Massive Pot Alert on High Stakes Poker!

Alan Keating returned to the Excessive Stakes Poker streets for the fifth episode of Season 14, launched Monday on PokerGO, and he performed, and misplaced, a $700,000 pot after getting all of it in drawing useless. However there was one other equally entertaining pot that almost turned the biggest ever on the present.

Keating, a Hustler On line casino Reside fan favourite misplaced a monster pot to HCL proprietor Ryan Feldman, who in any other case hasn’t run so sizzling on the enduring poker present. These two excessive rollers competed in a juicy $200/$400 no-limit maintain’em money sport in opposition to Marc Kulick and some first-name-basis-only HCL regulars, together with Peter, an unpredictable high-stakes participant who is not afraid to play any two playing cards or bluff in any spot. Here is a take a look at the Episode 5 opening chip stacks:

Chasing a Straight

It took all of 1 hand earlier than one participant determined to play for his stack. Feldman started the primary hand with a limp for $400 with J♥9♥ after which Kulick raised to $1,200 with A♠2♦. Peter, on the button with 4♠4♣, went for a three-bet to $12,000. Each gamers referred to as.

The flop got here out 3♥Ok♣4♠. Motion checked to the button who fired out a continuation guess of $10,000 with center set. Feldman folded, however Kulick referred to as with a gutshot straight draw, which did not come by way of on the 7♦ flip card. He once more checked, after which confronted an all in guess of $22,800.

Kulick, the most important stack within the sport, was getting almost 4-1 on his draw, so he made the decision chasing a four-outer. The cardboard he wanted did not hit on the river, and Peter earned higher than a double-up on the primary hand of Episode 5.

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Bluffing into Keating’s Flush

Kulick would proceed to dump chips when he picked absolutely the worst spot to bluff. The hand started with Steve, the participant who gained the notorious Tom Goldstein botched $540,000 pot on HCL final yr, limping for $1,000 with Q♠4♥ as did Britney, who was on the button with Ok♣9♣.

Keating, within the small blind with A♦4♦, raised it as much as $8,200. Kulick, the straddler, had Q♣J♥ and got here alongside for the journey, as did Steve and Britney. The three playing cards on the flop confirmed 8♦6♦3♠, which solely hit Keating in any important method. He continued his aggression on the nut flush draw with a $16,000 wager. However regardless of his opponent’s all lacking the flop, Kulick would increase his queen-high to $45,000 right into a four-way pot.

Steve and Britney despatched their playing cards into the muck, however Keating wasn’t going anyplace drawing to the nuts. The ten♦ on the flip did not give him the nuts, but it surely did give him an unbeatable flush. He went for a slowplay as he checked it over to the bluffing Kulick, who obliged with a $125,000 guess. Keating then moved all in for $419,000 complete, and his opponent rapidly folded.

Keating would hit one other flush on the flip, this one seven-high, in opposition to Steve, who turned center pair and paid off a $35,000 guess on the flip earlier than folding to a big river guess.

May Have Been Greatest Pot in Excessive Stakes Poker Historical past

The biggest pot ever on Excessive Stakes Poker was one flip name away from occurring. However the participant holding the perfect hand — David — could not make the six-figure name.

The hand started with a limp for $800 from Feldman and his 5♠2♠. Kulick, who seemed down at Q♥Q♦, raised it to $3,400. David then picked up Ok♠Ok♣ and three-bet to $20,000. Britney, within the huge blind with 3♥3♣, shoved her complete $32,800 stack within the center.

Feldman folded and Kulick, who could not reopen the motion because the increase wasn’t giant sufficient, referred to as. David additionally referred to as to see a flop of 10♥8♦4♦. Kulick led for $125,000 and obtained a name from David. The flip was the ten♣, which paired the board. Kulick, with an over pair, went all in for $323,000.

David had his opponent barely coated however was involved Kulick turned journeys. If he referred to as, it might have introduced the pot to $996,100. The biggest pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past, gained by Santhosh Suvarna for $992,000, came about throughout Season 13. Suvarna nonetheless holds that report as David feared the journeys and folded his hand. Kulick would take down the pot after a clean landed on the river.

Feldman and Keating Go at It

Keating would proceed his desk dominance in opposition to the co-founder of Hustler On line casino Reside. The board confirmed 4♦2♦4♣9♠10♦ and the pot had reached $71,000. Keating, with 3♠3♥, went for some worth and guess $34,000. Feldman, holding A♠Ok♥ for the nut no-pair, would pay it off.

The 2 would tangle as soon as once more for a a lot bigger pot that will set Keating, who had surpassed $1 million in his stack, again a bit. Feldman limped for $1,000 with 8♣6♣. Kulick, who had 9♥6♦, raised to $5,000. Keating, within the straddle with A♠Ok♠, re-raised to $36,000, and each gamers referred to as.

The A♦7♥5♣ flop hit all three gamers indirectly. However motion surprisingly checked round, and the 4♠ on the flip ensured this pot was going to be large. Feldman, who had the nuts, guess $80,000 following a Keating test. Kulick was drawing to the nut straight however solely had three outs. He referred to as.

Keating, who flopped high pair and high kicker, moved all in drawing useless. Feldman, whose stack was a lot smaller, referred to as for $258,000, whereas Kulick let his drawing hand go. The remaining two gamers would flip over their playing cards, and the river 10♠ was meaningless. Feldman took down the $704,400 pot, the most important up to now in Season 14.

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