Handz is one of the most respectful and polite human beings ever. The man didn’t flinch, curse, get up, shout. “Nice hand” was his reply. Hellmuth loses a $17 pot and we know the rest. Wow.
It was a Helluva good play. Knew for $350k even if they had a flush, can’t be the nut flush. Ya have to have “here’s $200k text me or I’ll forget about it” money to pull the trigger.
I love how awkward things get when counting the chips after a huge pot. The winner is relieved and happy, the loser is beside themself, and the remaining players are just ready to play the next hand
@@sneakerhead567 Definitely not an automatic call but it is a call. K2s is a call and KQs is a fold for this hand in theory. Really important to not block the Q high flush
@@sneakerhead567 It was automatic for me when the pot was a microstake pot and my opponent had Ace high flush, I snapped called and didn't regret...yes it's automatic, but when you have to put 400k on the table is a little bit less automatic to have the balls to do it...
Keating is an absolute beast of a player and person. Poker would be perceived in a completely different and better way if most poker players could handle themselves lime Keating does.
@@chadwellington2524 fair point, I’d still argue you can play to live and play with a great humbleness and humility. In fact, I’d argue you’d actually play better with that mindset.
@@TheJourneyIsWhatMatters It's just a different game when the money matters. This is one of the few hands I've seen Keating play where you can actually see him feel something. He looks stressed to make the call with second nuts (as he should be in that spot..but for a smaller pot certainly would just snap it off). Also, when he calls you can see his reluctant acceptance of his fate to lose to the nuts, only to quickly turn into extreme relief to win the hand. This is not normal for Keating. Imagine winning all in 200bb deep in a .01/.02 game. Do you feel anything? No. Probably not. It's easier to be humble and less emotional in those spots when you don't feel anything. Don't get me wrong, Keating is still great, but Keating's conduct is not anything exceptional here even though I love him on the show and his personality.
@@jaredf9055 I don't think anyone can say with certainty to what degree the money matters for Keating. I agree that the theme with him is that none of this money matters, but that's all speculation. I agree we can see a change in his demeanor and that he is "feeling" something, but I think that "feeling" is more of him just wanting to make the right play. I don't think it's fair or accurate to assume his character/demeanor is tied to the value he places on the money - we have literally seen no evidence of that - and you yourself just said you perceived him appearing "stressed" for the first time given the size of this pot...well, look how he handled himself...I'd say just as well as if it was a pot half the size or 5 times the size. I guess I'm a little confused - it sounds like you are saying we shouldn't really commend Keating for the way he carries himself because the money doesn't matter to him....but then you also admit that it seemed like the money in this pot mattered to him? It seems like that's what you're saying and we all saw how he carried himself in this pot (where you say the money might have mattered) - he carried himself the same way as he always does....which is my point, he's humble and stoic no matter what...
I thought he played it extremely well. Not only cause he was holding the nut blocker, but Alans reputation played a big role in this as well. So many factors went into play, and I pictured myself doing the same exact thing :/ Smh RIP. What class by both men tho truly,
There’s an argument that this is the play because it’s Keating. Everyone knows you don’t bluff Keating, however… If Keating’s strategy is to advertise his style on HCL for reaping benefit during private games, then he might have a guiding policy of “say yes to big spots that show I’m a gambler” and then in private games he always shows up with the nuts in these spots
@@123TheSimpsonsMight not be. But maybe for live broadcast/ stream in USA. I think Jason Koon's pot at a Triton series is the highest cash pot on a stream but that was streamed/ broadcasted in Asia.
@@joesmolo4131 Guy Laliberte and David Benyamine played a pot for 1.25m back in the 2000s. i only remember because laliberte gave the money back probably still not the highest.
He is never folding this. He is just taking time to make it a well thought through call. But even if he does not want to call in this spot he is 100% calling, especially alan.
Jesus! That has to be a record for HCL vedios!! I watched this hand live just a few hours ago! Insane hand. When Handz made that bluff, he earned my serious respect. Against Alan Keating no less. I was rooting for Alan watching this game live but I came away really liking Handz.
LMAO unreal!!! Extreme class displayed by both men, especially Handz tho what a champ. Took it like a boss, and Keating as well for loaning him the 200k after like NOTHING. Man I love poker, only here will these types of things happen. I NEED to make it here one day.. I will.
