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Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek is known for playing any two cards and firing off huge bluffs, a reputation that Andrew Robl is well aware of. That image may have played a role in Moncek winning a massive $1.5 million pot against Robl during Friday’s High Stakes Poker livestream on PokerGO.
Both players began the hand with more than $700,000 in chips, with Robl holding the larger stack. Multiple straddles, some as high as $16,000, had inflated the game to the point where a seven-figure pot was almost inevitable.
Sameh Elamawy, CEO of Scratch, opened the action with a raise to $40,000 holding A♥5♦. Texas Mike called with A♠5♠, and Robl came along with 6♣5♥ from the biggest straddle position.
The flop of 4♠2♠8♠ gave Moncek the nut flush while leaving Elamawy and Robl drawing dead. Moncek bet $55,000, prompting a fold from Elamawy, but Robl called while holding a double-gutter straight draw.
Robl hit his straight on the turn with the 3♥, and Moncek continued betting $150,000 despite Robl having no way to win. After the river paired the board with the 4♦, Moncek shoved all in for $490,000. Robl, unable to shake off Moncek’s unpredictable tendencies, made the call with his straight, only to lose the $1,517,500 pot.
The hand marks the second-largest non-chopped pot in High Stakes Poker history, trailing only a $2,421,500 pot won by Santhosh Suvarna during Season 16. Robl, meanwhile, continues to defend his standing as the game’s all-time winningest livestream player, with Eric Wasserson closing in on that record.
