Live Poker Match!: The Besties Vs. Phil Hellmuth, Alan Keating, and Jason Koon
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All right everybody, welcome to the
first ever recorded all-in bestie
invitational tournament here at the
Venetian. We have three of the four
besties here and then we have two of the
greatest poker players in the world and
Phil Helmute joining us [laughter]
Jason Boon Alan Keing. It's going to be
an amazing show. The overunder is 7
minutes until I tilt Phil. So if you
have under seven minutes over seven
minutes we'll see.
>> Set up the market.
>> Set up the poly market now
>> Jeff. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
>> Oh,
>> hello.
>> So, Jason gets the advantage and
doesn't need.
>> Yes. [laughter]
>> Are you going to comment the whole time?
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> No, I'm just going to take your money
table.
>> We We've played on TV several times now.
Remember Hustler, Poker Go? We've done
quite a few different shows.
>> Yeah.
>> Poker. Glad you weren't soul reading me
then.
>> Oh,
>> I ran over that game.
Oh yeah, you killed me that game.
>> Split the cards.
>> Murdered.
>> Killed you.
>> Murdered you.
>> Also joining us today, Jason One
of the greatest cash game players of all
time. Probably the greatest cash game
player right now. Uh you've won 3040
million in cash.
>> 60.
>> 60 now.
>> 70.
>> 70 now. Uh okay. [laughter]
>> $70 million.
>> All right. And what did that idiot make
it?
>> 3,000 to go.
>> Okay.
>> Whose count?
>> Call 3,000.
>> Oh my.
>> All right. Here we go. I'm getting
pulled into the deep end already with
Alan Keing.
>> Oh, no. This is the deep end. Is
>> this the D? I got to look at my cards
here. Jamal, help me out here. How do
you play that
>> against Keing?
>> I'm pretty sure I'm playing this hand
right.
>> I'm sure you are. [laughter]
>> Okay.
Same.
>> That's 3,000.
>> Oh, this is a big table.
>> You're so far away.
>> It is big.
>> Like, I have to text you to talk to you.
>> Hey, Kitty. [laughter]
>> This is This is This is maybe the
biggest table I've ever filmed, though.
It's a pretty great play on.
>> It's sweet.
>> Looks cool.
>> I have filming at the same table on
Saturday.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, you could play 14handed on it if
you wanted to.
>> Yeah.
>> Sorry, this is this is going quick.
>> Are you guys going to come to the
Formula One uh thing that we got set up?
>> Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
>> Yeah,
>> I have an ace.
>> No good.
>> Yeah,
>> I have two.
>> Whoa.
>> Wow. I had an ace, too. I told you it
wasn't defense. Wasn't
>> what a way to start the game.
>> Wasn't defense.
>> You didn't even need to read.
>> No read.
>> I dust. A7.
>> Yeah.
>> I think we're going to get one hand uh
round.
>> To the people that to the people at home
that watch that hand. I think they're
like, "Wait, wait, wait. Jason lost too
much." No, he didn't. It's Alan Keing.
>> I know.
>> Alan. [laughter] How does he show up
with How does he show up with aces?
>> Oh, okay. Uh, you could have shipped
there.
>> How that would have the river was the
worst card.
>> Don't Don't worry. I considered it
absolute worst card.
>> I was actually You block a bunch of ace
kings.
>> I I don't know if I texted you. Uh, last
week I gave a poker lesson to a couple
uh generals, Air Force generals,
>> uh, and one guy, one fell that's going
to work at NASA. Um, and we were
talking. There was a there was a lady
there named Blair Bigalow who um
>> who owns a aerospace company and she had
never played poker before and she
started playing and it reminded me of
this speech that Jenny just gave at the
summit
>> where and and Blair is actually
>> more used to risk than most women. Um,
but she was talking about how it's just
so useful for it's like poker is a great
tool for women to just get in and get
the feel of doing risky things.
>> You know, it's something men have been
doing since we were little boys a lot
more than girls.
>> And to save Jason, this is Jenny just
words about the risk.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I'm not saying women are
scaredy-cats, but I I did think that
that was
>> what happened.
>> Did another man bite it?
>> Can I Can [laughter] a man have a cold
sore? Dude, I filmed six days last week
out of seven. I'm tired.
>> He's pushing himself to
>> lucky I showed up.
>> Can we get a zoom in on Phil's
>> makeup on Phil Helm's upper lip? We need
her herpes simplex 2 on aisle four.
>> You know what? I'm pissed off. WE GOT OH
MY GOD, HE GOT TILTED ALREADY. UNDER
SEVEN MINUTES. NICELY DONE.
>> I I'm here sitting next to to Jason and
they say, "Jason, would you like
makeup?" Look at this guy. Does he look
like I mean he's so handsome for makeup
to the like
>> an American superhero like he's an
American superhero like a like let me
tell you something
>> for a bisexual man you are above average
is absolutely
>> I'm pansexual Jacob
>> I mean sure I mean it makes total sense
you can't be that good-looking and just
be heads go up the blinds go up
[laughter]
>> bro it was the weirdest thing for years
uh like the third most popular Google
search of me is is Jason gay and I
was What is going on here?
>> I have kids. I don't I don't understand.
>> You're wellgroomed. You take care of
your body.
>> Don't let a brother get hungry.
>> And you're thoughtful and kind.
Everything that straight men [laughter]
aren't.
>> Yeah.
>> You're thoughtful, kind, well-groomed.
Well,
>> thank you.
>> And you're fit. Everything that
heterosexual men aren't.
>> Yeah. [laughter]
>> Guess so. I
>> careful. I limp.
>> Yes, madam.
>> Be careful, kid. I limp.
Man, it's uh
>> if it was aces, you wouldn't tell me.
[laughter]
You just do it.
>> Good.
>> Said it's pocket sevens and you want in
for free.
>> Let him live, my lady.
>> Here at the Venetian Resort in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
>> Yes.
>> A little bonus supplemental content.
>> The uh the suits they built are
incredible.
>> They gave us some sweets to stay and
they're awesome.
>> They're sweet. whole place is redone.
>> Amazing. Amazing. Really beautiful.
>> Beautiful.
>> 11 pocket seven.
>> Helmouth comes in with a weak 1100.
>> Alan Keading says, "I have 10 high." Uh
>> oh. We got one more here. Sorry. Sorry.
Helmouth. Uh can you tell us when Oh,
you're in the middle of a hand. I'll let
you finish then. I'll talk to you about
your clothes. [laughter]
>> What you mean? I wear the same thing
every day. I thought we covered that.
>> Wow.
>> This is this where loses it all.
>> I have a lot of sponsors.
>> Adidas. Is Adidas one of your sponsors?
>> I I respect it, man. Before I had any
money. I own so many expensive clothes
and Homie's the opposite. He's got all
the money and wears the same outfit.
[laughter]
>> How do you think he has all the money?
>> Listen, these guys, they really did for
my 60th birthday. I had to admit I'm
that old. They gave me clothes that fit
from wall to wall. They gave me
>> We spent money on it. I know.
>> And then JC took you down to some
boutique and bought you some special
outfit. Remember that? We walk down to
some boutique in the
>> good no Gucci
>> ace king suited the
>> generously
>> pulls out his card buys you a whole
outfit on top of on top of the wardrobe
>> he did
>> no the very best but in fairness detail
of this
>> but you have to understand why I got
them that tracksuit what I did was we
were at a poker game and this website
like GoFundMe had come out whatever
number of years ago and I was like oh
that's an interesting idea GoFundMe
>> got 612
[cheering]
>> in This hand
>> in this hand or the neck
>> I was like 612 that's pretty violent.
>> 612 is violent.
>> Yes.
>> J I think the best best part of this is
that it was not his birthday and there
we sang him happy birthday. His birthday
is a month later and there was a guest
there who it was his actual birthday
watching us [laughter] celebrate your
not birthday. That's true.
