Bad Beat with Kings Spoils Actor Kevin Hart's Night on High Stakes Poker

Jon Sofen Senior Editor U.S.

Feb 09, 2026 3 min read

Hart Gets Bluffed and Then Wins Big
Kings Versus a Draw
Past High Stakes Poker Season 15 Episode Recaps

All comedian Kevin Hart needed to secure a huge win on High Stakes Poker was for his pocket kings to hold up in a $460,000 pot.

The final hand of Season 15's fourth episode on PokerGO was the largest non-chopped pot of the show. Hart was bluffed off the best hand twice, but later won a monster pot. But that huge win would inevitably be put at-risk against Kirk Brown.

Most of the Episode 3 table remained the same, although Sam "Senor Tilt" Kiki left the game. Darin Feinstein had the biggest stack with over $1.3 million when the cameras began rolling. Brown was the smallest stack with $244,000 in the $500/$1,000 no-limit hold'em cash game.

Hart Gets Bluffed and Then Wins Big

The fourth episode started with Sameh Elamawy, a tech CEO, getting value with pocket aces on the river against DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, who had top pair, for a $293,500 pot.

Moments later, Hart ended up in a sticky situation with 8♣5♣ on a board of J♦5♦10♣4♣J♥. He missed his flush draw but had a small two pair on a paired board. Feinstein, with $309,000 in the pot, also had a flush draw with K♣9♣ and knew he couldn't possibly win the hand if he didn't bet. The high roller did fire out a $120,000 bluff attempt.

Hart shook his head in disgust before mucking the best hand. What he didn't know at the time was even though he folded the best hand, had he hit his flush he would have lost his entire stack. The former PokerStars ambassador shrugged off the defeat and played a monster pot against Andrew Robl.

The board showed 10♥A♠J♥6♠, and Hart, holding J♠10♣, moved all in for $233,000, greater than the $197,000 pot. Robl, whose A♥3♥ made for top pair and the nut flush draw, tanked before opting to fold a hand that had some equity, as did Elamawy, who was chasing a weaker flush draw.

Kings Versus a Draw

Episode 4 concluded with a massive pot between Hart, who had K♥K♦ on the button and raised to $10,000. Brown, with 5♣3♣ in the straddle, called to see a flop of 4♣J♣6♦ that was enticing to both players.

Brown opted to lead out with a bet of $6,000 with a combo draw instead of checking it back to the preflop aggressor. Hart, still holding the best hand with an over pair, raised to $26,000. His opponent quickly called before the 7♥ completed the straight on the turn and locked up the hand for Brown, who checked it back this time.

Still confident in the pocket kings, the Get Hard star put his opponent all in for $195,000. A snap-call was made and the river card was irrelevant. Brown took down a pot of $463,500, erasing the monster pot Hart won earlier against Robl.

All 17 episodes of High Stakes Poker Season 15 are available to watch on PokerGO.

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