Thanks for all the love guys 🫶🫶🫶… I called in to the show with this hand because it’s the biggest hand I’ve ever played and I thought it would be fun for you guys to know my thought process from start to finish in this sick hand. Always fun to talk about and dissect a hand this big 🙂… all of you grinders watching and reading this just know that I was playing 2/5 NL 5 years ago. So put in the work, be consistent, disciplined, humble and persistent and you can be in a similar spot 5 years from today 😉… GL to you all and thanks for all the 🫶

@ba1038

17 күн бұрын

Alex! Thx for the call and this post, very inspiring. I’m a lodge 1/3 player and here’s my question, u say u play a lot of PLO, do u find that to be more profitable than no limit? Or why do u prefer PLO? Thx

@digitaldaddyau

16 күн бұрын

Alex that was sick!!!!!!

@jamespearson00

16 күн бұрын

What a great hand to review Alecs, fun to listen to you break it down. Very much appreciate you telling your story of grinding 2/5 5 years ago, Im a year into my 1/3 2/5 grind and its definitely frustrating at times. I'll be at the Lodge for their August mega series, and grinding some 2/5, maybe 5/10 there, perhaps we will get to meet. Always a fan of your play, so disciplined yet humble and you make some hard folds that I always remember when I'm facing some big bets.

@ambientexpanse

16 күн бұрын

Congratulations y felicidades desde Florida, primo! Nosotros jugamos en el 2022 par de veces en Orange City Racing & Card Club no se si te acuerdas (tenias un amigo tuyo contigo que es jugador de torneos durante el WSOP en Las Vegas; yo me llamo Rafael y hasta tenía tu # de teléfono pero se me perdió cuando cambie de phone providers, lol). Anyway, yo vi el livestream en vivo when that sick hand went down with my homegirl and I immediately started freaking out telling her "I know that guy! I played with him at Orange City once, lol!"

@grandpatzer

15 күн бұрын

@alex you’re living my dream bro. Playing $2/$5 right now. Did you build your bankroll enough to play these high stakes just from poker alone?

Wow for some reason I never expected Alex to sound like this, then again doesn’t talk much at the table but seems like a super humble and stand up guy

@passengerplanetearth

15 күн бұрын

If he talked the way he stares skyscrapers would crumble

@TheTree1

12 күн бұрын

He definitely sucks that's for sure. Imagine being so stupid that you think Doug Polk is so unbalanced he only has AA here for value and he has all suited wheels for Bluffs. That's somedmoothbrained shit man.

I like Alex on the Lodge feed. He’s so quiet though that it’s weird to hear him talking so much!

@OneEyedJack01

19 күн бұрын

True. He mostly just glares at people. 😂

@kennethchia4194

19 күн бұрын

This was a fascinating call and yes, it's great to hear the thoughts from a guy who usually just sits there in silence.

@sog1272

18 күн бұрын

@@OneEyedJack01he doesn’t fuck order like many of the others. It’s war 👿 on the fleet for him. Cool thought that he sounds like a likeable dude off the tables

Really sick hand and very impressive that he has the balls to just call the turn in such a massive spot

Nik Airball folding K10o is probably the biggest mystery of this video 5:08

@officialhighq6948

19 күн бұрын

😂

@davidculhane4388

18 күн бұрын

Why a bunch of internet trolls who probably play ABC poker think they are better than Nik is thr biggest mystery.

@St3.

18 күн бұрын

@@davidculhane4388 I'm not a troll, but all the Internet trolls combined haven't lost as much money as Nik Airball has 😭😭😭😭

@DanielSong39

17 күн бұрын

@@St3. Nik Airball is obviously a plant. He's capable of playing at a professional level but they have him randomly punt 6 figure pots to guys like Rampage

@St3.

17 күн бұрын

@@DanielSong39 I'm not sure if that's the case but I've watched a lot of hands from him and he just doesn't seem like a great player. This isn't just extreme bluffs, it's his whole game, he's made bad folds, other bad reads...etc Also I highly doubt he's losing on purpose.

guess this is biggest pot explained in crushlivepoker?

Alex is an absolute killer, love watching him play. Very good at reading opponents.

@Love1isall

18 күн бұрын

Who the fuck is Alex?

