From Playground Poker Club in 
Kahnawake, Quebec...
This is Poker Night in America.
(high energy jazz
featuring horns)
- What's up guys?
Hello and welcome to
Poker Night Presents:
Party Poker Live at
Playground Poker Club.
I'm your host for the evening.
My name is Doug Polk.
You may know me from such
accomplishments as winning
this year's One Drop for more
that 3.6 million dollars,
as well as publishing
over 300 YouTube videos.
Oh my god. Am I a YouTuber?
(whoosh)
Today we have all of
our players buying in
for at least a hundred
thousand dollars,
this includes Antonio
Esfandiari and Sam Trickett.
Rob Yong in for two
hundred thousand,
always good to have
everyone covered.
We should see some
fireworks today.
- [Roberts] And we all sat
at the table, we called him,
sat down, bought in
for a hundred thousand,
and everybody got up (laughs).
- [Trickett] Oh my god
(laughs). That is...
- I love that.
- That is amazing.
- It's so bad.
- He was licking his chops.
- I freaking love that.
- Yeah, and then,
one of the guys said,
what are you buying,
you're buying in,
what are you buying
in for a hundred for?
You expect to win a
lot of money! Oh, well.
- (mock yawning)
- I'm kinda tired
(laughs). I'm out.
- [Doug] Queen, seven, four,
a little bit of a piece
for a few players here.
We see Roberts with
a Nut Flush draw,
Ohayon with Middle
Pair, and Antonio
with a Middling
Pair, Pocket Nines.
(chips clack)
- We're at two
thousand, seven hundred.
- [Doug] And Roberts fire
out a pretty small bet here,
all things considered, twenty
seven hundred into the pot.
- Why does everyone
hate pros nowadays?
- It's not hating pros.
- It's not fun.
- There's no poker
if there's no pros.
- It's not, it's the
type of pro, I think.
- Keep the game
going. Keep liquidity
in the market.
- That is true.
I would play with
a pro like Antonio,
or Jean-Robert Bellande any day.
- [Dealer] Raise, ten thousand.
- [Doug] Sometimes in
poker, you just gotta bluff,
and hope that they
don't have much.
- It's the type of pros.
They're not willing to straddle.
- But that can be the
type of person, can't it.
Not necessarily a pro.
- Like mosquito.
- Yeah, the guy doesn't
need to be a pro
to be a dick, does he.
- [Safieddine] That
was really effective.
- [Antonio] Yeah,
that worked out well.
(laughing)
[Trickett] You get through.
- That worked out well. -
- [Doug] Brick here on the turn.
This is one of those spots
in poker, where, sometimes,
whoever wants it the
most is gonna win.
No one has too much, and
if someone gets aggressive,
they might take this
one down right here.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Checks through.
- [Yong] You've got some
non-pros that are Bumhunters,
don't you, that leave
the table, hit and run.
- [Doug] And that is a flush.
- Bet twenty thousand.
- [Doug] That money's gone.
- [Dealer] Fold.
- [Doug] I like
that magic trick.
Ohayon's definitely
bluffing here,
he realizes his pair of sevens
is not likely to be good,
he's hoping the other
players do not have much.
Little does he know, he has
run right into the goods.
- I'm all in.
- [Doug] And that is not
what Ohayon wanted to hear.
He lets it go, and
Roberts on the board
picking up forty-four
thousand in that pot.
- Miss Lauren.
- Thank you for raising
that, for making that bet.
- You're welcome.
- Juiced it up for
you, didn't he.
- Juiced it up for you.
(whoosh)
- The last few times in
Vegas, I've been to Vegas
for four weeks at a time,
and I've never been
in the Rio once.
- [Antonio] You're
not missing much.
- Yeah, well, that just shows
that you have some intelligence.
(everyone laughs)
- [Roberts] They
honestly don't have poker
when the World Series
is not going on.
- [Trickett] It's
not nice atmosphere.
