Can Actor Kevin Hart’s Set Hold for $900K Pot Against Poker Legend’s Drawing Hand?

Kevin Hart, thought-about one of many funniest people alive, is not any joke on the poker desk, which he is proven through the newly launched Season 15 of Excessive Stakes Poker on PokerGO. However the A-list celeb’s outcomes on the present got here down to at least one insane hand he performed in opposition to poker legend Andrew Robl.

The hand, one among quite a few sick pots you possibly can catch by binge-watching all 17 episodes of the brand new season, was one of many greatest ever on Excessive Stakes Poker, the enduring poker present that first launched on Recreation Present Community in 2006. Hart constructed up a little bit of a rivalry with Darin Feinstein via the primary few episodes, however he’d then shift his consideration to Robl in a hand that may have HSP viewers and followers of the comic speaking for fairly a while.

Robl, one of many prime high-stakes money sport grinders ever, has run sizzling on Excessive Stakes Poker, for probably the most half, minus just a few hiccups. Would his rungood proceed in opposition to the star of Get Onerous and lots of different movies?

The Episode 5 hand, with a $4,000 straddle on, started with Robl, the small blind, elevating to $15,000 with 7♠4♠. Hart, who had J♦J♣ within the massive blind, known as, as did Justin Gavri, one of many present’s unluckiest gamers, with 5♥3♥ within the straddle.

The flop got here out 5♦J♠Q♠, establishing for enormous pot potential. Robl, who flopped a flush draw, determined to examine. Hart, with center set, wager $35,000. Gavri folded his small pair, whereas Robl known as to select up an open-ended straight draw on the 6♦ flip card.

Robl once more checked, and the favored actor continued looking for worth with a $100,000 wager. A check-raise all-in for $391,000 complete and snap-call adopted. Each gamers agreed to run the river twice, the primary the Ok♦ and the second the A♦, each clear for Hart, a former PokerStars ambassador, which meant he collected the complete $899,000 pot.

“He was due for one,” Robl admitted as he despatched the cash in Hart’s route.

We can’t spoil an excessive amount of from the season right here, however for those who’re a fan of Kevin Hart, we’ll simply say you’ll definitely benefit from the first 5 episodes, as he’s lively within the sport. PokerNews could have weekly episode recaps of Excessive Stakes Poker Season 15, beginning with Episode 1 this week. All 17 episodes are at the moment obtainable completely on PokerGO.

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