Alan Keating Silences Martin Kabrhel by Winning $2 Million Pot on Hustler Casino Live
Alan Keating is having himself a day on the 24-hour marathon livestream on Hustler Casino Live.
The high roller had already been up big before he took down one of the largest ring game pots in televised poker history about seven hours into Tuesday's Million Dollar Marathon, a $500/$1,000 no-limit hold'em cash game that began at 2 p.m. PT and is slated to run until around the same time on Wednesday.
Keating, an HCL fan favorite who only appears on the show every few months, bought in for $1 million when he arrived 90 minutes into the game. He joined Sam Kiki (aka "Senor Tilt"), Nik Airball, Steve, Phong "Turbo" Nguyen, Brandon Steven, Martin Kabrhel, and his longtime rival Peter Wang. DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang showed up to compete moments before the hand that had the YouTube chat going bonkers aired.
One of the Biggest Livestream Poker Hands Ever
The hand began with Steven raising to $4,000 from under the gun with 10♥8♥. Keating, holding 10♦10♣ in the hijack, called. Kiki, the button, called with 9♥8♠, as did Steve with J♦9♦ in the small blind and Kabrhel with J♣6♣ in the big blind.
Action quickly picked up on the 10♠J♥J♠ flop, as three players hit big hands. Steve, who loves to fire out a min bet with or without a monster hand as a teaser, led out for $1,000 with trips. Kabrhel, who also flopped trips but with a weaker kicker, called. Steven couldn't fold getting 24:1 on his money. But Keating wasn't about to slowplay his full house, so he raised it up to $25,000.
Steve called the raise, and then Kabrhel made a nice three-bet to $69,000. That was music to Keating's ears, so he tossed in enough chips to match the bet. The pot ballooned even further when Steve then came back over the top with an all-in bet for $784,500. Kabrhel, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, went into the tank before making the call for the $421,000 he had behind.
Keating, who had both players easily covered, took a brief moment before announcing call. All three players agreed to run the turn and river twice. The first turn was the A♦, followed by the 3♥ on the river, ensuring Keating would scoop at least half the $2,082,000 pot. Kabrhel, who rarely stops talking at the poker table, could only sit there in silence as Keating scooped all the chips.
He'd collect the whole thing after the second runout did nothing to improve either opponent's hand. Steve quit the game down $1 million, Kabrhel lost $500,000 within an hour after entering the game and rebought for the same amount, while Keating, at the time of publishing, was up more than $2 million. Nik Airball was also having a strong session with over $1 million in profits. Steven, however, was down better than $1.1 million.