Yeah respect for him for having the balls to go for this. I think this works enough against Keating. And obv taking it like a champ, impressive sportsmanship
He had the third nuts for that board, loses to ace high flush and the 8 9 of spades straight flush. For that much money you definitely need to think for a while, the possibility of being beat was real.
@@pauldavis5665 not impossible to fold here but knowing the way Keating plays and his loose image, probably not the right person to bluff. Would work on someone like Ben though.
Would not always work with Ben. I ran this hand many times, well using Great and Balanced Players. Against a well balanced player, the worst hand you can call with is a Non-Broadway Queen High Flush. In Handz' shoes, an equilibrium player will have the K high Flush as the rock bottom of his rasing range trynna target the Q high flush. But balanced players always have Bare Ace as a bluff. Hence that enables Q high flush to call the river sometimes in Alan's seat and K high flush to raise in Handz' seat
I’m absolutely in love with this show. I think it’s better poker than HSP , you can tell these amounts effect most of these guys. People actually think with boats and 2nd nut hands.
seriously? Commentator says he was already down 800k after this hand... I don't have any idea about his bankroll, but being stuck 800k for the night seems like the perfect opportunity to stop, go to the bar, have a few drinks and call it a night. Instead he's stuck a mil...
@@Say0ceansome of these guys can loose millions and It doesn’t even matter. It’s pretty sick. to the average guy on here It seems like big numbers. But its not.
You can see Keating is trying his level best to stay composed and calm... taking deep breaths and all... wow what a hand. and everyone at the table showing the right etiquette
@@golfmaniac007 Fair enough, but it's hard to say how these guys are trying to level each other. We've seen Garrett makes some huge bets, for example, when he has the nuts
@@golfmaniac007 Disagree. Handz played his hand like he had AQ of spades. If I'm Keating, I'm thinking that's his hand on the river and I would consider laying it down. Also, he's prob used to playing against guys who wouldn't play junk like K-2 suited. Brillantly played, Handz has a great poker face to pull that kind of bluff, he unfort just ran into a very rich guy who calls more often that most high limit players.
I'd love to see Alan's overall success in poker. He plays crazy but it gets him paid off at times when nobody else would bc nobody's playing the hands he is.
I used to love poker. I’d play tournaments in my hometown in Brazil, for 30 bucks( US), it was fun and tackled my boredom. The club closed and the boredom started to hit me hard, so I moved to cash games. I was already battling depression, so I’d do anything to take my thoughts out of the darkness, and poker fulfilled it. Unfortunately, I became addicted and lost a lot of money. Poker is ruthless, because you can make all the right moves, but you take that 1 outer at the river, and you fell dead inside. It’s not fair. The highs in poker are 100 but the lows are 1000000. Switched to chess. Just recreational. No money envolved. But I do miss playing this son of a bit***
Man o man… when Alan called, Handz’ face immediately turned the same color as his shirt.. Eric Persson didn’t move the entire time. I think he was still in shock 😂😂
This show truly is the best poker content in the world! Absolutely love The triton series ect but these games have a different vibe. Long may it continue!
Trying to bluff Alan of all people in that specific spot is like trying to knock-out the Hulk with piece of paper.. Yes it was a tough call but most people will be in the "you got it, you got it" spot...
not true, as someone in the video said, it was a polarised play, as Handz was holding A of spades, he knew that the only hand Alan put him is A high flush (if Handz had something). Remember that Handz raised preflop 5,5x, so he had all A2+ of spades in his range, Alan beats nothing, only pure bluff. I think Handz played this pretty well
@@SlaineFx and Alan knows people think (know) he's loose. And probably thinks to himself that shoving him there is risky. So there's leveling to use to your advantage too
This is correct. As a good player, Handz' rock bottom shoving range would be the King High Flush, but since Keating has that, he only beats a bluff. That being said, with 3 to 1 odds, the King High Flush specifically is a crying, but must call
Bruh Keating isn't good enough to ever fold what is basically the second nuts ( yes, the straight flush is there, but we're never putting opponent on it )
I'm not sure what the situation with Garrett is with Hustler but he would be absolutely gutted he can't get in on these games. Actually I don't think I've seen him in a game with Handz or Keating. Maybe those kinda games are whale only type games...