@ianbent0n

18 күн бұрын

​@@Love1isallThe guy calling

Wow can’t imagine playing these stakes 🥴

I think Alex is an absolute Killer. Unless you watch the Lodge Stream, you have no idea who he is. But from what I understand he was a Former Poker Dealer that built a monster stack by grinding. I think he is a top handful of players.

@trees_up

19 күн бұрын

Yes, he was a dealer. Nice guy. Crazy to see him in the nosebleeds. Wishing him all the best.

@DanielSong39

17 күн бұрын

Kinda reminds me of Mike Sexton and Bart Hanson, best known for other contributions to poker but they could really play too

Alex is my favorite player to root for on the stream. He always plays fearless.

@supersmoo7377

19 күн бұрын

Alex is indeed fearless. I have to disagree with him that Doug only has AA as a “value hand” when Doug 5-bets in this spot. I think Doug would 5-bet AA, KK, QQ, AK suited.. maybe even AQ and AJ suited.. to go along with his suited wheel-aces. I think it’s dangerous and foolhardy to think a player of Doug’s caliber wouldn’t have a balanced 5-bet range here.

@Killdroid96

19 күн бұрын

@@supersmoo7377I think QQ and AK suited are too wide for 5bet value preflop. With AK suited and QQ, you are almost never going to get worse to call you. If you have JJ and face a 5bet, you’re folding.

@joeuser633

19 күн бұрын

Fearlessly

@drfunkinstein1

18 күн бұрын

@@joeuser633 No. Fearless. The Taylor Swift album.

@noex100

18 күн бұрын

​@@supersmoo7377 LOL You think Polk is 5-betting QQ? Say you don't understand poker without saying you don't understand poker.

What would you do if the turn was the Qh? Are you calling turn to take the 5th Street Chicken approach mentioned at 19:39?

@calinator51

16 күн бұрын

What about the Jc?

@modestomouso1234

16 күн бұрын

@@calinator51 I wonder what a worse card for us to continue on would be, Qx or Jc. I think it’s easier to call on the Jc imo bc he’s weighted more towards pairs + some Axs, he can only have A4cc/A5cc as reasonable 5b bluffs pre (since 3c/2c came OTF)

@modestomouso1234

16 күн бұрын

Although I think he def would 5b AKs a fair amount of the time and probably AQs at least some of the time, so yeah Jc turn could be tricky. Vs Doug tho I don’t think we can fold a set especially if river is a blank

I have seen Alex play live at The Lodge, great player! Would love to watch him play PLO. Cheers Alex🥂

So cool to see Alex on the show. One of the craziest hands

I see the problem.Doug missed the 5 on the river.

Alex is such at badass at the tables. One of my favorite players to watch. Awesome to hear his thought process, especially the part about hesitating on the river. Love Doug’s hand, too. Boss shove. Sometimes you gotta empty the clip and lose. Great breakdown Bart!

I thought Doug only had A4/5 of clubs there. A 4/5 on the river or a club could have been a brutal card.

@videowatcher549

15 күн бұрын

No, Doug had As4s

Oh this is Alex! Really great player. I love the way he stares down opponents like he’s suspicious, whether he’s nutted or not

Remember when doug retired from poker?

@mrraverse9870

19 күн бұрын

Bluff.. doug balancing his range

@NeiltheDeal

19 күн бұрын

Never let them know your next move.

@pkrmac5747

19 күн бұрын

Which time?

@gofish2365

19 күн бұрын

Lol

@nikitakucherov5028

19 күн бұрын

Since retirement he opened a card room and plays daily

It really feels that A2-A5s has now become an automatic 4-5 bet every single time on live tv. Screw being balanced i guess lol

I've always thought that Alex looks like Nacho Vargo from Breaking Bad/BCS

That was a really interesting tidbit, about three queens being the weakest hand that can remain the nuts after the river.

Doug Polk just bluffed A HOUSE. Let that sink in.

@uhhmike

16 күн бұрын

I think it's sad to see. I've played poker too much and it destroyed me mentally and financially. It's a sick game.

@Hammer.J.Helmer

15 күн бұрын

@@uhhmike I wouldn't be too sad... Doug appears to be a successful young businessman who isn't playing above his head, and doesn't punt like Rampage.

