Nik Airball's Punt Bails Rampage Out of Miserable Poker Session
Nik Airball kicked off the 2025 football season by punting a six-figure pot to Ethan "Rampage" Yau, who had an otherwise brutal poker session during Hustler Casino Live's Friday night stream.
Rampage had been in full "Rampunts" mode before a late hand that salvaged his session. He had been down a quarter of a million in the $100/$200 no-limit hold'em cash game that played much bigger.
Poker Vlogger Gets Bailed Out
Rampage had quite a battle going — a one-sided battle — against Peter, one of the stickiest players in HCL's high-stakes games. The vlogger, in one hand, had J♠9♠ on a board of 3♦10♥A♦6♥2♣, with $84,700 in the pot, and put Peter all in for $54,100.
Peter beat him into the pot with 6♠6♦ for a set, which had jack-high dominated. The two would face-off again with Rampage holding 8♠8♣ on a board showing 5♥2♠3♦7♦ and $92,200 in the pot.
Rampage moved all in for $101,100. His opponent, once again, snap-called, this time holding A♠4♠ for a straight. He collected the $294,400 pot, leaving Yau in need of a rebuy. But he'd get a gift to lessen the sting from a fellow Hustler Casino Live regular.
Peter called the straddle from the small blind with 7♦5♥. Airball, the big blind, raised to $5,000 with A♣4♠. Rampage, the straddler, three-bet to $16,000 with Q♥Q♣, forcing Peter to fold.
Airball, however, moved all in for $115,600 and received a snap-call. Both players agreed to run the board just one time for the $233,000 pot, and it came Q♦8♠8♣3♣J♣, giving Rampage the chips with a full house. The pot didn't come close to making Rampage a winner for the session — he lost $103,900 before the cameras stopped rolling — but it would have been worse if not for the untimely jam by Airball, who lost $88,300.
