The Poker Player Who Couldn't Lose ♠️ Best Poker Moments ♠️ PokerStars

so we are going back to 2012 and the super high roller event that took place at epc barcelona that year it was a 50 000 euro buy-in and it was dominated by dan smith now dan is a phenomenal player but he also was extremely fortunate during his run in this mtt he got dealt quads more than once found himself in numerous house over house situations and do you know what you're going to see for yourself because we've put together a compilation of his luckiest and most important moments so enjoy these hands and please don't forget to subscribe to this channel with it aren't nearly as strong six of spades on the turn smith with a virtual lock on the hand 98 equity none of these cards are really saving silverman bets again 65 000. now does dan reyes or just call and go for all his value on the river he calls river it is 230 000 in the middle silverman with not much more than that behind the case jack on the river quads for dan smith this is just a horrific card for silverman he's now got a full house and in his mind he's only losing the aces or kings which probably would have gotten them three bat pre-flop come on solomon shoves uh carl dan smith calls quick check of the quads get in no kidding that is just brutal eric seidel opens for under the gun plus one with ace queen to 16 000 dan smith has kings almost always going to see a three-bet with kings not this time he just calls interesting dan's not wanting to look too strong so he just calls calling reps a much wider range and there's always a chance someone gets cute behind you heads up to the flop quack quack quack eric will probably continue with what he presumes will be the best hand a big percentage of the time dan of course flops a full house seidel does continue for 18 000. let's see if dan continues to play this deceptively by just calling i think raising hair would be a real mistake he does cold don't want to chase away that action return is a queen seidel now has a full house really terrible card for eric he's now gonna have the best hand almost all of the time fires again 25 000 we know eric is more likely to call raise here than i am to call an ex-girlfriend after 2 a.m but does dan know that dan does raise makes it 75 000 total dan claims to keep us cool in these spots what do you people think is he giving anything away let us know on twitter hashtag at ebt barcelona now don't get me wrong this phrase looks extremely strong but a dan's had quads once already what are the odds am i right people b b and c closing always be closing hey i remember now even though that raise looks super strong there are in eric's mind only two hands that are beating him kings and aces and what are the odds dan flatted with those pre-flop on this occasion he did seidel now checks the river having called smith's raise on the turn 234 000 in the pot he bets 200 000 this is your run-of-the-mill slash incredibly rare cooler crying call he can't get away from it he calls and smith gets maximum value eric seidel's been getting brutalized by dan smith today i like the way he played that and all things considered i think it was really really good way to wait way to play it require daniel he's right there dan smith on the button has ace king dan's almost certainly going to three bet here in position with all that action behind him and don't forget those massive chips he re-raises to 63 000. simon rothensbeck also has ace king another ace king out there this is going to make things pretty crazy robin's back four bets to 134 000 watson and side elbow fold now this is a little less exciting now since these two are destined to chop smith five bets i'm all in robin special in and smith calls the flop has two spades on it and smith holds the ace of spades backdoor sweat and there's a spade on the turn oh come on that would be too gross right anyone else holding spades i don't want to know trust me neither does robin's back and the river brings another spade oof that was less cool than talking about a guy's bachelor party in front of his wife that was grotesque dan it's it's okay if you want to laugh dan smith jack nine off suit smith the overwhelming tournament chip leader unfolded to him he's in relatively late position yeah he's in the cut-off he raises to 36 000. jc alvarado folds the small blind mike mcdonald has jack 10 in the big blind also has smith dominated but he is out of position looks like mike will defend and we will see a flop that flop seven jack nine two pair for smith the straight draw and top pair for macdonald this flop is the worst thing that happened to a mcdonald's trans fat scot band checks to the razor smith continues for 52 000. even though mike's way behind top pair and a good gut shot is almost just as good just not quite mcdonald calls looks like he might even think his hand is too strong to raise there the turn it's another jack another full house for dan smith mcdonald improves to trips this is just getting insanely bad this is the worst thing that happened to a mcdonald's new york city banned large sodas donald checks a second time smith better second time by the looks of things sure enough 133 000 there's a good shot mike just calls again wanting dan to keep repping that jack which he is doing because he has it how much is mike mcdonald gonna lose in this hand at least another 133 000 yeah he calls taking us to the river 462 000 in the park no 10 on the river smith still good let's see how mike plays this does he lead the river and hope for a call no he checks the river and hopes for a bet he's gonna get it he's gonna get it 371 000 that is a huge bet now mike might be worried dan's actually got a better jack this is one of those polarizing bet sizes dan's not doing this with most of his non-nut value hands mike calls whoops 1.2 million chip pot will slide across to dan smith there's really not much you can do there you gonna fold three jacks no pam was just a cold deck the worst thing that happened to a mcdonalds heart disease dan smith in the big blind has queen six suited dan's getting good pot odds a call here would be borderline if he didn't have all the chips in the universe but he does so it's totes fine so smith calls as well we are going