Michael Moncek has gained a popularity for being some of the entertaining poker gamers to look at, and “Texas Mike” resides as much as that distinction on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).
Moncek, who infamously misplaced over $2.2 million final summer time within the Hustler On line casino Dwell Million Greenback Recreation, made a dangerous transfer in Day 1c of the $1,000 Thriller Thousands and thousands as he multi-tabled $5,000 8-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em, which he ended up cashing alongside his brother, Tyler Moncek.
Prepared to move again to the larger buy-in occasion, Michael Moncek moved all in blind solely to run into 4 monster arms behind him.
Within the hand, which Texas Mike posted to X, Moncek held 8♣6♥ because the gamers behind him consecutively confirmed J♣J♦, Q♥Q♣, Okay♣Okay♥ and A♥A♠.
The insanity did not finish there. The supplier fanned a 5♣Okay♦5♠ flop to offer the participant with kings a ship for a quadruple knockout.
Wild Transfer By Texas Mike
It was no shock to see Moncek make such a daring transfer. He famously performs a loose-aggressive model that usually pays off. He received consecutive bracelets on the 2022 and 2023 WSOPs and dominated the PokerGO Cup in Las Vegas earlier this 12 months.
Moncek nonetheless managed to choose up his first money of the summer time in Occasion #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em, an occasion that his brother Tyler continues to be kicking in.
Kings cracking aces for a quadruple knockout often is the worst beat of the summer time up to now, however it pales compared to earlier WSOP coolers. Learn up on a number of the worst unhealthy beats in WSOP historical past, together with a hand from final 12 months the place Poker Corridor of Famer Erik Seidel misplaced to a one-outer straight flush.
Trying on the Worst Unhealthy Beats in World Sequence of Poker Historical past
Connor Richards
Editor & Dwell Reporter U.S.
