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Top Streamed Hands of the Week: Robl and Wasserson Make History, Negreanu Debuts on HCL

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It was a big week for the fans of live cash game action, as High Stakes Poker brought us a series of live-streamed games sponsored by CoinPoker, while Hustler Casino Live had a special stream of its own lined up for Friday. 

We saw the likes of Andrew Robl, Rick Salomon, Eric Wasserson, and other high rollers battle with millions of dollars on the table over the course of the weekend, which led to the biggest pot in the history of the show getting played by Robl and Wass. 

The High Stakes Poker streams produced a number of seven-figure pots, as the chips were flying, straddles were nearly mandatory, and none of the players held back. 

Over in LA, Daniel Negreanu made his first-ever appearance on HCL, and showed he had what it takes to battle with the cash game regulars despite booking a small loss on his debut. 

If you missed the action, keep reading for a rundown of a few of the biggest hands, but make sure to go back and watch the streams in full as well, as they produced some of the wildest action we ever saw on TV. 

Andrew Robl and Eric Wasserson Go to War on High Stakes Poker

The most recent High Stakes Poker live streams from PokerGO brought us some incredible action, including the biggest pot ever played in the show’s long history. 

As you might have expected, the hand involved none other than Andrew Robl, who has become an absolute staple of the show, as he’s been involved in many of its most iconic hands. 

On the opposite side of the table was Eric Wasserson, a player who’s been on a heater over the last 12 months and taken the poker world for millions of dollars. Before the show, Andrew predicted the two would go to war on the show, and he was not wrong. 

The epic hand started with massive straddles already in play, which prompted a raise to $20k from Wasserson, who held A♦9♥ to kick things off. In the small blind, Texas Mike called with an adventurous 8♣5♣, and the action got to Robl in the big blind. 

With J♦10♦, Andrew saw a decent squeeze spot, so he put in another raise to $110k, which got rid of the players in the straddles. When action got back to Wass, some viewers perhaps expected him to fold, but he was up against his arch-nemesis, so he decided to go down the aggressive route instead. 

Wasserson re-raised Robl to $280k this time around, which was finally enough to get Texas Mike to fold, leaving Andrew to battle Eric heads-up. 

Robl was faced with a decision for another $170k, and with the best possible suited connectors, he decided to peel the flop, which came 9♦7♠4♠, giving Wasserson an unlikely top pair. 

Robl checked in flow, and Wasserson decided to check back himself, despite his hand being quite vulnerable to more cards coming off. 

The 3♦ didn’t actually change things, but it gave Robl a massive draw, just enough to get him to play his hand in an aggressive way. 

Robl checked, and when Wasserson put out a bet of $200k, Andrew put him all in for just under a million dollars. Wass deliberated a call for a little while, even saying “am I slow rolling” out loud, demonstrating just how loose and aggressive play is in these high-stakes games. 

When Eric finally made the call, the two players agreed to run the river twice, and Andrew had a lot of cards working for him to at least chop the pot. 

As Robl poured his wine on the sidelines, the dealer dealt the 6♥, followed by the A♠, which meant both halves of the pot would end up in Wasserson’s stack. 

Wasserson won just over $2 million in the game, while Robl ended up losing less than $700k, thanks to picking up a few other pots and not bleeding any further on the night. 

Nik Airball Hero Calls Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu finally made his long-anticipated debut on Hustler Casino Live last week, and it saw him butt heads with the likes of Nik Airball, Rampage, Jellyfish, and other HCL heroes for the first time ever. 

Known as one of the best tournament players around, Daniel was a relative newcomer to high-stakes poker streams, although he’s made plenty of appearances on cash game shows like High Stakes Poker and PokerStars Big Game in the past and famously played Doug Polk heads up in a series of live streams played at an online poker site.

Daniel was playing in front of a live audience, and unlike his tournament opponents, this group was not going to play GTO poker. 

Leading up to the show, Nik Airball announced he was coming for Negreanu’s money, and he certainly lived up to that promise, as he tried to get involved with the GGPoker ambassador on any occasion he could. 

When Daniel got dealt A♠A♣ and raised to $1,200, he was always going to get a lot of action, as players were eager to play pots with the legend. 

Nik called with an actual airball, as he held just 7♣5♠, and Andy Stacks joined with his J♦10♥. The three players saw a flop of 10♣7♠4♠, which gave both Nik and Andy a piece of the board. 

Daniel checked his overpair, and Nik sprang into action, betting $3k. Andy made the call, and Kid Poker put in the check-raise to $12k, which Nik immediately called. Andy wisely got out of the way, before the dealer put out the A♦, giving Daniel the checkmark. 

Daniel kept betting too, as he put out another bet of $12k, leaving himself with about $46k to play with on the river. 

The final card was the 6♥, and DNegs moved all-in for $46.6, which got Nik’s attention. Instead of folding his third pair immediately, he got to thinking. 

It was hard to find the exact hand that Daniel might have been bluffing with, but Nik decided that a hand like K♠Q♠ or K♠J♠ was possible, as he made the call with nothing but a pair of Sevens. 

Daniel showed his pocket Aces, and Nik simply reloaded his stack without much fuss. Both players ended up losing in the session, with Nik taking the worst of it, and Daniel quitting the show a little early to catch a flight back home to Las Vegas. 

Cooler Spot Sees Salomon Stack Texas Mike

The final day of High Stakes Poker live action brought back a star-studded lineup that involved two of the most fearless recreational high-stakes poker players in the world, Mike “Texas Mike” Moncek and Rick Salomon. 

One of the very first hands of the stream saw the likes of Andrew Robl and Eric Wasserson stay on the sidelines, as two living legends of the game played a big one. 

The action started with Rick Salomon raising it up to $6k holding A♣9♣, which got called by Elamawy’s 5♠3♥, an absolute junk hand by any standard. Texas Mike came along holding K♣5♣, and the clubs domination would prove crucial in this pot. 

The flop brought A♥7♣2♣, giving two players a flush draw, with Rick firmly in the lead with a superior draw and top pair. 

Rick led out for $10k, Elamawy made the call with his gutshot, and Mike came along with just a call. The turn card was the J♣, which spelled disaster for Mike, who now had second nuts, but was drawing dead to win the hand. 

Mike checked first to act, Rick bet $23k, and Elamawy picked the wrong time to bluff, as he threw $60k into the wind with his straight draw. 

Mike decided his hand needed protection, so he put in another raise to $150k, and Rick could hardly believe what he was hearing, as he was facing two raises with the absolute nuts. 

The only decision now was whether to raise again or just call, and Rick opted for the latter, setting the trap for his opponent and hoping Elamawy comes along as well. 

Elamawy folded instead, and the river was the 4♦, which incidentally would have completed his straight. Mike moved all-in for $395k looking to get value, only to get snap-called by Rick’s nut flush. 

It was a bad start of the night for Texas Mike, who already took a beating on the show the night before. This time, however, there was truly nothing he could have done better, as folding second nuts to Rick Salomon was never an option. 

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