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00:00Hello, and welcome to Las Vegas for continuing coverage of the $100,000 Mixed Game Super
00:07High Roller Bowl.
00:08We've reached the final table of five.
00:10I'm Alex Livingston here inside our studio at the Aria Resort and Casino alongside three-time
00:15bracelet winner, Chris Deftonkiewicz.
00:17Hey, Alex.
00:19After a couple long days, we are here at a very exciting final five.
00:22Yeah, it was a long day yesterday, playing from 21 players down to five, but here we
00:27have arrived at the final table of five.
00:29We're playing a 10-game rotation of limit and big bet games, stud, flop, and draw, all
00:33covered.
00:34You have to be an all-around specialist to win this tournament.
00:36Three-day event with 60-minute levels as we take a look at our chip leader, Michael Monchek,
00:40also known as Texas Mike, owner of two WSB bracelets, a fearless, aggressive player who's
00:45going to be very tough to play against, I believe, with this big chip lead, Chris.
00:49Yeah, absolutely.
00:50Certainly someone who will be completely fearless in going for the win alongside Daniel Degrano
00:54here.
00:55Certainly, Daniel, no stranger to big final tables.
00:58The most accomplished player at this final table, top 10 in the all-time money list,
01:02and no stranger to final tables here inside the studio as well.
01:05We see Benny Glaser and Yuri Jigalevsky, all-around mixed game players in second and third position,
01:10and Chad Evesledge, an all-around poker player who's had success both in mixed and in the
01:14no-limit hold'em streets.
01:15It's going to be a tough final table, and I think it's anybody's game.
01:18Yeah.
01:19The PLO version, the inaugural one, was, of course, won by Jared Bleznik, and the second
01:23one won by Seth Davies.
01:25Okay.
01:26So Yuri right back to work with an ace-deuce offsuit on the button here.
01:35Nice flop for the 9-8 off.
01:36Sure.
01:37A couple overs, open ender, you can see the equities there.
01:41A coin flip, but you'd almost rather have Glaser's hand, much better playability and
01:44implied odds.
01:45Yeah, certainly.
01:46On the other hand, Yuri does have the value of position here, so we can see how he chooses
01:51to proceed in this situation.
01:53I could see him going with both a check and a bet here.
01:56I suppose he can't take two actions at once, so he'll probably choose a check or a bet.
02:01Right.
02:02I agree.
02:03You can definitely go either way.
02:04I think a lot of the time your small pairs and ace-highs have some incentive to check
02:07back, but if he thinks he's not going to face a huge number of check raises, then there's
02:12certainly some merit in just getting some value and protection right away.
02:16And for Benny, obviously, not folding, and he's kind of deciding whether or not it makes
02:20sense to have this hand into a check-raise portion of his range, or whether or not to
02:25just play a little bit more straightforwardly, and he does decide to go check-raise.
02:29I don't think this hand is necessarily over yet, though.
02:32Yeah, it's hard to say how Yuri wants to proceed here.
02:35Certainly if he had something like ace-deuce of diamonds with that backdoor flush draw,
02:38I think that would be a mandatory continue.
02:41Even as is, he has to feel like if he is behind, his outs are very clean.
02:46The deuce is perhaps quite a disguised out, not that there's that many of them left in
02:50the deck, but certainly very tempting to call here and see another card where he's
02:54ahead of all the draws.
02:55Yeah, one thing I'd be thinking here is that Benny doesn't have that many credible hands,
02:59actually.
03:00I mean, there's not many two-pairs that Benny would be defending on this flop, right?
03:02Like the seven-deuce and six-deuce don't really exist.
03:04Yeah, it's kind of a problem where Yuri has to think, how many bluffs does Benny have?
03:08And also, how wide can he go for value?
03:09Can he check-raise something like jack-seven for value here?
03:12This looks like a dangerous turn to me for Benny, because he might be tempted to start
03:16bluffing with this hand, and obviously we can see that Yuri now has a powerhouse.
03:19If Benny thinks that Yuri's floating the vast majority of ace-highs, which he should,
03:24then yes, this card is certainly a good one for Yuri's range, and we see Benny just recognizing
03:27that this card is bad for his range, and probably will be employing checks with some stronger
03:31hands as well here.
03:32Now, if Yuri comes with a big size here in the turn, can Benny continue with an open
03:36and a straight draw?
03:37I think it's going to depend a lot on the sizing, and it's hard to know, because if
03:41Yuri does have a hand that's not ace-x, Benny's nine or eight might also be outs.
03:46Yeah, that's a good point.
03:47But at the same time, check-calling out a position with just nine high is not a lot
03:50of fun.
03:51Yuri actually sets the trap by checking back the turn, and we can see against Benny's actual
03:55hand that this might lead to a profitable river situation here.
03:58Yeah, if I'm Benny, I'm at least quite tempted to go for a bluff here.
04:02I would think maybe a small bluff would be totally fine here.
04:05You know, from his perspective, it doesn't really look like Yuri has the ace after that
04:07check back on the turn, and one obvious straight card has come home with the four on the river.
04:13So, Benny could maybe just make a small bluff size here and try to get Yuri to fold something
04:18marginal.
04:19Yeah, Yuri's going to have some float stuff, like, instead he does go for a big one.
04:25Wow.
04:26And this is, I think that Benny's options, if he wanted, Yuri just does call very quickly.
04:32Yeah, as I say, this is not going to work, but it will prevent him from getting, he will
04:35certainly not get raised either.
04:36Yuri has a hand that can beat value bets, and that's why he called so quickly.
04:41This time, it's Texas Mike who jumps on the bait here, so to speak, and I'm wondering
04:45how Benny's going to play this situation.
04:47His stack is starting to dwindle a little bit, but he has a very reasonable holding
04:50here.
04:51And I think a nice open from Texas Mike with three connected over cards to the limper.
04:57If I'm Benny, I certainly would want to be putting some chips in on this pot, although
05:01the stack size considerations do make it a little bit interesting, don't they, with Nagrano
05:04being shorter than him, the ICM implications.
05:07Yeah, we earlier mentioned that the pay jumps are not particularly substantial for the next
05:11couple spots, so I suppose I would not mind taking an aggressive tack here.