three way to the flop that flop six nine do second pair for smith an up and down draw for alvarado livio still leads with tens olivia was the original razor 55 and he's got the most to protect against dan smith checks two him live you bets 55 000 i don't know that this bet will get either of these players to fold however alvarado calls olivia's actually got two blockers to his hand smith calls as well as a three-way to the turn calls a little questionable but dan's getting stupid pod odds again and he hits another six on the turn trips for the chip leader this is a grosser turn than the twist and the crying game jc is now dead to four outs dan all but locks his hand up and no one's really likely to think this card changed anything dan checks a second time liver you bets a second time 125 000 action on alvarado he's getting a decent price to chase his straight meanwhile dan's got a super disguised monster alvarado calls jc was getting an even better price assuming dan comes along for the ride and spoiler alert he's not folding but is he racing no he's calling dan over calls on three streets gotta wonder if anyone's spidey sense is tingling yet three way to the river which is another six this is the second time in the tournament that dan smith has had quads the second time today all pairs now have full houses just like livy over there has got smith checks a third time olivia now checks as well wow either a very astute player or a guy who's going to lose value a lot of the time i'm willing to chalk it up to some kind of insane physical read alvarado with the misdraw yeah but it's a straight flush draw now he waves the white flag because livio somehow has the clairvoyance to check the six nuts dan smith gets locked out of the first national bank of value fifth street branch just quads guys just quads is any good quad's any good three-way to the flop and tobias reinkemeyer flops a full house dan smith flops trips nothing for alvarado the original razer action's been checked to smith he bets 85k dan smith has made another huge hand this time it's not the biggest though ron kumar calls after bet nicole not much shot jc sticks around here he folds heads up to the turn which is a six jc's so lucky he folded on the flop rank of my checks again smith bets again 181 000 sick cooler developing here ryan come on coles both players are playing this like they absolutely know they have the best hand and most of the time they'd both be right as for right now dan is in deep doo doo the rivers are king smith now has a better full house omg this kid spikes more than a lie detector on capitol hill reinker meyer checks hoping to induce some kind of bluff from smith this is not a bluff this is a value bet 384 000 and it's bound to get paid off it may even get raised this is a slam dunk value raise situation there are only two hands on the planet that are beating you kings and king jack king jack is the more believable of the two if it weren't for the fact that it would have to be the case jack hold on right to my shops to double check dan smith calls and we lose the german from the tournament like the refrigerator is at the center for disease control this is just a sick cooler no kidding tobias it's okay if you want to scream all right good luck yeah 9 10 for dan smith on the button in the small blind raises to 225 000 pocket queens for jc alvarado not only does jc have the chip lead but now he's getting hands typically the ladies come after you in the super high roller but i'm sure he's happy to see them now he three bets to 700 thousand things turning around here for dan smith is his golden run over possibly that hands a teensy bit weak to be calling three bets with smith flops bottom pair and a straight draw jc's holding two outs to his gut shot though and his implied odds aren't great if he hits it he goes check check on the flop and it's a nine on the turn i spoke too soon dan smith's run is by no means over and unfortunately for jc that's gonna look like a very safe card for him jc now bets 750k gc looks a little agitated you know dan's not reaching for chips with total air here best case scenario he's got a jack or a super strong draw worst case the hand he's got smith calls we go to the river which is the inconsequential two of clubs that is such a brick jc might think he can bet for value poor guy he is betting 1.4 million dan most likely should be raising this river it's really easy for jc to be value betting worse which he is and he's just not going to be beat very often also it's such a polarizing spot that he's going to get paid off a fair amount of the time that is a big raise 4.8 million total and we had to cut away because jc just threw up in his mouth a little shoots him a look it's a very polarizing bet dan's either got a nine or he doesn't jc's put so many chips in this pot and was probably so sure he had the best hand the spot is grosser than the piece of carpet the dog sleeps on alvarado makes a great laydown another really well played hand by jc it's a shame he had to lose it nice hand good thing kings for alvarado jc's got about 20 bigs 250. he raises to 250. dan smith has ace king oh it's all going in here really good spot for jc to double up smith shops alvarado calls now even with this loss dan still gonna have a monster stack compared to jc he'll still have more than a 2-1 ship lead don't assume it will be a loss dan smith has got lucky from time to time in this tournament truth he does have an overcard he does have 30 equity the flop has an ace on it oh man isn't that the story of this tournament that's the whole story dan smith plays good dan smith gets business end of cooler dan smith gets there the end might be the one outer just one card in the deck can save jc alvarado second place is pretty good burn dan smith is on the verge of lifting the trophy here in barcelona the only river card that will stop that happening is the king of spades it's a three dan smith has done it [Applause] who's earned the super high roller crown it was destiny kid could do no wrong that's how you play a hand like a pro that is

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Id: 4u-D7Thc7tQ

Length: 15min 18sec (918 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 08 2021