From Seminole Hard Rock
in Hollywood, Florida,
this is Poker Night in America.
(jazz music)
Hello, and welcome
to another night
of high stakes action here
in Hollywood, Florida.
I'm Chris Hanson,
alongside Joe Stapleton.
And last time we saw
Bill Perkins lose
basically every hand he played.
Joe, do you think Bill can
turn it around tonight?
- Bill gave all his
money to Matt Berkey.
I think he would've been better
off giving it to Berkeley,
because at least we could've put
one social justice warrior
through liberal arts college.
- [Chris] Well it's not
gonna get any easier for him,
because he's sandwiched
between two really good players
in Jason Mercier
and Mustapha Kanit.
And a bunch of other
players who're all
trying to get the
best of Matt Berkey.
So, let's get down to the felt.
- Down to the, you know,
I don't love the phrasing
down to the felt, it makes it
sound like we're above them.
- [Chris] Poker Night in
America continuing day one
here in Seminole Hard Rock,
it is our high roller event.
Blinds are bigger and so are
the stacks, Joe Stapleton.
- [Joe] Matt Berkey crushing
Chance Kornuth, down 135,
has just reloaded
for another hundred.
Let's light this candle.
- [Operator] Technical
difficulties.
- [Chris] So blinds are
one and 200 tonight,
on Poker Night in America,
and everyone's putting in
a $25 ante, too,
before every hand.
- [Joe] And don't forget
there is a triple straddle
happening right now,
which means Bill Perkins
has put in 1600 dollars
dark, and 1600 a call.
And Matt Berkey has got
more of Bill Perkins's money
than whoever invented tan hats.
(poker chips clicking)
- [Chris] Chance
Kornuth makes it 4900.
- [Joe] James Calderaro,
I know we're not
supposed to ask this in 2017,
but, what color are you?
- Still tilted?
- You should smack him,
just for that question.
- That laugh was
the tiltest laugh
I've ever seen in my life.
- Was it the last one?
- His laugh was pretty tilted.
- [Chris] Calderaro calls.
- [Poker Player] Gotta give
him action, he's on tilt.
- I'll give him action, then.
- [Chris] The entire
table's on tilt,
and it's tipping all the
chips Matt Berkey's direction.
- How much is it?
- 4,000.
- [Poker Player] You
forgot what you had?
- [Joe] See, Bill Perkins
is wearing a tan hat,
that's why I made that joke.
- [Chris] I got it, and
he made the call here,
so he's now spent
$4,900 with king three.
- [Joe] Yeah, could get lucky.
- [Chris] Seems logical.
Flop is king, six,
jack, and he's ahead.
- [Joe] But once again, it's
a pretty susceptible top pair.
- I'll be friendly, 6000.
- 6000.
- [Chris] So the bet is 6000,
we get a call from Kornuth.
- [Joe] And Calderaro is up
and down, so he's gonna be
sticking around like a
good self-tanning lotion.
- [Chris] And he does call.
Three players still to
the turn, five of clubs.
- [Joe] Checks around.
- [Chris] Alright, here comes
the river, it's a three.
So Perkins has two
pair, kings and threes.
Is he about to
finally win a hand?
- [Joe] Calderaro missed harder
than he likely misses leg day.
- All in.
- [Poker Player] All in.
- [Chris] Well his all in
gets Perkins to stand up.
- Where you going?
- I almost, like.
- [Poker Player] Don't leave
in the middle of a hand.
- How much is it?
- It's nothing.
- Yeah but that just
means you take the money.
Here, I call.
- Ah, I think he's
bluffing, I was
hoping you'd folded
the best hand.
So obvious, (beep) dammit,
I was gonna snap you
with the eights, I
was just gonna go.
- You were gonna snap
me with the eights?
- Yeah, I was so excited, too.
- [Chris] Perkins makes the
call and ends up a winner,
and he finally got one.
- [Joe] Calder, come
back, I didn't mean it.
I love you, my
address is unlisted.
- Alright, let's get some
straddles out there, boys.
- [Joe] Berk came
out of the muck.
- [Poker Player] The
game is out of the muck.
- [Chris] Mustapha Kanit
is in the straddle,
so that means Berkey's
gonna be first to start,
and Matt is bumping it up
with ace queen to 2500.
- [Joe] Look, I'm sorry,
I'm jealous of your muscles
and your money and
your gold chain
and your pumpkin pie complexion.
[Chris] DiPascale calls.
[Joe] Oo, now I get
to do DiPascale.
