The main reason why the original Big Game was such a success with poker fans is the stories, making each session different and unique. This idea continued in The Big Game on Tour, with every Loose Cannon coming into the game with a different goal in mind.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the chance to witness the story of Luke Moy, a pub manager hailing from the UK, with exactly zero high or even mid-stakes experience on his poker resume. To say he was outmatched would be an understatement, yet he managed to hold his own over the course of all 150 hands, finishing with a profit of $11,100.
Heading into the final portion of the challenge, Luke had a decision to make. He could play it safe and avoid confrontations to secure a small profit or go all out and try to gamble it up. He opted for the former, as we didn’t see him get involved in many hands at all on the last episode, resulting in a somewhat anti-climactic ending as far as poker is concerned, but it wasn’t the end of the adventure for the Loose Cannon.
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Locking It Up
Luke Moy started the last session of his Big Game appearance with a profit of $11,500, and his playing style and demeanor at the table made it pretty clear that he was determined to keep a hold of most of it without taking any unnecessary risks.
To be fair, the poker gods have helped along with that plan, as Moy wasn’t dealt any premium hands that would tempt him to get involved. Almost any hand is good enough if you are determined to gamble, but generally speaking, most of the hands he was dealt on the final episode were correct folds.
Lex Veldhuis gave Moy some tips, breaking down the situation and the math, sharing some solid advice depending on what the Loose Cannon wanted to achieve. While it sounded like he was trying to get Luke to gamble more (by posting straddles), Veldhuis’s breakdown was spot on. If Luke wanted to try and win another big one, it was in his best interest to make pots as big as possible before the flop.
However, Moy didn’t seem particularly interested in any of that. He managed to pick up another small pot, which was enough to cover his blinds and antes for the remainder of the session, and locked up a profit of $11,100.
Looking at the whole session, Moy didn’t miss out on many opportunities. One hand that could have really changed his entire Big Game appearance happened during the second episode, where he folded two pair to Keating’s river $50k bluff. Had he called there, he could have secured a much bigger profit even if he were to fold every hand after that.
Las Vegas Wedding
As things wrapped up at the table, Luke had more important business to attend to, as he and his fiancée, who was on the rail for the entire session, decided to have a Las Vegas wedding.
The PokerStars camera crew followed the couple as they entered the Little Chapel of Hearts in Las Vegas to start a new chapter in their lives, giving this Big Game story a particularly heartwarming ending.
Luke Moy may not have won a life-changing amount of money at the table, but he managed to bluff Alan Keating and got married to the love of his life, so he has two stories to tell to his children and grandchildren for the years to come.
As for The Big Game on Tour, we expect there will be another break before the final, third segment starts airing. Luke Wakelin is the last remaining Loose Cannon, and he’ll be looking to write his own Las Vegas story to last him a lifetime.