>> That is the true sign of a hijack
somebody. What do you say to your sons
before you give them $60,000 worth of
clothes? Are you like, "My buddy bought
me a new wardrobe and I don't want it
and this is for you."
>> He said, "My buddies bought all these
clothes for me. Stupid idiots."
[laughter]
>> Hold up. You guys spent 60k buying
clothes.
>> Hey, when are you going to spend 60
buying me clothes?
>> Yeah.
>> So, this shirt is one of the shirts you
guys bought for me.
>> Very nice. Okay.
>> It looks like you kept some of it.
>> It's all Saints. I mean, I do wear some
of it.
>> What happened to the bra we bought?
>> I actually paid to wear logos.
[laughter] That's That's like,
>> you know, get him. Get him. Help me. Get
him.
>> I do. I get paid to wear logos. How
much? 25.
>> He gets paid to wear logos. [laughter]
>> There is no group without you, Jake.
There just isn't.
>> You do miss Jason in the home game.
Everything's so
>> J's the one who churns the butter.
>> True.
Someone's got to churn the butter.
>> There's people milking the cow. We're at
the home game, but Jal turns the butter.
>> No, no. I swear to God, I'm at the home
game and I see this GoFundMe page. like,
"Hey, invest in our company, whatever."
I was like, "I don't know. Crowdfunding,
whatever."
>> So, I'm like, I'm trying it out. I'm
like, "What should I do?" And I'm like,
"Well, Phil Helmouth is wearing um a
tracksuit that literally has tears in
it. It's so old. It's like fraying."
>> Yes.
>> So, I just put up a um
help fund a new tracksuit for Phil H. I
took a picture of his fraying, you know,
classic Adidas tracksuit. And instantly
$2,000 comes in from the poker
community.
>> Wow. 50 different people are like
absolutely that tracksuit smells.
>> That is something that benefits all of
us is to put him in a new trackuit.
>> Wow. Funny.
>> 10 six.
>> How much?
>> Two.
>> What do you have though?
>> Wow.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> I could have lost a lot more. I was
never folding.
>> Oh, he had the eight.
>> Never folded.
>> You like that check on the flop? WHO
GETS IT ALL THE TIME?
>> 10.
>> OH, BOY. As I like to say in the home
game, I don't mind losing to Chimoth,
boys. How about that?
>> Nobody checks the flop on that flop if
you have the button. Except yours truly.
>> Chimath, take us behind your brilliant
play.
>> Well, [laughter]
you
>> It's a new segment on poker.
>> Here, I I I will tell you because I
don't I don't really care that much to
to hold it back, but
>> they say that should be in the middle.
>> Phil will never play a three street
hand. So you have to reduce you have to
figure out the mechanics that gets him
most of the chips in in a two street
hand.
>> Oh wow.
>> So
>> he'll never he'll never just you can
look at any hand.
>> It's totally totally uh press and so you
check. Now you reduce it to a two street
hand. You min bet the turn. Sometimes
he'll pop you.
>> Wow.
>> I almost popped.
>> So if I'm bluffing three streets if I'm
not two.
>> No. No. Helm has this very specific
thing where he just he just will not
play three street hands.
>> Right. Right.
>> There's a lot of does.
>> I've noticed that. No.
>> Yeah. Keeps it small. He likes to keep
it small.
>> Unlike
>> King made it too.
>> Oh, Keing made it to two. Sorry, I was
going to raise.
>> It's the home game. You're allowed to
raise if you want your mouth.
>> It's okay. Just going to be respectful.
>> I think fundamentally there's two two
types. One person looks for reasons to
fold and one person looks for reasons to
call. Right.
>> You and I are opposites on that.
>> I'm definitely the person who looks for
reasons to call. For sure. Uh-huh.
>> You don't say. I concede. [laughter]
>> These are kind of like the old school
font playing cards. I like it.
>> 17.
This feels This feels stealable, but
running the game.
>> Button move.
>> Phil Helm is the button. Phil,
>> I'm gonna say this.
>> All right,
>> let me say this.
>> Two hands a level.
>> You brought up uh you brought up uh you
brought up Jenny Just who spoke at the
who's amazing. Like she's uh
>> Can somebody bring you my cold brew from
>> She started poker. She started I want to
get this right. She started poker power.
>> Poker power.
>> She's educated 400,000 women on how to
play poker. She goes, they go all over
the country.
>> Pretty legendary.
>> Yeah. And then they have like a thousand
women show up.
>> We have her at every all-in.
>> She's amazing.
>> Yeah. She does it at every all-in
summit, right, Freeberg?
>> Not every.
>> I was really excited. I was like, you
know, this ladyy's so into poker like
nobody knows who I am but somebody that
into poker may and she's awesome. So I
walked up to her and she was just like,
who are you? [laughter] Like I mean
>> nice and humbling.
>> I was like nothing matters.
>> Oh, three birds in a hand.
>> I love to tease her husband. her
husband, Jenny just husband because her
husband's like she is the Michael Jordan
of trading.
>> Of trading.
>> Of trading. Yeah. Yeah.
>> That's a big big praise.
>> Yeah.
>> I mean, like it's hold up.
>> No one even knew. No, I guess you guys
will laugh at me cuz I'm going to drop
billionaire.
>> Seven.
>> I'm going to drop billionaire. No one
knew she was a billionaire.
>> 54. Five.
>> One high one though. Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> One high one though.
>> Jack Deuce. I love it. She stayed in the
Jenny just stayed in the like like no
one knew.
>> And then she had they had to post. Yeah.
And then they're like
>> ro row.
>> I think you guys' pod has done a great
job grind the game too. I wonder how
many people
>> are playing poker now just because of
the pod. M it's got to be
>> playing because of the pot.
>> Yeah, I think it's got to at least be
several thousand that were just like
>> there's poker groups that are popping up
in the in the bay because
>> Oh, man. Several thousand what they
started, I think. Yeah.
>> A way underestimation.
>> Yeah, that's at least a couple hundred
thousand people have come in because of
these guys.
>> Yeah, it's amazing, man.
>> Okay, I'll go all in.
>> Hold up.
>> Yikes.
>> Reedberg's
always dangerous. always dangerous.
You're like the the quiet killer at the
poker table.
>> Wow.
>> Every time
>> I needed a club. I had the ace of clubs
blocker.
>> It's like a perfect fluff card for me.
>> I don't think I've ever seen Dave have a
losing session ever.
>> I've had losing. I'm down to
>> Oh, yeah. I know. I've never I've never
seen it. No, he didn't lose any other
year. And then this is the first year.
>> This is the first year I'm losing.
You're right. Yeah.
>> Yeah. And I don't know why.
>> Play once.
>> I didn't play a lot.
>> He's played like seven six times with
us. He he's been a little bit like he's
used to sitting down and having the deck
smash him. He doesn't know what to do
when doesn't have any hands.
>> I noticed that.
>> He works his bicep.
>> I really enjoyed that one tournament. I
played that I played that $10,000 World
Series tournament.
>> I've never heard that one. [laughter]
>> Um what was that? We all played the
World Series 10,000 buying.
>> Oh yeah, that turbo.
>> The turbo. That was super fun, man.
>> 61212.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. You guys came in for that. the the
10,000
>> that honestly I enjoy that.
if we launch allin tournament
series as our adviser, our top adviser
and then heating as our second most
important adviser, what would you guys
advise us to do with our
>> say there's no amount
>> I'd say
>> we need professional sky youth for any
amount he wants basically.
>> He's the biggest influencer in the game.
