depends on what you want from life he is 148k in profit and most likely have kids to feed would you risk your 148k profit and the nice things you can buy for the sake of 2 aces
@Emmald1989 He only had to risk $2000 to see the flop. YES, I would have risked THAT amount to see a flop with AA. From there, he could have played it "carefully", example: seeing 2 6's on the flop could be enough "danger" for him to fold. He was never at risk for 146k after the call and didn't have to worry about being in that position because he can fold at any time besides the pre-flop call.
@Badrinho Irrelevant...it was still a poor play considering everybody expected him to fold every hand. He could have bluffed with 2-7 and still won the pot because going in woudl have meant he was very strong.
Still a dumb move no matter how you look at it. If you are afraid to lose then dont; sit at the table.
@Midnightrambler3760 It is relevant, he qualified as an amateur to sit with the pro's there were a couple of hands left he had enough money he didnt want to risk it so he folds....completely understandble.....if you don't understand it then your stupid or trying 2 be the super pro
best fold in history . He avoided a major burn right there. And didn't give Laak a huge pot to boot. That's what would've happen otherwise. Man can see through the fuckin' deck. :)
@1Jack22 Usually never in a cash game. But here he gets to keep all the winnings above $100 000 and he was up to ~$240k. And since it's potlimit preflop he can't go allin, and even if he could that'd be a really stupid decision. I don't think you'd gamble life changing money for ~80% chance of doubble it up or lose all.
@shinom0ri He will definitely get outplayed post flop, and he cant get it in preflop, and even if he could he would be at best 80% ahead which mean 20% to lose an amount of money he probably never will come near in poker again, having family, job and playing small stakes. Its terribly poker but anyone, even good pokerplayer should be able to understand the fold. I wouldnt fold though ^^
@zaiivonhest If he thinks he will be outplayed on the flop, maybe he shouldn't even have sat down. I am probably missing some of the backstory here though. The way you are presenting it is as if he has his entirelivelyhood on the table, which is a huge mistake to begin with.
@shinom0ri He satellite in from pokerstars and get staked 100k and get to keep all winnings above the original 100, so its like a freeroll. Because he was up to 220 (i think) he would win 120, which for him probably is a lot :).
@zaiivonhest So... he won a satelite into a cash game, where he keeps profit above the intial 100 k buyin which they provided him. He must have aquired the 120 k profit somehow, so why is he now so scared than? I just dont understand why he would chose to fold if he somehow have been profiting from playing.
@shinom0ri Because its just a couple of hand left and he dont want to risk hes winnings, if he drops down to 100k he goes home with nothing. Good luck at the table tonight if ur a pokerstars player ;)
why did he do that you ask? he let his emotions of having aces, the instant he smiled was a massive tell, theres no way you want to be involved in a pot when its pretty obvious what you have, so, make it look like you were going to attempt a bluff and then thought otherwise. lucky for him to fold though :p
@Joshmanss It doesn't make any sense. "theres no way you want to be involved in a pot when its pretty obvious what you have"... are you kidding me.... You can just go all in... and even show your cards, if the rules allow.....
Folding AA is disrespectful... unless at WSOP main event bubble with three ppl all in before you...
@trixakias impossible its a fake video. this tournament did happen and those are famous poker professionals. I dont know why he did it though, my assumption is that he is just waiting for other players to be eliminated so he can claim a bigger prize, instead of risking being eliminated right there, i suppose hes already in the money.
@Optimista1234 He was staked 100k and got to keep any winnings. He was up to 248k (148k to keep) and that was like 3-3,5 years salary or something. Therefore he folded.
hes playing on no bankroll otehr than what he has in front of him which is more than maybe 4 years of his teaching wage......i cant fault the fold. hes ment to be the loose cannon ...true..but he has 'enough' money to buy his house outright and to live alittle easier, i respect the laydown in some ways, he left nothing to chance
if he would have limped (which would still be wrong) he would have lost. but if he played them right, laak most likely would'nt even seen a flop with mercier behind him. just shove if you don't wanna play em. that simple
@steveistheman84 I think it was pot limit pre flop so Laak and mercier probably would have called and he would have lost a shitload...I'm not defending his play but there are worse things in poker than making a conscious decision to leave the table a winner
They say that theres a one in a million shot that your winning hand might get busted. You have to think of how many times Pocket Aces get cracked post flop by a small trips. And even if you bet it 3x the big blind, theres always gonna be a donkey out there with the death grip on a small pair or somebody calling you with garbage and hit two pair or maybe a set. If he would have shoved in, they would have let those hands go.
