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Today we have an interesting hand from The Lodge where Doug Polk makes a huge all-in river bet in a high stakes live cash game!
Texas poker is WILD and this hand is no different! Constant straddles, 3-bets, huge bluffs, and massive pots make these games extremely exciting… and profitable for great players like Doug Polk! When the straddle reaches $100 in this $5/$10 live cash game, Polk gets into a high stakes battle with Poker Traveler in a pot that is over $35,000!?
In this video I take a look at the poker strategy you should apply in straddled pots in live cash games and cover the fundamentals for bet sizings on both your bluffs and value hands!
Thank you to The Lodge for letting me use their footage! Check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/TheLodgeLive
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What would YOU do with 8♥ 8♣ on the flop?
Your Stack (BB): $14,400
Their Stacks (UTG & UTG+3): $30,400 & $2,200
Pot: $2,000
Board: Q♠ 7♣ 5♦
You check, UTG bets $550, UTG+3 calls
A) Fold
B) Call
C) Raise to $1,100
D) Raise to $2,600
I'd fold the pocket 8s
lol love ya bro can not call even with pocket aces doug gave away his strength when he ask what he had left i think
I fold this all day but for the wrong reasons. Thanks for the education JL!
I’m a very player dependent decision maker. Here, with no information, what am I hoping for if I stick around, an 8, maybe Doug’s gonna shut down if I call???
You said Doug’s been playing tight…I’m folding here.
Poker Traveler should be cbetting here with only one over. Saying Doug has alot of queen's is rediculous. He has a lot of everything as evidenced by holding 75. If 2 people called or raised me I'd be fine w the hand but you should bet for protection w likely the best hand. You do make a good point on 88 blocking the straight draws.
Call. I have this bad habit of giving my money away by wanting to see if I hit my set on the turn.
Haven't read the comments, but folding 88 on flop at that price is ridiculous. The flop analysis didn't consider all the one pair hands we are beating, only mentioned bluffs
One additional thought too, is Doug is betting into two players on the flop and turn. Which makes it more difficult to run a bluff.
oh yeah raise for sure jonathan…. no im not a loveing guy. Call or fold but lean towards call, sadly doug will usually just have a queen or better with maybe some high equity bluffs here a lot but mdf will probably tell you to call.