You can always hear Doug coming because his ballz CLANK!

nh hero. this hand is mainly interesting because of how high the stakes are. all streets are pretty standard imo. only street i would consider playing different is to raise flop to deny equity from Doug's overs and flush draws. hero unblocks lots of flush draws, AK/AQ. i would play AA/KK same. calling QQ without club almost always, QQ with club consider folding sometimes.

what 5 bet hand folds on this runout? Only AK

Alex seems like a smart player and good-natured guy

Not at end but I'd be insanely nervous with these stakes lol

It would be interesting to analyse what Hero does with TT/QQ on this runout and action

@qazzaqstan

19 күн бұрын

Not convinced hero can play pre-flop that way with TT, but given no A no K and all (plausible) draws missed probably needs to call down.

@thegrizzly7402

19 күн бұрын

According to him he would call down since Doug has more bluffs in his 5BET range

@justinhart7172

19 күн бұрын

Exactly ! That’s why this hand history is so fucking boring and a waste of our time. As soon as the turn is a J the whole hand is emptied of any possible depth it could have had.

From a video with this title I expected you to be doing a deep dive about how Vanessa Selbst got her identity stolen

Never heard that a set of QQ was the lowest possible Nutted hand in Holdem… that’s actually a pretty cool and useful fact when navigating some turns.

@Jermo484

19 күн бұрын

It's pretty rarely relevant since A) you could play for days on end without seeing a board where QQ actually is the nuts and B) it doesn't matter when tons of the nuts aren't actually possible (like the straights in this hand). The real takeaway is really just to remember that no matter how comfy you feel with two pair or a set, there are virtually always going to be at least a handful of iffy rivers.

@MichaelTilton

19 күн бұрын

@@Jermo484 I hate Two Pairs. Best looking Losing Hands. I still play them, but there is usually some nut hand that is probable when holding them. Did I mention I hate two pair? I cannot emphasize it enough.

@manu1444

19 күн бұрын

I Never thought about that, but that‘s really interesting. The worst hand you can have on the flop which is 100% guaranteed to win on the river is A5s if you flop a straight flush. Also quite interesting imo.

@pugsnhogz

19 күн бұрын

​@@Jermo484 "virtually always at least a handful of" 😂❤

@Jermo484

19 күн бұрын

@@pugsnhogz I don't get it

Is this "death stare" Alex?

@alistairwillock7266

16 күн бұрын

The very one 🤣

Can someone explain the set of queens thing to me? Clearly not enough plo experiences to understand h

Wow this is insane, hearing alex makes the win and $ so much more real - crazy hand and scoop Alex

While it's true that QQQ is the lowest possible nut hand on the river, it is NOT true that Alex knew JJ wasn't going to be the nuts on the river. The case J makes the nuts.

@CrushlivePoker

18 күн бұрын

I believe what I said in the video was that “if the board doesn’t pair, JJJ will not be the nuts.”

I would have loved to see how this hand played out if Alex didn't hit that set. Is he calling of his entire stack that deep with a pair of jacks?

@Jermo484

19 күн бұрын

You'd have to assume he shouldn't be calling or Doug's bluff is a horrific punt. Say the turn was like a 6h, if Alex calls there, this is basically the worst hand he'll ever have, so if Doug can't even get him to fold that with a river jam, then it's an awful line. Just assuming Doug isn't taking an atrocious line since he's better than us.

@RobRochon

19 күн бұрын

If you listened to the end of the video, he says he's very likely going to have to. He's only worried about AA betting for value (6 combos). He doesn't think Doug 5 bets KK or QQ (just calls Alex's 4 bet), so the hand that he's really stickhandling around on the turn and river is the suited wheel draw (A-5, A-4 etc.)

@Jermo484

19 күн бұрын

@@RobRochon There's absolutely no chance Doug is 5 betting that many wheel aces and not 5 betting any premiums besides AA - that's horribly unbalanced. Like his initial comment that Doug has a ton of suited wheel aces is wildly inaccurate.

@RobRochon

19 күн бұрын

@@Jermo484 you haven't been watching these players at these stakes enough then, because that seems to be the trend from what I've been seeing, and that's what Alex and Bart agreed on in this discussion. Of course players might balance their play out with the exception but you can't make reads based on the exception. They said that he's calling the 4 bet for KK and QQ for value in this situation due to the effective stack size. So what do you want me to say?

