The fame of Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek
During the most recent broadcast of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO, they starred in a spectacular pot of US$1,517,500, the second largest undisputed pot ever recorded on the historic show.
With stacks over US$700K and multiple straddles that pushed the action up to US$16K, the table was already set for an explosion.
Sameh Elamawy
The flop was 4 2 8.
Bingo for Texas Mike: he had flopped the ace-high flush, the absolute nuts. Far from hiding his monster, he bet US$55K. Elamawy folded, while Robl called with a two-ended straight draw.
Then the cursed card appeared.
The 3 on the turn completed Robl’s straight. Moncek, however, still had an unbeatable hand and bet another US$150K. Robl called and the 4 on the river doubled the board.
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Texas Mike didn’t stop: all-in for US$490K.
Robl went into the tank. The problem was precisely who was sitting opposite. Against such an unpredictable and aggressive player as Moncek, folding a straight seemed like a brutal decision. He finally called.
Bad news.
Moncek showed the flopped flush and scooped a gigantic pot of US$1,517,500, leaving another hand for the history of High Stakes Poker.
The absolute record still belongs to Santhosh Suvarna
For Robl, moreover, the blow came in the midst of a fight to maintain his status as the most winning player in livestream history, a lead that Eric Wassersonc
Relive the action of this hand starting at minute 1:22:00 of the following video that shows this epic episode in full:
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