IT wasnt that great of a fold. Phill Laak is a tight player a raise combined with Mercier still behind him to act.. i bet 100 percent Laak would have folded 66's before the flop..
@AirBahg You may call him a retard for folding pocket Aces on pre-flop, but that decision had saved him from losing a lot and probably everything going against quad 6s.
Some higher power must've spoken to him to throw the tempting hand.
Guys, he folded this hand because he was 120K up or something and the cannon (The amateur that was allowed to play with the pro's) that won the most money while playing with the pro's, would win a price of 50.000 dollars and he was allowed to join the WSOP tournament, thats why he folded because he was 120K up already.
He should have called. I understand why he did what he did, and it does sort of make sense. However, he was the small blind. He had $400 in the pot, and he was being asked to call a $2,000 bet. So he'd only have to give up $1,600 which was only 1.2% of his whole profit.
But this way he would have seen the flop. And IMO 1.2% of your pure profit is worth seeing if the flop turns up more aces. I get not betting the farm... but to not call such a small amount of money with aces in the hole?!?
@Biswalt He folds because he probably knows that he is gonna bet alot on the flop and turn and maybe river and has bad experience losing alot of money by that AA, don't forget it's only a Pair, maybe the best Pair but still the lowest possible combination in poker. He just protects himself getting into uncomfortable situation, the chance that he hits a set on the flop and also with no draws for people to call is very small.
@moonsmilelucide: Only a pair?!? Sure, but it's the highest pair of pocket cards you can have, and pre-flop odds are that A-A will win 43% of the time in a game of 6 players. So the odds of him winning the hand were actually pretty good.
Comparatively, with a 6,6 Laak had the second best hand and he only had a 20% chance of winning pre-flop. I understand him not wanting to lose all his cash, but to not bet at all ?!? It's the wrong move mathematically.
@moonsmilelucide he could have shoved all in and won a small pot or got a huge amount of money in as a big favorite... your a fish :) thanks for donating the the community :)
I actually respect his fold. Even though you don't fold there because a raise is profitable over the long haul. But realistically, how many times will he be in this situation? The fact is that he will most likely not be in this situation any time soon, and if he is unlucky (which he would have been in this hand) the variance would have cost him greatly.
He secured his winnings with being risk averse, even though odds were in his favor. That is smart. He could go back to 400NL and make a killing
the fold is dumb but in his shoes fair play to him the guy had already got won alot of money so well done mate. and anyways if he hit an A on turn or river then he woulda gone home with nothing
omg he was a big winner and he was about to win a 50K passport, so he wanted to make sure he'll win it. And he couldn't make a very big raise because it's pot limit before the flop.
@hidepuller2008 lol youre trying to tell me you play poker?? HAHAHAHAHA wow i find that extremely funny plus youre retarded so yeah HAHAHA be original kid
but take into consideration his opponents were not just jason mercier who just decides to make money all the time. but Phil Laak. if Laak raises pre flop, he'll call any raise. it's Phil Laak. he's crazy. and with that flop, laak woulda either doubled or taken all of that am's stack.
i was startled when he folded, but it's a lucky lucky move.
To troll for trips you should have at least 10 to 1 implied odds. To call with 6 to 1 implied odds is unprofitable long term. I think the pros fold there. The big raise has the advantage that maybe Laak folds and the other guy calls....but as the loose cannon who does not want to risk the 100,000 payday he either has to raise BIG or fold.
Brilliant play by the loose canon. He had a bad feeling about his Aces and went on his gut. Listening to his intuition. That's awesome. Fuck you if don't agree you worthless fools.
@ruarihennessy1 I'll bust you a thousand times until you beg me to let you suck my dick to get your money back you donkey's asshole. You are the muppet. More than you know. Watch TV and eat your fastfood. Sheep.
Are you joking? If you're the sort of person who gets 'feelings' about cards then you are a bad poker player, just like if you have any 'favourite hand' that isn't AA. It barely needs to be stated that pocket aces are always pocket aces and should never be folded pre-flop by a serious player. Obviously, considering that he was just folding every hand for the last 50, to go away with 100k+ profit, the move was understandable.
@ourhandsaretied I'm just saying he probably had a bad feeling about playing AA, that's all. Why the hell else would he fold AA? Noone does that. This play is proof that intuition means something. But you peons are too stupid to ever know the objective truth behind the reality in which you exist.
@ourhandsaretied You're wrong. Maybe he didn't know. But he just had a bad feeling about it. Why the hell else would he fold AA? It's insane to fold AA. Who the hell does that.. unless he had a bad feeling about it. Do you morons finally get it?
