Hustler Casino Live’s “Million Dollar Game” was as soon as once more the positioning of some main fireworks on Tuesday night time, this time with “Texas Mike” Moncek working an enormous bluff utilizing the well-known Doyle Brunson hand.
The $500-$1,000 money sport hand started with high-stakes professional Charles “Chalie” Hook elevating the motion to $6,000 with 7
8 from early place. Livestream common ‘Majik Handz’ referred to as with 10 9 within the cutoff, and Moncek checked out 10
2
earlier than making the decision from the $2,000 straddle.
The flop introduced A 5 4 and Moncek checked. Hook, sitting on rather less than $800,000 behind, wager $5,000. Handz folded and Moncek made the decision. The flip introduced the 6, finishing the within straight draw for Hook. Moncek, who sat on a stack of greater than $1.3 million, checked and Hook wager $16,000.
With no likelihood to win the pot at a showdown, Moncek then raised to $52,000. That introduced a name from Hook, who was in a dominating place. The A then fell on the river, pairing the board, and Moncek as soon as once more checked, with Hook laying out a hefty worth wager of $160,000.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Moncek introduced all in, getting a stunned response from Hook. If he referred to as, he would scoop a pot value greater than $1.6 million.
Instead, Hook figured his opponent for a full home and mucked, sending the massive pot to Moncek with nothing.
Moncek chuckled a bit as he confirmed the huge bluff. The 10-2 was the ultimate hand that legendary Brunson held when he received back-to-back World Series of Poker major occasions in 1976 and 1977.
The hand additionally labored out nicely on this state of affairs for Moncek, who bought compliments from the remainder of the desk whereas Hook tried to shake off the play.
“That was a sick bluff,” Hook admitted.
Despite his nickname, the excessive curler hails from North Barrington, Illinois, has greater than $1.8 million in reside match winnings, together with two WSOP bracelets and 4 WSOP Circuit rings. The first bracelet got here in 2022 in a $1,500 restrict maintain’em occasion in 2022 for $145,856. He adopted that up final 12 months with a win within the $5,000 no-limit maintain’em/pot-limit Omaha occasion for $534,499.
In the final month he has been enjoying extra reside streamed money video games, nevertheless, and is up $758,525 total in response to Highroll Poker. Although Moncek completed up $516,000 total on the night time, the large winner was Peter, who profited $1,525,000 whereas Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan completed down $992,000. Hook completed the session down $557,000.
