Who would you like to see in HCL Million Dollar Cash Game

Who would you like to see in HCL Million Dollar Cash Game

Some time ago HCL announced that they will be streaming a cash game with minium buy-in of million dollars.

Who would you

22 March 2023 at 07:15 AM
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by fozzy71

They match if you compare the HCL end of stream 'Cumulative Winnings' instead of the 'Chip Counts' image that you posted.- https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/sessio...- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avgQw6Jn...

didn't realize they'd differ from subtracting the buy-in amounts i provided above! thanks for clarifying 😀


Dwan lost a full BI, not 1/2 .. he fully admitted that the 4x call can (and should) be a fold on the River .. I'm not so sure you even bet there the way the action went, not getting called by worse very often. Obv didn't want to do the interview, but somehow 'committed' to it.

Ryan basically cutting off the stream to allow employees to go home and avoid exhaustion the 1st day. It was probably a hard stop that could've been a soft stop if the Players wanted to play on off-stream. Probably no intention of going 'all night' the 1st day and possibly have a couple Players late or no show for Day 2.

Certainly a history of big folds .. the QQ fold PF shouldn't be a shocker for us to see. It just goes to show that this is a very large game and some of the Players are looking to ride that much variance while a couple are still willing to 'play poker' in certain spots. LOTS of props to those who are willing to go with their read and play the game hard. GL


by MastaAces

thanks. Handz folds. one King and one Ace was dead. Handz zigs when he should have zagged as usual :/

If the RFID reader were correct the last 2 queens were dead also.


First day was pretty good I think. Lacked table talk or real characters but there were plenty of interesting hands and some big pots. Looking forward to Doug Polk joining them tonight.

Airball is a big miss for this stream though imo.


by Puppy Water

If the RFID reader were correct the last 2 queens were dead also.

i remember Action Dan folded AcQc. missed the other queen though, but i believe you. didn't notice the RFID ****ing up any during the entire stream.

by SootedPowa

First day was pretty good I think. Lacked table talk or real characters but there were plenty of interesting hands and some big pots. Looking forward to Doug Polk joining them tonight.

Airball is a big miss for this stream though imo.

Texas Mike wasn't scheduled for tonight's game but as mentioned on stream last night he will be playing! excited to see him and Doug battle and how that pans out. these two guys will definitely be wandering the streets with machetes feigning for bloodshed.


by SootedPowa

First day was pretty good I think. Lacked table talk or real characters but there were plenty of interesting hands and some big pots. Looking forward to Doug Polk joining them tonight.

Airball is a big miss for this stream though imo.

No one misses airball and his 13% vpip, not to mention he just steps out of the game for hours if he is up a decent amount. Im glad he’s gone.


by answer20

Dwan lost a full BI, not 1/2 .. he fully admitted that the 4x call can (and should) be a fold on the River .. I'm not so sure you even bet there the way the action went, not getting called by worse very often. Obv didn't want to do the interview, but somehow 'committed' to it.Ryan basically cutting off the stream to allow employees to go home and avoid exhaustion the 1st day.

Ya mb I was reading the stats wrong. Saying 500bb is more accurate.

I like the stream cutoff and I am sure Ryan learned from his first million dollar week. I like your read, the likelihood of someone no showing last year because of the night before is probably pretty high.

by Joe-exotic69

No one misses airball and his 13% vpip, not to mention he just steps out of the game for hours if he is up a decent amount. Im glad he’s gone.

Airball is really good for entertainment purposes when hes not the strongest personality at the table. When he talks for 10 hours straight and no one else has the balls to start their own conversation is when hes irritating. Him laughing at Bob and Robs jokes last year made the jokes even funnier.


by AAJTo

Ya mb I was reading the stats wrong. Saying 500bb is more accurate.I like the stream cutoff and I am sure Ryan learned from his first million dollar week. I like your read, the likelihood of someone no showing last year because of the night before is probably pretty high.Airball is really good for entertainment purposes when hes not the strogest personality at the table. When h

him laughing like Jimmy Fallon at anything and everything is annoying as ****. he's definitely -EV to have at the table for the (adult) viewing audience.


good news: Keating is not only playing on friday, but tomorrow as well.



You forget how absolutely brutal Tuchman is on commentarty


by Rmbxr9

You forget how absolutely brutal Tuchman is on commentarty

he's already said three times that he's gonna do his best to let us hear the players talk. the commentator yesterday was quite good imo. was like listening to one of the homies all night... anyone else think he did a great job?


by AAJTo

Ya mb I was reading the stats wrong. Saying 500bb is more accurate.I like the stream cutoff and I am sure Ryan learned from his first million dollar week. I like your read, the likelihood of someone no showing last year because of the night before is probably pretty high.Airball is really good for entertainment purposes when hes not the strongest personality at the table. When

Yes his half hour tanks are amazing. Even better when he berated Mariano for a several minute tank (which in a vacuum was far too long but coming from airball is comical)

Maybe airball a year ago was at least sometimes entertaining but after Berkey took away his moxy he's mostly an obnoxious nit.


by MastaAces

he's already said three times that he's gonna do his best to let us hear the players talk. the commentator yesterday was quite good imo. was like listening to one of the homies all night... anyone else think he did a great job?

He never knows what to say, so he just constantly resets and resets like it's 1987
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Peter has discovered this one simple trick to make millions of dollars playing high stakes poker:

Always make better hands than your opponent.


Watching Tom lose is very entertaining.

Watching Doug troll Tom is very entertaining.

Watching Tom stack Doug would be epic.


by DuckSauce

Peter has discovered this one simple trick to make millions of dollars playing high stakes poker:

Always make better hands than your opponent.



I mean this flopped straight vs rivered boat Tom v. Peter could've been so much worse...
Like Tom could be down 2M RN


Jesus, enough about the Polymarket.
Seriously



Peter wins another big pot, this time vs Doug. Doug has 98, Peter A8. Doug x/r J88 flop then bet T turn and 6 river.


huge pot between Peter and Action Dan.


lol, i didn't follow the action because i was busy on my own tables, but i think Peter x/c all the way until river x/r? Peter cannot lose a pot today either. it's getting spooky.


995k pot


That recent hand where Peter rivered Dan was fishy. From the commentary, it felt like Tuchman knew it was coming, heck, I knew it was coming.

And Steve folded 64 on the flop which would have become trips on the turn.

Action: Dan raises 11 pre UTG, Peter calls OTB, Steve calls in the BB. Dan cbets 18, Peter raises to 68, Steve folds, Dan calls. Dan xc 150k on the turn. Dan xc 250k on the river (not sure why).

Peter already up 955k in under 2 hours.

Very next hand, Dan’s clearly on tilt and 5-bets pre to 129k with Q8dd, folds to Dwan’s shove. Dan loses 279k in two hands that he didn’t need to.


Action Dan tilts a bit the very next hand. Dwan of course shoves and AD folds.


AD down $600k on the day.

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