DoorDash Founder Plays for Stacks Multiple Times on High Stakes Poker
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High Stakes Poker's "Season of Blood" is underway on PokerGO, and it started with comedian Kevin Hart battling against some wealthy entrepreneurs and Andrew Robl in an epic $500/$1,000 no-limit hold'em cash game.
Season 15 kicked off with $1.5 million on the table, a number that would quickly grow. Hart, a former PokerStars ambassador, would prove his chops on the felt, making some solid plays against his opponents, which included Robl, Stanley Tang, Sam "Senor Tilt" Kiki, Darin Feinstein, Kirk Brown, and Sameh Elamawy. Here's a look at the stack sizes prior to the first hand dealt:
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Andrew Robl | $350,000 |
| Sam Kiki | $250,000 |
| Kirk Brown | $250,000 |
| Kevin Hart | $200,000 |
| Sameh Elamawy | $200,000 |
| Darin Feinstein | $150,000 |
| Stanley Tang | $100,000 |
Feinstein Gets There
Episode 1 of the newest season began with Kiki hitting top pair and betting Hart, who had a smaller pair, off the hand to take down a "small" pot worth just over $24,000. Elamawy, CEO of Scratch, would then needle Robl by bringing up a $1 million pot the two played during Season 14 in which Elamawy sucked out on both runouts with ace-king against pocket kings.
Elamawy would play a monster pot early in Season 15. He opened the action preflop, holding Q♣10♣, to $6,000. Kiki called with 10♥9♥ behind him, as did Feinstein, who was on the button with A♥8♥.
The flop came out 10♠7♣9♦, hitting all three players in some way. Elamawy, who had top pair, continued with an $11,000 wager. Kiki, a regular on Hustler Casino Live, raised to $30,000 with top two pair. Feinstein, on a draw, called, as did Elamawy.
The turn was the 6♣, quite the action card. Elamawy picked up a flush draw and checked, which was followed by Kiki's $75,000 bet. Feinstein, however, hit his straight, so he called off his last $70,500. That put Elamawy in a tough spot, but he decided to call and see the 3♠ on the river, which didn't help anyone.
Both players with chips behind checked the river, and Feinstein would scoop the $333,000 pot. Elamawy would flop top pair and turn a flush draw — nut flush draw this time — in another hand against Hart, who turned two pair. Once again, the flush didn't come through, and Elamawy, who called off a $101,000 river bet, would lose a pot worth more than $300,000.
Tang Tangles in Two Monster Pots
Tang, co-founder of DoorDash, would put his stack in play with A♦J♦. Kiki raised preflop to $7,000 with the inferior Q♠J♣, and then call a three-bet to $30,000 from Tang. Both players liked the Q♦8♦Q♥ flop, but action checked around.
The 7♥ then appeared on the turn, and Tang, drawing to the nut flush, checked again. Kiki, who flopped trips, bet $35,000. Tang would go for a semi-bluff, moving all in for his opponent's stack, totaling $95,500.
Kiki, of course, snap-called, and the players decided to run the river twice. Both rivers would favor Senor Tilt, who took down every last penny of the $255,000 pot. Tang would quickly find himself fighting for another massive pot just moments later.
That hand, with a $4,000 straddle on, began with Tang jamming all in for $101,000 with A♦Q♣. Elamawy looked down at J♠J♥ in the $2,000 straddle and came over the top for $283,000. Kiki, the biggest stack then woke up with A♣K♣ in the big straddle.
He didn't snap-call and expressed concern with how well Elamawy runs. In the end, he decided to fold and let the other two players compete for the $231,500 pot. Tang and Kiki would go on to chop the pot, each winning one runout.
All 17 episodes of High Stakes Poker Season 15 are available right now on PokerGO.
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