@@chadwellington2524 dont agree with you cuz all of them can afford to loose millions but you dont hear me saying the same about their mannerisms. win or loose Alan cool like the other side of a pillow .
Had a hand similar to this in a live game for a little over 1k with the ace blocker, only difference was jacks paired the board, let myself get table talked into giving up I didn’t have a full house and got called. Made me stay silent during big all ins for the rest of my life
I used to play $2-$5 home games with Alan in his apartment at MSU. Thought he was decent but nothing extraordinary. Unreal to see where he is now. Was always a super nice dude
Who’s in charge of clickbait titles? Surely you can make something imaginative that doesn’t involve immediately spoiling the video prior to viewing. Come on man.
@@jacure123 the have 4 players o the the flop, you would think the one that called likley have a flush draw. He can bluff if the 3rd spade did not show up. I think is a wrong play even though he had a A of spade blocker.
@@janreldelacruz1674 well A. Handz didn't know that and B. Keating's range is huge, so him having the literal nuts (since Hands had the A of spades) is pretty unlikely. Much more likely he has a weaker flush, a weak straight or trips, in which case the 500k bluff almost certainly would have worked.
The most surprising thing is how long it took keeting to call. Historically he would of snap called with a 3 high flush there. This means his game is improving to even think about it that long that he could be beat. based on how it was played, its hard to put him on an ace high flush there.
Airball would always have 89ss or Axss in Handz spot when shoving half a mill. Spineless nitball. K2ss would be the easiest fold in history. This spot has nothing to do with potodds, it has to do with who you’re calling down.
my logic may be off here, but does it make sense to plan a 550k bluff into a post flop of only 37k? shouldnt the final stab not ever get that incredibly overextended? i get trying to polarize but if you have the ace high flush - how often would you shove there? I can't imagine it's that often?
A king high flush is in my opinion a must call since if youre willing to fold that every pro will bluff at you when they hold the ace of spades basically giving them a freeroll to steal your money in such spots
An A is not enough, The Player, previous hands, your perceived image that night and overall... not bad bluff, just bad timing, maybe Keating folds 10high or lower flush.
Would be great lead with 89 of spades, unblocking the nut and second nut flush and more chance therefore for opponent to blast the blocker, where as chk raising just gets folds
What a play.... how he identified that even K and Q high flushes can be put under massive pressure on that board... and the balls of steel to actually pull the trigger... sick. It'd be interesting to see what the computer says but it feels right (plus it's Keating and he has sone many value-fold and bluff-folds in his range...) WOW 🎉
nah, he would not do it if he knew Alan had K or Q high flush, Alan has reputation of calling station.. He could be targeting hands like 10x combos, some two pairs and with the way the hand played out he could probably fold out even some straights but i highly doubt he would do it if he expected Alan having flush there...
@@lbakicz of course not, but if a play is (probably) +EV against 80% of flushes and even puts pressure on K and Q high flushes... thats pretty sick. Just happened to run into the absolute NUT of his range haha
The stakes are not comparable by any means, but looking at him when he gets called - I know that feeling. Back in 2006 I lost the equivalent of 8 times my rent in one hour and my mind (and stomach) struggled frantically to make sense of the madness.
No one is really commenting about which bare As hands Handz still has by the river, with this board I doubt he's barreling the turn with any off suit AK AQ AJ A9 combo's. AT, A7, A3 make sense but suddenly the nr of bluffs drop dramatically imo. Great to see him go for this bluff.
Cant believe Keating took so long to decide. Basically 2nd nuts , outside the straight flush. Hes been a calling station in the past without regard to stakes. Nice hand
The problem with shoving is that Keating unfortunately has great odds. And is a station. Keatings problem is that very few people have the balls to bluff in Handz spot. Only Eric. Airball would always have 89ss or Axss here, 100% of the time.
Handz is one of the most respectful and polite human beings ever. The man didn’t flinch, curse, get up, shout. “Nice hand” was his reply.
Hellmuth loses a $17 pot and we know the rest. Wow.
If Handz did not pay his $200K loan, then it is on you.
@@mosuliraq8387 learn how to read. Never mentioned anything about the 200k lol
what's he gonna do? cuss himself out for making a bad bluff in a wrong spot?
