Hand breakdown
Airball's $231,500 decision against Peter
Hustler Casino Live · Million Dollar Marathon, part 1 of 3 · No-Limit Hold'em · $500/$1,000 · December 2, 2025
Peter calls Airball's opening raise. Then Senor Tilt 3-bets, Airball makes it $102,000 and Peter moves all in for $333,500.
Video by Hustler Casino Live on YouTube, starting at 4:18:08 in part 1
Players in the hand
- Nik Airball
- Peter
- Senor Tilt
- Stakes
- $500/
$1,000 - Ante
- $2,000
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You're Nik Airball. Fold or call $231,500?
Your cards
ace of spades and queen of hearts- Pot
- $458,000
- To call
- $231,500
It's $231,500 to call for a pot of $689,500 with your call in it. You're last to act.
The hand so far
You chose to fold.
You chose to call.
The video's title, thumbnail, graphics and commentary can give the result away.
Show what happened
What happened
Nik Airball called.
- Run it twice
- Nik Airball 28.3%ace of spades and queen of hearts
Nik Airball won $356,000
- Peter 71.7%king of spades and king of diamonds
Peter lost $333,500
- queen of clubs and three of spades
Senor Tilt lost $19,000
Run 1
nine of clubs, ace of diamonds, six of hearts, four of hearts and jack of diamondsRun 2
five of diamonds, ace of hearts, ace of clubs, two of spades and ten of spades- Final pot
- $689,500
What made it hard
Peter had called Airball's opening raise. After Senor Tilt 3-bet and Airball made it $102,000, Peter moved all in for $333,500. Senor Tilt folded, so Airball, holding ace-queen with $732,500 behind, was the last to act. Calling meant putting $231,500 more into a pot of $458,000.
Chance to win when the money went in
Each hand's share of the pot across every way the rest of the board could come, ties split, with every hand in the pot face up. At the table, nobody could see the others' cards.
Peter had a 49.6% chance to win both runs.
Who got lucky, in dollars
What each player collected, minus their expected share of the pot when the money went in. The cards still to come decided the difference.
Every action, street by street
- Preflop
- 4:18:33 Nik Airball raises to $5,000 Not shown in the broadcast's graphics. It happened before the graphics came up. The pot and the player's chips show it.
- 4:18:33 Peter calls $5,000 Not shown in the broadcast's graphics. It happened before the graphics came up. The pot and the player's chips show it.
- 4:18:33 Senor Tilt raises to $19,000
- 4:18:33 Nik Airball raises to $102,000
- 4:19:25 Peter goes all-in for $333,500
- 4:19:26 Senor Tilt folds Not shown in the broadcast's graphics. They put in no more chips and took no further part in the hand.
- 4:20:25 Nik Airball calls $333,500
Pot: $689,500
- Flop nine of clubs, ace of diamonds and six of hearts
Pot: $689,500
- Turn four of hearts
Pot: $689,500
- River jack of diamonds
Pot: $689,500
- Second run five of diamonds, ace of hearts, ace of clubs, two of spades and ten of spades
The night's other big hands
- River $733,000 Part 2 of 3 · 23:09 Keating's $733,000 river bet against Senor Tilt After betting the flop and the turn, Senor Tilt checks the river, and Keating bets $733,000, about as much as Senor Tilt has left.
- Preflop $628,500 Part 1 of 3 · 8:46:49 Kabrhel's preflop all-in for $628,500 against Keating and Peter From the big blind, Peter 3-bets Keating's raise, and Kabrhel, in the straddle, moves all in for $628,500.
- Preflop $534,000 Part 1 of 3 · 2:29:13 Brandon Steven's preflop all-in for $534,000 against Keating and Nguyen When Peter moves all in for $145,000, Brandon Steven, who only called the straddle, moves all in over him with Keating and Nguyen still to act.
- To call $488,500 Part 1 of 3 · 9:00:46 Keating's $488,500 decision against Peter Peter's river all-in for $488,500 is more than the pot, and Keating takes almost eight minutes over it.
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