05:15And notice, this is where Yuri's strategy really benefits him.
05:17He was able to potentially play a very weak holding, but only risk 20k in chips, and when
05:23it went raise-re-raise behind him, he was able to step out of the way easily.
05:26Right, and Benny deciding that if he's going to play the hand, he'd rather play it heads-up,
05:30fold Yuri off of whatever sort of equity he has, and maybe take it against Texas Mike,
05:34who he potentially thinks could be stepping a little bit out of line.
05:36So notice that Texas Mike has the nine of spades in the hole.
05:39This is definitely going through his mind as he thinks about what sort of hands Benny
05:42Glaser would two-bet him with.
05:43He's probably giving Benny a lot of credit for a lot of mediums and big pocket pairs,
05:47given that he blocks one of the nines.
05:49Right, and though not a good street, with the two overs to Benny's door card, and the
05:53pot starting to get a little bit bigger, Texas Mike feels compelled to see another one.
05:57Yes, and Benny has to be very comfortable with the situation, as Texas Mike's board
06:01has not gotten scary in any way, and Benny's board has gotten scary, and he's improved
06:05to the point that he also now has a gut shot draw, right?
06:07I think Benny's going to be very comfortable betting here, and it looks like in this situation
06:10this should be enough to win the pot.
06:12Typically in stud, when you have a hand that you're not sure if you want to bet on fifth
06:15street unimproved, and then you pick up any bit of extra equity, it sways it into being
06:20an easy bet.
06:21Not to mention that he's staring at the Queen Deuce Five Rainbow, a very non-threatening
06:24board from Texas Mike.
06:25This is a little bit loose.
06:26This is a misstep.
06:28I believe that Texas Mike is sort of just trying to employ that idea that we talked
06:32about earlier, which is you just need to be kind of stubborn and optimistic in big
06:36limit and limit pots.
06:38But he is looking at a pretty connected and scary board from a range that two bet him.
06:42He does not have a lot of equity in that situation.
06:44He has, however, picked up a gut shot draw now on sixth street.
06:47Yeah, that's a very loose continue from Texas Mike on fifth street.
06:52Has to be thinking that he can potentially bluff this hand later on, if you're only calling
06:57that hand just to improve.
06:59Probably too weak of a hand, but perhaps he thinks he can apply some pressure to Benny
07:02later in the hand.
07:03And we do see Benny check back six.
07:04Now, interesting to see if Texas Mike takes this opportunity to run a bluff on seventh
07:08street.
07:09It doesn't totally surprise me that, yeah, I would like to see Mike bluff the river here.
07:11It doesn't really surprise me that Benny checked back on sixth because he thought he was going
07:13to win it on fifth very often.
07:15When Texas Mike continued, Benny has to start to believe that he has some sort of a real
07:19hand.
07:20I like this bluff.
07:21I like this bluff, too.
07:22And this is very interesting from Benny's perspective because, like you mentioned, Chris,
07:26we expect Texas Mike to fold a lot of those king-queen-nine, queen-jack-ten, queen-jack-nine,
07:31which are some of his weakest continues, as well as the three flushes.
07:34So when he calls fifth, he kind of has to have something.
07:37This is all going through Benny's mind here.
07:39This is a tough spot for Benny, not only from just the stud point of the hand, because he's
07:44built a big pot and he has only one pair now, but also from a tournament consideration,
07:47right?
07:48I mean, look at his chip stack and look at the pot.
07:49If he wins this pot, he will have a very healthy 1.4, 1.5 million.
07:53If he folds incorrectly here, he will be quite shallow.
07:57So what can Benny beat here?
07:59Can he beat some ace-three, ace-four that made a gutter somehow?
08:02Can he beat some three-four of spades that turned that open ender?
08:06Maybe some sort of a small pocket pair.
08:08Small pocket pair, but that hand has to also decide it doesn't have enough showdown value
08:11to just check.
08:12Maybe it's something like pocket sixes.
08:13This is all going through.
08:14Oh, and he does make the fold, and what a play from Texas Mike who, after making a very
08:20loose peel on fifth street, makes a very nice bluff on seventh.
08:24But shallow, you typically, you know, you kind of know what to do with your money with
08:27a pat ten.
08:28I agree with that.
08:29Sometimes you have decisions where you don't know if you actually need to break off that
08:31ten.
08:32We may have a collision here.
08:33It would be very tempting for Benny to shove this hand all in to semi-bluff.
08:37Yeah, I think it's actually the standard playoff of just 19 big blinds.
08:41He's now the shortest stack, no ICM pressure.
08:44Uri's going to be opening wide in the cutoff, and he's kind of just unfortunately run into
08:47it here because Uri's going to have a hand that he has to call and pat with.
08:50And actually, Chad also has a little bit of a tempting hand, but facing a raise and a
08:53re-raise, we can see that this hand is going to hit the muck.
08:55Uri is definitely going to call, and his hand would only be a difficult decision if Benny
08:59pats in front of him.
09:00He might give some consideration to breaking the ten and drawing for the smoother hand.
09:04I agree.
09:05But I think once he calls and sees that Benny's drawing, then obviously he's going to be a
09:08favorite with his pat ten.
09:09And I think in that spot, you probably still pat behind, Chris, but it's difficult.
09:14It is quite difficult to decide, yeah.
09:19Benny is all in for his tournament life and is going to have something like 36, 38% equity
09:23in the situation.
09:24Yeah, Benny needing to hitch a 4, 6, 7, 9, or 10 to stay in the tournament, otherwise
09:28he will be our fifth place finisher.
09:30Ten's good for you.
09:33Notice that Chad Uslage did have a lot of blockers to what Benny had in the big blind.
09:36He certainly did.
09:37He had, I believe, 9, 9, 7, 4 in his hand.
09:42Right.
09:43It's a pivotal moment here for Benny Glaser as he awaits his fate.
09:47Absolutely.
09:49These are never fun when you know you're behind and have to catch a card.
09:53If Yuri's able to hold up here with his pat ten, he's going to surge into quite a nice
09:57chip lead.
09:58Okay.
09:59I can't sweat it before.
10:06You can sweat it.
10:07They just want you to put it in the box.
10:10At some point.
10:11It's going to turn out, isn't it?