That's all. No, no, but we we need
advice from tournament experts like
>> look everybody one thing that I would
say is tournaments right now in my
opinion it's like they're they're
hurting hurting cattle into a like at a
farm. In my opinion like players are
kind of treated like you guys will do
whatever we want you to do because we
know you will. So they just kind of
treat the mainstream player pretty bad
in tournament stops. So I think like
starting earlier, having a nice lunch
break, letting them go home at a recent
at a decent time like rather than just
like
>> that would go that would get me to play
a couple.
>> Yeah. This is why you like Triton. Is
Triton different?
>> Triton plays late, but they give you a
super ultra like VIP experience.
>> Uh I still wish that they would shut
things down earlier, but those guys
don't really
>> work like that. They just play all day
every day and the end of the day you
have to cater to what they want. But
like
uh
>> oh
>> what do we got? Beautiful
>> 82
>> 82 that JCO J
tomorrow Gil Labbert is hosting the one
drop at noon by
>> Yeah you were telling us that
>> I had a really good
>> it's going to be a fast
>> Oh my god I was dead.
>> I would play that.
Oh,
>> no. [snorts] 90% you can donate. Like
I'll if I win, I'm going to obviously
donate
>> probably all of it. At least half.
Donate to
>> How much is the buy in?
>> $5,000 buying. Great
>> at noon. And they're going to they're
going to end it quickly. We need to do a
good group of people.
>> But you're doing live.
>> We want to do the most elite poker
tournament ever with the highest end. So
would poker players
>> 816.
>> Yes.
>> 816.
>> Would Let me ask you one question
though. Um, would poker players be
willing to pay to play in a tournament,
to play in an elite kind of environment?
>> I Yes, I think absolutely. I think
>> even professional poker players, they
lean towards good experiences. They go
to venues that make them happy when they
wake up and grab breakfast or take a
walk outside. Like a few of the stops
that you play internationally, they feel
like poker prison. It's like the only
thing that exists is a poker. You just
get depressed. Like, why am I here? I
don't want to be here. So, I think have
it at a great venue where there's stuff
for people to do outside of poker. Have
reasonable hours for the tournament.
Make it more experience-based than just
poker. Like, so people are actually
enjoying themselves.
>> And the thing is, if you want it DJ,
>> bestie hand,
>> if you want it DJ, like there's a
casino. Like, you can bag your chips up
and go DJ. Like, if you want more time
to gamble, like you can do that.
>> I would say that these guys and us, we
all like two-day tournaments. Like,
let's get the final table on day two. I
mean, that's just that's
>> every Triton tournament is a two-day
tournament,
>> right? Even King might be able.
>> My biggest issue with tournaments is
there's too much skill involved. I'd
like to figure out a way where it's more
luck, you know.
>> Well, Triton's fast schedules or fast
structures really
give me three cards. I don't know.
>> Have you seen how many randoms went
tournament skating?
>> Yeah.
>> Faster structures they they [laughter]
you know
>> four three.
>> Yeah. offsuit jack like a
ding-dong ships it with the offsuit jack
which is the right thing to do.
>> There's a lot of luck involved in
tournaments and
>> I'm only playing the players.
>> I'm really just being silly.
>> I could have had that ace, bro. What
else would I have done on the button?
>> I had four five. I was about to raise. I
was about to three bet. You would have
isolated.
>> I had a king. Actually, if you bet
small, you would have wrote me into that
hand. I wanted to take it down early cuz
all I'm playing for is second place
right now. I know one of these idiots
pros is going to win first. All I have
to do is
>> just get lucky and double my money.
>> It would be impossible for me to win a
30-minute tournament. Jason,
>> what is this?
>> Talking about having a chance.
>> Yeah.
>> I just need to get lucky.
>> I think the blinds have to go up next
hand cuz
>> correct. Yeah, there's no way this is
going to finish if we
>> By the way, good food when people are
playing like an actual offering that
isn't discussing.
>> I think
>> Play your hand.
>> What's the blind schedule? It's like
>> 32. Um,
>> we'll go 1.
>> Maybe we go two, four.
>> Oh, can we play a bomb pot?
>> This This isn't fast enough for you.
>> Well, I'm just wondering about
>> playing three hands a level.
>> Why don't we add a bomb pod to this?
[laughter]
>> I'm not even kidding.
>> One level was two hands.
>> Why don't we play bomb pot? What time
are we supposed to go on stage?
>> Can we rotate a bomb pod? I check.
>> Is it 1:30?
>> Oh What happened? Is it just me
and Helmu?
>> Me and Helmu?
>> Yes. Catch up.
I think we just make it a $1,000 bump
for the rest of the way.
>> We could also just like play until
>> No, you guys have to leave and then we
just all in dark and see who wins. I
mean,
>> this is frustrating. I have a pair
>> 6K. He would bet 4K if you
>> If you could give us a longer speech
before you fold, that would be great.
Thanks. [laughter]
I took 11 seconds.
>> Literally four 4 second levels. This
guy's taking a 30 minutes.
>> He's like, "Guys, you're not going to
believe this, but I I got a piece of the
flop."
>> What are we at? 4,08.
>> Let me make it about me.
>> They call that funeral for your cards,
right?
>> Yeah. He's literally giving a eulogy for
his body.
>> I mean, I took 11 seconds.
>> We have 38 minutes. Everybody like
>> I took 11 seconds to idiots. They really
want to find a way to make
>> Can you guys put a crafts table in the
corner?
>> Yeah. while we're playing.
>> I actually am a big fan of that.
>> I have a Wouldn't that be great?
>> A cold brew out there. Would you mind
asking to bring my cold brew in?
>> We had fun playing Bakarat
>> on the table from Starbucks right there.
>> Bakarat is more my speed.
>> You and me and we had uh we had some of
our
>> regulars.
I've never played Bakarat. I'd like to
do that. The shrimp.
>> Thank you.
>> Oh, you're too kind.
>> I'm just go with the cold brew. Thank
you so much.
>> Do you want half of it? I'll take I'll
Yeah, I
>> just put it on my laptop. It's fine. Do
me a favor. Would you um split this in
half and then I'm going to split it with
because he loves Co.
>> Go for it. Should be a hero.
>> Thank you.
>> I have you beat.
>> Just uh pour this half into another cup.
I'm going to split it with Guy,
too. [laughter]
>> I would have called you too for the
kids.
>> Oh, is what Freeberg chickening out and
trying to sit out a couple of rounds to
try to eek out second place?
>> That's typical. Yeah.
>> So, are we going to talk about Alan
Keating almost beating up the guy last
night?
>> Hold up. What? You almost beat somebody
up last night
>> in carbone.
>> No way.
>> He smacked his hand on the table and
said enough.
>> The all the plates on the table did the
little like one inch
>> and the guy
>> come on.
>> Like started shaking and apologized to
him.
>> What happened? Cut it out. We're not
talking.
>> He apologized to him.
>> Cut it out.
>> I'm not cutting it out.
>> The guy told guy got out dinner last
night.
So what's wrong with it became political
talk, you know, we we get the chicken
farm, we get the ziti, we got the lavo
and um all of a sudden then what
happens? It's on you.
>> So I show So so I was supposed to meet
you guys last night, but
>> yeah. Way to make it about you have 7
seconds to fill.
>> No, no, but I mean I'm glad I didn't
show up there.
>> By the way, if Molly Bloom's here, she
should come hang out.
Um, so
>> story Jason,
>> what happens is the guy says, "I'm an
ultra zionist."
>> No, stop. We're not having this
conversation. Do not talk about what
happened.
>> Are you censoring censoring the pot?
Okay, fine.
>> Um,
>> so the guy says, "I'm an ultra zionist."
[laughter]
>> Because
Molly,
>> I'll tell you guys, if she is, does she
want to come hang out like in the poker?
>> You have a lot of discretion, Jason.
>> And is she going to the restaurant? Look
at the cheek.
>> Okay, great.
>> Look at this board.
>> Who's in the hand?
>> I have a philosoph.
