Eric Wasserson has won the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history, taking $4.26 million from Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek after calling an extraordinary ten-high bluff at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.
The $4,260,000 pot did not simply break the previous High Stakes Poker record. It demolished a record Wasserson himself had set less than 48 hours earlier.
On Saturday, Wasserson won a $2.478 million High Stakes Poker pot against Andrew Robl.
By Monday night, $2.478 million was no longer even close to the record.
This time Wasserson faced Texas Mike, a river shove worth more than $1.6 million and a decision with a nine-high flush that ultimately produced one of the most spectacular calls in High Stakes Poker history.
Eric Wasserson and Texas Mike Play $4.26 Million High Stakes Poker Pot
The record-breaking hand began with Wasserson raising to $20,000 holding 9♦7♦.
Texas Mike looked down at 10♣7♣ on the button and three-bet to $80,000.
Wasserson called and the two players went to the flop.
Texas Mike Starts Bluffing With Ten-High
The flop came:
A♦ K♦ 9♣
Wasserson had bottom pair and a diamond flush draw.
Texas Mike had ten-high.
Wasserson checked and Texas Mike continued for $100,000.
Wasserson called.
The 4♥ arrived on the turn and changed very little.
Texas Mike still had ten-high.
That did not stop him.
Wasserson checked again and Texas Mike fired a second barrel worth $330,000.
Again, Wasserson called.
The pot was already heading into seven figures.
Then came the river.
Wasserson Makes a Flush as Texas Mike Goes All-In
The 5♦ completed the board.
More importantly for Wasserson, it completed his diamond flush.
His 9♦7♦ now made a nine-high flush.
Texas Mike still had nothing more than ten-high.
Wasserson checked for a third time.
Texas Mike had a choice.
Give up and almost certainly lose the pot, or attempt to convince Wasserson that he held a bigger diamond.
He chose the latter.
Texas Mike moved all-in.
The shove put more than $1.6 million in front of Wasserson and created the possibility of the largest pot High Stakes Poker had ever seen.
Why Wasserson’s $1.6 Million Call Was Not Easy
Wasserson had made his flush, but this was far from an automatic decision.
His nine-high flush could lose to several higher diamonds.
Texas Mike’s aggressive line was also capable of representing exactly that kind of hand.
Calling and being wrong would cost Wasserson more than $1.6 million.
Folding would mean surrendering an enormous pot with a genuinely strong hand against one of the most aggressive players at the table.
Wasserson thought it through.
Then he called.
Texas Mike showed 10♣7♣.
Ten-high.
Wasserson’s flush was good.
The Pot: $4,260,000
Every chip moved toward Eric Wasserson.
High Stakes Poker had a new record.
Again.
Eric Wasserson Breaks His Own High Stakes Poker Record
The speed with which the previous record disappeared makes the hand even more remarkable.
Wasserson had only just become the High Stakes Poker record holder.
During Saturday’s game, he faced Andrew Robl in a $2.478 million confrontation that had already surpassed Santhosh Suvarna’s previous $2,421,500 benchmark.
Wasserson called Robl’s huge turn shove with a pair of nines and survived two separate runouts.
At the time, $2.478 million appeared enormous.
It lasted as the record for less than two days.
The new $4.26 million pot is $1.782 million larger.
Wasserson has therefore broken the High Stakes Poker record twice in the space of a single weekend.
Texas Mike’s $4.26 Million Bluff Caps a Wild High Stakes Poker Run
Few players have been involved in more of the week’s chaos than Texas Mike.
Poker Type had already covered how Texas Mike won a $1.5 million pot but still lost more than $1 million during an earlier session.
That night featured more than $9 million on the table and five seven-figure pots.
The stakes continued escalating.
During the subsequent biggest High Stakes Poker game ever, Texas Mike was again involved in several enormous confrontations as millions of dollars moved around the table.
His unpredictable aggression is part of what makes playing against him so difficult.
It also means the swings can be extraordinary.
The $4.26 million hand demonstrated both sides of that approach.
Texas Mike reached the river with no meaningful showdown value and was willing to risk more than $1.6 million attempting to make Wasserson fold a flush.
This time, Wasserson did not believe him.
Texas Mike Wins $2.337 Million Straight Back
For most poker players, losing a $4.26 million pot would bring the session to an abrupt end.
Texas Mike continued playing.
And almost immediately won a huge portion of the money back.
Texas Mike picked up pocket kings and collided with Andrew Robl holding ace-king.
The result was another enormous pot.
$2,337,000.
Texas Mike won it.
That meant two consecutive hands had moved almost $6.6 million around the High Stakes Poker table.
A $2.337 million pot would have been close to the biggest pot in the show’s history only days earlier.
Now it was the follow-up to something almost twice as large.
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High Stakes Poker Records Have Exploded in 2026
High Stakes Poker has been showcasing huge cash games since the program first appeared in 2006.
The latest High Stakes Poker LIVE run has pushed those numbers into completely different territory.
Millions of dollars have repeatedly been on the table at the PokerGO Studio.
Wasserson, Texas Mike, Andrew Robl, Rick Salomon and other high-stakes regulars have played seven-figure pots with increasing frequency.
Poker Type followed the escalation throughout the week.
Texas Mike won a $1.5 million pot.
Wasserson won approximately $1.43 million from Texas Mike.
Rick Salomon won a pot worth around $2 million.
Then Wasserson and Robl played for $2.478 million.
That was supposed to be the record.
Less than 48 hours later, Wasserson and Texas Mike played for $4.26 million.
What Is the Biggest Pot in High Stakes Poker History?
The biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history is now $4,260,000, won by Eric Wasserson against Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek.
Wasserson held 9♦7♦ and made a nine-high diamond flush on the river.
Texas Mike held 10♣7♣ and moved all-in with ten-high in an attempt to represent a stronger flush.
Wasserson called and won the record pot.
The hand surpassed Wasserson’s own previous High Stakes Poker record of $2.478 million, set against Andrew Robl less than 48 hours earlier.
Eric Wasserson Owns the New High Stakes Poker Record
Wasserson’s week is difficult to put into perspective.
During an earlier High Stakes Poker LIVE session, he finished more than $1.1 million down.
He responded by winning the biggest pot in the history of the show.
Then he broke his own record less than two days later.
The first was worth $2,478,000.
The second was worth $4,260,000.
For Texas Mike, the hand will be remembered as an extraordinarily expensive ten-high bluff.
For Wasserson, it was another enormous call under pressure and another place in High Stakes Poker history.
High Stakes Poker has a new number to beat.
$4.26 million.
