Rob Yong Exerts his Intent During First hand of the Night

Poker is a game of layers, each requiring careful thought and strategy. At higher stakes, players often make their decisions based on their read of their opponents. For instance, if you know an opponent is playing extremely tight, it might make sense to throw in an extra raise pre-flop, expecting them to fold a significant portion of their range. Sounds logical, right?

But let’s toss that idea aside, for now, this hand doesn’t need overanalyzing. The straightforward explanation? Rob Yong just wanted to gamble. Why else would you make a 5-bet raise with pocket fours, deep-stacked, on the very first hand of the night? To back this up he wanted to run the hand just once, and that was before seeing what his opponent had. Any pocket pair would have had him crushed. But hey if you’re living the high life in Cyprus playing at Hustler Casino Live it does not always need to be serious, and that’s one of the reasons fans enjoy the show, it’s not an ABC style of play.

As always the action was live streamed on Hustler Casino Live’s YouTube channel. The blinds were $100/$200 + a $200 BB Ante, let’s dive in and see how the hand unfolded.

Five bet Raise with Pocket Fours?

Kicking the action off was Rob Yong ($300,000 44), who raised it to $500 from the cut-off. This was met by a 3-bet from Harissa on the button, holding A9. Waiting in the small blind was HCL owner Ryan Feldman ($49,900), after looking down at AK, he chucked out a 4-bet to $7,000. After the big blind folded it was back on Yong to decide what to do.

Most players would probably make a conservative fold, or call in the hope of catching a set on the flop. Not Rob, he fired out a meaty 5-bet to $25,000. As you would expect Harissa made the easy fold. With $43,000 left in front and the pot standing at $34,200, Feldman made the easy 6-bet jam all-in.

After calling Rob Yong announced, “I do not have seven-deuce, I have a pair”. The table was playing the seven-deuce game, not that this game needed the action to be ignited. Both players agreed to run the hand just once. “How do you end up with fours in a five-bet pot” asked Feldman, to which Yong had no response.

The flop 494K was a miserable one for Feldman although he had hit a king, his opponent had flopped a set of fours! There was no miracle backdoor runout for Feldman, the 8 o the turn sealed his fate. What a firsthand of the night, make no mistake about it Rob’s intention was for all to see, he was here to gamble and have a good time, and why not?