>> I'm embarrassed to say, but it didn't
cost you any more than
>> Oh,
>> Is this you?
>> There's your mine. Thank you.
>> Careful, dude. They're on the floor.
>> Thank you.
>> Keing trying to trap Chamas. Chimas
didn't fall for the little
>> I really didn't know what to do with
that hand. I really You're not used to
smashing like I'm NOT USED TO HAVING A
good hand.
>> Find my way out. Not like
I have the nuts. What am [laughter] I
supposed to How do you play the a good
starting?
>> How do you play a good hand? I don't
know. These are like
>> I love it.
>> Two premium cards and a great flop.
>> They deal aces like Keading first hand.
He didn't know what to do.
>> Yeah, I was totally confused.
>> I was so close to coming over the top on
Keating in that hand and I was like,
>> Yeah. I was like, you know, Keing likes
to drag people into the deep water.
Maybe I need to stand up for myself.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then I was like,
"Nope, I should never play any hand with
Keing. I should get all my money and
good against Helen Friedberg."
>> The world's greatest tournament player.
>> I have I have I have this thing that I
has been trailing me for years. It's
like uh people say, "Oh, Alan, I can't
beat you. I can't beat you." They'll buy
in for 5,000. I'll double them up six,
seven times.
>> Then I'll finally win an all in packet
>> and they'll go, "Ah, Alan, I can't beat
you."
145,000 of that was mine. [laughter]
>> Yeah, exactly. Exactly. All I did was
come back and get my own chips.
[laughter]
>> 2080 every fallen soldiers.
>> So ridiculous.
>> Oh, and Min against the world's greatest
cash game player.
>> We have We have It's interesting like
you and Stanley Stanley thing.
>> Yeah.
>> Time for pain. Oh my god, baby. Time for
some pain.
>> Oh, cookie jar.
Look at Freeberg. [laughter]
>> Freeberg is so distraught being the
first
>> off the clock. Uh
>> I call the clock.
>> We need a We need a dramatic pause.
>> My goodness. You got Jack.
>> Show us your cards.
>> Show us your cards.
>> He is Jack nine. Red. Jack. Jack of
hearts. Nine of diamonds.
>> He's only Show us your cards. Make it
interesting.
>> That's a good read for me to find.
>> No, no. Show us. Show us. Show us before
you make a decision.
>> We'll get We'll give you some counsel.
Oh, I would ship it all. I would ship it
all.
He folded.
>> He crushed.
>> He's on a flush draw.
>> He crushed me. No, no, he I had him.
>> Just the nuts.
>> Oh, run it out. Run it out.
>> I know. I always think no one has
anything. He's got spades.
>> I can't believe we didn't get all in
before the flop. Wow, he crushed me
there. He just knew I had a big hand.
>> Never seen Freeberg lose. I swear.
>> Look like a draw to me, too.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay, start the clock. [laughter]
>> Great read.
Line should be 153 probably, right?
>> It's been 8 seconds. Philip, calm down.
>> May I have a coffee, please?
>> Yeah.
>> Sorry for yelling over the table. It's
probably rude for me to even ask, but I
I would
>> I won't I won't explain my reads on you.
I will never reveal.
>> Yes, please.
>> Yeah, just take them to the grave, man.
Just keep printing checks off me year
after year.
>> Since you asked, [laughter] I will take
a cappuccino.
>> All I want is full Tahoe, four sugars.
>> I don't want to lose that. I'm always
there.
>> A little bit of lard a little bit of
lard in it.
>> And if you can give him two cinnamon.
>> We're doing Thanksgiving in Tahoe. And
we're going to do Christmas.
>> We'll see you in Christmas.
>> We'll see you for Christmas. We'll see
you for skiing.
>> Oh, we got to do a poker game. We'll all
be up there.
>> We can make it a business.
>> Christmas. You have to be there.
>> Yeah, I will. Yeah,
>> we could do a little bit
>> in Tahoe.
>> Why don't you come up? Rent a house.
Rent a house. Come join.
>> I'll rent a house. Everyone's going.
I'll go.
>> Are you going to be solo, buddy? You
stay right.
I might have I might have an extra room.
>> I have no rooms for you.
>> There's rooms for you.
>> I have 8,000 children.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Actually, I mean, uh I I 50/50. I
have a room.
>> Yeah.
>> I have to see if
>> I'll have to figure that out.
>> Say his house. His house is sick. He's
got a movie theater.
>> Yeah.
>> Do you ski?
>> I have a I have a
>> ski and ski out house. It's a little
smaller than his house probably.
>> But you're on the location where you
killer in.
>> He's like walking distance
>> all
>> like But in the next door property, you
basically walk. You think you think I'm
like uh too old to start skiing? No.
Just
>> No, I will um I'll get an instructor.
>> Easy peasy.
>> And then I'll take you out for a day.
Pizza's up there. And up there, Phil's
up there.
>> Girly. Where are you guys going?
>> I'm going New Year's.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm going to be there December.
>> We got to play We got to We got to play
some poker.
>> I may pop up for New Year's. I would
like to play some kind of like a new
game like learn a new game like Raz or
Studs.
>> We could do like a some random games
that none of us have ever played before.
>> I just Yeah. I would like to play low
stakes like
>> some Chinese half deck.
>> No, no. Like what do you want? You don't
want the short deck.
>> No, no. I would like I would love
>> short deck with an ante. Yeah.
>> No, no. Let's play short deck.
[laughter] If we play short decks low,
>> don't worry guys, we'll learn this all
together.
>> I don't know how to play any of the like
stud games like Well,
Oh.
>> Oh my god.
>> Please hold up.
>> I got the six of the ace of the choppy.
>> WOW. [screaming]
>> YES, YES, YES. YES, YES, YES. OH MY GOD.
So great.
>> What a call by me.
>> Choppy. Choppy.
>> Wow.
>> Why do I not get rewarded for such
stellar play?
>> Unbelievable. It
>> was a really good call.
>> Nothing better than Helmuth not winning.
There is nothing better [laughter] than
that. Not
>> I do feel that way. Yeah.
>> It's so great when he doesn't win.
>> Yeah.
>> When he had when he what is it? 15. He
turns the
>> 153. Okay.
>> Oh, you don't like it when I do that, do
you?
>> For the viewers, one thing that they
>> I thought if you had a pair, you would
call
>> I have to move in with ace high there. I
think one thing the viewers should know
about poker is all the money in the
middle makes it so that you don't have
to get your money in in front for it to
be profitable. That's like an important
thing for people to understand.
Sometimes even if you know your beat, if
you're being laid a price to gamble,
sometimes you have to gamble and it's
better than folding. That's something
and I think there's a lot of analogies
to that
>> in business. Yep.
>> Life decision making.
>> Yeah. Like sometimes you know you have
the worst of it but you got to run it.
Having the best hand is kind of lame to
be honest. [laughter]
>> It's rare. It doesn't happen often some
nights happens a lot, but
>> you hold them. It's hard to make a good
hand.
>> That's why it's the best game.
>> PLO, I feel like it's been sold as if
it's an action game. But you come into
the hand with king 10, 74.
>> You're facing king, queen, jack, 10, and
pocket kings and aces. So many hands.
>> There's no board where you're
>> dominate. Yeah.
>> Or your advantage.
>> You can't catch.
>> Short-handed. It's
>> I said all in.
>> True.
>> Short-handed. It's
>> true.
>> I'm going to need a little advice.
>> I said all in.
>> No, I He went all in. But
>> uh I think it's been sold as a gambler's
game when
>> this is going to be a big decision for
me. How much chips did he have left? All
in.
>> He could have ace king here. He could
have king queen here.
>> He's got like 193 or something.
I think this would be a very tough
decision for me.
>> He doesn't have aces, but he could have
ace king. He could have king queen.
>> Wow. Do I want to go out?
