Another episode of No Gamble, No Future dropped on PokerGO on Wednesday night and it was the final ride for the lineup of Alan Keating, Humboldt Mike, Jean-Robert Bellande, Matt Hanks, Ryan Feldman, and Nik Airball.
The roster — which included Phil Hellmuth before his unceremonious exit on last week's show — sat down for the fifth episode of Season 5 and their final one as a group.
The high-energy, big gamble format has $200/$400 blinds with a $400 big blind ante. Keating started with the big stack and over $1m while Airball was at the bottom with around $125K.
Humboldt Mike scores
There were fireworks early in the episode with a clash between Keating, Feldman, and Humboldt Mike for a pot that went jumped the $500K mark.
Feldman raised to $4K with 
and Humboldt Mike called from the small blind with 
before Keating three-bet from the straddle to $20K with 
. Both Feldman and Humboldt Mike called and it was three ways to a flop of 
.
Humboldt Mike checked and Keating fired $30K with the open-ended straight draw. Feldman called with two pair and Humboldt Mike came along to gamble with an inside straight draw.
A 
appeared on the turn and Humboldt Mike checked his turned-straight before Keating checked behind. Feldman tossed out $55K and Humboldt Mike called. Keating got out of the way and the river was 
. Both players checked and Mike showed the straight for a $266K pot.
'How did I lose money in this hand?"
Feldman raised to $6K with from the button and Airball shoved his last $56K from the straddle. Keating snapped it off and called after Feldman jammed for another $223K to make it a three-way pot.
- Nik Airball:
- Ryan Feldman:
- Alan Keating:
"I'm the best in the world!" Airball shouted as he saw the other hands and turned over a pair.
The first board ran out 
to give half the pot to Airball. The second board started 
and turned a 
to give Airball the lead with a set of fours. The river fell to a big reaction and Keating picked up the rest of the side pot from Feldman with a pair of queens.
It's the largest pot of Feldman's life, according to an ominous preview on Twitter/X earlier in the day:
"How did I lose money in this hand?" Feldman asked the universe. "What the fuck just happened? How did I go against those two hands and lose money?"
Airball at risk again
Near the end of the episode, Humboldt Mike raised and Airball raised to $35K before JRB four-bet to $110K. Airball called for a total of $145K and the cards were turned up.
- Nik Airball:
- JRB:
The chose to run it twice and the first board ran out 
to give JRB the first half of the $300K pot. The second board was 
when JRB said "I think I'm very lucky against Airball. I have gotten the best of us and you've—"
The speech was interrupted by the and Airball spiked a set on the river to steal back half the pot.
The lineup wrapped up with Humboldt Mike taking a $100K pot from Feldman with a small full house. Mike ended up with the largest profit margin on the night after he finished up with $546K. Keating was the biggest loser, of just over $300K even though he ended up with just over $1m in his stack.
No Gamble, No Future Episode 4 final tally
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Alan Keating | $1,034,500 |
| Humboldt Mike | $546,400 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | $276,500 |
| Matt Hanks | $267,400 |
| Ryan Feldman | $187,145 |
| Nik Airball | $145,900 |
Photos courtesy of PokerGO/Antonio Abrego
