Andrew Robl Gets a Generous River Card to Win Massive Pot on 'High Stakes Poker'
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Stop us if we sound like a broken record, but Andrew Robl dominated the competition during Monday's High Stakes Poker episode, the second of Season 12 on PokerGO.
Robl, a surefire future Poker Hall of Famer, wasn't the only player who crushed it this week on the iconic poker cash game show. Andrew Pacheco ran hot as well, while the third Andrew — Andrew Sasson — couldn't catch a cold.
Episode 2 featured many six-figure pots and double straddles in the $200/$400 no-limit hold'em game. The same group of players in last week's season opener returned to action, and the starting stacks were as follows.
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Andrew Robl | $731,100 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | $307,400 |
| Santhosh Suvarna | $300,000 |
| Andrew Sasson | $297,500 |
| Jennifer Tilly | $244,300 |
| Vivian Yang | $226,000 |
| Andrew Pacheco | $150,000 |
| Justin Gavri | $143,100 |
Starting Off Strong
The action was intense right off the bat with Santhosh Suvarna, a regular on shows such as Bally Live Poker and Hustler Casino Live, double straddling for $1,600. Vivian Yang raised to $6,000 from an early position with 9♠9♦.
Sasson made an interesting call on the button with 7♦4♠, as did Jean-Robert Bellande in the big blind with J♣10♦. Suvarna, holding A♣K♥, made a large three-bet to $37,000, and only JRB called. The flop came out K♦4♥5♦, and a $27,000 bet from Big Slick took it down.
Suvarna, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner from India would then take down a $155,000 pot with a flush against the top pair (aces) Justin Gavri hit. On the ensuing hand, Yang bet $10,000 with A♥Q♦ on a flop of 3♠3♥2♦, but Santhosh came along for the ride with 10♠4♠, hoping to pick up a flush draw on the turn, which he did with the 7♠.
Yang, still on ace-high, bet $33,000 this time, which didn’t convince her opponent to fold. The 9♠ on the river completed the runner-runner flush. Suvarna led out for $80,000, and Yang had to muck her cards.
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Tilly Bringing the Action
After losing a mid-sized pot with Big Slick against Robl’s pocket queens, Jennifer Tilly, who was in the straddle, three-bet to $20,000 with K♥Q♦. Yang, who raised to $6,000 originally on the button with A♠3♠, wanted to see a flop, which came out K♠J♠9♦, a little something for both players.
Tilly led out for $20,000, about half the size of the pot, and received a call. The turn was the 4♣, no improvement to either hand. Still on top pair and the best hand, Tilly check-called a $45,000 wager. When the 10♣ appeared on the river, it gave Tilly a straight, which she bet out for $60,000, enough to end the hand.
The Bride of Chucky star played another moderately sized pot against Bellande, betting her pocket nines into his pocket queens. Bellande would flop a set, then turn it into a full house before his opponent gave up on the river.
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Set Over Set for Pacheco
In a heads up pot, Pacheco held Q♠Q♣ on a flop of J♦3♣Q♥. The flop was even sweeter for him than just hitting top set because his opponent, Sasson, also had a set with J♠J♥. Top set led for $3,000 and received a call.
The turn was the 6♦, and Pacheco bet $10,000 before Sasson made a large raise to $60,000. With $115,000 on top of that raise, Pacheco moved all in and was snap-called by a player desperately seeking a one-outer. They agreed to run the river twice, neither of which went Sasson’s way, and Pacheco took down a $365,000 pot.
Sasson, perhaps tilted, would then three-bet preflop with 5♥4♣, and then raise a $20,000 bet to $100,000 all in on a flop of 10♥2♣3♦ chasing a draw. Suvarna and Tilly both had small pairs and the aggressive play convinced both players to fold.
Robl Sticks it to Sasson
Sasson brought some action during Episode 2, but only once did it work out for him. Late in the show, on a board of 10♣6♣J♦J♥7♦, he had a straight with 9♠8♦ in the hole, but faced a $150,000 wager from the aggressive Robl, who had him beat with 7♠7♥.
"I got a straight, I have to call," Sasson announced as he turned over his cards only to find out that he wasn't going to be winning the $363,100 pot.
Moments later, Sasson would put his last $10,000 in the middle with in a 60/40 spot against Suvarna, who would win the pot. It was just one of those days for him. On the final hand of the night, Pacheco's good fortune continued, flopping quads to take down a $250,000 pot against Tilly, who saved herself $100,000 on the river by folding to a bet with ace-high.
You can catch the full episode on PokerGO, along with future episodes, which air each Monday at 5 p.m. PT.
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