Welcome to the latest edition of the Stream Showcase, where PokerNews scours the internet for some of the biggest moments caught on stream during the past month. In this edition, you’ll see that pocket kings giveth but also taketh, Global Poker Index winner Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg‘s magic hand, a triple victory for Lasse Jagd “Wistern” Lauritsen, a historic PokerStars hand, and more!
Pull up your favorite chair, grab a drink, and sit back and enjoy some of the highlights from the streaming world.
Best Kings Player on the Planet Wins Some and Loses Some
Team PokerStars’ Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber considers himself the best kings player on the planet. Whether that’s tongue-in-cheek is anyone’s guess, but these next two Huber-related Twitch clips involve his favorite No-Limit Hold’em starting hand.
Huber found himself heads-up in the $27 Daily Eliminator and facing a bet on a queen-high turn. Huber, who has pocket kings in the hole, stood on his chair, declared his love for the cowboys, and hit the all-in button. His opponent snap-called with ace-queen of hearts, making Huber a 68% favorite. However, an ace on the river cracked Huber’s kings, much to his dismay.
That loss stung, but Huber returned to being the best kings player on the planet in the $7.50 PKO event the following day. He raised all-in over the top of another player who had shoved and found himself against ace-ten. Again, he had around 68% equity, which instantly reduced to 9% on an ace-ten-four flop. However, a third cowboy on the turn all but locked up the hand for Huber. A brick on the river later, and Mr. Pocket Kings was back in business.
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coleandersonJ Learns Straights Do Not Always Win
Misreading your hand or that of your opponent is easy to do, even the very best in the game are guilty of such a mistake. Recently, “coleandersonJ” thoughout he’d won a big pot in the Creators’ Cup Qualifier, only to discover his straight was no good.
The streamer saw the player under the gun min-raise, and the action folded to him in the small blind. Down to a shade over 10 big blinds, “coleandersonJ” three-bet all-in with pocket sevens, and was called by queen-jack. The community cards ran and improved an initially delighted “coleandersonJ” an unlikely straight, only for his elation to turn to despair when he realized his opponent had a stronger straight!
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Pocket Tens Are Magical For Spraggy
Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg is on cloud nine today after winning the Best Streamer at the Global Poker Awards. Earlier this month, the popular Brit was flying high thanks to his favorite hand, pocket tens, turning into something magical.
A massive hand developed during the Bounty Builder Series $109 Kick Off that saw Spraggy four-bet all-in with pocket tens after a raise and a three-bet. Spraggy was aggressive hunting bounties, and had the chance to win one when the three-bettor called his shove. Spraggy’s pocket tens were flipping against ace-queen. What was magical about those tens? Watch the clip below to find out.
Wistern Completes a Hat Trick of Wins
They say things often come in threes, and that was the case for Lasse Jadg “Wistern” Lauritsen who managed to capture a trio of PokerStars victory while streaming. First up, was his ace-nine holding against king-jack in the Hot Hyper $16.50.
Next up, Wistern triumphed in the $44 Bounty Adrenline courtesy of a full house that he picked a bluff off with.
Wistern completed an impressive hat trick with victory in the $109 Turbo during the Bounty Builder Series. His ace-six trailed the dominating ace-ten, but hit spiked another full house to become a BBS champion.
Dalton Hobold Wins Historic PokerStars Sunday Million
The Sunday Million on February 23 was historic in that it was the first-ever phased edition of the famous weekly event. Brazilian Dalton “daltonhb” Hobold came out on top and won over $90,000 while writing his name into online poker’s history books. This is the hand that captured Hobold’s title.
| Player | Twitch | X | Ambassador For | |
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| Dalton Hobold | Â | Â | daltonhobold | Â |
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JaackMaate Doubles in the PokerNews Online Championship Main Event
YouTube sensation Jack “JaackMaate” Dean took to the 888poker Twitch channel to showcase his play in the $300,000 guaranteed PokerNews Online Championship Main Event. Early into proceedings, Dean found himself facing an all-in bet after firing on an ace-high flop with pocket kings. After much deliberation, Dean called and found himself in incredible shape for a double, as you can see.
Robinson, Becker, and Anderson Flying the Flag for PokerNews
Did you know PokerNews has its own roster of streamers? Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinson, Keith “AccidentalGrenade” Becker, and Kyle “KAA17” Anderson are proudly flying the PokerNews flag in the online poker world.
Robinson, who’s just launched his own poker podcast, plays across various platforms, while Becker can usually be found on the newly launched BetRivers Poker site. Anderson, based in Canada, shares his poker journey with fans on the social poker site Global Poker.
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