Keating to Compete in 24-Hour Marathon Game and Everyone's Bringing $1 Million
A 24-hour poker livestream with millions of dollars on the table from the start will take place Dec. 2 on Hustler Casino Live.
Alan Keating and Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot will headline the marathon no-limit hold'em game starting at 2 p.m. PT, and producer Ryan Feldman's goal is for it to run at least until the same time on the following day.
But this isn't going to be just any ordinary HCL Tuesday night game. Big names and action players will be showing up with at least $1 million or they won't be permitted to play.
Closing Out the Year with a Massive Poker Livestream
The poker world will begin to shift its focus to major tournaments next month with the World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) in the Bahamas and the WPT World Championship at Wynn. But the December poker party will kickoff with one of the biggest livestreamed cash games of the year.
Each player will start the game with $500,000, and they're required to have at least one rebuy behind. Airball and Keating will join a group of players that includes some Hustler Casino Live regulars such as Sam Kiki (aka "Senor Tilt"), Peter Wang, and DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang. There are a number of other popular players from the show lined up to compete, including "Jellyfish" and Steve, the beneficiary of the infamous $540,000 punt by indicted lawyer Tom Goldstein in 2024.
Keating will be competing on HCL for the first time since his profitable appearance in the Million Dollar Games in April. He won over $1.4 million across two sessions. He's one of the most popular players in the show's history, but he only battles on the livestream a few times a year. The high roller has been at the center of some major poker news this past few days after calling out the producer of a WSOP documentary he appeared in that used AI to fabricate quotes.
The game, played at $500/$1,000 blinds with a $2,000 big blind ante in play will feature some intriguing side action, including a $2,000 squid game and a bounty side game that will make the swings massive.
Hustler Casino Live became the first show to livestream a live poker cash game for 24 hours in 2023, but the stakes in the upcoming version will be much higher. Keating was the headliner for that stream as well, and he played for over 16 hours, second most in the game. No one stuck around for the entire 24 hours. Players will rotate in and out on the Dec. 2 show, as it's unlikely the initial table will still be standing a day later.
