There are few people more synonymous with high-stakes poker than Andrew Robl. The veteran poker pro is a fixture in high-stakes cash games, and his more than $5.6 million career tournament earnings is mainly comprised of events with buy-ins greater than $10,000.
Thus, it’s no surprise the Michigan native won nearly $900,000 in his second Cash of the Titans title over the weekend. PokerGO hosted the third iteration of the hybrid format at its namesake studio.
Robl was in contention for the title all three times.
In February 2023, Robl netted nearly $1.8 million to win the first running. At the end of 2024, Robl played a nearly $500,000 pot against Kristen Foxen on the final hand to nearly win the second iteration.
In the most recent airing, Robl used a strong third day to win the competition with $573,200 worth of profit. As a result, Robl won the title and an additional $300,000.
Unique Format Showcases Robl’s Skills
Cash of the Titans features a format that combines a cash game with a tournament format. It’s technically a cash game where players are playing for real money, but there are escalating blinds.
Here are the rules of the event:
- It’s a three-day cash game with six two-hour levels
- There is a $100,000 minimum buy-in, but players have two rebuy chips that can be used at any time
- Once a player loses $300,000 total, they are eliminated from the game
- There are $525,000 worth of bonuses up for grabs funded by an additional $75,000 from each player
- Day 1 biggest winner gets a $75,000 bonus
- Day 2 biggest winner gets a $150,000 bonus
- Overall biggest winner gets a $300,000 bonus
Players will play two two-hour levels per day for three days
Blinds start at $200-$300 with a $300 big blind ante and rise gradually to $500-$1,000 with a $1,000 big blind ante in the sixth level
Here is the lineup and starting stacks:
Darin Feinstein – $100,000
Andrew Robl – $100,000
Shawn Madden – $100,000
Justin Gavri – $100,000
Alan Keating – $300,000 (he used both rebuy chips at the start of the game)
Ace Pacheco – $100,000
Kirk Brown – $100,000
Early on in the first day, after it was clear how quickly chips were going in the middle, everyone agreed to up the rebuy cap to seven.
During the second level, Pacheco was all in preflop for $142,000 from the small blind against Robl on the button.
Pecho tabled 10♥10♦ but was in bad shape against Robl’s Q♠Q♥. The board ran out clean for Robl and he scooped the pot to move over $600,000.
Pacheco was only in for two bullets, but he opted to save his rebuys and bow out from the tournament.
Keating Takes Day 1 Bonus
Robl was on the brink of winning the Day 1 bonus, but Keating won a $534,600 pot on the penultimate hand of the day.
After several limps, Gavri raised to $14,000 out of the small blind with Q♣J♣. All the limpers folded except for Keating, who called on the button with 10♣7♥.
The flop was Q♠10♦7♣ and Gavri bet $15,000. Keating raised to $45,000 and Gavri moved all in for $253,000. Keating called and held on the 5♥ and 3♣ runout to overtake Robl’s profit margin by just $5,600.
Robl netted $219,000, but Keating’s net worth jumped by $224,600.
It was more of the same on Day 2. Keating and Robl led the way, and Keating netted the end-of-day bonus. With Brown and Feinstein hitting the rail on the second day, only four players returned for Day 3.
Keating was in the black to the tune of $685,900, while Robl profited $362,200 through two days. Gavri and Madden recorded profits in the low six-figure territory.
Keating Fades, While Robl Overtakes Gavri
With about an hour left in the final day, Gavri was nearing the $1 million-chip mark and was close to doubling up the five bullets he was in the game for. Robl had a similar stack, but was in the game for the maximum of $700,000.
Keating had a rough start to Day 3 and lost most of his profits, allowing Madden to enter the race for the overall title.
Madden was all in for $162,000 with A♠K♠ on a flop of A♦Q♦J♣ against Keating’s K♦4♦. Madden faded a diamond and doubled up.
It was briefly a four-person race. However, the final 60 minutes belonged to Robl. He gradually chipped up, moved over the $1 million mark and finished the day with nearly $1.3 million. There were no fireworks on the final hand and Robl locked up the victory.
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