On Sunday, a unique group of some of the world’s biggest content creators sat down with 16 times World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and high stakes cash gaming legend Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan for what is likely to be one of the most watched online livestreams in game history. There were reportedly more than 100,000 concurrent viewers during the heyday of the Los Angeles-based Hustler Casino Live broadcast. The broadcast has since been viewed over a million times on various social media platforms and video hosting sites.
Alexandra Botez’s famous chess game was the biggest winner at the end with her winnings of $456,900. The American-Canadian Twitch star with over a million followers got off to a huge start and ended up turning her $50,000 subscription into a final pile of more than half a million dollars.
YouTuber Jimmy’ Mr. Beast’ Donaldson, which hosts the fifth most-watched channel with 94 million subscribers, also came in black. Donaldson finished with a profit of $438,900 after a wild session that started with hundreds of thousands starting in the hole.
Rising broadcast star Ludwig Ahgren was the other big winner, taking home $404,700. Ahgren broke a record of Twitch subscribers last spring with 283,000, a record previously held by Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, who was also at poker and ended up winning $144,300.
Alan Keating, a partner at a major financial firm, was on the other end of the spectrum, ending the night more than $1.1 million lower according to broadcast chip charts.
In the last hand, Keating flipped Mister Best for a bet of nearly $400,000. Keating picked up the pocket sevens, somehow awoke Mr. Beast with the pocket kings and grabbed him to bring the crazy stream to an end.
Dwan, who has made a name for himself playing some of the biggest pots in televised games like High Stakes Poker Back in the day, he ended up booking a relatively small profit of $26,500.
Hellmuth lost $96,400 when work finally stopped in the wee hours of the morning.
Poker Brat shared a few of the broadcast’s most talked-about moments. Early in the session by failure A
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2Donaldson bet $5,000 with the full air and called Hellmuth with an A.9.
Then ‘Slime’ moved everyone for $35,000 through A
6, causing Donaldson to capsize while sending Hellmouth to the tank. While considering the additional $30,000, Duane apparently asked to see Helmuth’s hand, which prompted Phil to move the cards forward. Then he pointed to the flip of the hand, apparently at Keating’s request.
In the broadcast, the movement looked as if Helmuth had spoiled his cards. ‘Middle’ thought too, and raised his hand, although Helmuth assured that he was simply passing it to Duane.
The two eventually came to an agreement, with Slime paying $5,000 in lieu of his stack and Hellmuth being awarded the bowl. Check out the hand clip below, with a comment from Hellmuth in response to the online discussion about the hand and what it looks like.
Here is the hand. This was perfectly normal and normal: I did it no thing wrong. I asked the other players how to handle it, and they told me to collect $5,000 or $10,000 from my opponent (who was pulling to 6, three wins). Anyone who questions my integrity is a way out of line https://t.co/Tw49NhVHa9
– phil_hellmuth (phil_hellmuth) May 2, 2022
“Slime,” which ended up stuck at more than $140,000, took to Twitter to pitch his ideas.
I had some fun hands and some kicks I hope it’s fun to watch too I guess
1. The nonverbal face above the line seemed like a barn to me but
2. Keating told him to flip his hand and it’s a friendly game IDC cannabis family smoke– journalist (@slime_machine) May 2, 2022
Félix Lengyel, better known by millions of online streaming fans as ‘xQc’, was one of the few players to leave the game midway through the stream. He got off to a strong start, but lost some key jobs that ended him with close to $100,000.
Putz started the day strong. Felt Bdouane with the pocket kings beating the best pair of queens, then she won a huge bowl built with a wild stance. The game featured blinds ranging from $100 to $200, but with seven ranges, Mr. Best placed $25,600 without even looking at his hand.
The Hellmuth A-8 was handled and transported with everything, looking forward to taking down the juice bowl. Butz got into the tank but made the call with an A-9. It eventually became a four-way game, with Keating also coming in with the A-3 and Mr. Beast having an alarmingly good chance of winning only his Q-5 suit. The flop gave Botez a top-of-nine pair, and she held out from there to take down the massive $339,100 bet.
Not a big deal…just a hand of 100/200/400/800/1,600/3,200/6,400/12,800/25,600!!!
Season–straddle for $25,600 Tweet embed!!!
4-road everyone-IN for $339,000!!!
Set now: pic.twitter.com/OFp8lrVJG2
– Hustler Casino Live (@HCLPokerShow) May 2, 2022
Hellmuth later took part in an all-in-one movie that outraged viewers. He’s got it all with pocket jacks versus Blevins’ pocket sevens. Hellmuth extended his lead when the A . flop fellKy To give Hellmuth a set. s In turn gave the ninja some hope, with 10 On the river make straight on the board for chopping.
“I’m going to suck a dick for ten years,” Blevins said just 10 seconds ago. Complete the panel to see the $99,500 pot split. Hellmuth sounded understandably frustrated, while ‘Ninja’ let out a cry of victory before grinning.
Not a big deal…just a hand of 100/200/400/800/1,600/3,200/6,400/12,800/25,600!!!
Season–straddle for $25,600 Tweet embed!!!
4-road everyone-IN for $339,000!!!
Set now: pic.twitter.com/OFp8lrVJG2
– Hustler Casino Live (@HCLPokerShow) May 2, 2022
Watch the full broadcast from Hustler Casino Live below.