10:13Well, Benny has caught a jack and he is our fifth place finisher.
10:17And you can see the disappointment on his face.
10:20Yeah, Benny, really somebody who loves tournament poker, loves mixed games, was obviously very
10:27happy to be at this final table.
10:28And it's a disappointment walking off, showing on his face as he walks off the studio here.
10:33I had the worst hand imaginable.
10:34It looked like a loose call, but we've seen some play that looks a bit loose from Yuri
10:37and we know that he's very well studied.
10:38All right, as we shift gears over to Limit Hold'em, another old school game, and Yuri
10:42has a tempting hand here on the button.
10:44Rebets.
10:45In a cash game, this would be, I'd say, an automatic raise.
10:48In a tournament, it feels a little bit maybe more dicey.
10:50We think Daniel could be opening a little tighter as the short stack, but I'm not sure.
10:54It's interesting.
10:55I think it's kind of borderline in cash as well, but maybe because of the tournament
10:58considerations, Yuri feels like he's going to generate tons of fold equity post flop,
11:02as Daniel certainly does not want to get crippled in a Limit Hold'em pot here.
11:07Definitely Yuri, we can see him pushing his chip advantage now a little bit.
11:10I know.
11:11And this is a board where Yuri may be successful in generating some fold equity.
11:15I mean, certainly I think Daniel takes a card off here.
11:16Yeah, he's got the backdoor flush draw with the Queen of Spades.
11:19Two very good overs, but if the turn breaks off and Yuri keeps firing, I think he might
11:24win the pot right here.
11:25Something like the Eight of Hearts.
11:26When you 3-bet a marginal holding like Queen-9 suited, you have to be willing to barrel.
11:32Right now, is Yuri going to feel comfortable barreling here, getting Negrano off of his
11:36King highs?
11:37The problem is that the Five of Hearts brings a gutter to Ace high, so Ace high is probably
11:40not going to fold right away.
11:41For instance, if the turn was the Eight of Hearts, I think Yuri would have felt better
11:43betting than he does here on the Five of Hearts.
11:45It also connects with a few straight draws.
11:47I agree.
11:48I'd be curious to see.
11:49Now, maybe if Yuri's hand was even a little bit worse, he would feel more compelled to
11:51bluff here.
11:52Something like Seven-Eight suited for sure, where he has the additional equity.
11:56Interesting river card.
11:58Daniel's hand does not improve, however his range does.
12:01I don't think Daniel's hand makes any sense to bluff with, but if he really thinks through
12:05this situation, it's possible he could make a hero call here.
12:08I wonder if Yuri will choose to bluff.
12:11He must feel that Daniel has Ace-X very often in this situation.
12:15I think this is a very dicey spot to bluff.
12:17Yeah, he is going to go for it.
12:19He is going for it.
12:20Targeting the exact hand that Daniel has, and maybe even thinking he could get a heroic
12:24fold from something like Eights.
12:25Right.
12:26I think if Daniel thinks this hand through, it is definitely possible to call with this
12:31hand.
12:32Do you think, Chris, if Daniel did have those medium pocket pairs, he might have raised
12:35the flop with them, though?
12:37Sure.
12:38So maybe Yuri's reading the situation very accurately.
12:39Yeah, he might be putting Negrano on exactly a lot of King-High and Queen-High, and he
12:43loses of course to Queen-Jack and Queen-Ten.
12:45Both of those offsuit combos may have opened.
12:47This is certainly a courageous bluff from Yuri, a good one I believe.
12:50It would be a great hero call from Daniel Negrano with the nut-no pair.
12:54And the wheels are spinning in Daniel's head.
12:56One thing he's trying to think about is how loose is Yuri willing to three-bet me pre-flop.
13:00He needs to come up with a number of combinations of hands that are weaker than King-Queen that
13:04would have played this way pre-flop.
13:06Mostly those are going to be suited hands.
13:07He also might be thinking, will Yuri value-bet every ace in this situation?
13:11Or would he be worried with something like Ace-8?
13:13True.
13:14Daniel does fold, and Yuri gets an incredible bluff through.
13:17That was a very cool hand from both of them, and you can see that Negrano is giving it
13:20very serious consideration.
13:21I also think we're now in a situation where Chad is very aware of the chip stacks, right?
13:26At this point, he has a clear separation from him and Daniel Negrano, and it would be a
13:31very bad result for him to take fourth place without getting some clarification about how
13:37Negrano's stack is faring.
13:38Yeah, great point.
13:40We can see Negrano does open the Queen-9 offsuit, very reasonable.
13:45And gets rewarded.
13:46This is a bit of an action flop against the King-10 of Texas.
13:48It is very likely going to be an all-in pop for Negrano, I would think, if Monchik decides
13:52to fast-play his open-ended draw here on the flop.
13:54Which he does.
13:55Now, on Daniel, I like waiting until the turn to put my money in here.
13:58Yeah, keeping some of Monchik's weaker hands in.
14:00Yeah, I mean, he's never going anywhere with top pair, but in this situation, you induce
14:07a turn barrel from some very weak holdings.
14:09And maybe if the turn's an ace, you can reevaluate.
14:12Right, I like that too.
14:13I like just the idea of continuing in position with a call with most of our range here, and
14:17then making decisions on the big street.
14:20His exact hand, he's just never going to get away from.
14:22Negrano feigning weakness here, for sure.
14:25He cannot be that worried about his kicker in this situation.
14:27No, and I think once Monchik bets the turn, if it's a brick, Negrano's just going to very
14:30quickly put the rest of the chips in.
14:32I think that's a good plan.
14:34It is not a brick, but it's not a particularly scary card for Daniel, either.
14:39He really has no reason to think that Monchik would have an ace king or anything like that.
14:42And we do see that just immediate raise.
14:44And Texas Mike is going to have to call with his open-ended straight play there.
14:46Negrano actually in great shape here, with 80% equity against Mike's hand.
14:50Yes, absolutely.
14:511.2 million chip pot, Negrano all in for his tournament life.
14:54Texas Mike needs an ace, 10 or 9, to eliminate Daniel Negrano, otherwise he will double up,
14:59and we see one very interested spectator here in Chad Evesledge.