It was a Helluva good play. Knew for $350k even if they had a flush, can’t be the nut flush. Ya have to have “here’s $200k text me or I’ll forget about it” money to pull the trigger.
Hellmuth is a clown and a sore loser.
So pleased to see a hand of this magnitude handled with such class all around. Well done to all involved.
Nik Airball not involved
I love how awkward things get when counting the chips after a huge pot.
The winner is relieved and happy, the loser is beside themself, and the remaining players are just ready to play the next hand
I'd say the remaining players are also quiet out of respect for the guy getting absolutely bloodbathed in a massive pot
What hand did you just watch? Complete opposite of what you stated
except for eric. he knows the feeling after his bike "performance" lol not that he cares about the $ lost, but that ego was sure squashed.
Unless Airball was there of course, he'd be laughing in the background saying he knew Handz was bluffing or Keating would call or some sh*t. Haha
“How much do you want?”
“Whatever”
“Just text me so I don’t forget the 200k”
Both of these guys are great for poker. Two classy guys with a lot of heart
1) insane pot
2) insane amounts of class
I definitely can learn a thing or two from how Handz handled that. Keating is a stand up dude too.
Guy who lost took this a million times better than a guy I beat in a free poker tourney at a bar.
I was thinking the same thing
you can understand how good that bluff was when a player like Keating tanks with the Khigh flush there. Insane play by Handz!
Bro this is really an automatic call in my opinion.
@@sneakerhead567 Definitely not an automatic call but it is a call. K2s is a call and KQs is a fold for this hand in theory. Really important to not block the Q high flush
@@sneakerhead567 we watch then that easy but in his potision with 1.2m$ that so much diffience
It's definitely a call, even if Handz had it. But Keating didn't have Ace and he knew that.
@@sneakerhead567 It was automatic for me when the pot was a microstake pot and my opponent had Ace high flush, I snapped called and didn't regret...yes it's automatic, but when you have to put 400k on the table is a little bit less automatic to have the balls to do it...
Handz down the biggest pot in US poker broadcast history
Clever
Ayyyyooo
Lmao
Flawless
Literally
Keating is an absolute beast of a player and person. Poker would be perceived in a completely different and better way if most poker players could handle themselves lime Keating does.
@@chadwellington2524 fair point, I’d still argue you can play to live and play with a great humbleness and humility. In fact, I’d argue you’d actually play better with that mindset.
Is he a billionaire..?
@@TheJourneyIsWhatMatters It's just a different game when the money matters. This is one of the few hands I've seen Keating play where you can actually see him feel something. He looks stressed to make the call with second nuts (as he should be in that spot..but for a smaller pot certainly would just snap it off). Also, when he calls you can see his reluctant acceptance of his fate to lose to the nuts, only to quickly turn into extreme relief to win the hand. This is not normal for Keating. Imagine winning all in 200bb deep in a .01/.02 game. Do you feel anything? No. Probably not. It's easier to be humble and less emotional in those spots when you don't feel anything. Don't get me wrong, Keating is still great, but Keating's conduct is not anything exceptional here even though I love him on the show and his personality.
@@jaredf9055 I don't think anyone can say with certainty to what degree the money matters for Keating. I agree that the theme with him is that none of this money matters, but that's all speculation. I agree we can see a change in his demeanor and that he is "feeling" something, but I think that "feeling" is more of him just wanting to make the right play. I don't think it's fair or accurate to assume his character/demeanor is tied to the value he places on the money - we have literally seen no evidence of that - and you yourself just said you perceived him appearing "stressed" for the first time given the size of this pot...well, look how he handled himself...I'd say just as well as if it was a pot half the size or 5 times the size. I guess I'm a little confused - it sounds like you are saying we shouldn't really commend Keating for the way he carries himself because the money doesn't matter to him....but then you also admit that it seemed like the money in this pot mattered to him? It seems like that's what you're saying and we all saw how he carried himself in this pot (where you say the money might have mattered) - he carried himself the same way as he always does....which is my point, he's humble and stoic no matter what...
