Exposed Card Tricks Kevin Hart into Making Bad Call in $425k 'High Stakes Poker' Hand
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Actor Kevin Hart may have bluffed himself in a massive pot during the second episode of High Stakes Poker Season 15.
The show, which you can watch in its entirety on PokerGO, had all sorts of monster pots. Darin Feinstein made a brilliant raise with nothing in a three-pot on the flop. Andrew Robl was up to his usual tactics. But in this episode, Hart played the lead role, and Rotten Tomatoes likely would have given him the same unfavorable score his 2014 flick Get Hard received (28%).
Hart Active on High Stakes Poker
There were few pots that Hart wasn't involved in during Episode 2. He didn't make any horrendous mistakes and even made some strong plays. But he was unable to find a fold in two tricky situations that proved costly.
The stand-up comic started the show off strong. He correctly called a $35,000 river bet with J♠8♦ on a board of K♥2♦4♥J♦4♠ against Kirk Brown's ace-high bluff for a $121,500 pot. Hart then hit the dream flop with Q♣J♣ in the hole — K♦A♠10♦. Brown had A♣K♥ and Sameh Elamawy held A♥Q♦.
Elamawy, with $55,000 in the pot, bet $30,000 with top pair and a gutter ball. Brown, who flopped top two pair, called. Hart decided to check-raise to $190,000 instead of slowplaying the nuts. Perhaps, he could have gotten more value with a smaller-sized raise or just calling because Elamawy folded, and then Brown made and even more impressive fold.
"Look at this guy, what a fold, AJ," an impressed High Stakes Poker commentator and Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman told his broadcast partner, AJ Benza.
Brown showed his monster laydown and asked his opponent to show his hand, to which he obliged. Hart, holding K♣7♦ on a board showing 6♥9♥Q♣5♠, would then get the best of Brown, who had K♦Q♦.
Hart, after facing a bet of $35,000, raised with king-high and a straight draw to $129,000. Brown folded again, but this time it was the incorrect decision.
'Senor Tilt' Puts Comedian on Tilt
The hand of the show involved Hart, who began the action by raising to $10,000 preflop with 6♣4♦. Sam "Senor Tilt" Kiki, on the button, looked down at 7♠7♦ and three-bet to $30,000. That raise wasn't enough to convince the celebrity to fold, and both players witnessed a flop of Q♦5♦4♣.
Hart, who flopped bottom pair, checked. He would, shortly after, call a $20,000 wager before the 5♠ paired the board. Senor Tilt, following a check, continued betting his pocket pair, this time for $35,000. Once again, a call was made.
The river was the 6♥, which technically improved Hart's hand. But there weren't many hands he was losing to on the turn that the six improved his hand into a winner. Kiki went for blood, firing out a bet of $125,000. That sent Hart into the tank.
Schulman, while Hart was in the tank, explained that he thought Kiki was attempting a "merge" play, a bet where the player occasionally gets the best hand to fold and sometimes convinces a weaker hand to call.
Hart told his opponent, "I think I have to pay you off. I don't think you have anything." Kiki then offered to let him "see one card." The player with the inferior hand took Kiki up on his offer and flipped over one card, a 7x. Doing so may have convinced Hart that his initial read of a bluff was correct. He inevitably called and then found out he got taken to Value Town by the Hustler Casino Live regular.
Kiki took down a pot of $424,500, one of the biggest thus far during Season 15. Poker fans can watch all episodes of the new season on PokerGO.
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