from rams head center stageat maryland live! this poker night in america. [music] welcome back to poker night inamerica, i'm your host, chrishanson. the staff at maryland live! hasdone an amazing job of hostingour television production, and we've been ableto capture some great pokerfootage because of it. later on we'll recap the actionfrom our first trip to marylandlive. but first, let's catch up withour star studded cash game, in the ram's head, center stage.
poker night in america, broughtto you by 888poker, where theworld plays online. >> i like to give the chips,that way when i get felted, isave 25 bucks, right? >> tom likes to know exactly,because he's an accountant. tom keeps track of everysession. >> i don't actually, i have noidea how much i won the otherday. >> he couldn't count that high,he couldn't count as high, just imagine if he ran goodyesterday. >> you don't treat your pokerlike everything else in yourlife? >> i ran so bad.
>> i don't believe you, you'remeticulous about poker results. >> i'm ridiculous? >> no you're meticulous. no, i used to be, but i'm notanymore, because you got medrinking. >> i didn't get you drinking,you got me drinking. >> how does that work? gavin, how come we're the only,it seems like we're the onlyones. >> we got charter going now, wegot charlie going, chad's keptup, baker's in. >> i mean i'm not drinking itslower, but i'm not really adrinker, i mean.
>> you're not a drinker? >> the last 2 days i've beendrinking with you guys. >> although the thing is, like,i think these two used to be drinkers and they're nondrinkers because it's betterfor them. i don't think he ever was adrinker. >> all in.>> alright here we go, we gotourselves a pot here. >> let's sweat this thingtournament style. whatyou guys got? >> christian harder comingwith the three bet. betting enough to put joe allin.
>> let's see it boys. >> and joe makes the call. >> that's not fair.>> you pick. >> you wanna see what igot first?>> nah, i don't care. [crosstalk] >> i'll race, i'll run it twice,with ya. >> all right. >>let's see what we got. >> well right now joe isslightly a favorite. they aregoing to run it twice. >> you stupid [bleep] you'regonna hit the flush again now.
>> which means one player wouldhave to win both of the two turns and rivers in order toscoop the entire pot. >> the, the big one, the backdoor. >> dealr can i see the rivercard? >> and joe is going to win thefirst one.>> freeroll! >> and no heart gone either. >> no heart, no queen, no jack. >> oh my god. [laugh] >> oh merson's notrunning good. merson cursedcharter.
>> and joe spikes a four on theturn, the river is anotherheart, and so, joe is going to scoop, goingrunner, runner for the straight on the first run,and making his flush on thesecond. i think you should have to,you should have to tell people to remind them, though.because i've been drinking. i don't really want to do that,'cause i... >> oh yeah you've been drinking,you're hammered. >> thank you. thank you. >> you're running terribletoo, again.
>> i am running terrible.>> that's some strong ice. >> i have beer flavored ice, areyou kidding me. i have it flown in from canada. >> i call. >> it's amazing you're runningbetter today than you didyesterday, >> yet you're stuck today andyou won the whole gameyesterday. >> yeah.>> that's how bad you ranyesterday. >> david calls, and now joesitting in between these two says, yup enough money in thepot, might as well go for it.
1800 dollars in preflop. >> six. >> i'm rooting for joe.>>i'm rooting for joe too. >> come on joe.>> come one joe.get em joe. go joe go. >> flop this queen high withtwo spades. >> joe has middle set. just my read. >> and if you got top set he'sgetting there so, tread careful.
[laugh] >> greg merson will bet 900. over to david baker has theflush draw. >> well, joe didn't win thisone. >> you fold middle set, that's[bleep] up. yeah i know they got the topset. >> now $3600 in the pot, herecomes the turn. ten, so baker picks up a gutshot straight draw. greg mercer is gonna be first toact.
i think one more sizeable bethere would probably shake davidbaker off. but if he checks, gonna givebaker an opportunity to fire atthis pot to take it down. greg does check.back to baker. and it looks like odb is gettingready to bet. that's exactly what he does,1750 dollars, the bet. about half the pot, so now 5300up for grabs. >> that's the guy we need towork all night at the karaoke. you're on shift tonight. gonna be like a pretty long dayfor you actually.
you can drink while filmingthough if you want, later on. >> gavin will take the cameraover, he has some experience. >> i do actually, i'm in chargetoday since todd went to newyork. he said so before he left.>> really? >> i'm the executive producertoday.>> executive producer, nice. >> i'll actually get a credit onthe show. >> i hope you do. >> don't worry everyone, gavinis not the executive producerfor the day. look at that, greg mercer isgoing to fold.