>> Could he do that with queens or tens?
He knows I could have a king.
Really difficult decision. Could have.
Could he have any of those set of
sevens? No.
>> I'll just go grab one.
>> He did raise pre flop. He could have ace
kings. sugar non- sugar things or
whatever sweetened.
>> Nice to be here.
>> Okay, I'll take
>> So many chips left.
>> Any of them.
>> Thank you.
>> All right, I'm going to lift if I fight
another day.
>> Run it. Run it. Rabbit hunt. Let's see
it.
>> He's going back door regardless.
>> World's easiest call.
>> NO.
>> OH MY GOD. [screaming] WHAT?
>> OH, he he folded.
>> He wanted the best hand by all. I knew
it was coming. He's running so hot right
now.
>> I knew it was coming.
>> You avoided the pain.
>> Wow.
>> I was like, you know what? I could live
to fight another day here.
>> That's second level play right there.
>> Fear rewarded. [laughter]
>> Second level.
>> The pros would have snapped the money.
>> Fear rewarded.
>> No, I mean, he's playing against me, so
I would put him on a better hand playing
against me. He knows I'm, you know, I
play a tighter range of hands. So,
>> good read.
>> Yeah,
>> it was the wrong read. King N. You're
right. King nine of clubs was a little
stronger than [laughter] I thought. Pre
flop.
>> Yeah. He flips that over and you're
like,
>> I was like, "Oh god, that's gross."
>> Right.
[laughter]
>> Oh boy.
>> That was a good hand. I like that hand.
>> Run.
>> We got to get sacks out here.
>> Mhm.
>> Guys, Molly Bloom's going to come in and
say hi.
>> Oh, cool.
>> Oh, wow. Ace 10 versus Okay, guys. Guys,
guys, get focus here. We need diamonds.
Diamonds. No three. No three. Just
diamonds. Diamonds. Diamonds.
>> Oh my gosh.
>> Five for a split.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> YES. Phil Helmouth loses. Hold up. Hold
up.
>> Nice hand. Nice hand.
>> Philly.
>> Awesome. Phil Helmouth out first. This
is what we live for, folks. Phil losing
a tournament. Going out first. The
world's greatest tournament player loses
to Allan Keading the [laughter] Wild
Man. He can't even beat a person who
plays 24 off.
>> This is incredible, folks. What a turn
of events. Helm busted first.
>> A documentary.
>> Shameful.
>> A documentary came out this week and
Keading's talking about like he doesn't
like tournaments.
>> Yes. because it's like for smooth busted
me like it's nothing.
>> I guess she's going to bust Jason
next.
>> So great.
>> Dear won't be the first time.
>> Our Lord and Savior.
>> Correct.
>> Freeberg, get in here with a little
Jesus prayer with me. Come on in. Jesus
is ready for you. Freeberg
>> my black.
>> You better deal.
>> All right, Freedberg.
>> Hyper.
>> Let's praise Jesus.
>> Is it four?
>> Yes.
>> Baby Jesus. Thank you, baby Jesus. 2,000
come youth first.
>> Okay. [laughter and snorts]
>> Thank you, baby Jesus.
>> This is where I'm going to shine. I'm
[clears throat] going to be dealt
>> a lot of big hands.
>> What is happening?
>> Did he just go all in?
>> I fold.
>> It's a good fold.
>> It's a good fold.
>> Close.
>> Close.
>> Buck. Freeberg.
Oh my god.
Oh my god. Helm so disgracial.
>> Tell me when was the last time you won a
tournament.
[laughter]
>> Hold on.
>> Why you got to be so mean?
>> Hold on. Just ask. Somebody pass me the
salt. The horse salt.
>> I made a final table at this year
>> and I made a final table. Uh,
>> let's just say it's been a couple of
years.
>> Four. Okay.
>> But do you play other Do you play other
tournaments? Are you playing like
>> No, I haven't been. I played three
tournaments outside of the series. Some
some ridiculously small amount.
>> Are you uh going to the Bahamas or are
you playing the W the
>> I am going to the Bahamas.
>> You are.
>> Are you going?
>> I don't know.
>> It's too far away.
>> I just want to put it out there that
it's a long
>> uh any of these poker tournaments. Want
to pay my blind? I'm willing to fly.
>> Welcome to the club, kid.
>> Okay. Willing to fly in and play.
>> I'll fly in and play. All right.
>> I'm willing to uh be a full tilt red pro
again. Yes. [laughter]
>> Hi, Molly. Hey, Molly.
>> How are you? Good
>> to see you.
>> So good.
>> Welcome. Come on in.
>> Tough table, huh?
>> How you doing?
>> I mean, they're mean.
>> Don't worry, there's a They are mean.
>> Phil Helm shipped all his tips with Ace
Garbage.
>> Come on in.
>> We put a seat over here if you want to
hang out. Do you know everyone?
>> Yeah, actually Phil's busted. I'll take
his seat.
>> Good to see you, Molly. Everything's
good.
>> Yeah, first.
>> Oh, Molly, it's good to see you.
>> Good to see you, too, folks.
>> Okay,
>> we know Chimoth.
>> All right. Nice to see you.
>> Nice to see you.
>> Nice to see you. and Alan Keading.
>> Pleasure to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> You want to grab a seat?
>> Yeah. I don't want
>> I'm sitting here hanging out. We're just
hanging out. Thanks for coming to the
event this afternoon.
>> Yeah. Thanks for having me.
>> Oh, I was going to get tens, I think.
>> How's life? Oh, are you at tens?
>> I think so.
>> How's life for you?
>> It's busy.
>> Yeah, for sure.
>> Yeah,
>> guys are
>> Wow. I think we have 20 minutes left.
What are we going to do here? Should we
just play bomb pots the rest of the
game? thousand dollar bomb pots. The
problem is
>> the problem is no one
>> how often do you play poker to
>> learn. We'll be ahead of the curve.
>> It's not a bad idea play. Just so people
can
>> These guys are in Vegas.
>> You're in Vegas.
>> Yeah.
>> Where do you live?
>> I live in Boulder, Colorado.
>> Oh, wonderful.
>> Out of the scene.
>> You like it?
>> I Yeah, I love
>> you get this. So, these are my old
cards.
>> I can look.
>> You want them?
>> It is. I just want to play Hannah with
Tim.
>> Come on.
>> Oh yeah.
>> Hold up.
>> 4,000.
>> I wanted to.
>> I'll be in the Bahamas for a while.
>> Oh yeah.
>> I'll be there.
>> Show him the bad news.
>> 11 days or so.
>> That's it. Let's hang out.
>> Get a second and then owe you. That's
>> Molly. Do you play?
>> Is it 4,000?
>> I don't. Yes.
>> No.
>> I never played when I was running games.
>> My friend has a place down there. So
>> the government took over so I didn't
really have any money to play.
>> This is going to get punitive now.
>> And then this went on. Yeah. But um
>> so you have no involvement in any poker
scene at this point in your life at all?
>> Not until today.
>> Not [laughter] until today. It's so
interesting.
>> Molly's return Molly's return to poker.
This is like the version [laughter] two
of the movie.
>> Molly and I occasionally do event
together.
>> Yeah.
>> Chicago or wherever or lines?
>> What kind of event?
>> Are you going back to Miami?
>> Uh it depends
>> for eye connections.
>> I I I really would like to but it
depends on if I get booked. speaking.
Um,
>> we went we did an event. He MCED the uh
fundraiser at the Chicago Holocaust
Museum
with
>> Well, that's where I saw you at Miami.
>> This is for like the wind too. The der
60% of the chips and play or something.
>> Yeah, we had dinner with Sophia.
>> Classic. Carbone, right?
