Jimmy D'Ambrosio's seat switch nightmare on No Gamble, No Future

No Gamble No Future Jimmy D'Ambrosio
Mo Afdhal
Posted on: April 22, 2025 18:19 PDT

After a brief hiatus from the airwaves, PokerGO's No Gamble, No Future returned Tuesday evening with a new episode. Joe Stapleton continued to serve as table captain – and the session's biggest winner with nearly $18,000 in profit to start the episode – with his fellow PokerStars Ambassador Caitlin Comeskey and NGNF regular Jimmy D'Ambrosio taking up the roles of his partners in comedic crime. 

If you're looking for a preview of the lively atmosphere at the table, we can confirm that within minutes of the episode's opening, both Comeskey and D'Ambrosio took to their feet to put on their best galloping horse impressions – seriously, they did. Kasey Mills, Justin Young, Shawn Madden, and Sashimi Poker had front row seats to the fun – plus all the action that followed. 

It was a table full of comedians on the latest episode of No Gamble No Future. It was a table full of comedians on the latest episode of No Gamble No Future.

D'Ambrosio's seat change leads to mayhem

Around the halfway point of the episode – and with more than one drink imbibed – D'Ambrosio took his turn at spinning the Wheel of Pain. While he dodged the Spoonful of Wasabi punishment, his spin landed on the Change Seat option and he chose to switch with Sashimi. 

It was a decision he would come to regret moments later. In a multi-way collision preflop, Mills kicked off the action with a raise to $150 with before D'Ambrosio, next to act, bumped it up to $400 with . Madden flatted from the button with , but Young peeled in the small blind and fired out a four-bet to $2,200. 

Mills fled the scene, but D'Ambrosio sent his entire $4,400 stack into the middle. Madden followed Mills to safety after a few moments of consideration and when the action was back on him, Young quickly called and D'Ambrosio saw the bad news

Justin Young picked up a monster hand against Jimmy D'Ambrosio, but got unlucky across the two runouts. Justin Young picked up a monster hand against Jimmy D'Ambrosio, but got unlucky across the two runouts.

If he had selected any other seat at the table, D'Ambrosio could have avoided the cooler, but he chose the wrong move — literally. With $9,400 in the middle, the two players agreed to run two boards. On the first runout, the flop came down to leave D'Ambrosio drawing thin and he immediately reached for his backpack to reload. The turn and river changed nothing and Young secured half the pot. 

On the second runout, however, D'Ambrosio surged into the lead on the flop and his top pair, top kicker held up across the turn and river. 

There was a slight silver lining for Young as he took to the Wheel of Pain himself after the pot and his spin landed on the $200 From Everyone option — a decently-sized rebate.  

Young coolered in $33K premium clash

After the clash with D'Ambrosio went awry, Young found himself all-in once again, but this time it was he who was in rough shape. The action kicked off courtesy of Sashimi who raised to $200 with before Mills fired in a three-bet to $600 with . D'Ambrosio flatted the three-bet with , but when Madden looked down at in the small blind, the price of poker rose to $2,000. 

With all the dead money in the middle, Young peeled and shipped in a $5,500 five-bet. When the action inevitably folded back around to him, Madden slammed a stack of chips across the betting line and verbally declared his all-in. 

Shawn Madden got his chips in way good in the biggest pot of the episode. Shawn Madden got his chips in way good in the biggest pot of the episode.

"I can't fold, I have a good hand," Young said as he made the call, only to see the bad news. 

With $33,000 in the middle, Young and Madden agreed to run it twice. On the first runout, Young managed to river a full house, but his hand was already drawing dead from the flop as the board came down to give Madden quads. 

On the second runout, the dealer spared either player any further drama as it came down to leave Madden's hand best. 


No Gamble, No Future airs Tuesday evenings at 8:00pm ET, exclusively on PokerGO

Images courtesy of Antonio Abrego/PokerGO

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