@Jermo484

19 күн бұрын

@@RobRochon I mean, they're not perfect either? There is simply 0 chance Doug has a 5 bet range that has AA, A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s and nothing else. He's way, way too knowledgeable to have such an atrociously unbalanced, way too bluff heavy range. And if that IS his range and Alex knows it, Alex should be jamming it in against every 5 bet he ever makes.

Lmao can’t believe Alex called in that’s so funny

Alex is an incredible player

I just realized I've never heard Alex's voice/accent on the stream. Kinda surprising.

Doug Polk 5 bet range may contain non-nut hands if you haven't figured already lol

@freddiehigdon3261

19 күн бұрын

I bet A-5 suited is in there.

@RobRochon

19 күн бұрын

@@freddiehigdon3261 yes, they mentioned that. A-5 suited is capable of hitting the nuts often with the A high flush.

Alex knows poker. I could always tell

Alex is fun to watch

I don't understand range. I'm pretty sure my range is 7-2 off to AA

@terencehill3972

17 күн бұрын

👍I basically never open

I didn’t realize Alex was capable of talking this much 😭

@kennethchia4194

19 күн бұрын

LOL

@matteframe

19 күн бұрын

took me a while to figure out it was him!

@embro6474

19 күн бұрын

Hello Doug =)

Lol @ $45k "trivial call" pre

I like the way Alex plays-he's got great game. Killer stare too.

Huge cooler. What can you do?

If this was Doug analyzing he would put Doug on "Bad Reg"

If you take two zeros off these numbers, do you play this the same way?

Great episode Bart, I’m sure I speak for a lot of the viewers when I say Alex is a fan favourite👍

Wow i cant take it. Insane so long

mehh. Says he isn't folding in hindsight after J hits. Good hand, fun to win big.

i didnt imagine Alex to sound like this (voice wise). Guy always plays with that evil scowl so i imagined someone more douchey..lol)

can someone explain to this dope why 3 queens is the "lowest nut hand" on the river of a texas hold em game?

@Melvinvanharn

19 күн бұрын

QQQ is the worst nut hand you can have, because it possible to space out all the cards so that you can't make a straight. In this case, Q J 7 6 2. JJJ can never be the nuts, because you could have J T 6 5 2 and someone could still have a straight.

@DoubleBassX2

19 күн бұрын

Yeah the lowest non-connected board is 2378Q

@mireman13

19 күн бұрын

@Melvinvanharn @DoubleBassX2 gotcha, thanks guys!

@TheGillenium

19 күн бұрын

@@zeptime3473it doesn’t have anything to do with this hand at all. It’s quite literally makes the lowest nut hand in the game of hold em … a set of Q’s.

@zeptime3473

19 күн бұрын

I retracted my comment because it was ignorant! 🤣thanks for the clarification all ya all!

I cant even imagine they are playing 1 hand of poker that is 14 years of my pay

Hard to feel bad for Doug. That was a donkey shove. Alex kills it. He just quietly rakes every night.

Hi

I’m amazed he 5 bet with A-4 there yeah it suited I think Doug Polk deserved to lose here way too loose in my opinion he basically bloated a pot pre flop which made him committed to playing a big pot with marginal holding

Oof Doug is ruthless. Would've had a tough River decision if you don't hit that set.

@webguy943

18 күн бұрын

Yup. Imagine turn came Q and river came Kc. Really tough call.

lol it’s funny i’m sure the caller is the better player

I still remember when Doug the Donk tried to bluff one of the best players ever with nothing. Not even a draw 🤣🤣🤣

Doug Polk 1m journey starts now

DOUGLAS QUAID

barts like idk i wouldve folded to a 5bet

Did Wesley look at Doug's hand?

He really defended himself for taking 5 seconds to double check he had the nuts and call? $700k pot bro ur ok Haha doug also will be losing 13k for being a NIT lmao

Weakest nuts is top set QQ

Doug "the Jolk" Polk... NH

I saw him playing 10/25 at encore about a month ago. Was he back in mass again?

