A Daring Move By Airball During High Stakes At the Lodge

A controlled Move By Airball, or Reckless?

Let’s look at this hand that was played at Poker At the Lodge between  Nik Airball, Taras & Action Dan with the blinds set at $200/$400. The action was live-streamed on Poker At the Lodge’s YouTube Channel on the 28th of April 2024.

After a Straddle the asking price to see the flop was $800. First to join the hand was Viper ($64.5k) from the high-jack who limped into the pot with K10. Next to act in the cut-off Taras ($120.2k) opted to up the ante by raising it to $3,000 with 109. In position on the button was Airball ($109.2k) who had been dealt the snowmen 88. Surprisingly he just made the call. Living up to his name, Action Dan ($179.2k) in the small blind chucked out a huge 3-bet to $18,000 holding J7. After a couple of folds including Viper, the action was now back on Taras.

With no intention of folding he made the call. Knowing just how aggressive Action Dan can be, when the action was back on Airball his play was to ship it “All in”. Dan made a quick fold, as did Taras. A risky move by Airball, which allowed him to pick up $38.4k uncontested.

to see the hand and the rest of the stream check out the video below.