Survive This Poker Fight, Win $1,400,000

I'm playing desperate. My stack is dwindling. If I don't change anything, I could drive home down 2 million. Tonight, I'm down $500,000 and I have to make a choice. Either play careful or turn up the heat.

Straddle, look.

Goes back, back again.

More chips.

Keating's back as one does.

Yeah, no kidding. Oh, wow. This is a really interesting detail. I walk in just enough time to catch the straddle. I get to see this hand that, you know, I wouldn't have otherwise if I didn't notice. But now the hands are reordered and look what Gavri has. He picks up two aces.

Bullets for Gavri.

Nice.

I feel bad for air ball here because, you know, had I shown up to the table two seconds later, it would have saved him 370,000.

Airball does jam. We'll see the bad news, A.J.

yes, he will.

Oh, man, it's just so funny how sobering that is, right?

I guess.

I wish you had been a little bit slower.

I know.

Yeah, it's pretty sick.

Yeah. Twist of fate if you don't think the poker gods are real. Exhibit A.

Here comes Gavri with the big lick off suit. Oh. Peter right next door is at 2018.

Peter makes it 23 bets to 20.

Peter's been the thick of it. I just won this big pot off of him. He's now doubled up. I mean, you put yourself in Peter's shoes yesterday. He got his head taken off trying to bluff me. Yeah, this guy's something else. Unbelievable.

That was wild.

That was great.

He's going to rebuy and he's going to fight back. He flops this flush draw, but it's no good. I mean, it's been covered by Vinnie. He's got the ace high flush draw and a pair. So Peter's in poker jail.

Really a bad flop for Peter as Vinnie has the diamonds covered.

He bets 30,000. Vinny's in.

Peter now drawing to only a 10.

125.

Peter's betting 125,000 into 100. I think he just wants to blast through any hand that Vinnie has. And from Vinnie's side, you gotta ask, you know, why did he bet 125 into 100? I think the answer is tamiki. Fold.

We've seen him make big lay downs before.

Just not getting the odds to call this. He doesn't have enough behind him.

Fair enough.

I'm not getting the odds to call. I fault. Peter is very, very observant. And him betting that Much is more saying to Vinnie, get out of this pot than it is to say, call me.

Ace jack of hearts for Peter.

When Peter re raises pre flop here with the ace jack, what he's showing is that he's here to battle back. He's out of position. He's not just gonna call with ace jack and limit it. He's just gonna power through.

Rick is staying put. Here we are again. 30 dimes.

Rick is so hard to play against. He never goes. Just incredibly adhesive out there. Yeah. Look at this, by the way.

Yeah, that 150 bet is beautiful, right? He's betting the full size of the pot. Just blasting Rick out of his hand. He doesn't care what he has. He's just gonna buy it.

And we're here once again.

That's an amazing feeling too, by the way. It's a kind of like a confidence booster if you get someone to fold a hand. Peter betting 150,000 on that river, it says twice as much because it's against Rick bluffing. Rick is pretty expensive. Peter's clearly chosen violence today. And what a coincidence.

So have I. I swear, every time I, like, talk to him since that hand has happened, he's just asking, like, how is it possible? Like, he's just like, I don't understand how it's possible. I was like, I don't either, Peter. Like, it's not like I have the answer, buddy. I wouldn't have called you there. Like, you gotta ask.

Alif Airball told me on the side that Peter had texted him all throughout the night, you know, every hour, basically asking, how could he call? Why'd he play it like that? You know, we've got the second chapter of that story coming today.

These guys are really gangster when it comes to gambling. They really just are not to generalize, but they can take it.

I get it. Peter raised the 24,000. Cheating called.

Peter and I have now, like, fully got our history going, and he's trying to battle to even.

There's 40 more dimes.

Speaking of gangster with gambling, by the way, obviously this gentleman is who's just,

you know, he's a monster.

So when I call this flop and the turn comes out and he bets

again, really exerting pressure on the exact hand class. We're looking at sixes, so on.

Yeah, yeah.

Obviously at this point, Keating has to fear. Peter just has a bigger pair. Doesn't fear too much, though. With the veritable snap call.

I have a pocket pair or, you know, a seven. It's hard to Have a deuce. And Peter could have a higher pair. He could have a pocket pair, he could have a deuce. And it's really just a game of chicken. And I'm calling again, and I'm going to see what he does on the

river north of 300 dimes in there,

AJ that was fast. 300,000 and change on the table in about a minute,

Chuck.