3rd nuts I believe a str8 flush was also available
I don’t wanna hear any criticism to the way Handz played. He has guts. Let’s admire him.
solid play holding the ace of spades
Balls of steel
@@RyanKyleMusic Not against Keating - he is never ever folding
I thought he played it extremely well. Not only cause he was holding the nut blocker, but Alans reputation played a big role in this as well. So many factors went into play, and I pictured myself doing the same exact thing :/ Smh RIP. What class by both men tho truly,
There’s an argument that this is the play because it’s Keating.
Everyone knows you don’t bluff Keating, however…
If Keating’s strategy is to advertise his style on HCL for reaping benefit during private games, then he might have a guiding policy of “say yes to big spots that show I’m a gambler” and then in private games he always shows up with the nuts in these spots
Keating+Bart Hanson= Streaming gold. Every single time!
The way keating is acting after the pot, shows huge class!
Actually, that part was fairly easy for a millionaireHandled
My boy Keating. I love this guy. So down to earth even after wining the biggest pot in US poker history. 🙏🙏
US pot on a live broadcast. Some private game holds the record somewhere unknown in the States
You must be a proud father, you have a great son.
@@joesmolo4131 i don’t even think it’s the largest televised pot
@@123TheSimpsonsMight not be. But maybe for live broadcast/ stream in USA. I think Jason Koon's pot at a Triton series is the highest cash pot on a stream but that was streamed/ broadcasted in Asia.
@@joesmolo4131 Guy Laliberte and David Benyamine played a pot for 1.25m back in the 2000s. i only remember because laliberte gave the money back probably still not the highest.
i didn't even realize alan gave him a loan. what a table. hats off.
Handz should change his name to Ballz as he's clearly got a massive pair.
Keating is the truest agent of chaos
Can we just have Bart as the full time commentator! Seems like it’s always an adventure when he’s on the mic.
Keating is a legend. Big play 🙏🙏🙏
So happy seeing him call!!! I was saying “call” for a minute straight!!!
didn't read the title of the video? unistall tic tok..
I was watching it live genius
He is never folding this. He is just taking time to make it a well thought through call. But even if he does not want to call in this spot he is 100% calling, especially alan.
@@edwardliddy uninstall youtube
you could've fast forward like I did and saved yourself the breathe and time
Jesus! That has to be a record for HCL vedios!! I watched this hand live just a few hours ago!
Insane hand. When Handz made that bluff, he earned my serious respect. Against Alan Keating no less. I was rooting for Alan watching this game live but I came away really liking Handz.
That's WILD to think to bluff Keating. LOL, have you NOT see Keating play? Keating is crazy enough have 7,2 OS and call that.
Yep, that’s literally what the title implies
@@paull9087 ..how exactly does the title imply they produced the clip in record time?
LMAO unreal!!! Extreme class displayed by both men, especially Handz tho what a champ. Took it like a boss, and Keating as well for loaning him the 200k after like NOTHING. Man I love poker, only here will these types of things happen. I NEED to make it here one day.. I will.
if you believe it u can achieve it
@@youknow-bora9008 that’s right!!
These are two class acts, incredible cool. Good luck dude, hope you join them one day !
Yeah respect for him for having the balls to go for this. I think this works enough against Keating. And obv taking it like a champ, impressive sportsmanship
Good luck to you my friend
I know he thought about it for a long time but let's be honest, he is NEVER folding here.
Yeah he was getting a really good price too. 300k to win 800k. Just have to hope Handz doesn't have Ax of spades.
He had the third nuts for that board, loses to ace high flush and the 8 9 of spades straight flush. For that much money you definitely need to think for a while, the possibility of being beat was real.
@@pauldavis5665 not impossible to fold here but knowing the way Keating plays and his loose image, probably not the right person to bluff. Would work on someone like Ben though.
@@darrenang7742 Agree. if it were someone else, it would have been 50/50 but Alan was 95% calling,
Would not always work with Ben. I ran this hand many times, well using Great and Balanced Players. Against a well balanced player, the worst hand you can call with is a Non-Broadway Queen High Flush.
In Handz' shoes, an equilibrium player will have the K high Flush as the rock bottom of his rasing range trynna target the Q high flush.
But balanced players always have Bare Ace as a bluff. Hence that enables Q high flush to call the river sometimes in Alan's seat and K high flush to raise in Handz' seat
Keating is the definition of a real life Baller
"you are good" - what a nice thing to hear once you call an all in.