Calling people morons just makes you sound like even more of an idiot. I repeat- there are NO SUCH THING as psychics, and NO SUCH THING as bad feelings that are accurate by anything other than coincidence. It is NEVER correct play to fold AA pre-flop; post-flop, on a really dangerous board, with someone betting really aggressively, then yes, but never pre-flop. You are an atrocious poker player and a pretty stupid person.
Calling people morons just makes you sound like even more of an idiot. I repeat- there are NO SUCH THING as psychics, and NO SUCH THING as bad feelings that are accurate by anything other than coincidence. It is NEVER correct play to fold AA pre-flop; post-flop, on a really dangerous board, with someone betting really aggressively, then yes, but never pre-flop. You are an atrocious poker player and a pretty stupid person.
@blaynestaleypro Terrible play. Assuming that everyone's stack was about 100,000 he should raise to 16,000. That denies lower pairs less than the proper implied odds to call and AK is crushed. Given that his opponents know he is playing "I am folding everything but AA"... They will fold.
@McDing5156 Actually, I do agree with you. The loose canon could have raised big time but is that really a smart play? Look, you don't really want others to fold preflop with AAs. You want to try to get as much money. Maybe Laak would have called a raise with 44. who the fuck knows. Look, the loose canon had a bad feeling about it and it turned out he was right. Cant' deny that.
@eusobr33 you clearly have no idea what i said or what happened. he told everyone that he was going to fold every single hand. if he randomly decides to play one then they all know that he has a monster.
@ajbbig14 Even so, he could still pick up the blinds, wouldn't he? Just because everyone knows what he has is no reason to throw away the best hand preflop. He could turn over the cards and play them face up if he wanted.
@holdemehha it's pot limit pre-flop. there is no way that he could have just pushed everyone out. laak would have called and still hit his quads and the loose cannon would have lost more chips then he did/wanted to.
@Nemesis000000 the situation r off with AA... A A PREFLOP R ThE BEST HAND EVER! PREFLOP I SAY!... the situation with AA...preflop ever u r the winnner! never folds that r a bad moviment
@GregBlucherMusic It was right to fold without knowing the flop, given the rules of the game, how much he had won and how much it would change his life.
@ourhandsaretied Your statement is so dumb it's beyond belief, you're already up 150k against some of the world best player and with a pot limit structure pre flop none of the pros are gonna fold pocket pairs pre flop no matter what it is, both Jason and Phil would've called with deuces there to try to flop a set against him.
It was the right move for him being that much ahead, good for him he showed what all the poker players in the world need to be successful discipline.
For all of you calling this guy an idiot, this format is pot limit pre flop. He didn't want to see the flop and run the risk of being outplayed/outflopped post flop. If I was up $140,000 with 40 hands to go, I'd want to keep it too.
Why did laak dye his hair and get all weird? if you know can you respond im hella curious lol
98802ohhey 25 minutes ago
aiya!
lesliekwan80 1 day ago
depends on what you want from life he is 148k in profit and most likely have kids to feed would you risk your 148k profit and the nice things you can buy for the sake of 2 aces
Emmald1989 2 days ago
@Emmald1989 He only had to risk $2000 to see the flop. YES, I would have risked THAT amount to see a flop with AA. From there, he could have played it "carefully", example: seeing 2 6's on the flop could be enough "danger" for him to fold. He was never at risk for 146k after the call and didn't have to worry about being in that position because he can fold at any time besides the pre-flop call.
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He coulda pushed and took down the dead money . What a retard.
BilfordWrimley 2 days ago
omg I wanted to scratch my eyes out when I saw him folding the aces. then when I saw quad sixes.....wow.
mrkiky 4 days ago
phil laak :^^
iaadadel 5 days ago
They all knew he was going to fold, so he could have bet 2-7 and the pros would have folded figuring he had a monster.
To fold with A-A was just idiotic.
Midnightrambler3760 5 days ago
@Midnightrambler3760 shut the fuck up, the guy won enough money to put his kids throug college.......it was enough for him, he wasnt a pro
Badrinho 4 days ago
@Badrinho Irrelevant...it was still a poor play considering everybody expected him to fold every hand. He could have bluffed with 2-7 and still won the pot because going in woudl have meant he was very strong.
Still a dumb move no matter how you look at it. If you are afraid to lose then dont; sit at the table.
Midnightrambler3760 3 days ago
@Midnightrambler3760 It is relevant, he qualified as an amateur to sit with the pro's there were a couple of hands left he had enough money he didnt want to risk it so he folds....completely understandble.....if you don't understand it then your stupid or trying 2 be the super pro
Badrinho 3 days ago
haha pro
BruceAlmighty1993 5 days ago
What the hell happened to Phil Laak?!
