Andrew Robl Gambles on a Draw in Record $2.4 Million Pot

Cash game legend Andrew Robl decided to gamble on a draw against fellow pro Eric Wasserson on Saturday, and it resulted in the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history.

The hand, which took place during Saturday’s High Stakes Poker livestream from PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, produced a pot of $2,478,000, inching out a $2,421,500 pot won by Santhosh Suvarna earlier this summer. But that was a three-way pot, while this one was all Robl and Wasserson.

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The hand kicked off with a standard button raise from Wasserson to $20,000 with A♦9♥. Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek called in the small blind with 8♣5♣ before Robl three-bet in the big blind to $110,000 with J♦10♦.

Wasserson, a fixture in Las Vegas’ biggest cash games, wasn’t going anywhere and four-bet to $280,000. Moncek quickly folded and Robl opted to call with his suited connector, sitting with $1.6 million behind and having Wasserson covered.

The flop landed 9♦7♠4♠ and Wasseron decided to check back his top pair after a check from Robl. Robl checked again after picking up a flush draw to go with his gutshot on the 3♦ turn and Wasserson bet $200,000. Robl then went for the semi-bluff by check-raising to put Wasserson all in for his remaining $739,000.

Wasserson, who made an impressive fold the night before with a full house, seemed to know where he was at with just top pair.

“Am I slow rolling you here?” he asked before calling, with the two decided to run it twice.

Wasserson claimed the first runout with a 6♥ river, and Robl went to pour a glass of red wine before the A♠ confirmed that he would be getting none of the record $2.4 million pot.

Robl, one of the most accomplished cash game players in poker history, ended the night down $669,500, while Wasseron booked a $2.1 million win — just shy of the $2.3 million he won last year with a fifth-place finish in the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.

As for the rest of the table, Moncek booked a small win of $276,500, while Rick Salomon lost a modest $280,500 and Alejandro Lococo lost a cool $1,021,000.

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for three Global Poker Awards for his writing.