Hand breakdown
Keating's $150,000 decision against Peter
Hustler Casino Live · Million Dollar Marathon, part 1 of 3 · No-Limit Hold'em · $500/$1,000 · December 2, 2025
Keating bets the flop and the turn. Peter's answer comes on the river's third diamond: a lead for $150,000.
Video by Hustler Casino Live on YouTube, starting at 7:18:30 in part 1
River
ace of diamonds, eight of diamonds, queen of hearts, four of hearts and five of diamondsPlayers in the hand
- Alan Keating
- Peter
- Stakes
- $500/
$1,000 - Ante
- $2,000
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You're Alan Keating. Fold, call $150,000 or raise?
River
ace of diamonds, eight of diamonds, queen of hearts, four of hearts and five of diamondsYour cards
queen of spades and eight of clubs- Pot
- $303,000
- To call
- $150,000
It's $150,000 to call for a pot of $453,000 with your call in it. You're last to act.
The hand so far
You chose to fold.
You chose to call.
You chose to raise.
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What happened
Alan Keating called.
- Bluff
- queen of spades and eight of clubs
Alan Keating won $228,000
- Peterjack of spades and ten of diamonds
Peter lost $225,000
Board
ace of diamonds, eight of diamonds, queen of hearts, four of hearts and five of diamonds- Final pot
- $453,000
What made it hard
Peter had checked and called on the flop and the turn. When the river put a third diamond on the board, he bet $150,000, almost the size of the pot. Keating's two pair, queens and eights, was ahead of a bluff, any one-pair hand and a smaller two pair, and behind a flush, a straight, a set or a bigger two pair. Calling meant putting $150,000 into a pot of $303,000, with no one else in the hand.
Every action, street by street
- Preflop
- 7:19:02 Alan Keating raises to $10,000
- 7:19:05 Peter calls $10,000
- 7:19:07 Senor Tilt folds Not shown in the broadcast's graphics. They put in no more chips and took no further part in the hand.
Pot: $23,000
- Flop ace of diamonds, eight of diamonds and queen of hearts
Pot: $53,000
- Turn four of hearts
Pot: $153,000
- River five of diamonds
- 7:20:54 Peter bets $150,000
- 7:22:51 Alan Keating calls $150,000 Not shown in the broadcast's graphics. The pot and the player's stack show the chips went in.
Pot: $453,000
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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