Dedssss 5 days ago
soooo lucky. but this was a great move. He was in the lead for the passport (at the time).
ldc62 6 days ago
omg took me a minute to recognize phil laak xD
nejtilsvampe 6 days ago
An all in bet would have won the hand
petestrat07 1 week ago
I know the feeling. "I have a good stack and I just dont want to get into it"
jm01031976 1 week ago
best fold in history . He avoided a major burn right there. And didn't give Laak a huge pot to boot. That's what would've happen otherwise. Man can see through the fuckin' deck. :)
gredangeo 1 week ago
laak is still the worst player there LOL
rub3nski 1 week ago
I once fucked a peacock. I think Phil Laak is my son.
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spelatight 1 week ago
how is laak looking in this vid xD loool rookie years?
schwalbstar 1 week ago
@schwalbstar he just had a major accident.
AnthonyMimming 1 week ago
he should of just jammed his stack instead of folding at least he picks up the money in the middle
nehci 1 week ago
@nehci wrong , he loses to 4 6s
rawdog42 1 week ago
@nehci He couldn't,... it's pot limit preflop. When I first seen
this clip over a year ago, I really came down HARD on this guy,
but that's because I'd never seen program before or how the
structure was set up. Now that I've seen about 9 of these matches I understand why
he laid it down.
DIECASTER 6 days ago
if you dont play aces what a fuck do you play?
Manu165 1 week ago
never fold AA preflop
1Jack22 1 week ago
@1Jack22 There are many occasions where you should fold AA preflop. Gotta love all these donks who think they know anything about poker
wsmpify 1 week ago
@wsmpify
never in cash game
1Jack22 1 week ago
@1Jack22 Usually never in a cash game. But here he gets to keep all the winnings above $100 000 and he was up to ~$240k. And since it's potlimit preflop he can't go allin, and even if he could that'd be a really stupid decision. I don't think you'd gamble life changing money for ~80% chance of doubble it up or lose all.
wsmpify 1 week ago
@wsmpify
OK, in this case you can fold.
1Jack22 1 week ago
@wsmpify I know a little something about poker. Enlighten me, when should you fold aces preflop?
shinom0ri 1 week ago
@shinom0ri you dont.
ajdoyen1 1 week ago
@ajdoyen1 Actually there are scenarios where you should fold aces, but it is extreeeemly rare. In a cash game they never occur, only in tournament.
shinom0ri 1 week ago
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zaiivonhest 1 week ago
@shinom0ri He will definitely get outplayed post flop, and he cant get it in preflop, and even if he could he would be at best 80% ahead which mean 20% to lose an amount of money he probably never will come near in poker again, having family, job and playing small stakes. Its terribly poker but anyone, even good pokerplayer should be able to understand the fold. I wouldnt fold though ^^
zaiivonhest 1 week ago
@zaiivonhest If he thinks he will be outplayed on the flop, maybe he shouldn't even have sat down. I am probably missing some of the backstory here though. The way you are presenting it is as if he has his entirelivelyhood on the table, which is a huge mistake to begin with.
shinom0ri 1 week ago
@shinom0ri He satellite in from pokerstars and get staked 100k and get to keep all winnings above the original 100, so its like a freeroll. Because he was up to 220 (i think) he would win 120, which for him probably is a lot :).
zaiivonhest 1 week ago
@zaiivonhest So... he won a satelite into a cash game, where he keeps profit above the intial 100 k buyin which they provided him. He must have aquired the 120 k profit somehow, so why is he now so scared than? I just dont understand why he would chose to fold if he somehow have been profiting from playing.
shinom0ri 1 week ago
@shinom0ri Because its just a couple of hand left and he dont want to risk hes winnings, if he drops down to 100k he goes home with nothing. Good luck at the table tonight if ur a pokerstars player ;)
zaiivonhest 1 week ago
@zaiivonhest Still weak, and yes, since fulltilt is down I am.. Thanks
shinom0ri 1 week ago
if he raised about 6k he would have gotten the other two players off, they know he is playing tight
NauseantTube 1 week ago
why did he do that you ask? he let his emotions of having aces, the instant he smiled was a massive tell, theres no way you want to be involved in a pot when its pretty obvious what you have, so, make it look like you were going to attempt a bluff and then thought otherwise. lucky for him to fold though :p
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@Joshmanss It doesn't make any sense. "theres no way you want to be involved in a pot when its pretty obvious what you have"... are you kidding me.... You can just go all in... and even show your cards, if the rules allow.....