- [Yong] It's
depressing, everyone's
going on about bad beats.
- [Roberts] That's an
understatement, yeah.
- [Yong] Can't find anybody.
- [Dealer] Raise to pass them.
- [Doug] Couple easy folds
getting out of the way,
and then Antonio's going
to open this action
with ten eight
off-suit on the button.
But Sam Trickett having none
of it in the small blind
with ace, jack.
- Getting some amazing
hands, Antonio.
- Yes. When am I
gonna get my turn?
- I know. He's
like in every hand.
He's running good.
- [Doug] Now what does Yong
have here in his straddle?
Nothing.
That's the problem
with random hands.
They often end up being random.
Over to Antonio. A
lot in play here.
He's going for the raise,
Antonio's playing
aggressive today!
Now against a lot of players,
this play would probably work,
but Trickett is a bit on
the loose and sticky side.
We might be seeing a flop.
Forty five thousand dollar pot,
two kind of whatever hands,
we're playing a little poker.
- [Safieddine] 27.
(chips clicking)
- [Doug] Everyone
whiffs here on the flop.
Queen six three rainbow.
Trickett checks.
Over to Antonio.
- [Antonio] Check.
- [Doug] He's gonna
check it back.
Interesting check here.
A lot of times you'd
want to bet the flop,
represent aces and kings,
but he's gonna play it
a little bit more sneaky.
Trickett on the turn
has to know his ace high
is not very likely to be
good, but should he fire?
- [Dealer] 15,000.
- [Doug] Small bet
here on the turn,
and Antonio is going
to be priced in.
He's got a Double Gutshot,
he can make a straight
on a jack or a seven, and
if he does hit that hand,
he's likely to be paid off
by a variety of holdings.
- Some start at three or four.
- [Yong] I like to play a night.
- I do too, but a lot
of the guys don't.
- [Doug] But he's thinking
about more than call.
This is a beautiful
move, Trickett really
has no play other than to fold.
He has ace high, and
even though his opponent
is not really representing
much in the way of strength...
- Guess I should have checked.
- [Doug] Aces and kings
might have bet the flop.
He can't really do much.
Sometimes, even if you think
they might be bluffing,
you just gotta let it go.
- Really has the best
poker in Vegas, I think.
- Do you live close to Vegas?
- I moved there
from Los Angeles.
Less than a year ago.
- What's it like to live there?
- If you are 15 minutes
away from the strip,
I live on a mountain, I
have panoramic strip views.
It's beautiful.
I'm always there.
- [Doug] Some nice moves
from Antonio there,
it will pick him up this pot.
- Would you bet if I check?
- Yeah, for sure.
For sure I would.
- [Doug] Who said you have
to be dealt a good hand?
Sometimes you can make your
own fortune at the table.
Unless you're Trickett.
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Alright, well,
we'll be right back
with more high stakes
action after this.
(upbeat jazz)
- [Dealer] Straddle, 400.
- [Doug] Welcome back
to Poker Night Presents:
Party Poker Live at
Playground Poker Club.
Straddle back in effect,
and then of course,
you have to have
the re-straddle.
This game is now four times
as big as it was before.
1800 dollars in
the pot pre-flop,
and we haven't even
seen our cards yet!
- I stayed at the Four
Seasons last year.
It was a nice room, but
it was a bit remote.
- [Roberts] Yeah.
- [Dealer] It's off
the beaten track.
- Raise.
- [Doug] Safieddine
finally gained the mix here
with the nine eight suited,
but he's going to run
into a couple of big hands.
Pocket jacks behind and king
queen as well for Trickett.
- Takes forever and
a day to get anywhere
in the casino at LA.
- [Yong] The cafe as
well, the RA Cafe as well.
- Yeah, the cafe.
But there's also
a Jean-Georges, there's a...
- [Dealer] 13,200.
- [Doug] Trickett getting
a little tricky here.
Going for the three bet,
trying to take this pot down
pre-flop, but not gonna
happen against pocket jacks.