@CrushlivePoker

18 күн бұрын

Yeah.. last month

What a waste of time. Hero hits his set, easy call. Against an elite pro u should have shoved turn lucky doug is a punter so calling the turn made sense. If it were me i would have shut down n check fold river. I know u have a big pair after the turn call. But if u jammed on the turn against me, id have to call it off on a draw.

What a punt by Doug actually so so so bad

I played PLO in Houston at a little 1-3 game. Crazy action. Many pots over 1K . Most flops were 20-30 to go and 4-6 players. I played in the daytime and early evening on 3 weekdays, so I can only imagine what it would be later and over the weekend.

Polk doesn't need poker any more. His Bitcoin is worth about $200 million.

Alex is by far the best player I've ever seen on this stream. His "soul reads" are ridiculous.

I mean this was a big pot and all, but why did Alex call in? To brag? He didn’t have any questions and he claimed every move made was standard.

@jackbauer789

17 күн бұрын

he called in because poker streamers have turned into MLM. Everybody washing each other's back. Doug goes to game with Bart, and refers his friend Alex to call in the show. It's networking.

@CrushlivePoker

15 күн бұрын

@@jackbauer789 yup and we all just chop it up after the game and the call-in show

@jackbauer789

15 күн бұрын

@@CrushlivePoker I struck a nerve, huh buddy? Jack 1-0 Bartholomew

Remind me never to play poker with this guy.

Poor Doug always on losing side of history

Doug is playing with his houses money. He can just take a loan from his own poker room. It's why he plays like it. While everyone else needs to buy in or wire to get the chips. Maybe some get loans who knows how it works. That's why Nike Airball can just say give me 500K. They just give them chips. This is not a real casino

I play PLO all the time as well, albeit smaller. I don’t think I’d want to play against this guy though at high stakes, he sounds pretty smart.

You should've asked Alex how his "shot" taking went at Bonita Springs Poker Room.

@gazorpazorp9798

18 күн бұрын

How did it go?

@webguy943

18 күн бұрын

???

Nice fact that a set of QQ is the lowest possible nuts in hold’em. The worst hand you can have on the flop which is 100% guaranteed to win on the river is A5s if you flop a straight flush. Also quite interesting imo.

@gabrielrockman

19 күн бұрын

Couldn't 5-2 flop a straight flush and be 100% guaranteed to win on the river?

@manu1444

19 күн бұрын

@@gabrielrockman No. If the Board is A34, then KQ,KJ, KT,QJ and QT could make a royal flush. If the Board is 346, T7, T8, 78, etc. could make a better straight flush

@gabrielrockman

19 күн бұрын

@@manu1444 So then 6-2 suited on a 5-4-3 board would be guaranteed to be the nuts on the river?

@manu1444

19 күн бұрын

@@gabrielrockman Oh yeah, you are right. I just read that on a poker page that it‘s A5s, but they were wrong lol I didn‘t think too much about it

@MrTrinkles

18 күн бұрын

@@manu1444 They meant a 5 high straight flush is the worst. Not the standing hand

Haven’t even seen half this video and I’m guessing Doug just punts $. The new vanessa selspt. If he played Phil Hellmuth style bc it’s him he would crush and if hellmuth played Doug’s way he might win in cash lol

Doug played A4 suited this way, so he might have also played Q10 suited the same way...

@clementl.784

19 күн бұрын

AXs are 4B/5B much more frequently and naturally than QTs.

@FirePattaya

19 күн бұрын

Yes to balance the low number of nutted hands. They work better than Q10ss for card removal (of the Ace) and can make a wheel. So Q10ss is never a 5 bet.

@webguy943

18 күн бұрын

If he hit runner runner so be it u gotta pay him off in that spot. More bluffs than nutted hands. Gotta call.

@matteframe

18 күн бұрын

@@webguy943 good point

To be technical it’s not a “clip” it’s called a magazine lol

@zxdevoutxz

19 күн бұрын

THESE ARENT CLIPS. THEY’RE MAGAZINES.

Will you be Casting one day on Hustler Casino Million Dollar game?

turn is a shove in my book 100%

@evadecaptcha

19 күн бұрын

In this context against Polk, I think a shove would be a massive mistake and would lose 150k in this particular hand.