Folding AA is disrespectful... unless at WSOP main event bubble with three ppl all in before you...
yinan88 1 week ago
tight? WTF!! is he w8ing royal on 2 cards to call?
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BaHaMuT888 1 week ago
The guy made a stupid play and lucked out that it worked out for him. Still a retarded play.
xflynskywlkr23 2 weeks ago
bad play. he could of won the pot by pushing all in, then turning both of his whole cards over.
kawaiisaki 2 weeks ago
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GOLDSILVERDUDE 2 weeks ago
@kawaiisaki POTLIMIT Preflop.
Okkagangsters 1 week ago
I personally depise aces and fold them most of the time, Throwing your self concious on aces is a terrible idea, this happens too often.
hemptime123 2 weeks ago
@hemptime123 good job. you must be a world class player then
wirednotice 2 weeks ago
@wirednotice I play on jokerstars.
hemptime123 1 week ago
@hemptime123 as do i
wirednotice 1 day ago
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IS THIS FOR REAL OR ITS JUST ANOTHER FAKE VIDEO?
trixakias 2 weeks ago
IS THIS FOR REAL OR ITS JUST ANOTHER FAKE VIDEO?
trixakias 2 weeks ago
@trixakias impossible its a fake video. this tournament did happen and those are famous poker professionals. I dont know why he did it though, my assumption is that he is just waiting for other players to be eliminated so he can claim a bigger prize, instead of risking being eliminated right there, i suppose hes already in the money.
Optimista1234 2 weeks ago
@Optimista1234 He was staked 100k and got to keep any winnings. He was up to 248k (148k to keep) and that was like 3-3,5 years salary or something. Therefore he folded.
Okkagangsters 1 week ago
I got so goddamn hard from this. I came
Shadowboost 2 weeks ago
It only makes sense to fold because of the hand limit. With 40 hands to go, he wanted to book a win.
illitterati 2 weeks ago
OMG!
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hes playing on no bankroll otehr than what he has in front of him which is more than maybe 4 years of his teaching wage......i cant fault the fold. hes ment to be the loose cannon ...true..but he has 'enough' money to buy his house outright and to live alittle easier, i respect the laydown in some ways, he left nothing to chance
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TheGonzaPoker 2 weeks ago
if he would have limped (which would still be wrong) he would have lost. but if he played them right, laak most likely would'nt even seen a flop with mercier behind him. just shove if you don't wanna play em. that simple
steveistheman84 2 weeks ago
@steveistheman84 I think it was pot limit pre flop so Laak and mercier probably would have called and he would have lost a shitload...I'm not defending his play but there are worse things in poker than making a conscious decision to leave the table a winner
MrOriginalstevo 2 weeks ago
Regardless of what you think of the fold, it doesn't make much sense to bother looking at your hand if you intend to fold when you have AA
ASchiavo611 2 weeks ago
They say that theres a one in a million shot that your winning hand might get busted. You have to think of how many times Pocket Aces get cracked post flop by a small trips. And even if you bet it 3x the big blind, theres always gonna be a donkey out there with the death grip on a small pair or somebody calling you with garbage and hit two pair or maybe a set. If he would have shoved in, they would have let those hands go.
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he folded because he tought his reaction had given his hand away alrdy..
YoNiQe 2 weeks ago
he folded because he tought his reaction had given his hand away alrdy..
YoNiQe 2 weeks ago
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ?????
nikoskom 2 weeks ago
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orfigo 2 weeks ago
IT wasnt that great of a fold. Phill Laak is a tight player a raise combined with Mercier still behind him to act.. i bet 100 percent Laak would have folded 66's before the flop..
ILMADIC1 2 weeks ago
@ILMADIC1 I disagree; Laak would likely have called any raise that wasn't an all-in preflop.
JDLupus 6 days ago
fucking retard.
AirBahg 2 weeks ago
@AirBahg You may call him a retard for folding pocket Aces on pre-flop, but that decision had saved him from losing a lot and probably everything going against quad 6s.
Some higher power must've spoken to him to throw the tempting hand.
Str4t0sPh3rE 2 weeks ago
@Str4t0sPh3rE No, no matter how you twist it, it was a retarted move
robin291292 2 weeks ago
if you're going to fold preflop why not just shove and get everybody else to fold?
MLGiNocturnalZ 3 weeks ago
@bonecrusherarrrg its pot limit preflop you fish, he's not a poker player he's an average joe that won money, he doesnt care about whats + ev
dellcamwall 3 weeks ago
'If this happens in a movie, I would say it's unrealistic'... You said it man
Livsskriver 3 weeks ago
Guys, he folded this hand because he was 120K up or something and the cannon (The amateur that was allowed to play with the pro's) that won the most money while playing with the pro's, would win a price of 50.000 dollars and he was allowed to join the WSOP tournament, thats why he folded because he was 120K up already.
