The latest episode of PokerGO's No Gamble, No Future saw a new batch of players take to the show's set at the PokerGO Studio. Jared Bleznick, Alexander 'Wolfgang Poker' Seibt, and Randy '3Coin' Sadler all made their series debuts, while Humboldt Mike, Sashimi Poker, Markus Gonsalves, and Jimmy D'Ambrosio returned to the felt for more action at stakes of $100/$100, with a $100 big blind ante.
The episode started with D'Ambrosio ordering a round of tequila shots for the table. After standing to propose a toast, D'Ambrosio noticed that Bleznick didn't have a drink in his hand. "You really don't drink?" D'Ambrosio inquired. Humboldt Mike then slid two black chips towards Bleznick, saying, "Here, here's $200. Take a shot, buddy."
Bleznick relented: "I'll drink something. I'll be on the next one, you go ahead."
D'Ambrosio saw his opening and scooped up the unclaimed shot glass on the table next to him, hand-delivering it to Bleznick. "Oh, you have one," muttered Bleznick, not overly-excited about the prospect. "I'm not having the whole thing, though."
D'Ambrosio, undeterred, responded, "That's alright, just go for three-quarters. This is to bringing Blez back, right? Let's make this the best Monday of our lives!" While the rest of the players knocked back their shots, Bleznick touched his glass to his lips and took a small sip – barely consuming any of it.
Despite not really tempting Bleznick in the way he perhaps hoped to, D'Ambrosio would still live to regret 'bringing Blez back' in a hand later on in the episode.
Bringing Blez back backfires
The hand in question saw Seibt kick off the action with a raise to $500 with 
and D'Ambrosio flat-call behind with 
. From the button, Bleznick bumped it up to $2,500 with 
and action folded around to Seibt, who released, but D'Ambrosio made the call with his pocket pair. The dealer spread the 
flop to leave Bleznick with just six-high and a potential backdoor flush draw. D'Ambrosio retained the winning hand, but with a tough road to showdown if Bleznick stayed aggressive.
Instead, after seeing D'Ambrosio check to him, Bleznick followed suit. The turn brought in the 
to improve Bleznick to bottom pair, but he correctly deduced his hand to be no good and bluffed $3,000 when checked to. D'Ambrosio, meanwhile, made a correct deduction of his own and stuck the requested $3,000 in the middle. The river 
brought in a backdoor flush, but not much else changed on the board and D'Ambrosio checked once more. Bleznick weighed his options and decided to trust his instincts on the turn, firing out an overbet all-in for D'Ambrosio's whole stack of $14,900 into the $12,000 pot.
D'Ambrosio tried to goad Bleznick into revealing one of his cards, but the sports trading card mogul didn't bite. Eventually, D'Ambrosio mucked his hand, perhaps wondering why he ever wanted to bring Bleznick back in the first place.
