Texas Mike bluffed with 10-high in High Stakes Poker, creating a record pot of $4.2 million.

Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek bluffed Eric Wasserson with 10-high in High Stakes Poker, creating a record $4,260,000 pot. Wasserson called with a flush, winning the largest cash game pot in televised and broadcast poker history.

Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek challenged the largest pot in history with 10-high in High Stakes Poker, almost forcing his opponent to fold a flush.

The past four days of PokerGO live streams have been fast-paced, with the same group of players battling it out at high-stakes tables for most of the time. Moncek participated in numerous seven-figure pots, including Friday's $1.5 million pot against Andrew Robl.

All of this is paving the way for Monday's decisive battle, especially that hand that will go down in history.

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One thing is certain—Texas Mike is one of the most aggressive high-stakes poker players of all time, in both tournaments and cash games. This aggressive style sometimes leads to losses, but it also allows him to win huge pots like you've never seen before.

This two-time WSOP bracelet winner experienced seven-figure losses, seven-figure profits, and six-figure losses in the first three nights of high-stakes poker. On the fourth day, he was just one card away from going home with a huge victory—or one fold.

It all started in what seemed like an innocent situation: Eric Wasserson, who had already won about $1 million that day, raised to $20,000 with 9♦7♦. He then called a 3-bet from the button to $80,000 against Texas Mike, who held 10♣7♣.

The flop came 9♣K♦A♦, which didn't help Texas Mike much. But he persisted, betting $100,000 after his opponent checked. Wasserson didn't back down, calling and seeing the turn 4♥, the situation remained unchanged.

Moncek didn't fold. He fired again, this time betting $330,000. Wasserson called again and hit a flush on the river with the 5♦. Both players now had over 1.6 million chips behind them, and the pot had grown to $1,046,000.

Texas Mike had only 10 high cards, but he refused to give up without a fight. The high-stakes player with more chips went all-in. Wasserson, even with a flush, faced a difficult decision, as he could lose to a bigger flush. Ultimately, he judged his hand too strong to fold, so he called, winning a pot worth $4,260,000—far surpassing the record for the largest pot in High Stakes Poker history.

In fact, the second-largest pot occurred this weekend when Robl went all in with a draw against Wasserson's top pair, only to lose $2,478,000. That hand was only slightly larger than the previous record—$2,421,500 won by Santhosh Suvarna in the recent Season 16. Wasserson's win is the largest cash game pot ever recorded on television or live.

To alleviate his pain, Texas Mike won the fourth-largest pot in high-stakes poker history in the next hand with pocket Kings—$2,337,000—against Robl, who held AK.

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