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spelatight 3 weeks ago
unfuckingberealabevableistic
bonecrusherarrrg 3 weeks ago
still a bad fold.. he could of made a big raise and got both of the small pocket pairs to fold.. FISH!!!
rhealy1985 3 weeks ago
Best fold ever.
metaldemon213 3 weeks ago
Loose cannon feels so good after that hand. He should just walk away from the table and book a vacation to Hawaii.
arana001 4 weeks ago
I wish my gf was that tight...
Volcomrider2207 1 month ago 37
@Volcomrider2207
ahahaha, touché ;)
41479259 1 month ago
@Volcomrider2207 EPIC COMMENT!
metaldemon213 3 weeks ago
@Volcomrider2207 people give some likes to this guy I want to see him on the top comment
arowerlikenoother 3 weeks ago
@Volcomrider2207 Ouch...
schwalbstar 1 week ago
if i would see this in a movie i would say its to unrealistic :D
parahund 1 month ago 2
He should have called. I understand why he did what he did, and it does sort of make sense. However, he was the small blind. He had $400 in the pot, and he was being asked to call a $2,000 bet. So he'd only have to give up $1,600 which was only 1.2% of his whole profit.
But this way he would have seen the flop. And IMO 1.2% of your pure profit is worth seeing if the flop turns up more aces. I get not betting the farm... but to not call such a small amount of money with aces in the hole?!?
Biswalt 1 month ago
@Biswalt bullshit, reraise with aces, period. You dont want 2 people see the flop.
Cyviel 1 month ago
@Biswalt He folds because he probably knows that he is gonna bet alot on the flop and turn and maybe river and has bad experience losing alot of money by that AA, don't forget it's only a Pair, maybe the best Pair but still the lowest possible combination in poker. He just protects himself getting into uncomfortable situation, the chance that he hits a set on the flop and also with no draws for people to call is very small.
moonsmilelucide 4 weeks ago
@moonsmilelucide Yeah, best case scenario, he's only a 80% favorite, why should he play aces. Great fold
PiwaiGee 3 weeks ago
@PiwaiGee you mean worst case scenario you fish lol. this is ridiculous
bonecrusherarrrg 3 weeks ago
@moonsmilelucide You clearly have no idea how to play pocket aces
DonCapone313 3 weeks ago
@moonsmilelucide: Only a pair?!? Sure, but it's the highest pair of pocket cards you can have, and pre-flop odds are that A-A will win 43% of the time in a game of 6 players. So the odds of him winning the hand were actually pretty good.
Comparatively, with a 6,6 Laak had the second best hand and he only had a 20% chance of winning pre-flop. I understand him not wanting to lose all his cash, but to not bet at all ?!? It's the wrong move mathematically.
Biswalt 3 weeks ago
@moonsmilelucide he could have shoved all in and won a small pot or got a huge amount of money in as a big favorite... your a fish :) thanks for donating the the community :)
bonecrusherarrrg 3 weeks ago
It's punk Gordon Freeman
nioor 1 month ago
2:18 ... is he asian? :D
Fob616 1 month ago
Amazing discipline.He would even refuse to fuck Angelina Jolie if he had the chance to,
just because he's married
Bromoteknada 1 month ago 4
that's the greatest fold that should have never happened in the history of poker
unpoeta0 1 month ago 55
LOL I CANT BELIEVE IT VINCE good mike sexton impression
wangtangkiki 1 month ago 3
I actually respect his fold. Even though you don't fold there because a raise is profitable over the long haul. But realistically, how many times will he be in this situation? The fact is that he will most likely not be in this situation any time soon, and if he is unlucky (which he would have been in this hand) the variance would have cost him greatly.
He secured his winnings with being risk averse, even though odds were in his favor. That is smart. He could go back to 400NL and make a killing
MatteNoob 1 month ago
@MatteNoob he aint a poker play. hes just a random guy that had the chance to play with the pros
eusobr33 1 month ago
the fold is dumb but in his shoes fair play to him the guy had already got won alot of money so well done mate. and anyways if he hit an A on turn or river then he woulda gone home with nothing
amenKilla 1 month ago
omg he was a big winner and he was about to win a 50K passport, so he wanted to make sure he'll win it. And he couldn't make a very big raise because it's pot limit before the flop.
freees47 1 month ago 2
horrible fold. if hes terrified go all in and he takes the pot down. nobody calls there with anything. you cannot justify ever folding aa. damn
diehlhometheater 1 month ago
lol he only had to call 2000 to see the flop and people say good fold.