>> Yeah. I mean,
>> we went to Carbone last night and Allan
got in a fist fight with the guy at our
table [laughter]
>> and we had to they were like they were
like I will beat your ass. I will beat
your ass. Let's go outside right now,
>> And I was in between the two of them and
then there was reaching across the table
and
>> I mean Jason was laughing, giggling in
his corner. [laughter]
>> I don't know if it was legit like like
you guys were going to throw
>> they were going to throw down but we
invited him outside.
>> Christian [laughter] like you wish you
were there. was the uh
>> Christian started.
>> We're not going to talk about what
triggered it.
>> Okay. Christian isn't built in nature.
>> I was just going to say it must be
political. [laughter]
>> It was politics.
>> No, it wasn't. It was not built for it.
And Allan just said, "Listen, step
comments. You disrespect
me. There's a lot of kick your ass." And
he just on the table. And the guy
started apologizing. He did like a half
an apology. I've already forgotten it.
Half an apology. But it was cool that
you guys hung out. I fully unreservedly
a hung out.
>> We talked this morning.
>> The guy did take it to the car. He
insulted him.
>> Yeah, I mean [laughter]
that's how guys make friends.
>> Yeah.
>> You made a mark.
>> Did you hear the end of the story?
>> I appreciate the Well, you know,
>> so they went out to We all went out to
the barber shop club afterwards.
>> Yeah. Hung out.
>> Why are the blinds? I left them at the
club alone and they were hanging out and
now they're best friends.
>> Now they're best friends. 20,000. One of
the blinds. That's actually how a lot of
good uh research did you know this
person and mine started that way.
>> Oh, that's literally how you met. I
literally introduced them at dinner and
I thought, oh, well, I figured these
guys would get along. I'm like, come to
dinner with us. We all go to dinner. I'm
like, oh, these guys will get along. No
problem. I was like, what the happened?
>> Oh, you So, it was your friend?
>> Yeah, it was my friend.
>> Oh, that's stressful.
>> Yeah. I was like, what [laughter] am I
going here?
>> And this is
>> it's all Freber's fault. It sounds like
[laughter]
>> it's always
>> No, he's a very smart guy. Very smart.
>> Very.
>> Everyone's too smart for their britches,
they say.
>> And I was going to
>> not going to take much.
>> Shout out to Carbone, by the way. Thanks
to Alan Ke, by the way.
>> You're welcome.
>> Thank you for
>> How much is the show?
>> 22
less.
>> It's an all in hand, isn't it?
>> Maybe it is. I don't know. I never play
that. I think that's a
>> tell
225.
>> How's Boulder? Is Boulder is that where
you live?
>> Yeah.
>> You like it?
>> I do.
>> Yeah.
>> Um my family's there.
>> It's fun.
>> I have two good friends that grew up in
Boulder
>> kind of weird. Yeah. Or is it a weird
place?
>> It's a little weird.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> It's like crunchy. People are like
>> But yes, but also kind of not.
>> That's the exterior. You know what I'm
saying? There's like a good
>> Yeah,
>> but but there's a you know my mom lives
5 minutes away, my brother lives four
minutes away.
>> That's cool.
>> You have a good group of friends there.
>> That's slightly I moved back like
Charlie.
>> I mean, can you beat nine high? Like a
really bad nine high.
>> Oh my god.
>> Oh my lord.
>> What twice he gets?
>> I had a really bad nine high. [snorts]
>> Don't worry. Whatever you shove on this
hand, I'm calling.
>> I know it. [laughter] I'm going to need
you. [clears throat]
>> Oh boy. Hey, uh, Kading won the Warriors
charity poker tournament.
>> I did.
>> You did?
>> They gave him a bracelet. It was a ton
of press. It was It was pretty amazing.
I think he beat you. Beat Steph Curry in
a side bet.
>> It was a cool moment. That was the day
uh last longer side bet. That was a
famous day.
>> The day that Luca was traded.
>> Luca was traded.
>> Oh, that's right. It was like 9:30 p.m.
at the Warriors charity poker tournament
and all of a sudden all the players are
like, "What happened?"
>> That was spooky.
>> And it's just like the whole tournament
stopped for a minute. Luca's been traded
from the Dallas Maverick.
>> Yeah. And I had video of it which I felt
like a little weird even.
>> It was It was really weird how the room
was just high and then all of a sudden
what happened? Like
>> I don't like to fold that girl.
>> Triple me up. Triple me up.
>> All in.
>> Thank you.
>> Wow.
>> This is it, folks.
>> Am I actually going to fold ours?
>> Ah, sounds like you got a premium hand.
>> Oh, this is great for me. Show your king
jack. Show your king jack.
>> King jack.
>> Oh my god. I got two over cards.
[laughter] Let's go.
>> What am I doing?
>> Let's go.
>> What am I doing?
>> Yeah.
>> What are you What am I doing? I almost
went to bad.
>> A6. I had A6.
>> King six, which is like a perfect Oh my
god. My A6. [laughter] I had A6.
>> Four. Five.
>> All day, right?
>> Nope.
>> GG.
>> All right. [laughter]
>> If I could lose to anyone.
>> Thank you. It's the first time I've beat
you in my life.
>> Katie, you have a 10. [laughter]
>> No, I jack high.
>> Tripled up.
>> All right, now my money six held up.
>> Jac, how many chips you got?
>> The chip leader, right?
>> John is big time.
>> He's most certainly the chip leader.
>> Yeah.
>> Who's left? Me. Four.
>> Four of us.
>> There were four.
>> And then there were four.
>> Are you doing Formula One? Are you
coming?
>> You know, I wanted to stick six of
hearts. It's like a little sneaky, but I
didn't have the position to really ice.
I should have shipped my
>> sit there and enjoy making some money
for one event.
>> I went I came to the first Vegas
and
>> they're cool.
>> They're so cool.
>> Yeah.
>> Um being on the track is insane.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. It's really fun. The um these like
trial days or whatever they call them.
>> Yeah.
>> They're not as great as the final day,
but they're kind of pretty fun to take
and hang out.
>> Yeah. My friend was just doing
>> good luck.
[laughter]
>> I can't even play the blinds on the next
hand. So,
>> wow.
>> Here we go.
>> Insane, right?
>> I could see that. I guess cuz you're
still like you're probably fast
reactions and
>> Okay. Where's my protection here?
>> I feel like 16.
>> Looking for some protection.
>> Like I feel like it's miracle I
survived.
>> Yeah, I can beat one player. I don't
know if I can beat two.
>> I think you're going to have to beat
three.
>> Eating decision time. Love it. Oh,
>> it's a tough decision.
>> Wow, he's trapping.
>> Wow.
>> No, I got to figure out IF I TRAP OR
protection time.
>> Play together often.
>> Yeah,
>> folding is not enough.
>> And then I don't know if you know this,
but so he's like these guys are all
pretty.
>> Do I? So now he's
>> I've heard of them before.
>> Ah damn.
>> I've heard of you. Yeah.
>> Really?
>> Yeah.
>> Good things or bad things?
>> Good.
>> Okay, good.
>> He's got a reputation for being so I'm
so weak.
>> Thinker.
>> I like that. Such a weak player. Well,
you know who to give it to. There was a
player man in the game. What's the guy's
name who ended up that died at a young
age? He won the World Series in the
event. Steuer,
>> you're like Steuer.
>> Oh my god.
>> Dude, wasn't his whole thing like very
non-conventional play, Phil?
>> Stu. Stu could play super super super
fast and
>> but he was like very creative. Played
every hand. Very great.
>> Played every hand. Super creative. Lived
on his reads like a complete legend
>> and like he might have been the greatest
of all time. won the main event three
times, but I think he ran into some
issues with like, you know,
unfortunately
>> nine. It was drugs or something.
>> Yeah, drugs. Drugs took him down.
>> Yeah.
>> GJ.
>> But you ever play with him?
>> Close.
>> Yeah, I played with them a bunch.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. That's one part.
