Roble wins a record $2.4 million pot after betting on a winning hand.
Regional newsAndrew Robl won a record-breaking $2,478,000 pot against Eric Wasserson on a High Stakes Poker livestream. Robl went all-in with a J-10 flush draw, defeating Wasserson's top pair A-9. Cash game legend Andrew Robl chose to go all-in against fellow pro Eric Wasserson on Saturday, resulting in the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history. The hand took place on Saturday during a High Stakes Poker livestream from PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas, with a pot size of $2,478,000, slightly larger than the $2,421,500 pot won by Santhosh Suvarna earlier this summer. But that was a three-way pot, while this hand was entirely a duel between Robl and Wasserson. The legendary hand, the biggest pot in the show's history, began with Wasserson raising to $20,000 from the button with A♦9♥. Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek called from the small blind with 8♣5♣, and Robl 3-bet to $110,000 from the big blind with J♦10♦. Wasserson, a regular in Las Vegas's biggest cash games, didn't back down, 4-betting to $280,000. Moncek quickly folded, and Robl called with his suited connector, leaving him with $1.6 million chips, covering Wasserson. The flop came 9♦7♠4♠, and Wasserson checked with top pair after Robl checked. Robl got a flush draw plus a gutshot straight draw on the turn with 3♦, checked again, and Wasserson bet $200,000. Robl then semi-bluffed with a check-raise, shoving Wasserson all-in with $739,000 chips remaining. Wasserson, who had made an impressive fold with a full house the previous night, seemed to know he only had top pair. “Am I slow-playing you?” he asked pre-call, after which both agreed to run twice. Wasserson won on the first board with a river of 6♥, Robl poured himself a glass of wine, and then A♠ confirmed he wouldn't take a slice of the record-breaking $2.4 million pot. Robl, one of the most successful cash game players in poker history, lost $669,500 that night, while Wasserson won $2.1 million—just slightly less than his $2.3 million won in fifth place in last year's WSOP Paradise Super Main Event. Other players at the table saw Moncek win $276,500 and Rick Salomon lose $2.8 million.