15:03Quietly rooting for an ace.
15:21And it's 3 of clubs.
15:23Daniel Negrano does double up.
15:25That's like the first time I've been wrong.
15:27I was having that thought in your head, where you're like, don't think you're going to lose.
15:31I try not to, but I can't help it.
15:33And it didn't matter, I won.
15:35You said yesterday you were going to win the tournament, so you had to win this hand.
15:37That's exactly right, and then I went back to that.
15:39I was like, well, if I'm going to win the tournament, I have to win this hand.
15:41So it all came together at the very end.
15:44Wow, I broke the streak.
15:46I had the anxiety, I thought it was coming.
15:48Now I've got the anxiety.
15:53I'm also on the hook for some losing this profit to you, as Texas Mike is still in a decent spot here in this tournament.
15:58I believe I stand to win $20 if Texas Mike can hang on and win the tournament.
16:02As we see him raise with a pretty loose holding here, the 9-7 trey.
16:05Yeah, but I think from the small blind, I think this is a reasonable hand to open.
16:08And let's see how he handles this situation.
16:10I'm not sure how much badugi experience he has.
16:12He should draw one card here.
16:14I agree with that.
16:15Chad's going to have a lot of hands that are still drawing two, defending the big blind.
16:17Oh, and Mike does elect to draw two.
16:19I would have been okay with that if he had something like a 9-deuce ace, where his two-card draw was very strong.
16:24But where the 7-3 is kind of weak anyway, you probably want to draw 3 or 9.
16:27That's exactly right, Alex.
16:28When your upside is limited by the 7 in your hand anyway, you want to be drawing fewer cards.
16:33Having said that, he does improve to a 7-5 trey.
16:36I wonder if Chad will be tempted to fold right away, just preserving his chips in this tournament situation.
16:41He understands that his hand is worth something.
16:43But no, he's very comfortable in badugi.
16:45Chad has played a ton of this game.
16:46And I'm sure this is a game where he feels like he's going to be comfortable maneuvering.
16:49Yeah, perhaps if he was up against somebody he perceived as a tighter player, or someone who had drawn one on the first draw, he might let this go.
16:54But given Texas Mike was taking two.
16:56Mike does make a badugi.
16:57It's not a particularly strong one.
16:58But in this situation, any badugi can be quite strong.
17:01Now Chad, of course, has to get out of the way.
17:03He doesn't have a particularly strong draw.
17:05Well, hang on a second.
17:06Because with his 3-card 10, I wonder if he's thinking he has enough equity to continue trying to draw out against a stronger 1-card draw.
17:13He also does have the ability to reduce his hand if he were to catch a small spade on the river.
17:17This is true.
17:18It just seems to me a 3-card 10 in this tournament situation, with the ground being so short, would be a very marginal continue.
17:24I agree.
17:25I'm just curious to see how he approaches this situation.
17:27And you're right that he does have a lot of experience in these draw games.
17:30He could also be considering turning his hand into a bluff raise, which would not work against Monchik's exact hand.
17:36Yeah, we can see that would not be a good choice at this moment.
17:38If he does choose to continue, he will be very disappointed to find out that Monchik is pat, as obviously he's hoping he has enough equity against a 1-card draw.
17:45Oh, and he does go for the raise!
17:47He's thinking that this is one of the bottom hands in his range and it's worth value raising.
17:51Monchik should find a 3-bet here, I believe, especially after that tank.
17:56Yeah, Monchik patting because he can still beat... Chad could be doing this as a semi-bluff with some draw 1s.
18:01And now, is Chad going to bluff or is he going to draw? Because he has two options here.
18:04Chad's in a very bad spot now.
18:07He was planning on bluffing, I believe. He was planning on snowing and standing pat, but now he's unsure.
18:12He was hoping Monchik was drawing 1.
18:14The fact that Monchik didn't 3-bet on the previous street makes him think that he probably has a weaker Budugi, and Chad correctly draws 1.
18:21If Chad can get there in this hand, he has found a way to potentially win a large pot, but he is in bad shape and he has missed.
18:28He's whipped and I don't think he's going to want to bluff after taking an unconventional...
18:31You know, trying to bluff twice in the same hand is very dangerous.
18:34For sure, especially against someone who is pretty much committed to showdown a lot of the time with a Pat Budugi.
18:40Now Chris, a very ambitious play from Chad, but one that might have worked if Monchik were not pat himself.
18:46Yeah, he was very disappointed to find out that he was against a pat hand there.
18:49Obviously targeting the one card draw.
18:54This is a marginal hand in the cutoff, but I would not mind seeing Texas Mike continue to stay on the gas pedal here and give it a short stack.
18:59Completely fine with this open. I think that Negrano...
19:01Oh, and Negrano picks up the 9 Budugi right away.
19:03So Texas Mike is going to have a decision here, because once Negrano stands pat, Texas Mike has to be looking at his 10 as a questionable card.
19:11I mean, against many, many pat hands, you would like to keep the 10, as most pat hands in Budugi are kings, queens, or jacks.
19:17Chris, you make a good point. The median Budugi is somewhere around a queen, 7, 5 deuce Budugi.
19:22You did raise, yeah. Well, whatever. I can't imagine. I'm going to put it in. 350.
19:27Of course, if Monchik can see Negrano's cards, he's going to draw 2, but not knowing that...
19:32We did earlier see Monchik throw away that 9 in a somewhat similar spot, so he may just have the mindset of drawing for the smoother holding,
19:39which will actually work in his favor in this exact situation.
19:43And he does throw away the 10. So against Daniel's hand, this is absolutely correct.
19:46If Daniel were playing this pot against me, he would have 100% equity, as I would draw dead here.
19:50Unless you... I guess I could reduce, right? Yeah.
19:54But Texas Mike is now drawing very live to knock out Daniel Negrano in fourth place.
19:58Sticking with these. Again, needing a club.
20:05And as we are seeing from this orbit of Budugi, it is quite hard to make one sometimes.
20:10You need a... You can catch a 9.
20:13And he does catch a small club.
20:16Wow. Nice.
20:17Texas Mike has made a 6. GG, y'all.
20:19And that's a fairly unlikely club here. You only had about 7 outs.