>> That's maybe the person I'd like his
daughter Stephanie is
>> I remember reading about how he played
and his plays were always like very
original like very aggressive play any
hand like no one.
>> That's one of the great books of all
time. The Steu Hunger story.
>> Do you like the book? Even though I
don't believe I deserve a book on a
book.
>> You You guys want to hear something
interesting about Stu?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. So,
>> he was a bridge player
>> at age 15, he was the best gin player in
the world.
>> And so, he had a bunch of guys that were
connected uh that would have him at 15
go all over the east coast and make all
this money playing jin. And at one point
he finished in the top four in the world
back gammon championships, was the best
gin player in the world. No one played
him. And was the best hold player in the
world. all at the same time. That's Steu
Hunger.
>> But I think, you know, unfortunately
cocaine,
>> it's a hell of a drug.
>> Cocaine is a hell of a cocaine.
>> Tell us about it, Jake.
>> Drug.
>> A hell of a drug.
>> But the talent that he had like two
[laughter]
like hell of a
>> hell of a drug.
>> Fan is a hell of a drug.
>> Um, no, he was the the mob.
>> Yeah.
>> The Jewish guys at like the Silver Gull,
you know, out in Rockaway. cops.
Everybody loved to play this kid. So
like playing Jin was like a big deal in
Brooklyn and Queens. So they the mob
would just bring him around. They let
him keep 10% of his winnings or whatever
when he was a kid.
>> And he would just demolish adults. It's
in the book.
>> Really
>> crushed everybody.
>> Crushed everybody in Jim.
>> I think Keing's all in.
>> I actually have a story about this
though.
>> Yeah, he has got to post eight.
>> You got a longer story.
>> I do have a story just so we know
>> auntie and then post the blind. Yeah. I
just want to know where you're at before
I
>> Well, the the the blind comes
>> first eight.
>> No, but the way they do it is the blind
is is the first eight goes to the blind.
So, he gets a full big blind dealer,
>> right, Jason?
>> How does it work?
>> He's got seven.
>> Seven.
>> Seven.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. So, he get
>> He's still got eight, right?
>> Put eight. Put another one in front of
him, please. Dealer.
>> And then there's seven ante. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Go.
>> I didn't know that.
>> Yeah.
>> I've never been short stacked before.
[laughter]
>> It's true.
So sick. I can't even. [snorts]
>> Look at this chim.
>> So sick playing for a second. I love it.
[groaning]
>> So sick.
>> Kings. Kings. [laughter]
>> Oh my god. Aces. Aces.
>> You caught a break. 20.
>> Oh my god.
>> That's a break. Wow.
>> Oh my lord.
>> I tried to spin it. So
>> yes.
>> Heart.
>> Give him a heart for fun. Jack.
>> Oh, Jackie Poo. AC.
All right.
>> No suffering, no pain.
>> Keing still alive. I think Keing's gonna
win it.
>> I've seen short stack win so many times.
>> Yeah.
>> You got a Stunger story. We want to hear
it.
>> I feel a little uncomfortable sharing
it. I've never like really told
>> you're on camera.
>> I I have the best Stew.
>> Oh, please let me hear yours. Please.
>> There's only 12 cameras in this room.
[laughter]
>> The best.
>> Yeah. I mean I
>> you know it's incredibly off color
because Stewie had like a huge horse
>> right
>> a horse
>> like he's like a little he was little
>> but you know this
>> oh there's a great story big al's got
the story of all stories
>> it's it's the best it's the story
>> like
>> in and reds yeah
>> that's the story here
>> no the the story is [laughter]
>> the story is like in the middle of like
a stud game
>> um [snorts]
[laughter]
>> for the audience at Tell him. Tell us
what a story.
>> You want me to tell it? No. Let me
You want me I told you that story.
>> No, Al told me the story.
>> Big Al told it. I was there when Big Al
told it. Yeah. But you tell it for you.
Tell it for you.
>> Oh my god. You guys are unbelievable.
>> No, we'll tell it together. But but but
he [laughter] was playing Ste is playing
high stakes poker, but he's watching
from behind. Chip Reese, who's another
legend, is playing is playing uh Jyn.
>> Thank you.
>> But Chip has his hands face up.
>> And Stu is sitting behind him. And then
Chip turned to Stu and said, "Did you
like that fold?" And Stu said, "No, no,
no." So Zeus at the another table
playing high stakes poker. Stu's like,
"No, no, that was a bad move." And then
three and then three turns ago that was
a bad move. And then three games ago
that was a bad move. And everybody's
like, "What?"
>> Like I mean, so here's a guy playing
playing for like millions of dollars and
and picks off.
>> That's the story. Anything you want to
add?
>> Everyone's memory. Like
>> why don't you just go to 510?
>> Yeah. 510. Also, I don't know if you
guys realized, but the last four level
ups have been in my big
>> every single one. I keep turning around
looking at her like, "What are you doing
to me here?"
>> Oh, I missed this.
[laughter]
>> Oh, boy. I need another
>> I'll I'll tell you this. I'll tell you
I'll tell you the the full story
>> when we're not miked.
>> Okay. All right. What's your story?
>> Hilarious. It's hilarious.
>> Yeah.
>> 5,000 and 10,000. My my grandfather had
uh
uh he was a great card player, but uh as
he got older
>> uh the gap widened and he had ended up
gambling all of his money away at the
Detroit Athletic Club
>> and uh the rumor was that Stu and some
of his people were the winners of Wow.
>> of his money.
>> They took his they took your
grandfather's money.
>> Mhm. He gambled it away to stew in Jin
or poker or what?
>> Jin.
>> Jin.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Wow.
>> No one could beat him even. No one would
play stew
>> in Jin.
>> In Jin.
>> I remember the stories of like my
grandma having to drive down to the DAC
at like crazy hours to pull away from
the table.
>> Wow. Crazy.
>> I'm going to say that Chimath has the
best poker game in the world. That's all
I'm going to say.
>> 10. That's it.
>> 10 out of 10.
>> 12. Molly's launching a new poker game
in Boulder,
>> right?
>> Yeah. [snorts]
Probably not a big game for the
>> I don't know.
>> Yeah. Could there be?
>> I I I'll tell you later.
>> Yeah.
>> There's no There's no poker games in
Boulder and I'm not running any poker
games for the
>> But he's he's all in, right? [laughter]
Right. Okay. So, I was going to over
call a bunch of hands and G freak
[snorts] gamble and I can't
[clears throat] that one.
>> But someone else that just got in
trouble is also no longer.
>> Yeah.
>> Classic race. Classic race.
>> All right.
>> 85 of hearts. Man, that's a pretty hand.
>> Yeah,
>> like the eight five of hearts.
>> Fortunately,
>> Jason cash the sixes win.
>> Cash.
>> I'll take a cash.
>> Uhoh.
>> Three.
>> Does this go in our Hinden model? A
>> deuce.
>> Oh god.
>> GG.
>> All right, CP.
>> Well done,
>> CP. You got to make sure this goes
>> final stretch for CP here. [laughter]
>> It does go on your hand and mob.
>> You know, my my hand and m is so out of
date cuz Sure.
>> Well, you you could actually it's in the
Venetian. It's a legit casino.
>> Can you guys enter this tournament in
the hand database? [laughter]
>> Uh, you're the big. No, no, I'm the
>> No, I'm the button.
>> He's the button. I'm the big
we're playing with like
three big blinds and I had aces three
times and kings once and I didn't win.
>> Shoot the on.
>> I have 205.
>> Anything you want to
go? All of the chips.
>> I mean, I feel like you know your
audience and you guys
>> I love
>> I got 110.
>> You You'd have 1025, right?
>> Or no, I'm sorry. 13 or something.
>> Was it not 30k starting stackanded?
>> Yeah. 30k.
>> So 180 in play.
>> Yeah.