Safieddine might
get out of the way,
but there's no way
Ohayon's going anywhere.
- [Yong] Well you have quite
an exciting life, don't you.
- [Roberts] What's that?
- [Yong] You have
quite an exciting life.
- It's fun. Well, I
have several companies.
I have the freedom
to do what I want.
- Do you like tournaments, or...
- I do. I do like tournaments.
I never thought I would, but,
your money is paid, it's
sunk cost at that point,
so it's just kinda mano
y mano at the table.
- That doesn't matter how
much you have, you can't.
- [Doug] Get him.
Ohayne makes the call.
- Get the pro, man.
Punish him, PTP. Punish the pro.
- [Doug] And we're
taking a flop.
- That's not nice.
- Yeah, but I love this.
- [Doug] Please low
cards, please low cards,
is what Ohayne's thinking.
Low cards it is!
Hard to be too
afraid of this board.
He's only behind if Sam
Trickett either has a hand
like eight seven
suited, or an over pair
that re-raised pre-flop.
(chips click)
- [Dealer] Bet 18,000.
- [Doug] Looks like
Trickett's gonna try
and continue his
story here, saying
that he does have an over pair.
He could get a fold, or,
if he does get a call,
he might hit a king or
queen on later streets.
Ohayne with jacks
makes the call.
And the turn is a jack!
This is a phenomenal
card for Ohayne.
He has top set, and now he has
to think about getting paid.
Trickett also picks up
a flush draw, though.
We could see some
fireworks here.
Both players have
pretty solid hands,
and if Trickett
wants to make a move,
this is a great spot to do it,
but not when you're up
against pocket jacks.
We don't quite have a
boat over boat here,
but we do have a
flush draw versus set,
eh, that's pretty close.
- Be there until
four in the morning.
- Trying to get back.
- [Roberts] All of a
sudden I'm not up anymore.
- You're not having
fun anymore either.
- Right, exactly. No,
you're not having fun.
And, you're down.
You took a big win, and
turned it into a loss.
- All you had to do was get up.
- [Roberts] Right.
- I've done that so many times.
Been winning and
then dunked it off.
- And it doesn't
matter whether...
- [Yong] Blackjacks, same deal.
- [Roberts] Set over
set, or boat over boat,
or straight flush you
ran into, doesn't matter.
- [Dealer] 31,000.
- [Roberts] Wish
you'd gotten out.
- I'm all in.
- [Dealer] All raise, all in.
- Fold.
- [Dealer] Fold.
- God, I would have
had the nuts. God!
- I was gonna
bluff it off again.
Am I allowed to see the river?
- Just peel it off, who cares.
Nuts. I would have
had the nutters.
- [Doug] We feel so
bad for you, Antonio.
- [Dealer] 200.
- Why do they put them
in a spot like that?
- It's so they can
read the cards.
- [Doug] We're back in play,
and a paltry 100,
200 dollar blinds.
We have a call from Ohayon
with a four three off,
and Antonio is going to bump
it up with an ace seven suited.
It's nice to raise with
these kinds of hands
every now and then so you
can make some nut flushes,
and put some pressure
on your opponents.
- I knew I'd get a good
hand on the button.
- [Dealer] Raise, 2,000.
- [Doug] What I'll tell you,
when it's not gonna work,
when you run into
pocket rockets.
Now, if I knew
Antonio, and I do,
he's going nowhere against this.
He has two of the five
cards necessary for a flush.
Antonio loves flushes.
What does surprise me
is Ohayon comes along
with four three off suit,
that's a garbage hand.
You can just get
out of there, man.
And all of a sudden,
cracking aces starts to look
like a real threat.
Little does he know Antonio
has the nut flush draw.
All it takes is one more club
to move it into the lead.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Interestingly, Yong
checks it back on the flop.
Queen of spades on the
turn does not help anyone.
Now Yong is gonna have to bet
and start to get some value.