20:23I'm reversing now. I thought I was going to win that one.
20:25Actually less.
20:26And we have lost Daniel Negrano in fourth place.
20:28Oh, wow. And Michael Monchik has picked up a pair of queens.
20:32In a spot where all the players know he's very aggressive.
20:35They would have reviewed footage at this point.
20:36They would have seen him opening 5-2s off.
20:38And Chad Evesledge has picked up an ace jack.
20:40I do not see how Chad is going to not put more chips in the pot with this hand against Michael Monchik's perceived aggression.
20:45I think just moving all in here makes a lot of sense.
20:47Monchik is also open to 3x the big blind.
20:50Absolutely. I think Chad could very easily shove here.
20:54It's not quite strong enough to want a 3-bet call. I'd rather just shove this combo.
20:57And he does.
21:00And Jurgy picks up pocket 9s in the big blind.
21:03What is he going to do?
21:05This is a very interesting spot, Chris.
21:07Jurgy is discounting some of the stronger hands.
21:11As those would have 3-bet small.
21:14Don't look now, but this tournament could end on this hand.
21:19Michael Monchik covers both of his opponents and is not going anywhere with two queens.
21:26And Jurgy does call, leaving just 1.4 million behind.
21:32Monchik goes all in.
21:33And Jurgy cannot be happy to hear that.
21:36I'll fold.
21:38Wow, and Jurgy quickly folds, so very good recognition of the situation.
21:42Got to give Jurgy credit there for saving half of his stack.
21:45Yeah, a lot of players might have just moved in with Jurgy's hand.
21:47He gave himself an exit, knowing that for Monchik to get it in that quickly, it almost has to be a bigger overpair.
21:53Instead of jamming over the top, he decided to just call.
21:56And with Monchik jamming behind him, he realized that it had to be a strong hand.
22:00And Chris, despite being behind, what a great result for Chad to get an extra 1.4 million in the pot.
22:05Yeah, he now has an incredible overlay. If he's able to spike an ace or some sort of other strong holding.
22:09Probably not.
22:11If I had a queen, I would have an ace.
22:13I feel like you didn't have an ace.
22:19Chad Evesledge needs an ace to overtake the chip lead.
22:24Otherwise, he will be eliminated, barring some other run out.
22:31Ace!
22:33Ace right away on the flop.
22:35And look at the look of dejection on the face of Michael Monchik.
22:38Yeah, he knew he had him in a bad spot.
22:40Chad is two cards away from a triple up.
22:46And this pot is for over half the chips in play, Chris.
22:50Or just under half, I should say.
22:55Yes, Chad will go right into the chip lead if he wins this hand.
22:58Actually, yeah, it is for just over half the chips in play.
23:02An incredible turn of fortunes here.
23:08Chad is able to do it.
23:10And a triple up for Chad Evesledge with the dead money of Yuri in there.
23:15Yuri would have been eliminated in this hand, by the way, and made a great fold to save his last 1.4 million.
23:20Absolutely. Michael Monchik has to be very frustrated to have finally picked up a monster hand, get good action,
23:27and instead is now looking at the chip leader on his left.
23:30Chad with a small chip lead over Yuri has been quite aggressive today, and he stays on the aggression with the 5-5-7.
23:38Yeah, and Yuri definitely has enough hand to defend.
23:40Interesting to see how Chad plays this.
23:42Maybe he plays it as a d1 and then a snow, Chris, or a d2 that turns into a snow.
23:48It's such a weak draw. He could also play it as a d3. He really has a lot of options.
23:51It's possible. I think so far, whenever we've seen Chad play a draw game hand,
23:55he has usually gone for the premium draw underlying the hand, and he's continuing that here by drawing 3 to the 5-7.
24:01Yeah, and this makes a lot of sense from just trying to make a good hand perspective.
24:04I was thinking if he took less than three cards, his incentives might be a little bit more devious,
24:09but here he's just going to try to make a hand.
24:11Yeah, it looks like Yuri has bricked, although he has paired his 4.
24:15Given that it went 3-2, it's definitely not an automatic bet.
24:18As the player drawing 2, if you don't improve, you often check back.
24:21Correct, and also notice that Yuri's starting hand was relatively weak having only the 8-7-4.
24:26Right, and that some of the stronger draw 2s would have 3-bet anyway.
24:29Right. Both players now kind of playing a relatively small pot size in this 2 versus 2 spot on the turn.
24:36Sometimes the out-of-position player can sometimes take the lead here in the betting and achieve some fold equity.
24:41Note that Yuri switches that 4 of spades to the 4 of diamonds, not wanting to make a flush.
24:46So it looks to me that Chad is going to bluff this hand.
24:49So Chad now, and the fact that he's seen that additional 9 and 10 to start the hand, Chris,
24:54actually helps him in this case because it gives Yuri less pat hands.
24:58Absolutely. Yuri also has some incentives to continue here.
25:01Obviously the pair of 9s is also going to influence his thinking in this hand.
25:04Now we expect Chad to pat here. I believe no.
25:08Interesting that he decided to bet there with no intention to bluff, more just to try to take it down.
25:16I think I would have preferred to see him check if this was his plan.
25:19Yeah, it is an interesting play to think about.
25:21He's betting with the option of potentially generating a fold and then just turning his hand into an honest draw.
25:26If not, I was expecting him to pat there.
25:28Yuri has made his 9 and will be very comfortable value betting if checked too.
25:32And Chad's going to have a difficult decision here.
25:34It's very possible that Yuri has made a pair in this situation and would want to bluff.
25:38Chad has a good hand to consider a hero call as he does not have that many of those medium high cards
25:43that people would typically use as bluffs.
25:45So these 2-1 spots are always very, very difficult because you end up with a lot of hands around this strength, Chris.
25:51You end up with a lot of medium strength bluff catchers.
25:53And you just have to decide, A, can I ever beat value bets?
25:56In this case, probably not with the King-7.
25:58But if he had something like a Queen-7, certainly a Jack-7, he could beat some value.
26:01He just decides there's enough bluffs and that he's high enough up in his range drawing 2 to this King-7.
26:07Yeah, the way Chad played that hand, he ended up in a pretty difficult to deal with river situation
26:12when you're drawing 2 out of position versus a strong player drawing 1.