hidepuller2008 1 month ago
@hidepuller2008 it was a good fold -_- fag
MrThekilla882 1 month ago
@MrThekilla882 you obviously don't play poker. you should stick to things you're good at, like sucking cock homo.
hidepuller2008 1 month ago
@hidepuller2008 lol youre trying to tell me you play poker?? HAHAHAHAHA wow i find that extremely funny plus youre retarded so yeah HAHAHA be original kid
MrThekilla882 1 month ago
@MrThekilla882 dont talk with your mouth full faggot. folding aces preflop is a good play. lol you are moron of the month.
hidepuller2008 1 month ago
@hidepuller2008 haha i love how youre talking out of youre ass clearly you dont know anything haha youre a waste of time
MrThekilla882 1 month ago
but take into consideration his opponents were not just jason mercier who just decides to make money all the time. but Phil Laak. if Laak raises pre flop, he'll call any raise. it's Phil Laak. he's crazy. and with that flop, laak woulda either doubled or taken all of that am's stack.
i was startled when he folded, but it's a lucky lucky move.
weeman00130 1 month ago
wtfffffff! :wwwwwwo
Ajonathan3111 1 month ago
its just a nice dealer read :D
ViehMARC 1 month ago
that is one of the most amazing hands ive ever seen
reveller2008 1 month ago
To troll for trips you should have at least 10 to 1 implied odds. To call with 6 to 1 implied odds is unprofitable long term. I think the pros fold there. The big raise has the advantage that maybe Laak folds and the other guy calls....but as the loose cannon who does not want to risk the 100,000 payday he either has to raise BIG or fold.
McDing5156 1 month ago
no reason to fold pocket rockets pre-flop, ever no matter what the situation.
bj07bran7 1 month ago
Next time to the casino I am wearing a dyed red mohawk and a fake cast
SD1Chargers 1 month ago
For anyone who thinks it is skillful to fold AA, based on the fact that quads were flopped... nevermind. What's the point in trying to explain?
Lackeos 1 month ago 2
Wow that was an awesome fold and an awesome flop for Laak.
therightstuff90731 1 month ago
Brilliant play by the loose canon. He had a bad feeling about his Aces and went on his gut. Listening to his intuition. That's awesome. Fuck you if don't agree you worthless fools.
blaynestaleypro 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro shutup u sad muppet
ruarihennessy1 1 month ago
@ruarihennessy1 I'll bust you a thousand times until you beg me to let you suck my dick to get your money back you donkey's asshole. You are the muppet. More than you know. Watch TV and eat your fastfood. Sheep.
blaynestaleypro 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro Lol.
JPearson1987 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro
Are you joking? If you're the sort of person who gets 'feelings' about cards then you are a bad poker player, just like if you have any 'favourite hand' that isn't AA. It barely needs to be stated that pocket aces are always pocket aces and should never be folded pre-flop by a serious player. Obviously, considering that he was just folding every hand for the last 50, to go away with 100k+ profit, the move was understandable.
ourhandsaretied 1 month ago
@ourhandsaretied I'm just saying he probably had a bad feeling about playing AA, that's all. Why the hell else would he fold AA? Noone does that. This play is proof that intuition means something. But you peons are too stupid to ever know the objective truth behind the reality in which you exist.
blaynestaleypro 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro
you don't get bad feelings that are anything other than coincidence, there's no such thing as psychics. He didn't know the flop would be bad.
ourhandsaretied 1 month ago
@ourhandsaretied You're wrong. Maybe he didn't know. But he just had a bad feeling about it. Why the hell else would he fold AA? It's insane to fold AA. Who the hell does that.. unless he had a bad feeling about it. Do you morons finally get it?
blaynestaleypro 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro
Calling people morons just makes you sound like even more of an idiot. I repeat- there are NO SUCH THING as psychics, and NO SUCH THING as bad feelings that are accurate by anything other than coincidence. It is NEVER correct play to fold AA pre-flop; post-flop, on a really dangerous board, with someone betting really aggressively, then yes, but never pre-flop. You are an atrocious poker player and a pretty stupid person.
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@blaynestaleypro
Calling people morons just makes you sound like even more of an idiot. I repeat- there are NO SUCH THING as psychics, and NO SUCH THING as bad feelings that are accurate by anything other than coincidence. It is NEVER correct play to fold AA pre-flop; post-flop, on a really dangerous board, with someone betting really aggressively, then yes, but never pre-flop. You are an atrocious poker player and a pretty stupid person.
ourhandsaretied 1 month ago
@blaynestaleypro Terrible play. Assuming that everyone's stack was about 100,000 he should raise to 16,000. That denies lower pairs less than the proper implied odds to call and AK is crushed. Given that his opponents know he is playing "I am folding everything but AA"... They will fold.