But he. He checks. He gives up.

Takes it like a man.

Most people don't want to hold on to a small pair like that with all that action, but I'm wanting him to fire that last bullet and make a bigger pot out of it. It's kind of like, come on, Peter. If you're going to fire it, I'm going to call it. The rest of the hands from here are going to be pretty personal.

12.

I mean, everyone's been in Peter's spot, right? Nothing's going your way. You pick up an ace queen. Is this the same Peter? Is this the conqueror? Looking different directions? Seems unsure.

$34,000.

When he re Raises this pot. You know, Solomon's looking right at him with the pocket nines. Look at him. Dead stare. He's wondering, does he have tens, jacks, queens? I don't think so. Not with that. It's a great spot for Rick to get in there. And he does.

Looks like he's really reaching, A.J. oh, boy. There it is. Don't see Peter folding this Ace queen.

No way.

There we go.

And you're. Peter. You're just. You're gambling those chips he's got.

Okay, hand.

I got nines.

Yeah.

Flipping. I owed you a joe.

Yeah. This is another example of how Rick has this talent to win big pots with, with pairs like nines and tens and jacks that a lot of people play more cautiously. He jumps in the middle of it and just makes a read staring at Peter that he doesn't have a bigger pair. And re raises back. Justin's dead, Money's in there, and they're off to the races. I mean, look how he's feeling. He's grabbing the water bottle. This is just amazing.

Pad.

First one.

The first one. I had one bolt today. Win the first one.

I don't know.

There it is.

Take it.

Solid.

If Peter were anyone else, if you were, you know, a new player or some. Someone that was, like, extending themselves in the game, I don't think I would be, like, looking for these battles as much or I definitely wouldn't enjoy them. The rivalry goes on.

Keating raises to 4,000 with Jack 10 off suit Peter. A 3 of clubs makes it 16,000.

I mean, the gates are open. Peter's been cut. Right. Like we're gonna get into it. Jack 10's just as good as any.

And we're gonna go the flop. Great floor for Peter.

Jaw to the nuts for Keating as well in that relevant 10 of diamonds.

Calling. And the miracle card is the king of spades or king of clubs.

Keating with a very typical sort of hand to begin bluffing with. He is reaching, of course. Peter not going anywhere.

70,000, Peter. He's been fast and loose, man.

You would have to kill Peter, literally, to get this ace three out of his hands.

I don't want to kill Peter. Peter completes me. When he's thinking right there and looking at his chips and adding back up, I'm like, oh, no, please don't raise. Just call. Let me hit a diamond.

He does raise. He just felt he had the best hand. And he does.

192 dimes.

You do have the best hand for now, but you just can't call the extra money. River, please.

I don't do it.

Oh.

Oh, man.

I just did it to myself.

Ellen's sick. Aj.

I know.

King of spades.

What a beauty, man.

Ugh.

You know, that would have been the knockout punch. If I just checked that turn. We're getting it all in on the river, and Maestrea would have done it. I haven't really figured out what to do with the cash. It's unnatural to bet with it. So I've just ended up kind of petting it.

Yeah.

Petting.

Zoo of dollars.

Very nice. Petting your brick.

That's what she said.

Double straddles on.

Look closely at this one, because here I got two kings. I'm going to play this tricky. I could raise and play it normal, but I'm going to try to trap Peter, and he's got king skating in this spot. You're just holding your breath. Praise me. Thank you.

Watch, Alan.

Meanwhile, Vinnie's complimenting my watch like Vinny. Give me a second. I got Peter in the trap. You know, we can talk watches later. Thanks a lot. What is it? It's a debitoon.

Peter raised the $14,000.

Oh, my God. I mean, when he raises the 14,000, it's just music to my ears. You know all the possibilities of how this is going to play out.

Keating, three bets to 69,000.

He's asking, what in the heck does Allen have here? He didn't raise. Solomon straddle. Look at his face. Look at his face. He's so confused.

All right, Peter.

Nice.

I love that flick.

All right, 145 in the middle. Oh. Top set for Keating.

Goodness nut.

Flush draw for Peter. Where'd we find this flop from Ayyjayy?

We found this flop from heaven. It's. It's come down from heaven.

It's wonderful.

Could have another 1.5 million dollar pot on our hands.

70,000 from Keating. Peter's gotta be feeling good here.

Hey, I'll tell you who else is feeling good. The guy with top sack getting check raised to 200 dimes.

Yeah, you get raised, you got the best possible hand. You're sitting $650,000 deep each.

