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He Donked $50 on the River to 3-Bet Bluff a Flush With Aces: Bart Hanson Reacts

A caller tells Crush Live Poker's Bart Hanson he led $50 on a $2/$5 river with aces, hoping to get raised so he could 3-bet bluff. He got raised to $475.

By RealNameOf Staff · · 3 min read

realnameof.com title card: Bart Hanson reacts to a $50 river donk bet

Quick answer: On Crush Live Poker, a caller tells host Bart Hanson he held aces, including the ace of clubs, at Parx $2/$5. With three clubs on board, he led $50 into a $580 river pot so he could 3-bet bluff if his opponent raised a flush. The opponent raised to $475. The clip ends before the result.

Source: Crush Live Poker, clipped as a YouTube Short.

The main entrance of Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where the caller says he played the hand. Photo: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What happened

"I'm putting him on a flush pretty much. And I never really do this," the caller says. "I donked the river for $50 with intentions of him raising and then me three betting the river as a bluff."

Bart calls it "like reverse reverse." He says small river bets are sometimes made with the nuts to "get a cheaper showdown," but here the caller wanted to get raised. He notes the stacks were deep: "you could never pull this off with like a 1K stack."

Then: "He sat there for like a minute and he raised to $475." Bart's reply: "Well, looks like you got what you wanted, huh?"

Two playing cards face down beside stacks of poker chips
Poker cards and chips. The hand in the clip was played at a $2/$5 cash game. Photo: Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Real-name note

We couldn't find a documented different legal name or stage name for Bart Hanson, so this post adds no real-name claim. The caller isn't named in the clip.

Want the strategy breakdown? Superintelligencepoker.com looks at whether the river donk-to-3-bet plan makes sense.

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FAQ

Who is Bart Hanson? A live poker coach and host of Crush Live Poker.

Where was the hand played? At a $2/$5 game at Parx, according to the caller.

Did the bluff work? The Short doesn't show how the hand ended.

Sources

  1. Crush Live Poker: One of the CRAZIEST Poker Bluffs Bart Has Ever Heard (YouTube)
  2. Viral Podcast Shorts clip (YouTube)