Alan Keating performed the most important pot within the 14-season historical past of Excessive Stakes Poker on the ultimate hand of Episode 10, which aired Monday on PokerGO. However scooping the $1.4 million pot trusted if his opponent, Peter Wang, hit a non-board-pairing flush on the river.
The $500/$1,000 no-limit maintain’em money recreation was filled with motion from begin to end because the desk performed free and aggressive, and the stacks have been so large that almost $4 million was on the desk when the cameras started rolling. Rick Salomon, who semi-bluffed off a $567,000 pot final week, had the most important stack, as per typical, with $1.3 million in entrance of him.
Keating and Wang have been each in for over 600 massive blinds, whereas Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, Vinny Lingham, and Justin Gavri rounded out the desk.
Salomon Picks Up Jacks
The primary hand within the tenth episode of Season 14 started with Keating, in a straddled pot, elevating to $10,000 with A♦9♦. Gavri, whose luck has circled in current weeks, known as from the button with 5♠5♥.
Peter known as the increase with A♠2♠within the small blind, as did Nik Airball, who regarded down at Okay♥10♥ within the massive blind. However the straddler, Salomon, had J♥J♦ and was seeking to get again a few of the cash he misplaced final week. He made it $60,000 to go, which excited Excessive Stakes Poker commentator Nick Schulman.
Airball was the one participant to fold from the pot that had ballooned to $251,000 preflop. The flop got here 8♠4♣4♠, a flush draw for Peter who checked, permitting Salomon to wager $150,000 with the over pair. Gavri folded his pair, however Peter known as to see the two♥ on the flip. Salomon moved all in for $452,000 efficient. Peter known as and each gamers agreed to run the river twice. The flush landed on the second strive, so the gamers chopped it up. Had Salomon gained the hand outright, it might have certified as the most important pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past at over $1.45 million.
Gavri’s Heater Continues
Gavri’s dangerous luck on Excessive Stakes Poker, till the previous few weeks, had been a factor of legend. However that is modified since Episode 8, and he’d discover a couple extra monster pots to take down this week.
One such hand began with Gavri elevating to $10,000 with 3♦3♣ and receiving a name solely from Keating’s Aâ™ 2♥. The flop got here out Jâ™ 3♥4♦, and Keating check-called a $10,000 wager earlier than the 8♦ appeared on the flip. Keating once more checked and this time known as a $30,000 wager with a gutshot straight draw.
The Q♦ turned over on the river, that means Gavri’s set held. Keating, with simply ace-high, checked one final time. Gavri, nevertheless, went for worth and wagered $67,000. That wasn’t the top of the hand as Keating went for a check-raise to $117,000, the scale of Gavri’s stack, on a bluff that did not get by way of. His opponent snap-called and took down a pot of $338,500 to double-up. Gavri would later win a $786,000 pot all in preflop with pocket aces towards Airball’s ace-king.
Justin Gavri Lastly Will get Fortunate on Excessive Stakes Poker
Largest Pot Ever on Excessive Stakes Poker
Keating and Salomon developed fairly a rivalry throughout Episode 10. The loose-aggressive excessive rollers performed a couple of monster pots, every successful and shedding some. In a single hand, Keating rivered the low finish of the straight and wager $40,000, however bumped into a greater straight and misplaced the pot.
Salomon, with pocket kings, gained a $445,000 pot later within the present when Keating missed a flush draw. Keating was completed battling Salomon and moved on to face Peter, whom he competed towards on Hustler On line casino Dwell this previous weekend.
Motion kicked off within the double-straddled pot with folds round to the button, Keating, who determined to simply name for $4,000 with Okay♦Okay♣. Peter picked up A♠3♠within the massive blind and went for a increase to $14,000. Keating then made a pleasant three-bet to $69,000, not sufficient to persuade his Hustler On line casino Dwell foe to fold.
The two♠J♠Okay♥ flop was about as juicy because it will get. Peter checked the nut flush draw, however Keating, who just lately launched a brand new YouTube channel, wager $70,000 with high set.
A check-raise to $200,000 would ensue, adopted by a name from the button. The flip was the A♦, giving Peter high pair to go together with his flush draw. He shortly moved all in for $434,000, to which Keating snap-called. That created a pot of $1,412,500, making it the most important pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past assuming there can be no chop following two runouts.
The primary river was the A♣ and the second the J♣, neither useful to Peter, that means Keating now holds the report for the most important pot within the 14-season historical past of essentially the most iconic poker present on the earth. Keating and Peter have performed the 2 largest pots throughout Season 14. The duo fought for a $911,000 pot in Episode 6, a hand additionally gained by Keating in what is taken into account among the best calls ever on Excessive Stakes Poker.
The earlier largest pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past — $992,000 — went to Santhosh Suvarna throughout Season 12. Suvarna’s report was practically surpassed in Season 13 when Sameh Elamawy cracked Andrew Robl’s pocket kings with ace-king for a $981,300 pot, which is now the third largest hand within the historical past of Excessive Stakes Poker, a present that started in 2006 on Sport Present Community.
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