26:17You often have to play that guessing game.
26:19And I've played online, I've played some limit single draw, a game I think you've also played.
26:23So I was really thinking through some limit single draw concepts in my head there.
26:26Sure, so Yuri picks up another marginal hand and one that maybe has some options.
26:30I think the standard with this sort of a hand is to just go for the 4-5-8, though, to try to make a strong holding.
26:35I agree with you.
26:37Yep.
26:39Again, another hand that would be stronger in single draw.
26:42Monchik with a fairly weak hand, but totally reasonable to call and take 3 here against a button open.
26:47Absolutely, you cannot overfold.
26:49Yuri opened from the small blind, so definitely going to call.
26:51Yeah, you don't want to overfold your big blind, particularly against a small blind open.
26:55Being in position is quite valuable in all these draw games.
26:59So, so far, nothing surprising from either of these players.
27:02Two standard starts to the hand.
27:04Yuri has improved.
27:05He does have the gut shot draw, but having the pair blocker in his hand in a 2 versus 3 situation I think will compel him to bet for value.
27:11TexasMike has also improved to a nice 6 draw, although both players have gut shots.
27:15I would like to see TexasMike just call with this hand.
27:17Sometimes players can overrate these draws a little bit.
27:20I agree with that.
27:21I think one mistake players make is they think that because the other player drew 2 that they might continue with a lot of those draw 2s.
27:26But I think usually when Yuri bets, he's either drawing 1 or Pat.
27:30And you also leave in a little bit of deceptive value when you make a strong hand here,
27:34because you can make it look like you have a much weaker draw, given you started off drawing 3.
27:37Very true.
27:38And one final consideration would be that whenever you have that gut shot straight draw component in your hand,
27:42you do typically not mind playing slightly smaller pots.
27:44Yuri catches a magical card, but Malanchek catches an even better one.
27:48And Chris, I expect this pot to just blow up here, as both players are somewhat under-repped.
27:54Absolutely.
27:55Will Yuri decide to go for a sneaky check raise?
27:57Yes, he does.
27:58Yes, he will.
27:59And this is going to work well for Mike Malanchek,
28:02who is probably going to find a way to get all his chips into the middle here,
28:05as he only has 3.4 bets remaining.
28:09Right.
28:10And there's still one draw to go.
28:11And this is one of those spots where Yuri's check is really nice,
28:14because he knows that Malanchek's going to bet here with a lot of much weaker Pat hands.
28:19And in this case, he's just run into it.
28:21Absolutely, yeah.
28:22I think Yuri made a good choice here at some frequency with this 8-6.
28:26But he is certainly going to pay the maximum here.
28:28As soon as he gets 3-bet, if that's what ends up happening,
28:31he will be very disappointed, because now all of a sudden Malanchek is representing a hand that beats this, I think.
28:38Chris, is this a spot where, as Malanchek, you're always just going to 3-bet right away?
28:41Or are you going to feign a bit of weakness and call,
28:43patting back and then try to get your value later on the final streak,
28:47given that he only has 375 behind if he makes the call here?
28:49You know, for tournament reasons, this might be a spot where he actually just wants to call down.
28:53I know his hand is very powerful, but having that 75,000 chips left over,
28:57if you are somehow cold decked by a better hand here, is probably worth keeping behind.
29:03Yes, and now having said that, of course, if Yuri checks, his hand is more than enough hand to value bet.
29:07Yeah, I think Yuri will bet, though. I mean, I think that he feels that he has the best hand.
29:10I would agree with you. Yuri still has a very strong hand here.
29:13Malanchek can be playing this way with a number of Pat 8s and even some Pat 9s.
29:19Raise.
29:20And he does go for that last 75 in value.
29:2375 more.
29:24Yeah, so I don't think that Yuri likes his hand anymore, but...
29:30And then you have the battle of some weak Pat hands at some point as well,
29:33which we look at something like this for Texas Mike,
29:35which could be either a draw to a 10 or a weak Pat jack, depending on how the action goes.
29:39Yeah, these jacks can be very difficult to play as they're complicated hands.
29:43Yuri has not much here in the big blind,
29:45although his hand does have some of the properties you'd be looking for in a bluffing candidate.
29:49True. I think the only way to play this hand is Yuri perhaps is to 3-bet and snow it,
29:54or he could potentially call and draw 3.
29:57I wonder how Texas Mike would react to a 3-bet.
30:00And he does go for this 3-bet.
30:02Yeah, this is a very uncomfortable spot for Texas Mike.
30:04I think this 3-bet size is a little too large, by the way,
30:07but he's leaving himself a very awkward amount for the river.
30:12Right, sometimes you do go a little...
30:14And Texas is really thinking this over.
30:16Sometimes you do go a little larger out of position in no-limit deuce
30:19just because you're going to have some marginal Pat hands that are very vulnerable against those draw ones,
30:23and you just don't mind taking the pot down right away.
30:25But perhaps given the stack sizes, this is a little bit on the large side.
30:28So Mike is continuing. I'm really a little just unsure what his plan is there.
30:31I believe Yuri's going to stand Pat.
30:33Yeah, now if Mike had something like a jack 9-5-4 deuce or jack 8-5-4 deuce,
30:36this makes a lot more sense where he can Pat facing a draw or draw quite often facing a Pat.
30:41Super interested to see how Texas Mike views this situation.
30:44Because if he Pats behind, he's effectively bluffing himself.
30:47He does not beat value.
30:50He could draw 1 to this 10-5.
30:52I believe he was hoping that Yuri was going to draw 1.
30:55I agree, and it's not that compelling of a draw is the problem with breaking the jack off,
30:59but at the same time, the only Pat hands you beat are snows.
31:02So for what it's worth, if you do think your opponent is bluffing very often here,
31:05you can draw and then just call the river anyway.
31:07I would have actually preferred Mike to just move all in pre-flop, Chris,
31:10if he was going to choose to continue with his hand.
31:12That would have given him more options.
31:13Because then you can fold your opponent off of some of his snows.
31:16You can actually fold your opponent potentially off some weak-made hands,
31:19and then you have that option to break or Pat depending on what your opponent does.
31:22Okay, so Yuri needs to jam now.