McDing5156 1 month ago
@McDing5156 Actually, I do agree with you. The loose canon could have raised big time but is that really a smart play? Look, you don't really want others to fold preflop with AAs. You want to try to get as much money. Maybe Laak would have called a raise with 44. who the fuck knows. Look, the loose canon had a bad feeling about it and it turned out he was right. Cant' deny that.
blaynestaleypro 1 month ago
1:08 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? ;)
Pickedilly 1 month ago
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AIRIk24 1 month ago
he's a fucking witch, predicted the future!!!
EziixPked 1 month ago
I thought the guy with the mohawk was Jared Leto in the thumbnail. Thats why i clicked the video...
MultiBeatlesROCK 1 month ago
good fold lol
survivalisme88 1 month ago
He only plays pocket quads.
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How2dolife 1 month ago
I could barely recognize Laak without a hoodie on.
TheGreyDaisy 1 month ago
he could have gone all in and earned 5200
februarystars1976 1 month ago
@februarystars1976 Nope, pot limit preflop.
Nemesis000000 1 month ago
if he plays then they all know he had a monster? dude had no choice, good play.
ajbbig14 1 month ago
@ajbbig14 YOUR RIGHT! NOONE HAS EVER PLAYED AA BEFORE
eusobr33 1 month ago
@eusobr33 you clearly have no idea what i said or what happened. he told everyone that he was going to fold every single hand. if he randomly decides to play one then they all know that he has a monster.
ajbbig14 1 month ago
@ajbbig14 Even so, he could still pick up the blinds, wouldn't he? Just because everyone knows what he has is no reason to throw away the best hand preflop. He could turn over the cards and play them face up if he wanted.
holdemehha 1 month ago
@holdemehha it's pot limit pre-flop. there is no way that he could have just pushed everyone out. laak would have called and still hit his quads and the loose cannon would have lost more chips then he did/wanted to.
ajbbig14 1 month ago
@holdemehha exacly
UberVersatile 1 month ago
ahaha poker history teacher
Moeisame 1 month ago
DMNDS: DON'T MAKE NO DAMN SENSE!
Silver104 1 month ago
100% the correct play, no question
Nemesis000000 1 month ago
@Nemesis000000 aces preflop r the best hand ever! correct fold preflop aces? NOO!
sherocoul 1 month ago
@sherocoul In this situation it was correct. It's -EV for sure, but that's not relevant in this situation. Do you know what the situation was?
Nemesis000000 1 month ago
@Nemesis000000 the situation r off with AA... A A PREFLOP R ThE BEST HAND EVER! PREFLOP I SAY!... the situation with AA...preflop ever u r the winnner! never folds that r a bad moviment
sherocoul 1 month ago
@sherocoul So no, you don't know the situation. Yes, AA is the best hand, but it was right to fold in this situation.
Nemesis000000 1 month ago
@Nemesis000000 because he would have lost. If he would have won then it would have been wrong?
GregBlucherMusic 1 month ago
@GregBlucherMusic It was right to fold without knowing the flop, given the rules of the game, how much he had won and how much it would change his life.
Nemesis000000 1 month ago
@GregBlucherMusic
poker is not a results business in the short term; the right call is still the right call even if it would end up losing this time
ourhandsaretied 1 month ago
@ourhandsaretied Your statement is so dumb it's beyond belief, you're already up 150k against some of the world best player and with a pot limit structure pre flop none of the pros are gonna fold pocket pairs pre flop no matter what it is, both Jason and Phil would've called with deuces there to try to flop a set against him.
It was the right move for him being that much ahead, good for him he showed what all the poker players in the world need to be successful discipline.
G00DFELLAZ 2 weeks ago
DAMN talk about AWESOME FOLD
For his discipline he deserved to avoid that landmine
davidshultz2007 1 month ago 16
cool
EPKIYIOOPP 1 month ago
For all of you calling this guy an idiot, this format is pot limit pre flop. He didn't want to see the flop and run the risk of being outplayed/outflopped post flop. If I was up $140,000 with 40 hands to go, I'd want to keep it too.
jeopardyboy 1 month ago
ban him from poker,
fattah52 1 month ago
Holly shit... that guy had amazing future vision.
soadpwnsyou 1 month ago
why didnt he just raise all in....
DelCristo41 1 month ago
@DelCristo41 its pot limit preflop
Nemesis000000 1 month ago