Winning the biggest pot it’s had to be Alan Keating. Congratulations Keating
Eric was seething because those are the size pots he needs to nab to try and break-even on his HCL appearances.
I’m absolutely in love with this show. I think it’s better poker than HSP , you can tell these amounts effect most of these guys. People actually think with boats and 2nd nut hands.
HCL staff working overtime to put this out!👍🙌😁
and yet none of the staff can put out timestamps
handz was quick at math to know immediately he’ll leave himself 700 Uber money
Handz got stacked for the $200k he borrowed like 30 minutes later lol
seriously? Commentator says he was already down 800k after this hand... I don't have any idea about his bankroll, but being stuck 800k for the night seems like the perfect opportunity to stop, go to the bar, have a few drinks and call it a night. Instead he's stuck a mil...
@@Say0cean he probably has a crazy bankroll lmao
He was also already down something like $400K from getting stacked the prior two nights. So with that last $200K, he's down like $1.4M in three days!
@@Say0ceansome of these guys can loose millions and It doesn’t even matter. It’s pretty sick. to the average guy on here It seems like big numbers. But its not.
@@SwayPromo Yeah. A million here, a million there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. 😮
I'm so glad that this happened on HCL - and with Bart Hanson commentating!!
the production is awesome, and bart on the mic, becoming legendary..
You can see Keating is trying his level best to stay composed and calm... taking deep breaths and all... wow what a hand. and everyone at the table showing the right etiquette
Wife: “How’d your night go babe? Did you take Keating for all his money like you said you would?”
Handz: “About that..”
Keating with the 200k loan saying "text me or I'll forget about it"
Dude the outro song is really good
Handz is probably my favorite poker player
Both the players are extremely classy. Sick bluff from Handz. Unlucky it did not go through.
Just ran into the upper end of his range. If Keating had a Q or J high flush, could have been a very different story
@@Samklemens if you replay the hand, hanz was betting to big..... pre, flop, turn. if you sit and think it just doesn't make sense in the sizing
@@golfmaniac007 Fair enough, but it's hard to say how these guys are trying to level each other. We've seen Garrett makes some huge bets, for example, when he has the nuts
@@golfmaniac007 Disagree. Handz played his hand like he had AQ of spades. If I'm Keating, I'm thinking that's his hand on the river and I would consider laying it down. Also, he's prob used to playing against guys who wouldn't play junk like K-2 suited. Brillantly played, Handz has a great poker face to pull that kind of bluff, he unfort just ran into a very rich guy who calls more often that most high limit players.
I'd love to see Alan's overall success in poker. He plays crazy but it gets him paid off at times when nobody else would bc nobody's playing the hands he is.
I used to love poker.
I’d play tournaments in my hometown in Brazil, for 30 bucks( US), it was fun and tackled my boredom.
The club closed and the boredom started to hit me hard, so I moved to cash games.
I was already battling depression, so I’d do anything to take my thoughts out of the darkness, and poker fulfilled it.
Unfortunately, I became addicted and lost a lot of money.
Poker is ruthless, because you can make all the right moves, but you take that 1 outer at the river, and you fell dead inside. It’s not fair.
The highs in poker are 100 but the lows are 1000000.
Switched to chess. Just recreational. No money envolved.
But I do miss playing this son of a bit***
Man o man… when Alan called, Handz’ face immediately turned the same color as his shirt.. Eric Persson didn’t move the entire time. I think he was still in shock 😂😂
Keating casually saying, "text me or I'll forget about it". Absolute DAWG!!!!!!
The Bank of Persson was closed when Handz asked for the loan from EP. "I gotta use my chips" 😆
Nothing better than an action player getting paid. Salute to Keating
the epitomy of a gambler! i love this guy. He is all image
This show truly is the best poker content in the world! Absolutely love The triton series ect but these games have a different vibe. Long may it continue!
Can't imagine how devastating it would be to lose a pot that size, knowing how I feel losing a "big" one at $1/2 lol
Should be no difference...as if you can't afford to play the stakes, do not sit at the table...