31:24He cannot win a showdown.
31:26This is a very nerve-wracking situation because if he were to get snapped,
31:29he knows he's out of the tournament.
31:30I suppose he'll leave a few chips behind.
31:33I don't think he's going to go for a small size, and he does just say all in.
31:37He just goes all in. Wow.
31:38And Texas Mike, I do not believe, can call.
31:40This would be an insanely heroic call having paired his four on the end.
31:43It would have actually been a very interesting spot
31:45had Monchek caught a 10 low on the river,
31:47as that hand also would not necessarily want to call this spot.
31:50Texas Mike seems to believe that Yuri is bluffing in this situation,
31:53at least at some frequency.
31:55He has not immediately released,
31:56and even the fact that he continued pre-flop
31:58is telling me that Texas Mike has a non-belief in this hand.
32:00Look at him throwing out his time banks,
32:02really, really believing that Yuri is capable of having a snow in this situation.
32:06This is wild.
32:07Texas Mike, and does he have, Chris,
32:09the type of hand that actually looks like it would be very good against the blockers?
32:17He asked how much, so he wants to get a full count.
32:20I mean, all hands are sort of equal against a pat snowing range.
32:24I mean, yes, it does make some sense that he doesn't have any of the 7's, 8's, and 9's.
32:28I think the 8's and 9's are often very featured in those pat ranges, right?
32:31But the way Texas Mike approaches poker,
32:33I believe that he just has maybe a good read of the situation.
32:36He does seem to play more instinctually than some of the other players at the table,
32:39not necessarily using his blockers to make decisions.
32:41Also, Chris, worth noting, the stacks are all so close.
32:43This would be for almost all of Texas Mike's chips as well.
32:46So, Chad is an extremely interested observer
32:48who would like to see a call, no matter what the result of the showdown is.
32:52Let's not underrate how impressive of a bluff this is from Yuri.
32:56To take this hand and go for it,
32:58with the three chip stacks being as close as they are,
33:00this is an incredibly heroic play.
33:03And Texas Mike is not posturing.
33:04He is genuinely considering calling Yuri with a pair of 4's.
33:08It's going to be like the dumbest call of all time.
33:10Or like the sickest.
33:12Yuri could not like hearing that.
33:15He is sniffing something out here.
33:22I haven't seen a 6, 7, or 8 yet.
33:28Alex, you called it.
33:30Yeah, he really thinks that those...
33:31I paired.
33:3210 seconds.
33:37If I draw a 1, how can you jam?
33:39You just started with like a good 8.
33:41Or a 7.
33:42Time extension.
33:46I would be...
33:47How can you jam if I draw a 1?
33:48My pulse would be going 200 miles an hour in Yuri's seat.
33:59Wow!
34:00And he makes the call.
34:02An incredible hero call from Texas Mike Manchek.
34:08Unbelievable.
34:10One of the greatest hands I've ever seen of this game.
34:13Chris, that's outstanding.
34:15I cannot believe that just happened.
34:17Mike really showed a lot of high level concepts in his thought process there.
34:22He's going to yell at me forever if this is like the dumbest move ever.
34:26That was amazing.
34:27I'm speechless.
34:28I'm stunned.
34:29That line's almost always a bluff.
34:30But I thought Yuri had it that time.
34:32Because Yuri's good enough.
34:33You know what I mean?
34:34He's good enough to do it with like...
34:35If he had a 9, he would do it.
34:36I think if he had a good 9, he would do it too.
34:38I got goosebumps for that one.
34:40No, a lot of players will...
34:42That was sick.
34:45Chad, definitely enough of a hand to play on the button here.
34:48Right, and just coming in for a small raise.
34:50Having that extra 9.
34:51Always nice to block your opponent from having strong hands and continues.
34:55Yeah, so in a ring game environment, you would rarely draw to a 3 card 10.
34:58But I think this is a totally reasonable play for Monchik.
35:00Yeah, it makes a lot of sense to me for both these players to be drawing 2.
35:03It's just rare that you're going to get a big confrontation
35:05as both players are drawing 2 to such weak holdings
35:07that it's kind of hard for them to make anything that can really cold deck each other
35:10in these sort of situations.
35:11And as you see here, it's like a pair of 5s versus a pair of 9s.
35:15Chad probably feeling like he needs to bluff this hand.
35:17Yeah, I think 9s is probably bad enough to bluff.
35:21Although perhaps a little fearful after seeing the call that Monchik made earlier
35:24against Yuri's pad hand.
35:25Absolutely, and he goes for a large size.
35:27This makes a lot of sense.
35:28I like this.
35:29Building a strategy around making a 9 low and going for a big sizing here.
35:33Right, just like in hold'em, you want your bluffs to somewhat mimic your value hands.
35:36Having 2 9s, a 9 is a value hand that Chad would often have here.
35:40Don't look now, but Texas Mike has not immediately folded his pair of 5s.
35:43He does indeed appear to like hero calling.
35:45He might be thinking about the same logic he was thinking about earlier.
35:48He hasn't seen any 9s, 8s, 7s, or 6s.
35:50Now, he has seen the 10 and the jack, which could be cards that Chad would pair and bluff with.
35:55He has extremely good instincts for these situations,
35:58and another good potential hero calling hand, and he's going to make it.
36:01Oh, he does it again.
36:05Pot after pot, Monchik is winning huge no limit single drop pots with pairs.
36:08Deservedly so.
36:09Yeah, and we saw Mike register the tournament quite late on day 1.
36:13You know the little all-in XEV chart.
36:15You're well below expectations.
36:17You're absolutely ravaging.
36:19And you couldn't beat Yuri.
36:20I know, I know.
36:22Circle of life.
36:23Yeah.
36:26Monchik with 9-7 again.
36:30I would like to see Chad 3-bet this hand out of the big blind.
36:32These zero gap pseudo connectors make good 3-betting candidates,
36:36so you can hit some surprising board textures.
36:38Definitely a nice 3-bet in a cash game.
36:39Perhaps in the tournament situation, just employing a slightly smaller strategy.
36:42Kind of a big flop for both players here.
36:44You could even employ some leads here if you were Chad.
36:47Yeah, makes a lot of sense.
