No Gamble, No Future

The second season of No Gamble, No Future is here with Eric Hicks, Pennzoil Don, David Oppenheim, Mr Dr Batman, Evan Sofer, James Bord, and Eric Persson playing $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em. Season 2 also introduces the "Wheel of Pain" hosted by Remko Rinkema, which is triggered by different situations and results in players doing certain punishments.

Following the debut of the Wheel of Pain in the opening episode from Season 2 of No Gamble, No Future, Mr Dr Batman will spin it and be forced to praise the GOAT of poker. This all follows him making a big fold against Eric Hicks before he wins a race to double. Poker Hall of Fame member David Oppenheim wins a huge pot after he gets lucky on the turn, while Evan Sofer misses out on a spot to double with two ladies.

Eric Persson and David Oppenheim kick off this episode of No Gamble, No Future by playing a big pot that totals more than $300,000. Oppenheim chips away at the money lost with a bluff on Eric Hicks, and by making two pair on Pennzoil Don. With some failed seven-deuce and no aces getting cracked, the Wheel of Pain gathers some dust during this third episode from Season 2 of No Gamble, No Future.

Aces are back, and so is James Bord as he starts out hot on this episode of No Gamble, No Future. Bord rivers a full house, and then finds pocket queens when Mr Dr Batman finds pocket jacks. Eric Hicks hits two flushes on the river, while Mr Dr Batman puts his entire bankroll on the line with ace-king against pocket queens. Will he survive, or will the ladies send Mr Dr Batman home early?

It's a brand new lineup for this episode of No Gamble, No Future as Season 2 continues. Eric Persson, James Bord, Evan Sofer, and Eric Hicks return, while Justin Young, Eric Wasserson, and Eric Worre make their Season 2 debuts to play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em.

James Bord couldn't fade the Wheel of Pain last week, but he will on tonight's episode of No Gamble, No Future, as he makes an early exit. Patrik Antonius fills the empty seat, and he is one of three players that are forced to spin the Wheel of Pain. $1k rebates, mystery costumes, and a spoonful of mayo go hand-in-hand with lots of big hands, including Eric Wasserson being dealt pocket aces twice and Eric Hicks rivering Justin Young twice.

It's the Justin Young show on this episode of No Gamble, No Future, as Young puts some money in with a semi-bluff against Patrik Antonius. Young then battles with Eric Hicks and runs down his trips before cracking his pocket aces. The only downside to Young's run good is two trips to the Wheel of Pain.

There is an all-new lineup on this episode of No Gamble, No Future as Steve Buckner, Jared Jaffee, Shawn Madden, Kevin Martin, Jimmy D'Ambrosio, Sashimi Poker, and Justin Young play $25/$50 No-Limit Hold'em.

It is a painful episode of No Gamble, No Future for Jared Jaffee as he is forced to spin the Wheel of Pain not once, not twice, not thrice, but four different times! The cards don't fall Jaffee's way either, but they do for Justin Young, as he makes quads twice. Jaffee passes his run of bad luck to Kevin Martin when he plays an all-in pot with Jimmy D'Ambrosio, while the episode ends with Sashimi Poker flopping Broadway, but will she hold on to win the pot against the running-hot Young?

Two new faces take a seat on tonight's episode of No Gamble, No Future as Shawn Madden and James Bullimore make their season debuts. Justin Young continues to run hot and hits quads for the third time, along with the cherry on top of a Royal Flush. The Wheel of Pain is spun three times, and as a result, we see the return of the Easter Bunny and some jumping jacks as this is the final line-up featuring these players on No Gamble, No Future.

There is another all-new lineup on this episode of No Gamble, No Future, as Joe Tehan, Brian Okin, Straton Wilhelm, Andy Loomis, Julian Parmann, Justin Young, and Markus Gonsalves play $100/$100 No-Limit Hold'em.

The drinks are flowing on this episode of No Gamble, No Future, and it kicks off with Justin Young trying to push Straton Wilhelm off pocket aces. In response, Young is dealt his own pocket aces as Markus Gonsalves spins the Wheel of Pain. Brian Okin is put into two tough spots on the river, while Joe Tehan finds a fortunate turn, but an unfavorable river against Young. The episode concludes with Okin putting Tehan into a tough spot on the river as this lineup says goodbye after two episodes of good laughs and good drinks.

It's a brand-new lineup of players on this episode of No Gamble, No Future, as 2003 WSOP Champion Chris Moneymaker makes his debut. Joining the guy that launched the poker boom to play $100/$200 No-Limit Hold'em are Matt Hanks, Kevin Martin, Markus Gonsalves, Eric Worre, Shawn Madden, and Eric Hicks.

The action continues on this episode of No Gamble, No Future, with Kevin Martin experiencing a roller coaster of highs and lows. After chopping with aces, he makes a full house against Eric Worre before getting coolered by Matt Hanks. Martin picks off an Eric Worre bluff later in the episode, but for Worre, there are no worries when he doubles with pocket queens. Chris Moneymaker gets unstuck in two back-to-back hands while Markus Gonsalves is forced to dig through his bag to find some rebuy chips.

Is Chris Moneymaker the greatest poker player in the world? On this episode of No Gamble, No Future, it sure feels like it as the 2003 WSOP Champion goes on a heater up to nearly $400,000. Moneymaker is hit by the deck, but he also plays above the rim by picking off bluffs from Matt Hanks and Eric Hicks. Eric Persson joins the game and immediately is in the green when his ace-king strikes gold, while Eric Worre is on the wrong end of a diamond-flush cooler before he picks up some chips late with pocket kings and then a full house.

It's the final episode of the season for No Gamble, No Future, and it again belongs to Chris Moneymaker with some Eric Hicks sprinkled in. Moneymaker picks up some early pots before there are two spins of the Wheel of Pain. Hicks goes on a late rush and doubles up, and when the final hand of the season is declared, the players agree to a bomb pot. Trying to finish in the green, Eric Persson attempts to take the pot on the river, but Moneymaker says no and wins the final pot of the season to finish nestled behind a $500k stack.