Is This One of the Most Absurd Poker Hands You’ve Ever Seen?
The Saturday night Hustler Casino Live special celebrity game was bonkers — one of the more thrilling nights of poker ever witnessed on livestreamed for those who love crazy action.
Out of the dozens of insane hands played between the wealthy athletes and social media personalities, one in particular stood out. And that hand, which you're about to witness, involved one of the most popular athletes in the world — Neymar — and Hustler Casino Live fan favorite Alan Keating.
You Have to See it to Believe It
Early in the session, which lasted about eight hours, Fortnite legend and Twitch streamer Ninja slowrolled boxer Ryan Garcia, a gutsy move that would make Shaun Deeb proud. Six hours later, that epic hand was topped in terms of entertainment value by one that fans of the show won't soon forget.
The hand began with a loose play as boxer Chris Eubank Jr. raised to $1,000 from an early position with 6♦5♠. Ninja followed behind him with K♦10♣, along with Neymar and his 9♣5♥. Keating, on the button with A♦4♦, three-bet it to $5,000 and received calls from all three players.
When the flop showed 9♦2♣Q♦, only Keating, who had a flush draw, felt great about things in a four-way pot. At that point, it appeared the hand wouldn't go much further. But that turned out to be far from the case.
Action checked to Keating, who made a standard half-pot bet of $10,000. Ninja and Neymar called to see the 6♠ on the turn. The first two players checked, and this time Keating ripped all in having both opponents covered.
Ninja moved out of the way, but Neymar, a PokerStars ambassador, made a brilliant call for $74,400 with only second pair, which was actually the best hand.
Both players agreed to run the river twice, and the first one — 3♦ — went Keating's way. On the second run out — 5♣ — Neymar secured the other half of the pot. But then things went a bit off the rails.
Keating offered his opponent a third flip for $50,000 on the side each. The dealer then turned over the Q♥, giving Neymar the $100,000 side pot.
"One more for fifty," Keating offered, hoping to get his money back.
Once again, the dealer turned over a river card, this one the J♥, another $50,000 profit for the soccer legend. Keating wasn't done.
"One more time," he pleaded.
For the third straight time, the river — J♣ — was clean for Neymar. But Keating wasn't ready to stop despite being down $150,000 on the hand. He wanted to flip again, to which his opponent happily obliged. And like the first three side pot flips, the 2♥ on the next try was good for Neymar, but the fourth flip was for $75,000 a piece.
Why stop there? Keating asked for yet another flip, this one for $60,000 each. He couldn't possibly lose again, right? Wrong. The fifth side pot river card was the 9♠, a brick again.
Keating then moved all in for $75,000 on one final flip, which turned out to be another brick — 10♠. As Hustler Casino Live commentator Christian Soto said, "(Neymar) stacked Keating in flips."
If you're scoring at home, Keating, who had a flush draw with an over card, won the first river run out before losing seven consecutive rivers, including six side pot flips. In total, Keating lost $360,000 flipping against an international superstar.
When the show wrapped at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Neymar was the biggest winner in the game with a $306,000 profit, thanks to some fortunate river cards. Keating, as you probably guessed, was the biggest loser down $478,850.
Dan Bilzerian, who made his first public poker game appearance in years, booked a $24,000 win, but he was up more than $150,000 at one point. Ninja, one of the competitors in the legendary May 2022 Hustler Casino Live "MrBeast Game," lost over $90,000.
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