I heard the tale behind this was that he smoked a joint in the break. He then came back and picked up Aces and looked around saw Doyle and the like and thought 'How on earth do I play this hand against these guys?'. The answer was to move all in. Would love to see a clip been looking for ages.

Maybe Laak had a piece of Rast? I'm pretty sure Laak, Antonio and Rast are good friends. It's not crazy to think they may each have a little of each other's action in tournaments they play in.

188/36≈ 5x, or were the graphics wrong?

Even if laak has a piece of rast it would not benefit him to chip dump almost all of his chips to him.

found it! 3 limpers for $800 each and bam raises to $50k with AA

http://youtu.be/QNrsceF58rQ?t=5m7s

They 8x it on the river every other hand in the 1-2 at Harrahs.

Off topic, but sick fold vs Selbst w/ AhJh. Would of been tough to lay that down there. Even though I'm sure some idiots in this thread will explain why it was a standard laydown.

Is Esfandiari lactating?

And he actually has a personality. He's the kind of person you want at your table if you have money and want to enjoy yourself with a night of poker. Jungleman may be twice the player of Laak, but Laak is a lot more interesting. Not picking on Jungleman, who seems to be improving a lot of late in the personality department, just giving one example...

Laak is going to drink, tell a lot of stories, and generally make things interesting. For those that have money, know how to play poker but aren't professionals, Laak is great.

--PP

Which actress did Laak ever marry?

How can anyone not love Phil Laak?? I can watch Laak videos all day.

Fun fact (for me): I busted Rast out of the WPT500 at Aria last week.

Lol at "the water gave it away" comment by Antonio.

This is one hand where tells are irrelevant because all the information is out in the open.

Laak is completely polarized here, so it's either nothing or the nut flush+. The last piece of the equation is what does Rast think Laak thinks Rast has. After Rast checked twice in position on a draw-heavy board, Laak couldn't possibly think that Rast has anything that he can call this huge overbet with. If Laak knows that Rast has nothing then he also knows that the only way to get value from his monster is by betting little or by checking the nuts to Rast. That's why his huge overbet makes absolutely no sense if he indeed had a monster, or any decent hand at all for that matter because he would check his weakish hands with showdown value.

It took Rast about two seconds to figure out that Laak is bluffing and I believe the rest of the time was spent on deciding if there was a chance that he was doing it with a better ace or 22.

Awesome call by Brian. "Knowing" is one thing, but having the balls to pull the trigger is what separates the best from the rest.

Im guessing the format of this game and the circumstance he is in makes this call easier...i just dont see him making that call in a a regular tournament or cash game

Just showing he's one of the best players in the world

lol what?

Your basic nl100 reg does these calls every day. What was goin' threw Rast's mind when he called : plz no TJ please dont show me TJ , oh hes flipping his cards he's gonna show Ten Jack! phew ! oh ima sicko look at my big balls ' did I say that out loud?

Then Esfandiarrhea ( I hope is ribbing bc he likes to do this do Laak) says oh I read u lika a book when u sipped ur drink.... and u breathed in 2 seconds instead of 3 (it was so obvious) ...

wassup Brian Rast from ireland

Meaning was it a frustration call?, given that he had slim chance of winning the league at that time?...i wouldnt make that call, probably thats why i play 1-2 limits

best part of the hand is definitely when esfandiari goes off on laak for making it obvious cuz he sipped his drink... lol live pros

lol. stop.

Hahahahahaha, Ikr?

It's always easy when someone else makes it. It's easy to find reasonings as to why one can make this call, but to call it an easy call is beyond ridiculous.

So funny amount of people saying oh such a sick call rast is the best blah blah , imagine if laak had a monster , " haha stupid idiot"" laak is a nit only doing that with huge hand etc. I" so results oriented

Gotta say thats up there with one of the coolest TV poker hands I've ever seen.

Laak has to be the worst player ever there is no place for these sizings and he has done it so many times