- [Poker Player] And who
hasn't bluffed all night?
- [Chris] You know what I find
interesting is that you, I,
and Jason Mercier played the
exact same amount of hands
on Poker Night in America.
Come on, man, I want to see him
get involved, get in the mix.
- [Joe] He's responsible
now, he's a dad.
- [Chris] Alright, three
players through the flop
with a relatively
small pot right now.
- [Joe] Oh, what a flop.
- I'm checking.
- [Joe] Careful
Perkins, Berkey's got
a gunshot to the nuts.
DiPascale's flop is set.
- [Chris] How many
reps are in that set?
See, now you've got me going.
- Just gonna sit in
there for a little bit.
- [Joe] Good fold by Perkins.
Berkey's sticking around.
- [Chris] Alright, here we go to
the turn, it's five of spades.
- [Joe] Berkey
checks to the raiser.
(poker chips clicking)
- Come on.
- [Joe] And just like he says
at is hair removal appointments,
Joey DiPascale says,
"Take all of it."
I'm gonna go enter
witness protection.
- So, Matt Berkey
runs into a set,
but he does get out
relatively cheap on the turn.
- Yeah I'm not in love with
that shove from DiPascale,
but he seems like
a really nice guy
with an awesome sense of humor,
and I'm just gonna walk
back a few of the things
I've said about him in
the rest of the show.
- Sorry, Joe, you're out of
time, we have to go to break.
- Help.
- [Chris] Alright back
at Seminole Hard Rock
in Hollywood Florida, here
on Poker Night in America.
- [Joe] Big stacks here
tonight on Poker Night.
- [Chris] Now usually
we play 25-50,
that's our standard game but
tonight we're going 100-200
with a $25 ante for every hand.
- [Joe] Bigger than two
pairs of rippling biceps.
- [Calderaro] Not
even the eight?
Jesus, Lord, the (beep) man.
- I wonder how much money he's
losing with that straddle.
Don't straddle.
- [Dealer] He'd be up
heaps if he was straddling.
- Can I get another
cocktail please?
You can use this
glass if you want,
you want to use
that one, thank you.
- [Joe] Please tell me
they're drinking Long Islands.
- I'm glad you're
drinking with me, sissy.
- My drink's right here, genius.
- It's been there
for four hours.
- Alright, we'll call.
- [Calderaro] Did you
call me a sissy like that?
- Yeah, man, trying to
get me drunk and lose?
I lose sober.
- Here's to you.
- I don't have one
now, I drank it.
- I'm way ahead of you.
- [Chris] Flop's queen queen
five, a full boat for Perkins.
- [Joe] Man this will be
hilarious, if Bill finally
has Berkey in jail and
makes like nothing from it.
- [Berkey] I know about
it, was just kidding.
- [Chris] Well Perkins isn't
betting, he checked the flop
and the turn and now
Berkey puts in 4000.
- [Joe] I think when Perkins
calls or raises here,
he won't be getting
another dime out of Berkey.
- [Poker Player] Rebate.
- Can we get him a cosmo please?
'Cause he probably
won't order one.
- [DiPascale] Sissy
mother (beep), did
you have a drink yet?
You were drinking wine
last time I was playing.
- [Berkey] He's had
too much to drink.
- [Calderaro] Some bull
(beep) about his liver,
he's 22 years old, he's
got liver problems.
Have a (beep) drink, buddy,
loosen up a little bit.
- 30,000.
- [Dealer] Alright, 30,000.
- How much are you saying?
- 30.
- Could he raise?
- I raise, I pimp raised him
by not putting the chips in,
like, yo, what're you
gonna do about it.
- [Poker Player] Pimp raise,
did you really do that?
- [Perkins] Yeah.
- [Joe] Not sure how I feel
about the pimp raise in 2017.
- [Calderaro] What
was your pimp raise?
- [DiPascale] He said if
you wear two (beep) shirts
to this table you're gonna pay
(beep), that's what he said.
- [Calderaro] He's
wearing three shirts.
- [Joe] I wanna get
a ruling on that.
And no, nope, not allowed
to make pimp jokes in 2017.
I don't make the rules,
I just enforce 'em.
- [Calderaro] It's going down.
- [Joe] Nice fold.
(all players groaning)
- I wanna see that
mother (beep) later.
- At least show one, you
can show like a deuce.
- [DiPascale] Show a deuce.
- Queen five.
- [DiPascale] Yeah,
(bleep), a queen (bleep).
