Hustler On line casino Dwell’s Friday live-stream ran so lengthy that McDonald’s was virtually executed serving breakfast Saturday morning, and it wrapped with a memorable $650,000 four-way pot.
Not everybody on the desk caught round for your complete 15-hour session. Jean-Robert Bellande, who made his HCL debut on Thursday, left early however with an $800,000 revenue, the most important profitable session in HCL historical past, bringing his two-day winnings as much as over $1 million. The self-proclaimed “broke” excessive curler can comfortably pay his payments for the following month or so now.
The desk was stacked with entertaining characters who aren’t afraid to gamble and have extra money than the typical poker participant may even fathom. Wesley Fei, Mikki Mase, Alan Keating, and DoorDash founder Stanley Tang had been all within the combine. Afterward, the latest HCL celeb, Ryusuke, made an look, his last one earlier than flying again to Japan, and promptly proceeded to take $275,000 out of the poker financial system on his means in a foreign country.
Keating Battles Onerous
Alan Keating
Keating, a rich investor who usually performs in high-stakes non-public video games, is at all times one of many loosest gamers on Hustler On line casino Dwell when he competes. His VPIP (voluntarily put in pot) has declined over the previous couple of periods from its common 80% or above degree. However he nonetheless VPIP’ed at 57% over the 15-hour stream, the best on the desk.
It was an up-and-down day for Keating, who infamously misplaced $1.1 million within the MrBeast/Ninja game again in Might. At one level, he was down round $700,000, however battled his means again as much as profitability.
On the finish of the session, he had a golden alternative to go house with a large win. We’ll save the result of that hand for later, however there may be one wild hand he performed that we’ll briefly contact on.
With 
on a board of 
, he skilled the dream situation — having the nuts in an enormous pot in opposition to a participant who additionally had a robust hand. “J.R.,” a daily within the HCL high-stakes video games, was dealing with an all in over-shove of $322,000 with 
(two pair) and could not discover a fold in opposition to a loose-aggressive participant. Keating shipped the $749,000 pot, the most important in HCL historical past. In doing so, he went from down huge to just about even at that time.
We simply had our BIGGEST POT IN HCL HISTORY!! $749,000!!!
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JRB Gets Lucky Twice in One Hand
Bellande, a longtime poker player and former Survivor contestant, was up $1 million at one point during Friday’s game. A big part of why he was able to build his stack was because of a hand he won early against Matthew “Hanks” Honig.
“JRB” jammed all in for $234,000 preflop with 
and was snap-called by 
. With $469,000 in the middle, the players agreed to run it twice. The first run-out of 
was favorable to Bellande, who spiked the ace on the river, ensuring he would at least chop the pot.
In the second run-out, it again appeared Hanks was on his way to victory when the board ran out 
, but the river 
gave JRB a straight, and he scooped the entire pot. Hanks finished the stream down $263,000, about the same amount as he lost in the aforementioned bad beat.
Epic Four-Way Pot to Close it Out
Every great show needs a proper ending, and the Friday/Saturday Hustler Casino Live stream certainly didn’t disappoint in this area. After 15 hours of play, four players headed in opposite directions attempted to go home on a positive note — Ryusuke, Keating, Fei, and Mase.
Mase, who bought in for $400,000, was down nearly $300,000 entering the hand. Fei played tight throughout most of the session and was also down big. Ryusuke was up $400,000, while Keating had managed to battle back to nearly a $100,000 profit.
So, here’s how it played out. Following a $35,000 straddle from Ryusuke, “Wes Side” Wesley jammed for $183,000 with 
and was called by Ryusuke’s . Mase, who was already in for $35,000 was pot committed so he put in his final $70,000 with 
. Unfortunately, for all of them, Keating, who had the largest stack, had 
in the hole. He then came over the top, forcing Ryusuke to fold for an additional $450,000.
That left a three-way pot of $653,000 as they headed to the flop, which was , giving Fei top set. But the on the turn made things even more interesting as it gave Keating a flush draw. Mase also had a diamond but was drawing dead. The 
on the river was the ultimate brick.
With that lucky suck-out, Fei finished with a $108,000 profit instead of a huge loss. Keating, instead of booking a six-figure win, ended the stream down $95,000. Ryusuke, who put in a bunch of money without getting to see the flop, still left ahead $270,000 and only played for a few hours. Mase, for the second consecutive day, took a six-figure loss, this one for $403,000.
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