Tom Dwan wins $3 million pot during Hustler Casino Live’s “Million Dollar Game”

Tom Dwan has been concerned in among the largest pots in poker historical past and added one other to the record Tuesday.

The high-stakes professional made a gutsy name to win a hand value virtually $3.1 million throughout Hustler On line casino Dwell’s “Million Greenback Recreation,” the biggest in poker streaming/TV historical past.

Dwan clashed with Wesley “Wes Aspect” Fei, a cryptocurrency investor and common on the Los Angeles high-stakes poker scene, throughout the fourth and ultimate day of the $1 million buy-in money recreation.

Fei three-bet to $30,000 preflop holding ace-king offsuit and motion folded round to Dwan, who made it $100,000. After one other participant folded, Fei wager $275,000 and Dwan finally made the decision.

Including to the drama, the digital card reader didn’t decide up Dwan’s hand, leaving viewers to marvel what he was holding.

The flop got here 8-8-3 with two diamonds, and Dwan check-called a $125,000 wager from Fei. After the 5 of hearts on the flip, Dwan checked and Fei wager one other $350,000 on the flip.

“Wesley’s palms are shaking,” commentator David Tuchman stated.

Dwan referred to as to push the pot over $1.5 million, and there have been extra fireworks after the six of golf equipment on the river. Dwan checked once more and Fei, holding simply ace-high, put Dwan all-in for his ultimate $786,000.

Dwan deliberated for a number of minutes, and the cardboard reader lastly confirmed he was holding pocket queens. Moments later, he put in a stack of chips declaring a name and appeared shocked when Fei flipped over his failed bluff.

The pot was formally value $3,081,000, whereas all the hand lasted shut to fifteen minutes.

The earlier report for the biggest pot in broadcast poker historical past got here in 2018 when Dwan misplaced a $2.35 million pot to Paul Phua on the Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Jeju Money Recreation.

Dwan ended with a revenue of $1.6 million, his largest win ever on a stream/TV recreation, in line with Hustler On line casino Dwell.

Fei bought portion of his a refund in a hand early Wednesday as he received a hand value $2.25 million in opposition to a participant named “LSG Hank” that was the second-biggest in U.S. streamed/televised historical past.

In February, skilled poker participant Patrik Antonius received a pot value $1.978 million throughout PokerGO’s “No Gamble, No Future Money of the Titans” money recreation at Aria.

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