- Flopped it?
- Queen five.
- [Chris] If I don't say
anything long enough,
would people assume
I just went out to
the pool, here at
Seminole Hard Rock?
- [Joe] I think
you could just go.
- [Chris] Or would they assume
I'm just not saying anything?
Would they think I'm at
the pool, or would they...
I mean...
- [Joe] Nah.
- [Chris] Long story short,
I wanna go to the pool.
It's beautiful out, and
we're inside watching
these guys shove money
around on the table.
- [DiPascale] Mustache,
what's up, man?
- Put a target on
him, couldn't get him.
He just dodged, it was like...
(imitates gunfire)
- [DiPascale] Fighter jet jokes.
Are those still...
Can I get a ruling?
Yes, barely, fighter jet
jokes still barely acceptable.
- [Chris] Kanit raises
it up to $6500 with
his ace king, actions
on Matt Berkey.
It's 61 for him to call.
- [Joe] DiPascale,
the original raiser.
Berkey with everyone's favorite
suited gaff connectors.
- It's a family pot.
- Where am I?
Want my cards back,
I'm pretty sure.
- Three Italians, and this
guy with three shirts.
- [Joe] 26K in the
middle, pre-flop.
- [Chris] Eight, seven,
three is the flop, so
DiPascale gets a pair of eights.
- [Joe] But he is gonna face
a lot of heat with them.
- [Chris] Ooh,
$11500 is the bet.
- [Joe] It's gonna get hotter
than a tanning bed in here.
- One customer.
- [Joe] Action on
the last aggressor.
Berkey's supposed
to keep betting.
Wow, and he puts
DiPascale all in.
This is such a hard call to make
if you're not a
complete crazy person.
DiPascale currently facing more
pressure than his own sleeves.
- What a bluff,
Berkey, show the bluff.
- [Chris] And he
folds, and Matt Berkey
continues to just
work this table over.
All kinds of straddle-age.
- [Joe] Double-straddle,
$800 to go.
- [Kanit] Definitely
had a king in my hand.
- [Kornuth] I mean, it might've
been king and queen-suited.
- [Chris] We knew
you had a hand.
He's gonna see if
you had any balls.
- He's like, "Oh".
- Call.
- [DiPascale] Terminator,
really (bleep) interesting.
- Did you see my hand?
- No.
That's not my hand, though.
He can see my hand, too.
- [Calderaro] Yeah,
okay, why not.
- [Perkins] Bring it in.
Use the power of the hat.
Power of the hat.
- [Calderaro] You
love this hand?
- Yeah.
Uh-oh, little bit of
information given.
- [Chris] Aces up for Calderaro.
- $4100.
You still love that hand?
- Me?
I love every kind of
hand, I'm crazy, you know.
- [Joe] I also
make love to hands.
- Who's playing a
hand, him or you?
Or both of you?
- We're using the Force.
- [Chris] And that four
springs a seven on the turn.
Perkins drawing dead again.
- I call.
- I don't like your hand,
your hand is (bleep).
- I don't like my hand.
(laughter)
I don't like my hand.
- You just need a king, though.
- King!
- [Calderero] Bring
it in for him, Chance.
That's my boy,
bring it in for him.
- Calderero would've
been so pissed at me.
- [Calderero] I'd have
wanted it to bring it in too.
(jazz music)
- Calderero might've
punched me, actually, too.
- No, I would never hurt you.
Not on TV.
- Great call, Bill Perkins,
you really went for
the gold, unlike the guy
you beat, who seems to
be mostly going for the bronzer.
He can't get mad at
me for that, right?
He is wearing bronzer.
- [Chris] Welcome
back to "Bill Perkins
Gives Everyone Money".
(laughter)
Special episode of
Poker Night in America,
with Joe Stapleton,
I'm Chris Hanson,
at Seminole Hard Rock
in Hollywood, Florida.
But no, seriously, Bill,
come to the announcer booth.
We will take some of that money
you're so freely handing out.
I mean, come on, man.
- [Joe] Not Bill's
best day at the table.
Just a double-straddle
this time around.
- [Calderero] I don't know,
Chance might not be...
- That's right.
- Raise, 26.
- [Chris] Kornuth makes a $2600.
Come on, come on, come on.
Still nothing for Mercier.
Nothing.
- [Joe] Bill's
taking a hand-off.
Probably for the best.
- [Chris] The twitterverse
likes this game.
- [Joe] Kanit's in,
queen ten-suited.
- Maybe 50, I think.
