Vlogger-on-vlogger action took place on the Hustler Casino Live stream as Mariano faced off against China’s Eric Poker. Mariano was left with just bottom pair on the river and faced a huge pot-sized bet from Eric. Could Mariano decipher this creative bluff, or would Eric maneuver his way to victory in front of thousands of his and Mariano’s fans watching at home?
When an opponent overbets on the turn, they will usually be highly polarized, either holding a very strong made hand, a strong combo draw, or complete air. Raising these bets out of position is not often a good idea. A raise will typically only succeed in folding out the bluffs in their range. These are the types of hands that you want to keep betting when you have value. It will also keep in the strongest parts of their range which may already have you crushed or a lot of outs to improve by the river.
Mariano Grandoli, or Mariano as he is more commonly known as is an American professional poker player born in Argentina. He regularly features on the Hustler Casino Live stream but has started to make more of an appearance on The Lodge Card Club stream. He also has a popular poker YouTube channel with over 157,000 subscribers. Since 2021 he has won over $900,000 from live streamed cash games, he is yet to make a name for himself on the poker tournament circuit as he primarily focuses on cash games.
Eric is a professional poker player from China, he has a poker YouTube channel with over 40,000 subscribers. The commentator mentions at the start of the stream that the chat has mainly tuned in to see Eric play. This was his first time playing on a tracked live streamed cash game.
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🔍 Preflop:
Eric Poker limps in from under-the-gun+1 with T7o. Mariano Poker raises to $400 with Q6 of spades from the hijack. After the cutoff, button, and blinds fold, Eric makes the call, and they head to the flop.
💸 Flop - Jd 9s 6h:
Eric checks after flopping a gutshot straight draw on the jack-high rainbow board. Mariano flops bottom pair, a backdoor flush draw, a backdoor straight draw, and also has an overcard. He fires out a continuation bet of $300 and Eric calls.
💣 Turn - Kd:
The K of diamonds on the turn introduces a backdoor flush draw and brings in a possible straight. Eric has now improved to a double-gutter. He checks and Mariano fires an overbet of $2,400 with bottom pair and his own gutshot straight draw. Eric check-raises to $6,500 with his draw and ten-blocker to the nuts. Mariano calls and they head to the river.
🌊 River - 3d:
The backdoor flush draw arrives on the 3 of diamonds river. Eric misses his draw but does have a flush blocker and straight blocker. He fires a bet of $15,000 for just over pot. Mariano only has bottom pair and a straight blocker himself. Can the popular poker vlogger figure this bluff out? Stay tuned to this entire poker video to find out!
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