2 tens

Is airball one of those guys you just never fold to if you have a tptk type hand?

Anyway, where is Garret or Poker Bunny?

@joserivera-tm6ju

Жыл бұрын

You must be in the past

@KEEPlT1K

Жыл бұрын

Poker bunny🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@danitradess

Жыл бұрын

@@joserivera-tm6ju I am.

Keep Durrr in the game. He’s the modern day Stu Ungar

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

I never heard of Stu insulting his own play like Dwan did. Dwan called with the expectation he would lose.

@SSky06

Жыл бұрын

​@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Fairly sure I remember watching a documentary that talked about Stuey insulting his own play quite a bit. But he also berated everyone else, including the dealers lmao. He was a pretty classless guy, he was just good.

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

Жыл бұрын

@@SSky06 I know he insulted dealers and other players I just never heard he did it to himself. I would not be surprised but I just never heard it. Doyle Brunson said Stu was obnoxious and disrespectful when he was competitive and implied he was a very generous person with his money he won to a fault. I heard someone say Stu would bet thousands of dollars on games he was bad at "like golf" and would lose but he was addicted to the action. That he had to constantly bet on things but I read that poker was not even his best game. The game he was allegedly the best at he could give a top pro at it an unfair advantage on purpose and still beat them. I forget what the game was called.

@mattc3581

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@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants His best game was gin rummy, which was also played for money. They apparently banned him from playing in the world championship on the basis that nobody else would enter when the best they could possibly finish was 2nd. He was arguably one of, if not the best poker player ever as well. He had massive problems with addiction though, both drugs and sports gambling (which he wasn't good at). To the point where he was too bankrupt or high to enter or stay the course of many big poker events. He still won the main event twice though I believe. There was a story of him playing one of the top gin rummy pros in a high stakes game and his personal bodyguard pointed out to him at one point that his opponent was looking at the bottom card every time he finished the shuffle, giving him a huge advantage in gin. Stu said he was aware of that and was taking him to the cleaners anyway, the guy was only still playing because he thought he had a big advantage and could turn it around, if Stu called him on it then no way the guy would have played on.

@jacobsimpson5389

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@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Stu has a great biography that I’ve listened to multiple times now on audiobook on KZread. It’s worth a listen, he had a very interesting life.

when u put a real poker player not afraid of swings among these fishes

Thats funny,Airball lecturing Tom Dwan on calling.

Whilst I feel for the guy because he's living his dream and failing miserably at it, I do think he's been really good for poker overall. It makes for great television.

His style has been sussed and Dwan has the money to call his relentless bluffs and awful sizing and timing tells, he bets way too quick when he hasn't got it and slows down when he has it

@gemini1213

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True. Tom is a pro. Nik is a too aggressive amateur. Tilting fish that thinks he is good but actually only won in the past because yes some fish get lucky.

@bensantellano

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It's sad. He's gonna be the "artist formally known as..... Airball"

@mrhumble2937

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Nah he had an obvious tell but that wasn't it. Which made Tom 3 get the 10 10. Then he got a little worried after the 4 bet, thought he was wrong.

When Nik's OPG backers see this one, he's gonna be found in the same 55-gal drum as Ryusuke.

Any video where Airball gets felted or busted or tilted or loses or gets unlucky or is a donkey (which is obviously every video he's in) I like and subscribe.

Really interesting hand how Dwan felt he was lighting 289k on fire and insulting himself and Airball being in shock that he called. I have seen some pros call with really weak hands and lose and tell or show they were weak so nobody bluffs them. I also saw a hand that was 27 vs KKKK and the guy with 27 bluffed so well in the hand it fooled the guy with KKKK to reraise him. People can praise Dwan for the call but he thought he was donking his money away. It is like he called out of spite. Just like the 27 player "who lost a lot of money in the hand" completely fooled the KKKK player. Poker is hard.

@JtotheR-O-C

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Yea but even if he thinks he’s behind it’s still a spot where’s he’s expected to call because he’s up and running well and has outs and is playing on the biggest poker stream ever

@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants

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@@JtotheR-O-C As long as Airball does not have 109 Dwan can still win against everything else true but he made it sound like he was lighting his money on fire as a personal punishment for the bad reraise before that. I would say they both fooled each other in this hand.

Airball gets good hands, but he can’t ever get away from them when they hit

The never rise and fall of Nik Airball

Yes! More please!

Well, its a never a bluff he says but it happens to be one..so it can be a bluff sometimes and Dwan sniffed it.

What a great call by Tom Dwan.

airhead needs a prometheus poker account running during these games

How do you call? How do you make that bet?