Something like that.
Thank you.
- [Chris] Flop is
jack, ace, king.
- [Joe] And Kanit must
have flopped a straight.
- [Chris] Everyone checks
to the turn, it's a four.
Both Kornuth and DiPascale
are drawing dead.
5K from Kornuth.
- [Joe] DiPascale is out.
Mustafa trying to
figure out how to
get the rest of Chance's money.
- [Chris] Now up to 18K.
- Nobody really told
you guys anything,
allowed to use their
phones at a table.
(murmuring)
The Force?
I'm gonna use the Force.
- [Chris] Action's
back on Chance.
- [Joe] Now, I
typically say there
aren't many hands that
can be value-raising here.
Here there are a lot
of hands that can
be value-raising, but
Chance is calling anyway.
- You can't use your
phone at a table, sir.
- [Joe] Five on the river.
- [Chris] Kanit's gonna try to
extract some more money here.
- [Joe] Luckily for
Chance, he did not improve.
And Chance has made a couple of
wrong calls so far this session.
He is down a lot.
May be time to stop the
bleeding, Chance-cicle.
- [Chris] Oh, man.
That's a call, that's
a queen, that's a ten.
- God, I suck so bad.
- I was bluffing,
bro, with the nuts.
(laughter)
- [Joe] Somehow, he still
manages a laugh with
that joke, gotta give
him credit for that.
(laughter)
- Nice hand, boss.
Hold that one, boss.
Nice hand, boss.
- [Perkins] You
played it great, boss.
(laughter)
- [Chris] If I ever have
people who work underneath me,
I'm gonna make them
call me "boss" all day.
If I am, in fact, their boss.
- [Joe] Just legally
change your name to Boss.
- [Chris] Good call.
- [Joe] Check it out, though.
Mercier's got aces.
- [Chris] He's finally
going to play a
hand on Poker Night in America.
He's packing a lot, or
sit forward and watch.
Either one.
- (bleep)
- [Joe] Got his rules, you know?
He's got his rules, you know?
- [Chris] It's like tan
with ivory, you know?
That's a rule.
- [Joe] Making a
really big raise.
The last thing he wants is
to take this flop four ways.
- [Chris] Ah, Bill Perkins.
- [Joe] Well, Perky's up,
like, 350K, so he shouldn't
be folding a hand for
the rest of the night.
Perky is in.
- [Chris] One guy's
got a pocket square,
one guy's been changing
a lot of diapers lately.
The flop is ace high
with a couple of hearts.
Mercier flops a set of aces, but
Perky's got the flush
draw and a pair?
- [Joe] Pair and a flush,
you've gotta be kidding me.
This is what happens
when you consume
a thousand grams of
protein everyday.
You gain the ability
to start quening.
- [Chris] $12300
the bet, from Jason.
Over to Berkey.
Oh, boy.
- [Joe] Well, Jason has
the absolute nuts for
this board, so he literally
cannot be behind right now.
I say he tries to
get it in while
that's definitely
still the case.
- Twice?
- Sure.
- [Joe] Aw, just a 200K pot.
Now watch the two of these guys
try to pretend like
they don't care.
Look at Jason's face, he's like,
"Nope, I don't care."
- [Chris] "It's fine, I
do this all the time."
- [Joe] "No big deal."
- [Chris] "It's cool."
And they're gonna run it twice.
Half the pot's gonna be
awarded for each run-out.
- [Chris] Berkey
makes two-pair on the
first turn, and
misses the river.
So, now, here comes
the second, gets a
queen on the turn, and
a jack on the river,
so Jason's gonna win it all.
Alright, patience is a virtue.
Just won $197000.
- [Joe] Matt Perkey now
up-stuck a hundred grand.
Jason Mercier scoops
nearly $200000
in that pot, and he
is absolutely elated.
- Stick around, because it would
be irresponsible if
I told you otherwise.
- Welcome back to
Poker Night in America,
where we're gonna wrap
things up for the evening.
Our big winners are still
Matt Berkey and Jason Mercier,
even after his aces
held on that final hand.
Bill Perkins is
down 150 grand, but
for Bill, that's
literally just play.
- [Joe] Our two
beefcakes, Joey and James,
are down nearly 99
grand combined, but
I don't think they're
feeling too blue about it.
They're like a high
orange, if anything.
And last, Chance Kornuth hasn't
left anything up
to chance thus far,
because he's just made the wrong
decision on the river
every single time.
Tune in next time to see
how things shake up here.
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