>> And I have 325. So you have 1485.
>> When does that
>> He's got 1485.
>> Focus tomorrow.
>> Yeah. Like 36 hours.
>> Good luck. We meet again.
>> We'll just follow that.
>> We meet again. My eternal enemy.
>> Yeah. and my eternal best poker table.
>> Is that the 222?
>> No question. You
>> got a look at that when you're
>> might be
>> when you're stacked.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Which is right now probably
>> which is this end. Yeah,
[laughter]
>> dude.
>> The eight high
>> seven do.
>> Is that even a fold?
>> I think it is. Yeah. Really?
>> That is It's a very It's thresholdy,
>> but it's a fold. I
>> think you just put yourself all in dark
the next hand.
What is it?
>> Five.
>> Five pips. Yes.
>> All right.
>> This is This is like a casino
tournament. You know, when all the
gamblers that lose a bunch in the pit,
we all get together [clears throat] and
then we got five big blinds and they
take a break. They send you back to
Bakarat and back.
>> You're all in. Yeah,
>> I'm not.
>> You know these.
>> Oh, you're not. I've got
>> I've got 2,000.
>> Oh, my apologies. Oh, hold on. I was
just going to flip my cards up there.
>> I think you're safe to flip your cards
up. He has 2K left.
>> Hey. Hey. Hey.
>> Nuts.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. I got two life cards.
>> I never ran any tournaments.
>> Yeah. Nothing.
>> You're like 40%.
>> But I like it. If they like it, I don't
care.
>> Yeah.
>> No king.
>> Did you allin moment
>> tournaments are brought to YOU BY
>> That's very interesting.
>> Nice draw. Four
>> jack. All right, baby. 12,500. Big
money.
>> 12 more.
>> 12.5, 500.
>> Okay.
I feel like patience
>> cuz what you cannot do is give Keing
chips.
>> Stamina pat.
chips.
>> You have to have a little patience.
>> Oring. Yeah.
>> Hey, my button.
>> Destroyed. [laughter]
>> Destroyed.
from the vert poker.
>> An ace.
>> I want it now. Uh-uh. Falls through the
floor.
>> Yeah.
>> It's kind of like toddler mentality.
>> Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] Totally.
>> But it seems to work for you. So,
>> I'm keeping up the illusion.
>> Yeah. Well,
>> all in.
>> Oh.
>> Oh, really?
>> Jason
>> Let's go. Oh, big sweep right there.
>> That was a very important hand there.
>> Yeah,
>> that was
>> I had a way above average. Had a pretty
good one.
>> I had a queen blocker.
>> I can't believe you start this. I have
an amazing amazing story. He had a
horse. [laughter]
>> You know,
>> that was your story.
>> That's how you tell the story.
>> It's the way It's the way the story It's
the way the story plays out that is
actually exceptionally funny.
>> Well, you told it as if that was all we
needed. But then I sanitized it for
this. So let me just Yeah, it starts off
with the spearmint rhino. That's how and
then it just kind of escalated context.
>> What's this? What's the spearmint rhino?
[laughter]
>> So you know after Stu won the 1997 World
Series, he he went right he loved
horses. He went right to the track
>> 25
>> and uh and all the money was to play
right away.
>> Yeah. Sounds
>> well. And in the book, I don't know if
it's that tournament when he wins,
there's like three groups of people who
meet him at the cage.
>> Oh jeez.
>> Who he owes money to
>> and he's collecting the World Series
tournaments winning and there's like
three people deep.
>> Yeah.
>> Trying to
>> Yeah,
>> that happens in modern poker too, right?
Like somebody wins like
>> Yeah, I'm not going to mention names.
>> This is so painful.
I mean, it's so so painful.
I keep thinking there's not a hand I'm
going to fold and then I
>> never would have thought that a $5,000
fiveminute bet.
>> You got to show us the fold.
>> It's really bad, guys. It's really bad.
I have nine.
>> Turn it over. Turn it over.
>> 93. Oh my lord. Good fold. He's got a
king. Come on. Show the king.
>> Queen. Maybe a jack.
>> Oh, I got the killer card.
>> Oh god.
>> An ace.
>> That's a winner.
>> Okay.
>> Wow. So, what what is the plan today? We
were going to come back here at like
three or something or
>> Yeah.
I'm looking at real estate.
>> We got to go do the lunch thing with
Molly.
>> You thinking of moving here?
>> I think we're supposed to go on.
>> I I would move here and but Kathy
>> the uh you should buy where I live. It's
amazing.
>> Well, we looked at we looked at a house.
It's just too much maintenance. Um but
Queens Ridge is incredible.
>> Wow.
>> In the Kia V.
>> You know, I've never owned a [laughter]
house before.
>> Not that much. You've never owned a
house? Not that much. No house, no
condo, and never owned it.
>> I got You dominated guaranteed. I got
You got three out.
>> No, you absolutely have me dominated.
>> I want to call so bad.
>> And now And now I'm just trying to
figure out.
>> What do you do with that?
>> Can I if you actually flop your hand?
>> Oh, I want to I want to call so bad.
>> I have like an asset.
>> But you're getting such a good price.
>> Like,
>> yeah, [laughter]
>> I think you have to.
>> So sick.
>> Oh my god. I feel like HE'S GOING TO
SPICE A LOT OF WORK. By the way,
>> I think it's going to be a four in the
window.
>> He's only a two to one favorite here.
>> People at home,
>> here's a four.
>> Four in the window.
>> It
[groaning]
flops a jack.
>> Four, five, six.
>> Over.
>> How much?
>> Holy canoli. The world's greatest
tournament player might win a fiveminute
tournament.
>> 35.
>> All right. 29 seconds over
>> 35.
>> I think at this point you guys should
just go in blind for the next hand.
>> Vines are going up.
>> No one.
>> Oh, okay. Move. Take your time.
Shuffling. [laughter]
>> About to be the big I'm posted. It's
already posted.
>> This timing actually worked out really
well.
>> Yeah, it almost worked. Yeah.
>> Why don't you guys just go all in for
the last
>> We will be.
>> We will be. Don't worry. [snorts]
>> What is it? 6 and 12.
>> Yes.
Quick, quick, quick before the blinds go
up. [laughter]
>> I'm stalling, man. Now, since the blinds
are posted, I'm going to sit here and
stall. Wait for the blind.
>> You know, my favorite thing about
tournament poker is when uh someone gets
moved to a different table and you see
them wandering around and looking for
the table just trying
>> and they got their tray of chips and
they look and they see, oh, it's this
seat, but it's about to be in the big
blind.
>> Not many people do that, by the I've
seen him turn and walk around and like
pretend it wasn't the seat.
>> 100% we see that doesn't
happen that often. Ace 79.
>> Still a chip lead, right?
>> Wow.
>> Take a
>> I think I'm going to win, man.
>> I I think I don't like this hand. I
don't like playing against this.
>> I think I'm going to win.
>> No way.
>> I actually think the kings are going to
win.
>> Kings are holding up for sure.
>> Eight in the window.
>> Yep.
>> Eight.
>> That's it.
>> Eight.
>> Eight. All right.
>> Oh,
>> good [applause] game.
>> Good tournament. Chimov, winner of the
first annual all-in Venetian 5minute
turbo bouty.
>> Well done, C.
[music]
I'm going all in.
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The video features the 'All-In Bestie Invitational' poker tournament held at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The event brings together key figures such as Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, along with professional poker icons Phil Hellmuth and Alan Keating. The tournament is played as a high-speed turbo event, characterized by constant banter, humorous storytelling about high-stakes poker history, and lighthearted trash-talking among the participants. The video also features a surprise guest appearance by Molly Bloom, who discusses her transition away from running high-stakes poker games. Ultimately, the tournament results in a victory for Chamath Palihapitiya in a final, fast-paced showdown.
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