Can't bluff a calling machine
Definitely so have value hands and take it 💰💰
Couldn’t have gone to a better ambassador of the game. Keating is the man
The dynamics of Alan Keating, down nearly 400k within the first hour to up some big stacks after that hand
Trying to bluff Alan of all people in that specific spot is like trying to knock-out the Hulk with piece of paper.. Yes it was a tough call but most people will be in the "you got it, you got it" spot...
not true, as someone in the video said, it was a polarised play, as Handz was holding A of spades, he knew that the only hand Alan put him is A high flush (if Handz had something). Remember that Handz raised preflop 5,5x, so he had all A2+ of spades in his range, Alan beats nothing, only pure bluff. I think Handz played this pretty well
@@SlaineFx and Alan knows people think (know) he's loose. And probably thinks to himself that shoving him there is risky. So there's leveling to use to your advantage too
This is correct. As a good player, Handz' rock bottom shoving range would be the King High Flush, but since Keating has that, he only beats a bluff.
That being said, with 3 to 1 odds, the King High Flush specifically is a crying, but must call
@@dummy999 He called 70k hoping a spade would hit on the river and did.. kinda hard to know what Keating has when he is playing that loose
Bruh Keating isn't good enough to ever fold what is basically the second nuts ( yes, the straight flush is there, but we're never putting opponent on it )
Much love to keating. But Handz went for it to bluff one of the only two players that might be hard to bluff. Hats off to Handz man.
this hand was a clash of a two GOATS
Eric drooling at that pot
Lmao. Came to post the same thing.
Eric has the look like “I should have won that”
I'm not sure what the situation with Garrett is with Hustler but he would be absolutely gutted he can't get in on these games. Actually I don't think I've seen him in a game with Handz or Keating. Maybe those kinda games are whale only type games...
Garrett just said yesterday that if/when he decides to return to streamed poker it will be at HCL.
@@quanges garret played with eric and lost money to him
Alan is a class act cant take that from him
@@chadwellington2524 dont agree with you cuz all of them can afford to loose millions but you dont hear me saying the same about their mannerisms. win or loose Alan cool like the other side of a pillow .
@@chadwellington2524 seethe
@@chadwellington2524 lol, you don't think there are millionaire assholes?
Is Alan related to Ronan Keating?
Handz thought he could get Keating off a hand something like a straight or a smaller flush.
Had a hand similar to this in a live game for a little over 1k with the ace blocker, only difference was jacks paired the board, let myself get table talked into giving up I didn’t have a full house and got called. Made me stay silent during big all ins for the rest of my life
Took awhile for someone to talk. It was like a funeral.
I used to play $2-$5 home games with Alan in his apartment at MSU. Thought he was decent but nothing extraordinary. Unreal to see where he is now. Was always a super nice dude
Who’s in charge of clickbait titles? Surely you can make something imaginative that doesn’t involve immediately spoiling the video prior to viewing. Come on man.
I've never seen Keating fold a re raise ever
Nice play by Handz there. If you're going to make that move, thats the type of hand to do it with. I like it.
Bluff the wrong guy, you don't want to bluff Eric and Alan, you rather trap them.
Ya but Alan knows his image , so it looks so strong shoving against guy who calls a lot. I would’ve folded thinking he had 89 spades
@@dustyguadian7570 yeah but he's known for calling a lot for a reason...
@@lowelliswell if Alan didn't have the flush he would've folded. Great play but wrong timing
@@jacure123 the have 4 players o the the flop, you would think the one that called likley have a flush draw. He can bluff if the 3rd spade did not show up. I think is a wrong play even though he had a A of spade blocker.
Handz play works if Keating has a lower flush, right? Like maybe J high flush or lower, and he pitches the cards in the muck.
Lmfaooo Eric is like wtf im lucky that wasnt me! 😂😂😂
Best part was the stunned, total silence at the table as the chips are getting stacked and moved.
To bylo ciezkie sprawdzenie. Naprawde. Wielu by spasowalo, Keating jest niemozliwy🥴
to bluff keating in that spot requires a lot of guts - extremely gutsy play by Handz. Great play by both players.
He had king high flush. Why in the world would you bluff there. That’s a call 9 times out of 10
@@janreldelacruz1674 Generally in poker the players don't have access to their opponent's hole cards.
@@janreldelacruz1674 well A. Handz didn't know that and B. Keating's range is huge, so him having the literal nuts (since Hands had the A of spades) is pretty unlikely. Much more likely he has a weaker flush, a weak straight or trips, in which case the 500k bluff almost certainly would have worked.
