Poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli made a daring name with 10-high in a six-figure pot throughout Saturday’s livestream on the Lodge Card Club that paid off towards the poker site’s co-owner, Doug Polk, who chuckled when he noticed his opponent’s playing cards.
Excessive-stakes livestreamed motion returned to the Spherical Rock, Texas poker membership. The sport featured some fan favorites on the present, together with Polk, Grandoli, T-1000, and Taras. Seven gamers battled for over six hours in a $50/$100/$200 no-limit maintain’em money sport. The motion heated up shortly, however one hand involving two high-profile professionals was the largest and most entertaining.
Poker Room Proprietor Strikes All In
Polk, who purchased a stake in the Lodge Card Club three years in the past, has been up and down all through his quite a few livestream appearances. Saturday’s outcome suits into the “down” class, thanks largely to 1 six-figure pot.
The hand started with Mariano elevating to $500 from the button with 10♦7♦. Polk, within the large blind with A♦Okay♠, three-bet it to $2,000 earlier than the participant within the straddle, Josh, moved all in for $9,400 with A♥8♥.
Mariano would name the all in wager, however then Polk additionally determined to go all in for $56,350 whole. The poker vlogger who won nearly $500,000 taking part in high-stakes poker in 2024 then had a choice to make with 10-high.
A name would price $46,950 extra. There was $74,700 already within the pot, about two-thirds of that within the aspect pot. Mariano seemingly knew 10-high was nearly definitely the worst hand. However typically you simply must gamble, and that is precisely what he did by making the decision, which shocked Lodge commentators Slick Rick and Skull Mike.
Polk then turned over his playing cards and requested Mariano, “what do you’ve gotten?” Mariano introduced his hand and each gamers had a chuckle.
The 8♦8♣9♦ flop put the laughter on pause as Polk was almost drawing useless to the primary pot given Josh had flopped journeys. He was additionally in jeopardy of shedding the a lot bigger aspect pot with Mariano flopping an open-ended straight flush draw.
The 6♣ appeared on the flip, finishing the straight and locking up the aspect pot for Mariano, and the river 10♠ gave him the complete $121,300 pot.
Mariano would end the stream as the sport’s greatest winner, up $69,400. Polk, nevertheless, was the largest loser because of the aforementioned unhealthy beat, down $71,025.
