In our Poker Hand of the Week, Jake Daniels attempted a massive Triple Barrel Bluff with a busted flush draw vs. Dan Shak on the latest Poker After Dark episode. Find out here, why this was not a good spot and a pretty clear give up.
Poker Hand of the Week Setup
The latest Poker After Dark week is called “Gamblers Delight”, since it exclusively features action players, who like to gamble such as Jake Daniels, James Bord, Dan Shak, Lynne Ji, Albert Destrade, Jake Daniels, Trevor Pope and Bryan Ercolano.
They are playing 6-max NL $50/$100 with a mandatory $200 straddle. Jake Daniels and Dan Shak have even stacks at the start as it is the very first hand.
Poker Hand of the Week Action
Preflop:
Jake Daniels raises from the Hijack to $600 with 4♥2♥ and Dan Shak calls with K♥Q♥ from the button as does Albert Destrade in the big blind holding 6♠5♥. Pot Size: $2,100
Flop:
3-way to the action flop of K♣J♥8♥, which gives both Daniels and Shak a flush draw, while the latter also has top pair to go along with it.
Being the aggressor, Jake makes a continuation bet of $1,100 and Shak just calls in position with his huge hand. Destrade folds. Pot Size: $4,300
Turn:
K♠ on the turn makes Dan Trips, Jake fires a second barrel worth $2,300 with his flush draw and Shak quickly raises to $7,000, Daniels is drawing dead, but insta-calls. Pot Size: $18,300
River:
The 7♠ on the river completes 109, but all other draws including Jake’s flush draw bust.
However, Daniels does go for the Triple Barrel Bluff with a big $16,300 bet and gets snap-called. Dan Shak wins a huge $50,300 pot.
Poker Hand of the Week Analysis
This hand is a good example, what all can go wrong when attempting a Triple Barrel Bluff. Let’s go through our Poker Hand of the Week step by step.
Preflop Jake Daniels makes a very lose raise with 4h2h from the Hijack and Dan Shak picks up KhQh right behind him. Shak has two options here he can raise and try to win the pot right here or just call and see a flop in position. Dan takes Option 2, which is fine.
The flop is super interesting as both players flop a flush draw, but Dan Shak has an absolute monster with top pair good kicker on top of it. Jake makes a standard continuation bet of half pot and Dan just calls.
There are certainly arguments for a raise as Shak has a coinflip against an overpair and a whopping 32% against bottom and middle set, so an aggressive player might even play for stacks here.
The turn is a dream card for Dan as aggressive opponents such as Jake Daniels will always fire a second barrel with a flush draw.
This time Dan does raise and Jake calls surprisingly quickly given the fact that he could be dead already and only has a 4-high flush draw.
On the river, Daniels misses his flush draw and can only win the pot by betting. This is what he does and he chooses a large 90% pot sizing. However, he obviously gets snap-called by Dan and loses a sizeable $50,300 pot.
Poker Hand of the Week Conclusion
This hand is a great example, why you shouldn’t always bluff when you miss your draw, especially against a rather tight opponent such as Shak as they are simply going to have it too often.
In addition to that, Shak showed great strength by raising the turn on a paired board, which means Daniels could already be dead against a full house.
That’s why this was not a good spot for a Triple Barrel Bluff and a pretty clear give up on the river, which would have saved Jake $16,300.
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