The most surprising thing is how long it took keeting to call. Historically he would of snap called with a 3 high flush there. This means his game is improving to even think about it that long that he could be beat. based on how it was played, its hard to put him on an ace high flush there.
Handz is a good guy and a nice player..hope he'll play tmorrow
Airball would always have 89ss or Axss in Handz spot when shoving half a mill. Spineless nitball. K2ss would be the easiest fold in history. This spot has nothing to do with potodds, it has to do with who you’re calling down.
my logic may be off here, but does it make sense to plan a 550k bluff into a post flop of only 37k? shouldnt the final stab not ever get that incredibly overextended? i get trying to polarize but if you have the ace high flush - how often would you shove there? I can't imagine it's that often?
Ngl the best part about these videos is the dope ass beat at the end. Where can I find this ?? Lol
Couldnt dare to run this bluff vs Keating lol
A king high flush is in my opinion a must call since if youre willing to fold that every pro will bluff at you when they hold the ace of spades basically giving them a freeroll to steal your money in such spots
Fantastic lineup, gotta watch the whole session, thanks HCL!
I ain’t lending no gambler 200k no matter how much money I got .
when handz when all in, he should have show him the ace of spaces and said something to him like, fold kid u cant beat my A high flush
Handz picked the wrong person to try to bluff
Who writes this titles?
make it at least with a question mark please
This one is different
Does anybody know what the blinds were? I think there was at least 1 straddle if not a double straddle. 3.2k the BB is hard to believe
An A is not enough, The Player, previous hands, your perceived image that night and overall... not bad bluff, just bad timing, maybe Keating folds 10high or lower flush.
A spades is all you need since you are repping the nuts (yes i know 78sspades is the actual nuts)
Keating is a sick human and handz handled this like a champ
A brilliant hand played in the spirit of the game. That said, it's a snap call on the river with 3-1 odds and the board play out
Would be great lead with 89 of spades, unblocking the nut and second nut flush and more chance therefore for opponent to blast the blocker, where as chk raising just gets folds
Keating on 🔥 the guy is a monster in the poker table.
What a play.... how he identified that even K and Q high flushes can be put under massive pressure on that board... and the balls of steel to actually pull the trigger... sick. It'd be interesting to see what the computer says but it feels right (plus it's Keating and he has sone many value-fold and bluff-folds in his range...) WOW 🎉
nah, he would not do it if he knew Alan had K or Q high flush, Alan has reputation of calling station.. He could be targeting hands like 10x combos, some two pairs and with the way the hand played out he could probably fold out even some straights but i highly doubt he would do it if he expected Alan having flush there...
@@lbakicz of course not, but if a play is (probably) +EV against 80% of flushes and even puts pressure on K and Q high flushes... thats pretty sick. Just happened to run into the absolute NUT of his range haha
The stakes are not comparable by any means, but looking at him when he gets called - I know that feeling. Back in 2006 I lost the equivalent of 8 times my rent in one hour and my mind (and stomach) struggled frantically to make sense of the madness.
what is the song in the end?
No one is really commenting about which bare As hands Handz still has by the river, with this board I doubt he's barreling the turn with any off suit AK AQ AJ A9 combo's. AT, A7, A3 make sense but suddenly the nr of bluffs drop dramatically imo. Great to see him go for this bluff.
I said in the comments on the live stream that a +1-Mil pot would happen…and of course I fall asleep
Is there a website that tracks poker losers too? All I can find is websites that track tournament wins.
You never want to try to bluff Mr.Keating!
The previous biggest pot on streaming USA history well beaten here, Crazy Hand 🤯 GG both players… Woooooow
Cant believe Keating took so long to decide. Basically 2nd nuts , outside the straight flush. Hes been a calling station in the past without regard to stakes. Nice hand
From a Poker Standpoint, thats a Massive PUNT. Keating did well to Lead Huge on the River
That's a great, gutsy bluff. And it's a really tough call with the third nut.
what did keating say to handz as he went for a fist bump?
congrats on the great streams Hustler
The problem with shoving is that Keating unfortunately has great odds. And is a station.
Keatings problem is that very few people have the balls to bluff in Handz spot. Only Eric. Airball would always have 89ss or Axss here, 100% of the time.