And a question Keating is asking himself is, does he think Peter ever has just a stone bluff?

Right.

If so, we slow play.

Certainly I could re raise, maybe get it all in here. But I'm going to call one more time and try to get it all in. On the turn.

Massive turn coming.

Ace on the turn.

I mean, bang. This is a dream. You're in my trap.

1.4.

Wow.

Wow,

Peter. I mean he called off 600 dimes. You know, it's not that surprising.

That happened fast.

Nice man.

Peter. Hit the spade.

AJ. First half to Mr. Keating. Cool as a cucumber.

I kill you later.

After the show, laughing guy.

Keep laughing.

Oh, nice hand.

Nice hand.

Nice hand.

You're 1.4.

1.4. This here is the biggest pot in high stakes poker history.

I set that trap just for you, Peter. I bet you didn't see that coming. If your name is Peter the Conqueror, isn't that like kind of putting out a challenge, right? It is to me.

10,000 from Rick. Straddles on Keating. Calls of course, queen five of hearts. Pete is in.

I mean this is sloppy poker. No one's got anything amazing. But it's the three of us. It's Rick, me and Peter. What do you expect?

We could see a $3 million pot

tonight with these three guys. Yeah, well, tonight for sure.

Top and bottom for Peter. Clubs working for Salomon. Top pair for Keating. 75. Yeah, this one is. And I'm curious to see how Keating responds to this. Queens with a 10 spot.

I don't want to be in. Right. What can come to make a queen 10 a good but at the same time, look who I'm playing against.

Rough.

Interesting spot he's in.

Let's see what happens on the turn.

Seven on the turn.

Solomon now with a pair to go along with his flush draw. Same situation. Solomon on the competing with top Pair. Peter with the two pair.

Yeah. There's 250,000 in this pot. I'm anxious to see what Peter does on this turn.

Just going to move it in. Wait, is it up? Holding. Solomon's gone all in.

I mean, you're talking 450,000 into. 250.

$452,000 pots at 710.

One would think that this will do it. Although if Keating feels that this extraordinary large type bet is draw heavy, he might give him a spin with the queen. Ayyjay.

I'd love to see that.

It takes all my options away. Do I call and maybe I'm drawing dead. He could have a straight or a set. I'm just drawing dead. You know, if he has one of the two pairs, there's ways for me to win. But what if he has a flush draw? Maybe a king, seven of clubs or ace nine of clubs? This is what you like to do. You like to count the chips in the front, huff and puff, and then decide. I feel like I'm supposed to fold. I know I'm supposed to fold, but it's the end of the night and I just want to win another big pot against Peter. I'm just salivating at the chance that he has a flush draw here and I get to call this call.

Peter in great shape, man.

Last game, two pots at 1.4 million. This pot now at 1.1 million, have a chance.

I have a queen. Oh, God. I might scoop this, though. It doesn't hurt to be optimistic.

Twice, Keating.

You said two times.

Yeah, twice, right?

You can see their hands again.

Keating looking for the 10, eight or seven.

Go ahead and throw the seven or eight out. He's got the two pair. I've got 20%. Let's run it. Eight, seven or 10. That's what I want.

Keating wins the first. Peter can't breathe.

Peter just said, I can't believe this crap.

This is just so beautiful. I mean, I just flipped from bad shape to great shape. I might. I might scoop this pot. And Peter's thinking, oh, my gosh, what is happening?

Right?

Like, can I catch a break? I win half this pot, you know, that's 550,000. And now one card more for the rest. I mean, if I win on this last card, I mean, I. I hope banks are open in China, because he's. He's gonna have to send a wire or something for tomorrow. Chop,

chop, chop. Just a million dollars between friends, no big deal. Look at Keating.

We were one card away from just ruining Peter here and we're coming back tomorrow. Day three

we had a chance to break the record highest pot ever won in high stakes poker. Four times. One came through, the three other ones were all split.

Really? What was the biggest fought?

The one you won was the biggest

pot ever on high stakes poker.

Yeah.

1.4 it was.

Yeah.

But before that, remember I mean there was like three different occasions that the record was going to break and every single one of them began to chop on it.

Yeah. So actually that was the highest high stakes. I'm going to have to break that record Highest. That's embarrassing. Yeah. What a way to end day two. I mean they say the biggest pot high stakes poker history, I mean it's been around 14 seasons. We already broke one record, so lets break another. I basically have four hours to win a million bucks. This is setting up to be a showdown between the fiercest cash game players in the world.