- [Dealer] Bet, five thousand.
Fold.
- [Doug] I would
say a lot of players
would like to call here,
in Antonio's shoes,
but the thing is, he's
been playing aggressively
and putting in some raises,
so maybe we'll see
him make a move.
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Yong] Don't be
a hero, Antonio.
- [Doug] Call it is,
and let's take a river.
Off suit five, not the card
Esfandiari is looking for.
But maybe he wont' believe
that Yong has anything at all.
- Ten.
- [Dealer] Ten thousand.
- [Doug] He played it a
bit tricky on the flop,
checking it back with the aces.
Normally you just bet the flop
if you have the over pair.
But sometimes doing
this can be a good play.
It makes you tricky to play
against, and tough to read.
- Raise.
- [Doug] There's the Antonio
that I know and love!
Coming in for the check
raise on the river,
dropping the hammer.
Yong can't feel too happy
about the situation,
but he does have pocket aces,
and he's up against someone
that is a very
aggressive player.
What will he do
with his over pair?
- I don't think
you got it in you.
I'll pass aces.
- [Doug] Ooh.
(chill music)
- How many times have
you got it in you?
Good bluff, you did it.
- Sometimes, you
get one through.
Antonio Esfandiari,
the magician!
Let's see if he's
got any more tricks
up his sleeves, after this.
- Welcome back to Poker Night
Presents: Party Poker Live
at Playground Poker Club.
It's still me, Doug Polk.
That's right, you're
stuck with me.
Well let's jump back
into the action.
(jazz blast)
- That's what you said.
- You're no blind right now.
- [Doug] Ohayne will be the
only blind in this hand.
He's paying the small blind,
big blind, and the ante,
in order to enter the action
after missing the last hand.
- Six on the river, yeah?
- Six on the river?
Five on the river.
Seven eight got there,
ten jack missed.
- I didn't think you had,
you had like sixes, I
thought you would have
done something with...
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Yong] Thought you'd
throw me sixes or something.
I could just chuck them.
- [Doug] Ohayne
with a six four off.
We've got some really quality
holdings here pre-flop.
Little does Trickett know
how far ahead he truly is.
Until the flop comes.
And it looks like a safe
flop in Trickett's shoes.
Not likely to be up
against higher pairs.
- [Antonio] Can't check.
- [Doug] Hard to have a
four, but, you know what,
sometimes they have it.
And Ohayne leads out
for 1300 into Trickett.
- I should have made it 50,
made it look even more fishy.
- [Doug] Not much reason to
raise in Trickett's shoes.
He'll make the call, and
Roberts gets out of the way.
- [Yong] You had a draw.
- [Doug] Jack of diamonds
on the turn, a neutral card.
Ohayne's probably
going to continue to
pound for value here.
When you have good hands
in poker, you usually bet
and try and build that pot,
especially against opponents
that get a little bit
sticky, like Sam Trickett.
- [Dealer] Call.
- [Doug] Sam going nowhere
with the pocket sevens,
unless this river is a seven,
he will be losing
quite a large pot.
- [Dealer] Ten thousand.
- [Doug] A three isn't a
very good card for Trickett,
because his opponent had a three
and was betting he
now has a full house.
What will Trickett do?
- [Dealer] Call.
- That's gonna do it.
- Drawing dead the
whole hand again.
- [Doug] Almost dead.
He had one seven
left in the deck.
- It's the worst river, I guess.
- Did you like the flop?
- Yeah, not bad, not bad.
(everyone chuckles)
(whoosh)
- It's nice being able
to have a good game.
- I just kinda took
it easy last year,
'cause I was getting married
like five days afterward.
- Yeah, I got it.
- But yes, I didn't
really nail it.
- Who's big blind?
Oh, Frenchie!
Frenchie!
- You're playing tight, so
it's easy for me to fold.
- [Antonio] Frenchie!
You'll loosen up.
