03 Apr 2025 Alan Keating won a massive $1,424,500 pot in Episode 10 of High Stakes Poker Season 14, breaking a new record for the show. Keating battled top opponents like Rick Salomon, Peter Wang, Nikhil "Nik Airball," Vinny Lingham, and Justin Gavri in an intense hand at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. How the Record-Breaking Hand Unfolded The game was $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, with frequent straddles that increased the stakes significantly. Salomon had $1.3 million, Keating had $723,000, and Wang had $660,000. Earlier in the session, Keating lost half a million dollars to Salomon and briefly left the table. He came back with a new $500K reload, matching Wang's stack, a decision that would be crucial later on. Sitting on the button, Keating made an unconventional decision, flat-calling instead of raising with a $4,000 double straddle in play. Peter Wang saw an opening from the big blind and raised $14,000 with . Keating answered with a 3bet to $69,000, and Wang called, increasing the pot to $145,500 preflop. The flop read , a perfect situation for Keating, who had hit a top set with pocket kings. Wang found himself with a nut flush draw and an overcard, which set the stage for some exciting action. Wang checked, and Keating fired a $70,000 bet. When Wang saw an opportunity, he stepped up the action with a big check raise to $200,000. Keating called, and the pot reached $545,000. The landed on the turn, giving Wang top pair to complement his flush draw. Grabbing the opportunity, he boldly decided to move all in for his last $434,000. Without wasting any time, Keating snap-called, increasing the pot to $1,412,500 and breaking the previous record set in Season 12 by $992,000. Wang agreed when Keating told him to run the board twice. He didn't realise how bad things were for him until Keating showed his pocket kings. On the first run out, landed on the river. It gave Wang trips, but it also gave Keating a full house. The second runout river card matched the board again, giving Keating the win with kings full of jacks, winning the entire $1,412,500 pot and a new milestone in High Stakes Poker history. Keating’s Earlier $911K Clash with Wang It wasn't the first time Keating and Wang had battled over a big pot. At the beginning of Season 14, in Episode 6, the two players went back and forth for a $911,000 pot, and Keating won again. The largest pot ever seen on High Stakes Poker was $992,000, which was won by Santhosh Suvarna in Season 12. In Season 13, Sameh Elamawy almost broke that record when he beat Andrew Robl to win a $981,300 pot. New episodes of Season 14 of High Stakes Poker air only on PokerGO every Monday through May. Fans can also watch past seasons whenever they want.