@parmanduke

19 күн бұрын

Then DP folds

@Mauricio-kf8qx

19 күн бұрын

Never a turn jam against a competent aggressive pro. Against a nit yeah jam cause it’s always AA and they’re never folding but if Doug is bluffing let him blast river his bluffs probably don’t have much equity anyways

@bobby__conroy

19 күн бұрын

it’s a pure call

@slowery43

18 күн бұрын

"Your book" ?!?!? hahaha you have absolutely zero credibility, you don't now nor ever have played at thes stakes so nobody cares what you think

Is Alex a big fish?? Nic Airball type of player??

@supersmoo7377

19 күн бұрын

Do you think Nik Airball can talk about poker the way Alex did in this call? I don’t think Nik can.

@mrjsuasap2

19 күн бұрын

@@supersmoo7377 I typed this comment 39 seconds into the video…. lol… then realized who Alex was and wanted to delete this post. Alex isn’t impulsive.

solver jaming pure on A4, 65, 54 dd combos. pretty sick doug found this with A4ss

On the one hand it's like what is this? This guy wants to relive Doug blasting off for a quarter mil? On the other hand, I would want to relive that shit too.

Bart, your a very respectful guy, your no homer

I know this is crazy. But I’m pretty sure I played with the caller last night at bellagio.

@slowery43

18 күн бұрын

Wow that is so amazingly not the least bit interesting in any way.

@AtPEACE77

18 күн бұрын

@@slowery43it was a two five game

@alexjauregui4706

17 күн бұрын

@@AtPEACE77yeah that was me 😁… was playing with my gf. She loves poker also lol.. what seat # were you?

@AtPEACE77

12 күн бұрын

@@alexjauregui4706 I flopped the set of deuces against you

DP playing like Nik Airbutthead

I saw this one live. VNH. I would cream my pants if i ever got to these stakes and scooped a pot worth hundreds and hundreds of thousands.

1:37 Isnt asking a poker player what they do for a living a bit of a low blow?

15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD

No, you should definitely call off with JJ on day six of the World Series main event when you’re obviously up against two better hands who showed nothing but immense strength… God Poker stupid 🤦‍♂️

@RobRochon

19 күн бұрын

this is a cash game, not a tournament hand.

Polk is not good at poker ever since he won that stupid onedrop he’s smart to get ppl to back em and get him is roll

Doug miss played this hand. The flop is a much bigger bet (60-75%). With this betsize it would be an easy all in on the turn and JJ would have had a hard time calling without the J on turn.

@britishbulldogish

19 күн бұрын

Solvers like a small flop sizing in 5! Pots to reflect 100% c bet frequency

@TheGillenium

19 күн бұрын

@@britishbulldogishthe solvers are no different that basic strategy in black jack. It’s a guide for optimum percentages. If you don’t have a feel for the game/hand in play…you will still lose the money.

@kevinsnyder4658

19 күн бұрын

Epitome of a moot point. He’d call a larger flop bet easily and drill the turn anyway

@ericy5670

18 күн бұрын

3/4 pot in a 5! pot is insanity. Might as well just shove at that point.

@britishbulldogish

18 күн бұрын

@@TheGillenium I agree, I don't even study solvers but I know that's how Doug plays, he is however a winner in this particular game.

Bart totally out of his league with these stakes

@RobRochon

19 күн бұрын

Doesn't he do some live stream commentary of games at these stakes?

@CrushlivePoker

19 күн бұрын

I have commentated on games of these stakes for at least 200 hours (of the 8000 hours of total commentary and another 15,000 hours of playing 5/10+ ). --Bart

@TheGillenium

19 күн бұрын

lol you got his attention with that one 😂😂

from what i've seen over the past couple years, anointing doug polk with the title of "poker pro" might be a bit of a stretch. i will say though that this video substantiates for me what i was already thinking, that Alex is probably the best and deepest poker thinker i've watched playing at the lodge. as for doug polk, i guess if nik "24 minute" airball can be called a pro than doug fits there too....

@ericy5670

18 күн бұрын

Doug was the best heads up player in the world at one point. He might not be the best anymore but you cannot argue that he doesn't have the bankroll and skill to be a high level pro.

At least he lost the nit button