WATCH: When Your Reputation Gets You Paid At The Poker Table

Sometimes your reputation can get you in trouble at the poker table, and sometimes it can get you paid. That was the case in the first episode of the fifth season of No Gamble, No Future at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The high-stakes cash game featured blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 big blind ante.

The hand in question saw the notoriously volatile high-stakes cash game player Alan Keating raise to $3,000 with 5 4 and a stack of around $300,000 in front of him. A few players folded and then Humboldt Mike three-bet with J J to $16,000 with a stack of about $155,000. Keating made the call and the flop brought K Q 4.

According to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator, Humboldt Mike had an 82.4% chance to win the pot while Keating had just 17.6%. Mike then fired $9,500 into the pot with his big pocket pair, although he had to be a little troubled by the two overcards on board.

Keating quickly made the call and the pot now stood at almost $52,000. The turn then brought the 10, setting up an interesting board with flush and straight possibilities. This time Mike thought a bit and checked.

Keating also contemplated his options for a while before counting out a bet of $22,000. Mike seemed a bit perplexed and eventually called. The 4 fell on the river, giving Keating a very disguised three-of-a kind.

“How does he do it?” commentator Brent Hanks noted of how things played out. “He’s a magician, he’s spooky.”

Mike checked again and Keating bet $68,000.

“I don’t see how I can fold,” he said, despite the overcards on board.

At one point, Keating even flipped over the 5 for Mike to see that it was impossible for him to have a flush. Mike believed he was being bluffed and eventually called, and Keating collected a pot of almost $232,000.

The hand proved to be the last one for the night and Keating turned out to be the big winner. After buying in for $300,000, his chip stack stood at $417,400 for a nice six-figure profit.

Ryan Feldman stood out, buying in for $50,000 and building that to $156,500 when the action was over. Phil Hellmuth also had a nice night. After buying in for the minimum of only $30,000, he moved that up to $50,300.

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*Photo by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego

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