Alan Keating Makes Insane Call to Win $900K Poker Hand

Alan Keating made top-of-the-line televised poker calls seen shortly throughout Monday’s episode of Excessive Stakes Poker, and it was one in all many monster pots within the nosebleed-stakes money recreation.

The sixth episode of Season 14 offered motion from begin to end, and it kind-of-sort-of included the most important pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past (extra on this later), and a $910,000 hand Keating took down when he sniffed out a bluff.

Keating, a Hustler On line casino Stay fan favourite, competed towards some fellow HCL gamers such because the present’s proprietor Ryan Feldman and the next checklist of gamers, with chip counts previous to the primary hand.

Three Robust Palms Proper off the Bat

The present started with Peter elevating to $3,000 with Ok♦Ok♣. Vinny, who changed Marc Kulick within the recreation, known as with A♣Q♠ from the small blind. David, within the large blind with 9♦9♣ threw in calling chips, and so did the straddler, Steve, who was holding A♦6♥.

Three gamers would examine the 10♥3♣7♣ flop again to Peter, who had the perfect hand. He continued with a $7,000 wager, receiving calls from Vinny and David. Steve, who gained the $540,000 pot final yr on Hustler On line casino Stay that was botched by embattled legal professional Tom Goldstein, folded.

The 2♠ on the flip modified nothing. Motion once more checked to Peter, who fired out an enormous wager of $31,000, sufficient to get Vinny to fold ace-high, however David nonetheless felt his pair was good. The board paired on the 10♠ river and David this time led with a $40,000. Peter initially thought-about his opponent rivered journeys, however he discovered the decision and took down the $175,400 pot on the primary hand of Episode 6.

Keating Makes Insane Hero Name

Among the finest calls ever made on Excessive Stakes Poker would happen throughout Episode 6. The hand we’re referring to began with Steve elevating to $1,400 with 8♠6♣. Peter, on the button with 6♠3♠, known as, as did Keating, who had 9♦7♦ within the large blind.

The A♣7♠Ok♠ flop gave two gamers a bit of one thing. Keating checked, after which Steve, who flopped nothing, wager $4,000. Peter went for a increase to $13,000 with a flush draw. Keating, who solely hit backside pair, re-raised to $41,000, receiving a name solely from Peter.

Motion continued to warmth up on the 6♥ flip, which improved Peter’s hand. Keating fired out a wager of $58,000, and his opponent clicked again a increase to $175,000, however did not get Keating to fold.

The 4♥ on the river did not enhance both hand. Each gamers have been caught on small pairs with no playing cards left to come back. Keating checked after which confronted an all in wager of $235,000. He went into the tank going through a troublesome choice, and he’d make the proper one by calling the wager to take down the $911,000 pot, one of many largest in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past.

“It is my favourite hand as a result of neither of us have a lot, however we made a recreation of hen out of it by placing stress on one another and nobody backed down,” Keating instructed PokerNews.

Nick Schulman, the commentator on Excessive Stakes Poker and a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, referred to it as “one of many coolest palms I’ve ever seen.”

As for the most important pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past, that went to Santhosh Suvarna for $992,000 during Season 13.

Santhosh Suvarna Wins Largest Pot in High Stakes Poker History

Largest Pot in Excessive Stakes Poker Historical past?

Suvarna’s report got here to an finish throughout Episode 6, form of. All of it is determined by for those who rely a chop pot that cracked $1 million. This hand started with Peter elevating to $4,000 with A♠Q♦ after which Keating making it $25,000 to go together with A♦Q♠, the identical hand however completely different fits.

Peter known as earlier than each gamers hit journeys with the identical kicker on the Q♣Ok♦Q♥ flop. Keating continued his aggression with a $35,000 wager, and his opponent known as earlier than the 8♥ appeared on the flip. Keating wager $79,000 this time. Peter, seeking to get his chips again from the monster pot he misplaced earlier, raised to $229,000.

Keating then went all in for $499,000, and a snap-call was made. They’d chop up the $1,120,200 pot, which probably will not be thought-about as the most important within the present’s historical past by most given the pot was chopped.

Keating and Feldman Take Dangerous Beat in Similar Hand

Feldman, outdoors of 1 large pot he gained throughout Episode 5, has run poorly on Excessive Stakes Poker Season 14. That continued within the last hand of the most recent episode.

Preflop motion within the straddled pot started with Peter limping on the button with Ok♦7♦. Keating, the blind, raised to $14,000 with A♦A♣. Feldman, within the staddle with J♦9♣, made the decision, as did Peter.

The flop got here out J♥Ok♣9♦, and Keating wagered $28,000 together with his pocket aces that had been out-flopped. Feldman, sitting on backside two pair, simply known as. Peter got here alongside as properly after which sucked out on each gamers when the Ok♠ landed on the flip.

Motion would examine to the button, who wager $85,000. Keating known as, whereas Feldman frustratingly folded drawing useless. The river was the Q♥, which caused 4 playing cards to a straight. Each gamers feared the straight and checked, which meant Peter took down the $297,400 pot to finish the present.

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