In this week’s Twittertainment, the community reacts to Ethan Yau, aka Rampage, winning the biggest cash game pot of his life.
Yau will be known to some as the man who won event No. 2 at this year’s Poker Masters. Others will know about his exploits on the Mid-States Poker Tour or remember his 2020 WSOP bracelet win.
For many others, Yau is best known as a blogger. Posting videos to his YouTube channel, which has more than 170,000 subscribers, has helped the man commonly referred to as Rampage become one of poker’s rising stars. BetMGM Poker Streamer Shines on Hustler Casino Live
Yau has parlayed his notoriety into a handful of appearances on Hustler Casino Live. Yes, that’s the same popular live cash game where Robbi Jade Lew scooped a $269,000 pot from Garrett Adelstein and almost broke the internet.
Well, Yau was back on the stream yesterday. Neither Lew nor Adelstein were at the table, but the line-up was far from fishy. Add to this the fact Yau, by his own admission, hasn’t had the best results in high stakes cash games, and it could have been a costly night.
Fortunately, for the poker vlogger, it was far from costly. In fact, he walked away with a profit of $235,000 thanks, mainly, to a career-defining pot worth $188,000. Yau moved all-in with a flopped set of eights against one of Hustler Casino Live’s loosest players, Wesley Fei. Lucky Eights Gift Yau a Record Pot
With the board showing 10 ♥ 3 ♠ 8 ♠ , Fei went into the tank before calling Yau’s $89,700 bet with 10 ♠ 9 ♠ . Fei had outs but not as many as he expected. Ali G folded A ♠ 10 ♦ just before Fei called. That meant Yau was 70% favorite heading to the turn.
Rampage was sweating the turn and river, but he didn’t need to worry. As Fei sat stoic, the 2 ♣ and 9 ♥ brought the hand to a conclusion. The money from Fei and Ali G meant Yau scooped a pot worth almost $190,000. As expected, Twitter lit up once […]
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