Sometimes in Poker, the deck slaps you in the face and you just have to accept it. Let’s have a look at this High stakes hand played at Hustler Casino Live between Tom Dwan & Ryan Feldman. Can Running it twice save Dwan’s Top Two? The action was live-streamed on Hustler Casino’s YouTube channel on the 17th of July 2024. With the blinds set at $200/$400
After a couple of limps in front, Sashimi ($40,000) had seen enough and raised it up to $3,000 while holding . In the small blind, Ryan Feldman ($49,800) made the call with pocket Deuces . Both Tom Dwan UTG ($37,000) & Peter, Highjack ($97,000) who had previously limped, made the call. four players to the flop with $12,400 in the middle.
Feldman had by far the better of the board
having flopped a set of Deuces. Dwan must have felt pretty confident having picked up top two. First to act Ryan surprisingly bet the minimum of $400, hoping someone would take the bait. Having had the pre-flop initiative and seeing a min bet and two calls, Sashimi continued her story, raising the action to $9,000, continuing to set the trap Ryan just flatted. How would Dwan now respond with $31k in play? “All in” is the answer. Ryan’s unconventional min Bet could not have panned out any better! Peter and Sashimi both folded, Feldman snapped and was a 5-1 dog to win the $96k pot. Both players agreed to run the collusus pot twice.The first ran out went the way of Ryan after the
was followed by the . As for the second run well, there was no luck for Dwan, after the & were revealed.