Alan Keating Wins La𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔rgest Pot in High Stakes Poker History

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Table Of Contents

• Salomon Picks Up Jacks
• Gavri's Heater Continues
• Biggest Pot Ever on High Stakes Poker
• Past High Stakes Poker Season 14 Episode Recaps

Alan Keating played the largest pot in the 14-season history of High Stakes Pokeron the final hand of Episode 10, which aired Monday on PokerGO. But scooping the $1.4 million pot depended on if his opponent, Peter Wang, hit a non-board-pairing flush on the river.

The $500/$1,000 no-limit hold'em cash game was full of action from start to finish as the table played loose and aggressive, and the stacks were so massive that nearly $4 million was on the table when the cameras began rolling. Rick Salomon, who semi-bluffed off a $567,000 pot last week, had the biggest stack, as per usual, with $1.3 million in front of him.

Keating and Wang were both in for over 600 big blinds, while Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot, Vinny Lingham, and Justin Gavri rounded out the table.

Player	Chip Stack
Rick Salomon	$1,300,000
Alan Keating	$723,000
Peter Wang	$660,000
Nik Airball	$587,000
Vinny Lingham	$389,000
Justin Gavri	$217,000

Salomon Picks Up Jacks

The first hand in the 10th episode of Season 14 began with Keating, in a straddled pot, raising to $10,000 with A♦9♦. Gavri, whose luck has turned around in recent weeks, called from the button with 5♠5♥.

Peter called the raise with A♠2♠in the small blind, as did Nik Airball, who looked down at K♥10♥in the big blind. But the straddler, Salomon, had J♥J♦and was looking to get back some of the money he lost last week. He made it $60,000 to go, which excited High Stakes Pokercommentator Nick Schulman.

Airball was the only player to fold from the pot that had ballooned to $251,000 preflop. The flop came 8♠4♣4♠, a flush draw for Peter who checked, allowing Salomon to bet $150,000 with the over pair. Gavri folded his pair, but Peter called to see the 2♥on the turn. Salomon moved all in for $452,000 effective. Peter called and both players agreed to run the river twice. The flush landed on the second try, so the players chopped it up. Had Salomon won the hand outright, it would have qualified as the largest pot in High Stakes Pokerhistory at over $1.45 million.

Gavri's Heater Continues

Gavri's bad luck on High Stakes Poker, until the past few weeks, had been a thing of legend. But that's changed since Episode 8, and he'd find a couple more monster pots to take down this week.

One such hand started with Gavri raising to $10,000 with 3♦3♣and receiving a call only from Keating's A♠2♥. The flop came out J♠3♥4♦, and Keating check-called a $10,000 bet before the 8♦appeared on the turn. Keating again checked and this time called a $30,000 bet with a gutshot straight draw.

The Q♦turned over on the river, meaning Gavri's set held. Keating, with just ace-high, checked one last time. Gavri, however, went for value and wagered $67,000. That wasn't the end of the hand as Keating went for a check-raise to $117,000, the size of Gavri's stack, on a bluff that didn't get through. 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 against Airball's ace-king.

Justin Gavri Finally Gets Lucky on High Stakes Poker

Biggest Pot Ever on High Stakes Poker

Keating and Salomon developed quite a rivalry during Episode 10. The loose-aggressive high rollers played a few monster pots, each winning and losing some. In one hand, Keating rivered the low end of the straight and bet $40,000, but ran into a better straight and lost the pot.

Salomon, with pocket kings, won a $445,000 pot later in the show when Keating missed a flush draw. Keating was done battling Salomon and moved on to face Peter, whom he competed against on Hustler Casino Livethis past weekend.

Action kicked off in the double-straddled pot with folds around to the button, Keating, who decided to just call for $4,000 with K♦K♣. Peter picked up A♠3♠in the big blind and went for a raise to $14,000. Keating then made a nice three-bet to $69,000, not enough to convince his Hustler Casino Livefoe to fold.

The 2♠J♠K♥flop was about as juicy as it gets. Peter checked the nut flush draw, but Keating, who recently launched a new YouTube channel, bet $70,000 with top set.

A check-raise to $200,000 would ensue, followed by a call from the button. The turn was the A♦, giving Peter top pair to go along with his flush draw. He quickly moved all in for $434,000, to which Keating snap-called. That created a pot of $1,412,500, making it the largest pot in High Stakes Pokerhistory assuming there would be no chop following two runouts.

The first river was the A♣and the second the J♣, neither beneficial to Peter, meaning Keating now holds the record for the biggest pot in the 14-season history of the most iconic poker show in the world. Keating and Peter have played the two largest pots during Season 14. The duo fought for a $911,000 pot in Episode 6, a hand also won by Keating in what is considered one of the best calls ever on High Stakes Poker.

The previous largest pot in High Stakes Pokerhistory — $992,000 — went to Santhosh Suvarna during Season 12. Suvarna's record was nearly 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 in the history of High Stakes Poker, a show that began in 2006 on Game Show Network.

Past High Stakes Poker Season 14 Episode Recaps

• Episode 1: Jared Bleznick Takes Brutal $450K Bad Beat in High Stakes Poker Season 14 Opener
• Episode 2: Recreational Player has a Horrific Session on High Stakes Poker
• Episode 3: High Stakes Poker Pot Cracks $600K on Brutal Bad Beat
• Episode 4: Is this the Weirdest Played Hand Ever on High Stakes Poker?
• Episode 5: Best Hand Folds What Would Have Been Nearly $1M Pot on High Stakes Poker
• Episode 6: Alan Keating Makes Brilliant Call to Win $900K Pot on High Stakes Poker
• Episode 7: Phil Hellmuth Quits Game After Two Coolers on High Stakes Poker
• Episode 8: Scott Seiver Goes for the Double Check-Raise in Six-Figure 'High Stakes Poker' Pot
• Episode 9: Rick Salomon Blasts Off With Six-High on High Stakes Poker

To watch past episodes of High Stakes Poker, visit PokerGO.

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