September 01, 2026
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Eric Wasserson Wins the Biggest Televised Pot in Poker History, Twice, in the Same Week

Eric Wasserson broke the biggest record in his sport's television history, and then, because apparently that wasn't enough content, broke it again two days later. On the August 31 broadcast of High Stakes Poker he won a $4,260,000 pot off Michael 'Texas Mike' Moncek, the largest pot in the show's history and the largest televised poker pot in United States history, blowing past Tom Dwan's $3.1 million pot from 2023 like it was standing still. Wasserson raised to $20,000 with nine-seven of diamonds, Moncek reraised to $80,000 with ten-seven of clubs, and the two of them watched a flop of ace-king-nine with two diamonds turn into a very expensive problem. A five of diamonds on the river handed Wasserson a flush, and the pot ballooned to $4.26 million on a $2,000-$4,000 game running a $20,000 big blind ante. That is a lot of zeroes for what started as two people arguing about a flush draw. This was Wasserson's second record-breaking pot in three days: he'd set the previous record, a mere $2.5 million, at the same table two days earlier. He finished the session $2.4 million richer and is now the winningest livestreamed cash game player in poker history among anyone who built their bankroll exclusively at the felt. That title exists for one reason: he is extremely good at this.

Two different all-time records fell at the same table within 72 hours, set by the same player. That is not a hot streak, that is a livestream having the best week of its professional life. And it happened in a cash game, the one format with no bracelet, no trophy and no leaderboard, which means almost nobody outside the poker world will ever hear about the biggest poker story of the month.