Nick Schulman warned the poker world that PokerGO had a special weekend of High Stakes Poker in store. Alan Keating, Doug Polk, Cary Katz and a slew of high rollers made sure the Hall of Fame poker announcer and pro didn’t have to eat his words.
The ‘James Bond Of Poker’
@MISTER_KEATING IS NOT HUMAN!!!
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After a bit of a slow start, Keating and Polk created some big fireworks on the final hand of the first night’s action.
Polk opened on the button with K♠7♠ to $4,000, Justin Gavri three-bet A♥J♥ to $20,000, and Keating called from the big blind. Polk responded with a four-bet to $75,000, Gavri immediately folded, and Keating grinned as he put out calling chips.
Keating literally giggled when he paired his four on queen-high flop and checked. Polk bet $35,000, and Keating’s chips nearly beat him into the pot. The turn was the J♣. Keating checked again, and Polk bet $70,000. Keating called.
Commentators Nick Schulman, Brent Hanks, and Jared Bleznik were besides themselves with the action, shocked that Keating was continuing with just bottom pair, no kicker.
The river was the 3♥, Keating checked and Polk thought for a few beats before ripping his stack all in. Keating sighed, shuffled his chips, and gave Polk a short look before he said, “I think I overplayed this.”
“No shit,” responded Hanks from the booth.
Keating tossed in a single calling chip and jaws hit the felt as Keating dragged the pot.
“Wow, you really are a whale,” said Andrew Robl on the far side of the table.
Senor Tilt Strings Keating Along
$1,295,600
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HIS NAME IS @SENORTILT!!!
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On Sunday, Sam ‘Senor Tilt’ Kiki saw a flop out of position against Keating holding A♦5♦. Keating held rags with 4♦3♠ and didn’t connect with the board of Q♠5♣5♥. Kiki made a continuation bet of $30,000 with his trips.
Keating called with just four high, and the turn was the 9♥. This time Kiki set the trap with a check. Keating bet $45,000, and Kiki took some time before a check-raise to $125,000.
Scott Seiver was in the booth and liked Kiki’s play to shut down any draws, but everyone expected the hand to end right then and there. Keating, who has played some of the biggest pots in televised history, was undeterred and made the call.
The river was 2♠. With the pot already north of $400,000, Kiki checked again and Keating moved all in holding the absolute nut low hand. Kiki happily called with about $450,000 behind and won a pot worth $1.29 million.
“This was absolutely incredible,” Seiver said. “Soup to nuts.”
Jennifer “Tilty” Aggressively Calls
Mammoth turn card between @Mister_Keating and @JenniferTilly leads to $736,000 in the middle!
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Keating’s unfortunate run would continue with pocket sixes. Kiki raised to $7,000 with A♥J♣, Jennifer Tilly called from the small blind with 7♣5♣, and Santhosh Suvarna called from the straddle holding 8♠5♥.
The flop rolled out 9♣4♠3♦ and all four players checked. The turn was the perfect action card in the 6♦, however. Tilly led for $20,000, Suvarna called, and Keating raised to $115,000. Kiki folded, Tilly announced all in, Suvarna mucked, and Keating snap-called.
The $736,000 pot was still live. Tilly had a straight, but Keating was drawing live to a board pair.
They agreed to run it twice, Tilly called for the K♣, and got it. Then she called for the Q♥ and with hands raised, saw a safe 10♥ fall to ship her the entire pot and throw a minor dent into Keating’s net worth.
Senor Tilt Enjoys The Weekend
What a FLOP, and what a TURN!!! @SenorTilt versus Santhosh Suvarna. Oh my.
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Later in the session, four players saw a flop of Q♥6♣5♥, and three of them caught a piece. Suvarna checked his Q♦J♣, Gavri checked a heart and straight draw with 3♥2♥, Katz tapped the felt with ace high and Kiki made a bet of $8,000 holding bottom set.
Suvarna called, Gavri check-raised to $50,000, and Kiki flat-called, and Suvarna came along. The turn was the J♠. Suvarna improved to two pair and checked. Gavri checked, and Kiki bet $130,000.
“Let’s just see how Santosh responds to this,” said Seiver.
Suvarna called and Gavri let his hand go. The river completed with the 8♣. Suvarna checked, and Kiki bet $300,000 with every cranberry $25,000 chip he had. Suvarna slid out the call and Kiki stacked a $1 million plus pot.
“There’s just no world where he can fold,” Seiver said of Suvarna’s two pair. The casino owner and bracelet winner would finish the session down about $850,000.
Big Winners
Kiki would end up the big winner overall, finishing Sunday’s eight-hour session up approximately $2 million. Andrew Robl, who would be the winningest player in televised cash game history if it weren’t for the donations of Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola, finished up nearly $700,000.
Polk, who channeled Sammy Farha’s classic look on the broadcast, also rebounded from the first night, winning $500,000 in the second session.
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