- [Doug] Antonio with a
needle before he comes in
for a raise with
his five suited.
- I don't know about my
Frenchie when he's losing.
- [Safieddine] You're right.
- [Antonio] They only know
about it when he's winning.
It's the best show in town.
- [Trickett] I'm
dying to play a hand.
- [Antonio] (chuckling) Dying!
(Roberts chuckles)
- [Doug] And our two
tightest players,
Krpan and Safieddine
get out of the way.
- [Antonio] Me and
my English mate.
- [Doug] Tight is right,
guys. Remember that.
Ten ten five, two
pair for Antonio.
- It's like the last flop.
- [Doug] And nothing for Yong.
- Now you've gotta float.
I know standard procedure.
See what comes next, and
then see if you can rep it,
the whole BS, I know,
it's not my first rodeo.
- [Doug] Antonio
baiting him into a call.
- Did you write a book?
- I'm starting to like
you, actually, now.
- You what?
- I didn't like you at first,
but I'm starting to like you.
- Now you're
starting to like me?
- Really?
There's someone that
does not like Antonio?
- It's also okay to give up.
Just save the,
whatever money's gonna
cost, this and that.
It's always that.
- I've never seen anybody
that does not like Antonio.
- That's gonna hurt.
- Nobody likes the guy that
won 18 million in a tournament.
(Antonio laughs)
Before they meet him.
I get it all the
time, "I thought you
was gonna be a prick,
"but you're actually alright."
I'm like okay, nice,
how judgmental of you.
- I'm just gonna
find out where I am.
- [Dealer] Raise seven thousand.
- I love this by the way,
the table talk, the...
- The speech, I like
you, you're my friend.
- Another raise!
- Oh look, he's quiet now.
This is the first time
he's stopped talking.
- [Doug] Antonio makes the call.
Yong needs a king or a seven.
That is not a king or a seven.
Antonio improves
to a full house.
But, Yong is saying
he has a ten.
- I bet you're right.
(Roberts laughs)
So he wants to continue
to sell the story,
fire two more streets, maybe
gets Antonio off of it,
but honestly, I just
can't see that happening.
- [Dealer] Check.
- [Doug] Yong checks
back. Jack river.
Now Antonio knows Yong is weak.
If he had a strong
hand, he'd bet the turn.
So the question is, how
can he make the most money?
Is he gonna check and let
Yong have one last shot
to try and fire?
Looks like that might work out.
- [Dealer] That's 50,000.
- The plot thickens,
ladies and gentlemen.
The plot thickens.
It's not often I lay
down full houses.
- I am starting to
like you, though.
- It's not often I lay down two,
I mean it's like you're
making it so obvious
that you have it, that it's
starting to make me think
that you don't have it.
(Trickett chuckles)
You know?
- [Doug] This is almost
three times the pot bet.
He's saying he has a
ten, and now Antonio
is put into a
terrible situation.
But at the end of the day,
he does have a full house.
And Antonio does not
like the fold button.
Antonio throws the
chips at his opponent!
But is good, so those
are coming right back.
And that, my friends, was
an over 100,000 dollar pot.
- Wow.
- [Safieddine] You were
gonna look like a hero,
or like a dingdong.
- A hero, or a zero.
- You were fifty fifty.
Alright, that's it for tonight.
But before we go, as
always, the chip counts.
After play so far, we see
Antonio up a cool 50,000.
Sam Trickett getting
buried down 133,000.
And Lauren Roberts with a
surprising 100K win so far.
We're gonna have to
see if that holds up.
(chill guitar)
Next time, on Poker Night
Presents: Party Poker Live
at Playground Poker Club,
Antonio Esfandiari likes
to use all his time,
Ouri Ohayon uses
none of his time,
and Francois Safieddine flops
quads for a royal flush draw.
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- Wow.
You were gonna look like a
hero or like a ding-dong.
- A hero or a zero.
- You were fifty fifty.
Are we taking a break?
- A break?
(explosion)
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