>> you get to see one. >> and baker is going to showone card, he shows the eight ofspades. >> wow. ten eight of spadesthere.>> game on. >> doctor baker's in the house. >> well, i fold the best hand. >> you want me to punch his facein. >> nah, i had a queen. >> do you want me to beat hisface in though? >> when we come back, the chipscontinue to fly, so stick
around, it's poker night inamerica. >> poker night in america on cbssports network is being brought to you by 888poker.com. wherethe world plays online. >> thanks for coming back topoker night in america. i'm chris hanson. we return to our cash game hereat maryland live! $5,000 minimum buy-in for thiscash game. blinds are 25 and $50. there's an optional $100straddle.
>> i'm glad we took the straddleoff now that i'm, peak berry.i'm really happy. >> well it's good timing forthat. >> no you actually peaked berryright before you lost therunway. >> it's true. >> what? >> christain harder and gregmerson speaking their ownlanguage. >> your sister's street. oh your sister lives a couplestreets over from greg? >> that's where i grew up.
>> yeah.>> is that where you live? >> naw i live right up thestreet, severna park. >> he's from canada, he doesn'tknow severna park, he doesn't even know an atlas,or what it is. or what it is. >> it's the capital, thecapital. >> i did know that. >> my dad. did i tell you my dadgrew up in severna park? i thinki said that. >> no, you didnt say that.>> yeah. rugby hall.
>> you count it out, thengo all in makes me thinkyou might be good. i got a huge hand. >> now baker trying to get someinformation off of schneider. half talking to himself, halfprodding donkey bomber. >> i have a bad feeling. >> hold old are you? >> he's got a bad feeling buthe's putting his chips in. >> i knew it. i almost [bleep]laid this hand down. >> you got 2 queens?ace king.
>> almost, almost laid it down.i knew you had aces.>> once or twice. >> what ever you want to do.you're stuck so i don't care. >> let's run it twice, let's runit twice. >> they both agree to run ittwice, obviously schneider ahuge favorite. >> that's a, that's a decentflop. >> alright so the first onegoes to tom. >> wow that's so sick. >> alright dealer can we seethe flop please. >> and nothing doing for davidbaker.
>> no kings in the deck? >> and he is, well not drawingdead yet. >> there's only one king in thedeck? >> nice hand.>> it's 41. >> yeah i'm so bad, i knew ittoo, i swear. almost laid itdown. >> surprised that david bakermade the call there. >> should have done it insteadof almost doing it. >> i know, i'm so bad.it's right there, 41. >> i can't fly all the way tomaryland and have to pay for myown damn drinks.
>> i raised 41. i'm the executive producer. >> you keep saying that, you got any influence on the waythese cards are being dealt? >> no. >> baker back at it with pockettens. >> how far is dc from herethough? >> christian harder or charteras he's known, calls withdeuces. >> well i needed to call charterand get [bleep] information onthis kind of [bleep].
>> joe cashen calls. >> would have been a lot easierif i had his phone number. >> greg mercer is calling,everyone is calling. >> i think i've had it before, ijust have a new phone now. >> tom wang calling out of thebig blind. >> i smashed it already. >> so five players will see theflop together. what's that other dealerstanding over your shoulder, hecoming in soon? >> when?yes!