36:48This is the type of board that's going to hit the big blind actually a little harder than the button probably,
36:51although both ranges are quite wide in this heads-up situation, Chris.
36:54Absolutely.
36:57And Chad improving again by picking up the flush draw on the turn.
37:00Is this a spot where you're going to consider a check-raise as Chad,
37:02and perhaps turning this hand into a bluff,
37:04or do you think you have enough showdown value with the 6?
37:05I think you have enough showdown value.
37:06I also think that Monchik could have gone ahead and bet his hand for value on the turn.
37:10I think this was a little bit of a tight check back.
37:12Now, as Chad, do you like going for a check-raise or just pursuing value right away?
37:15I think I do kind of like check-raising.
37:17Your opponent's going to have a nice opportunity to go for a bluff here with the number of missed holdings,
37:21and obviously there are a number of straights available.
37:23Monchik is actually going for value here with his two pair, which is totally reasonable.
37:26Yeah, I think it's very reasonable, and it makes the check from Chad very nice.
37:29The thinner your opponent is willing to bet for value,
37:33then the more check-raising you want to do with some of these strong value hands.
37:36Immediate regret from Mike Monchik here, because now he faces a difficult decision.
37:39Obviously, he knows his opponent is capable of bluffing.
37:42I would be a little bit worried about calling with this hand.
37:44I would be thinking I have a number of straights that are better hands to call with than this.
37:47He made a thin value bet with one of the weaker hands that he can hold,
37:50and his opponent can easily have a straight or a flush here, given the action.
37:52So I think that this would be an okay situation to go ahead and make a laydown,
37:55although we have seen Texas Mike make a number of hero calls already today.
37:59And given that the turn went check-check, the pot's also a little bit smaller.
38:03But Texas Mike does end up calling, and I think there's a rule of thumb.
38:06Sometimes you feel like because you can also have bluffs,
38:08you want to just bet-call a lot of your value hands in limit games,
38:11but I agree, he's really towards the bottom of his value range in a slightly smaller pot for the turn check through.
38:16Here in a straight draw? Oh, really?
38:18Yeah.
38:19Now your 9's up?
38:20Yeah.
38:21And we saw the same thing with Yuri, right, where Yuri was chip leader,
38:24and then the shortest stack, and then built back up to chip leader again,
38:26and then short again, and then busted.
38:28So there's been a lot of movement.
38:30Absolutely.
38:31It looks like Chad is maybe even employing a trap here with King Jack.
38:33I think he would probably want to put in 16 big blinds if needed to.
38:40Yeah, I agree.
38:41I think this is a hand that he's willing to get all in with, and he just uses a trap.
38:44And look at this flop.
38:45He flops the nuts.
38:46Very interesting bluffing combination, potentially, with a double gutter.
38:52He does just elect to check-call.
38:54Whoa, and Monchek may be up to something here, I guess.
38:56Okay, so just continue with the double gutter, yeah.
38:59A 9 would be a disaster for him.
39:01Yeah, very true.
39:03Check.
39:12Chad obviously loving his situation right now, hoping his opponent has a Queen.
39:2310 seconds.
39:244.
39:27Chad does go with a big bet here in kind of an awkward spot for Monchek,
39:31but he does make the call with his double gutter.
39:33A little tricky spot here, out of position with just Jack high,
39:36really hoping to river a 9 or a King, although we know the 9 would be no good.
39:41Check.
39:47How heroic does Monchek want to be?
39:49In theory, his hand could beat some bluffs.
39:52And, well, we've seen him make some pretty big hero calls before,
39:54but this would be, I think, almost an even bigger hero call than the pair of 4s, Chris.
39:58Yeah, no limit hold'em is not really my game, but I could see him considering it here.
40:03I suppose he's got to figure out how wide can Chad go for value.
40:09And is Chad just going to randomly bluff with a lot of his small cards?
40:15Thanks.
40:23Yeah, Monchek asking what the next game in the rotation is,
40:25perhaps considering that in his decision here.
40:28Absolutely. He's getting quite shallow.
40:30He's absolutely considering hero calling this Jack high,
40:32thinking that Chad could have an absolute air ball.
40:34And he does call.
40:35And he does. Wow. And the tournament is over.
40:38Chad Evesledge, winner of the inaugural $100,000 Mixed Game Super High Roller Bowl.
40:43Wow. Well, congratulations to Chad.
40:45Texas Mike Monchek put on quite a show here today as well.
40:48Live by the sword, die by the sword with those hero calls.
40:50Yeah, trusting his instincts.
40:52I mean, the huge call to eliminate Yuri and just trusted those instincts.
40:55They were wrong this time as Chad flopped the goods there with Broadway.
40:59There is our inaugural Super High Roller Bowl winner.
41:01Congratulations, Chad Evesledge.
41:02Champion, $1.2 million and the first ever Super High Roller Bowl champion.
41:07And nothing to be disappointed about for Michael Monchek.
41:09I'm sure he is disappointed as we know he was playing for the win and the win alone.
41:12But an incredible showing.
41:14Thank you. A memorable hand.
41:15Thanks.
41:16And you can see Chad finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
41:21As you can see, Chad Evesledge, winner of $1.2 million
41:26as he maneuvers this very tough final table.
41:28Michael Monchek, runner-up.
41:30All credit to him in that absolutely bold bluff.
41:34$725,000 for his second place effort.
41:37And you see the rest of the final table there.
41:39Yuri, Daniel Negreanu and Benny Glaser.
41:41Strong showing for all five of those players.
41:45As we go back to Chad, champion.
41:49Showing a little emotion now.
41:52Letting himself smile.
41:54Yeah, look at that ring.
41:55Look at that cash.
41:56The ring and the cash.
41:57And Chad played great, especially in the draw games.
42:01And Chris, I want to thank you for being alongside me for all of this.
42:05This was a fantastic experience.
42:07And it's been really a pleasure to cover the first ever Super High Roller Bowl with you.
42:11Three days of incredible poker.
42:12Getting to see some of these games that we rarely get to see on stream.
42:15And it's been a pleasure to be alongside you too, Alex.
42:17Thanks very much to everyone for tuning in.
42:19On behalf of Chris Vitch, this is Alex Livingston saying goodbye.