Misread Sees Alan Keating Lose $1 Million Pot in Super High Roller Cash Game
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The PGT Kickoff Series may be taking up most of the space inside the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, but the eyes from the wider poker community were on the livestreamed $500/$1,000 Super High Roller cash game featuring the likes of Alan Keating and Andrew Robl.
More than $6 million was in play, with Keating holding nearly a third of the chips by the time the session wrapped up. However, a costly misread saw the high roller hand over a seven-figure pot to businessman Sameh Elamawy, leaving Keating among the biggest losers of the night.
Businessman Snaps Off Keating
With a $2,000 straddle on, Keating kicked off the hand, raising to $10,000 with A♠9♠. Elamawy, starting with $500,000, looked fown at Q♠Q♣ and three-bet to $50,000. Kirk Brown had a monster of his own, waking up with A♣K♠ on the button, but just elected to call. Keating was getting a good price with his suited ace and put in the extra chips.
Keating checked the 10♦6♣3♦ flop, prompting Elamawy to fire out a hefty bet of $125,000 and forced Brown to ditch his Big Slick. Keating eyed up his opponent for a brief moment before jamming as the big stack. Elamawy snap-called for the $325,000 more he had behind to swell the pot to $1,053,500.
"Oh wow," said a stunned Keating. "I thought I had a ten."
The duo agreed to run it twice, and Elamaway scooped the biggest pot of the night after the 3♥2♦ and 7♣7♥ runouts.
Two More Nights to Follow
Keating ended the opening session down approximately $667,000, while Elamawy booked the biggest profit of the night at $981,000.
Sam “Senior Tilt” Kiki, fresh off controversy after pulling back a bet on a recent episode of High Stakes Poker, finished as the session’s biggest loser, down $686,000. Kirk Brown and Justin Gavri also closed in the red, dropping $274,000 and $65,500 respectively.
Robl picked up the final pot of the night, winning a $350,000 PLO flip to lock up an $18,000 profit, while Darin Feinstein quietly finished nearly $500,000 to the good.
The session marked the first of three nights of streamed cash games on the PokerGO YouTube channel. Part 2 takes place on Tuesday, January 27 at 4 p.m. PT, with the final session scheduled for Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT.