>> check. >> everyone checks, so here'sthe turn, it's a nine. action is on joe cashen, justace high. >> on you, joe. >> oh i'm sorry,i missed you both check. i thought that was possible,that was the case. >> must be the one finger move.>> can't trust a guy named joe. oh wait. >> baker is going to bet 400. >> joe well aware the action ison him and he will fold.
greg merson with absolutelynothing. but absolutely nothing does notstop a world champ. and that kids, is how you bet2100 with nothing. >> i bet with that being thedistinct possibility that mighthappen. >> last time when baker andmerson tangled, david baker semibluffed the turn and took it down, now here on theriver this is a flat out bluffby greg merson. >> could of just checked andwon the hand. >> david's gotta be maybe bestinging a little bit from losing that ace king to tomschneider.
>> it's gotta be the best hand. i give it to you. >> show one. >> and let me guess, here comesthe eight of spades, yep, sureenough. >> seven eight. >> wwdb >> i said if it's a club itbodes well for david.. >> seven eight of spades. >> could be anything, we justchecked it down,
it doesn't have to be connectedto that board. >> runway! >> so i was right is what you'resaying. >> yeah, could be. >> all right, time for a quickbreak but when we return, more of our cash game on poker nightin america. closed captioning is brought toyou as a public service by poker night in america. poker night in america, broughtto you by 888poker, where theworld plays online.
>> you got hood flatted by tommyschnides. >> you guys know i don't playanything very well, you knowthat right? >> you run bad though. >> i think the term hood wascreated for tommy schnides. >> i kinda like shnides, tomschneider's new nickname. goes by donkey bomber, butschnides works for me. two local pros going at it herewith chad power and tom wang. >> as hanks would do. >> todd hanks has been amazingthis game too.
>> yeah the genius school ofcollowa's, very anti hood. you know how people just hoodthe threes. like out of small blind, it's like, raise threebet in the small blind. >> turn's a deuce.>> there like really againsthat. >> power checks, action on wangwith his pair of sevens. >> what'd you say? >> against it?they don't, they don't do it? >> like very, very very rarelywith like a select number ofhands. like way less than what it seemsto be, how often it happens.
>> six fifty. >> show one, tommy. >> show an eight. >> tommy wang. >> oh the eight comes out[bleep].>> the eight is back. >> i miss the eight.>> i had an eight beat.>> i miss the eights. >> eight is always such a goodcard to show. >> how do you always have aneight? hard to get a hand to even playwith an eight.
unless you guys are hoodflatting it. >> i'm out of my element here. and, so therefore i deserve afew extra. >> i think any time you havegreyhounds you're notout of your element. >> opportunities. i deserve a few added benefitsthat you guys don't get. >> you get everything.you don't have to post, buteveryone else does... >> right. that's one of the things,because i'm primarily not a.
>> you don't have to play anyhands because you can just winall the runways. >> i'm primarily not a cash gameplayer, so that's why i get these addedbenefits, and i wear baconjacket. >> you didn't even have to bein the tip pot when you weren't even here too, you should payhim $6. >> i should but i'm not goingto. seven would be too much. >> eight handed. >> it's a good position.
>> i'll give you a pass, i gotyour time this one. >> thanks buddy, appreciate it. >> charter's got a little bit ofa hard on for me right now, he's a little pissy, he wants tobe the executive producer but hecan't be. i mean i figured if i take apicture i'll at least get zoneone. >> you gotta dress the part. >> i know. how do i not get zoneone, that was bull [bleep]. dave. if i don't get zone one infuture fights i'm not [bleep]coming to this thing.
>> did you get paid? >> oh, that's all right.who's paying? i, should loser just keep buyingall this [bleep] or maybe, maybeone of my winning, one of my winning friends.how many times can ishame him into it? >> syracuse they fly us in aprivate jet. now i get zone 2. >> tom, i would buy it, but igave you all my money. >> what's that? >> i would've bought it but igave you all my money. >> well, if you want a drink,i'll buy you a drink.
>> i don't drink. >> oh then i'll. >> i drink coca-cola. >> i'll get you all the wateryou want bud. don't worry about water joei got you. >> thank you chad thank you.>> joe. how long you not drankfor? >> seventeen years.>> wow. >> that's okay because gavinkept the vodka companies in business while you quit.>> yeah.
