When Seven-Deuce Goes Wrong; Tom Dwan Caught in Latest Triton High Stakes Cash Game
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Triton Poker Madrid took place in May of this year and hosted a plethora of high stakes tournaments that was attended by poker's most elite players.
The likes of Stephen Chidwick, Michael Addamo and Chris Brewer all picked up winners trophies and collected mammoth-sized paydays in the Spanish capital.
Alongside the high roller events, a huge cash game also took place during the series with stakes set at €1,000/€2,000/€4,000. Footage from that cash game has now been uploaded to the Triton Poker YouTube channel and there was one hand in particular that caught the eye of the poker world.
"The craziest hand I've ever seen" - @nanonoko Absolutely bonkers hand between @TomDwan ## and @RuiCaoCooler ###… https://t.co/HHeosjbMz1
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Fifteen minutes before the hand in question took place, Tom Dwan got the table to agree to play the seven-deuce game. For those unaware, when the game is in effect if someone wins a hand with seven-deuce, they receive a bounty from everyone at the table. In this game, the bounty was €10,000!
The hand begins with Dwan opening to €12,000 with seven-deuce offsuit from the cutoff. Rui Cao then raised to €36,000 with eight-seven offsuit. Dwan called. Dwan check-raised to €126,000 on the A♦Q♠5♥ flop after Cao continued for €30,000. Surprisingly, Cao made the call with eight-high. Cao, somehow with the best hand still, then called a bet of €160,000 when the A♣ came on the turn.
Dwan gave up on the K♠ river and checked which inspired Cao to go all in for €239,000, boosting the pot size to €894,000. Dwan snap-folded with Cao crying out "deuce-seven?" Dwan nodded in agreement which spurred the table to ask why he checked.
"He would have snap-called me if I shoved," explained Dwan. Cao then turned over his cards to reveal his questionable holdings.
"You shove, I swear to God I call," replied Cao much to the amusement of their table mates.
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Cao Moves in on Tang - €935,000
Cao was soon again up to no good when he opened queen-jack offsuit from the hijack to €11,000. Danny Tang, with pocket nines, made it €30,000 and Cao quickly called. Action checked through to the river for the final board to show 5♠3♠2♠4♥A♥. With a straight on the board, Cao jammed in his stack, swelling the pot from €71,000 to €935,000.
The table erupted in laughter and Tang quickly folded with the pot being pushed towards Cao.
Yong Takes From Dwan - €269,000
Next, it was Timothy Adams to try and win the €10,000 bounties from playing the seven-deuce game. The Canadian opened to €19,000 with that specific hand from early position and was called by Dwan who had a pair of nines. Wai Kin Yong three-bet to €80,000 from the small blind with pocket jacks and only Dwan called.
Yong continued for €40,000 on the queen-high flop before action checked through on the turn and river. Yong turned over his pocket jacks and saw the €269,000 pot head his way.
Adams and Cao Run It Twice - €477,000
Paul Phua had put out a straddle of €8,000 which prompted Dwan to raise to €22,000 with the dirty diaper (three-deuce). Cao then involved himself in the action again, putting the price of poker up to €66,000 with pocket tens. Adams then shipped in his last €220,000 with ace-queen suited. Action folded back to Cao who stuck in the call.
With the pot at €477,000, both players agreed to run it twice. On the first runout, Cao flopped a set and held out to claim half of the pot. The entirety of it then looked like it was heading to Cao, but a queen on the river on the second runout ensured that the spoils would be shared.
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Tsang Makes Hero Call Against Cao - €215,000
For the last significant hand of the broadcast, Elton Tsang opened to €22,000 from the cutoff with ace-queen offsuit and Cao called from the double straddle with seven-four offsuit. Action checked through on 7♠6♠2♠ flop, and the Cao fired for €30,000 on the 6♥ turn. Tsang called to see the 8♣ river.
Cao, with the best hand, put out €50,000. Tsang ended up flicking the call with ace-high but saw he was beat and quickly mucked his cards. With the €215,000 pot going into Cao's stack, he then had €996,000 on the table and ended up finishing the session with just over €1 million in front of him.
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum's proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.
