Drunk Airball Equals Losing Airball?
Recently we saw a High Stakes Poker Special Edition Live Stream hosted by PokerGo at The Aria Resort & Casino. The game was a $100k minimum buy-in with blinds of $200/$400 and a $500 Big Blind Ante. Featured in this special edition stream were Doug Polk, Nik Airball, Eric Persson, Jennifer Tilly and her husband / Chucky Doll, Matt Berkey, Lynne Ji, and Jean-Robert Bellande.
Drunk Airball Plays the Final Hand
In the very last hand of the night, we saw 4-way action to the flop. Once the flop it it was heads-up for the remainder of the hand between Nik Airball and Jennifer Tilly. Nik in a middle position placed a straddle bet of $1,600 with $946k in his stack. Sticking around for the preflop action was Bellande with K♥️5♥️, Tilly with J♥️J♣️, Airball with A♥️ 2♠️, and Berkey with 7♠️5♣️. Bellande called $3,000 at Small Blind and Tilly raised to $3,200. All four players called and went to the flop with a $13,700 pot.
J♠️9♠️5♠️ came down on the flop. Bellande and Berkey checked while Nik bet $400 looking for the flush draw. Jennifer, tellingly by her response of “Can you bet $400?” thought this was a miniscule bet and raised to $7,000. This triggered Bellande and Berkey to fold. Nik, swirling his glass of wine, insisted he’s drunk but not an idiot, called Tilly’s raise, sending them to the turn with the pot at $27,700.
Q♥️ showed up on the turn and Tilly bet $15,000 which Nik check-raised to $50,000. Before Nik made his decision he gave Jennifer Tilly a heart-felt speech. He said he was a happy man regardless of a win or loss, because he was playing poker against the people he grew up watching which for him is a dream come true. As he finished his speech, Tilly, with a set, went all-in at $157k. After Nik proclaimed his sobriety for a couple more minutes and Doug called clock on him, he made the decision to fold and Jennifer Tilly won the final pot of the night which totaled $235,300.
To see the full action of the hand and how it was analyzed in real-time, see the video below.
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