>> gavin figured he needed tomake it up for joe. >> i've made it up for more thanjust joe. [laugh] i probably consumedlike three and a half peoplesworth. >> baker calls. $5,400 incash in the pot now. >> we got a hand here. >> oh wow. david baker hits hisgut shot on the river andcasually checks. ho hum. merson trying to figure theexact amount he thinks he canbet to have baker call. >> my dad died, but, his name issteve harder, he went to severna park high aswell. harder h a r d e r.
he went to severna park high aswell, he would have graduatedin 1970 i guess. umm, but then he had aconstruction business beforehe moved. >> forty-eight hundred. >> almost a pot-sized bet bymerson. action back to david baker,who's now going to put on thesame thinking cap of how much money can i get out ofgreg merson with my straight. >> christian, is where you'refrom close to laurel? >> i mean that where greg'sfrom. it's like 30 minutes away. >> that's where stevie does,that's where stevie did, did
his, he probably knew your dadthen cuz he did, he's done tilework for 40 years. his dad's done it for, his dad'sdone it for 70 years. his dad retired when he was 88. >> from doing it. >> could be. i'm sure one ofthem did. i actually when i was a kid. >> i'm all in. >> first grade i lived in eastport. >> bad spot for greg merson,only got a couple thousand left,there's $19,000 in
this pot, if he makes the call,all the rest of his chips aregoing in the middle. that may be one of the mostpainful things you have to do in poker, you flop top set of acesand he had to fold. >> what did he show?>> holy [bleep]. >> did he show the card yet?>> he showed a six of diamonds. >> and baker's going to letmerson off the hook and show them that he did indeedmake the straight on the river. >> he was the one with the biglick. poker night in america on cbssports network is being brought
>> hello everyone and welcomeback to poker night in america, and with that we say farewell tomaryland live for now. but before we go, here's a lookback at some of our favorite highlights from our first triphere. >> you remember the movie theyhad years and years and years ago where, like, the kidlived in a tree? [bleep] >> jungle book? >> no, no, no, the kid actuallylived in a tree. >> that's pretty big raise theretom.
>> he got a thing, and trained afalcon or whatever. >> that's a bit overkill, isn'tit? >> he said something, i pickedup something that made me think he was really strong, and itjust felt like a weird spot so i ended up folding, i maybecould have called there. >> pretty tight fold. >> nice hand. >> just need a 4 of hearts onthe turn. >> four hearts?
[laugh] >> wow could you call atwo of spades. >> four of hearts jerk. >> two of spades. >> hey, easy game. >> what kind of stuff you got inthese cards. >> i ate some frosted flakes,read some emails along the way. >> very nice gavin, very nice. >> gavin was tackling meall the time. like every time he'd see me,he'd run at me and try to tackleme.
>> i had booze in my veins and i don't think, i don't think, idon't think it ever goes awaycompletely, but i think there was a period ofabout 15 years where i drankmore than any living human. alright [bleep] you asked forit. where is it? [laugh] you'rewearing it. >> she's been wearing it forlike ten hands. ten hands she's been wearing it. we've beentalking about bacon. >> you were, you were in liketwo hands with me looking at me. talking to me.making eye contact.
>> i look through you, i don'tlook at you. >> when greg comes back,he owes five bucks. >> hey greg, you gotta owe fivedollars cuz you weren't her forthe time pot. [laugh] >> oh wait it's more then five.yeah. [bleep]. seven bucks greg. >> i don't have seven. >> and you missed a straddleyou gotta put 100 in the nextpot. >> yeah i know.>> seven bucks greg, you're gonna owe it to gene,obviously got a better hand thanbaker right now.
>> for more from poker night inamerica, log onto pokernight.com to find full episodes and blogsfrom the players. plus you can also find us onfacebook or twitter. for everyone here at poker nightin america, i'm chris hanson. >> quickly odb says yeah i call,it's a $12,000 pot for scott baumstein as he just sitsdown. >> you run so good baker. >> disgusting, you aredisgusting. >> and david baker is gonna pulla $12,000 pot.
>> good game scott.>> baker you make me sick. >> nice playing with you guys. >> [laugh]
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