A strange and anticlimactic hand unfolded during PokerGO’s Super High Roller cash game — one that looked destined to become a $900,000 monster pot, but instead ended with two quiet checks on the river.
The hand featured Sam “Senor Tilt” Kiki and Darin Feinstein, the same two players who were involved in last week’s controversial High Stakes Poker Season 15 hand. This time, however, there was no drama or tension between them — just an ending that left viewers stunned.
The game was a $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em cash session, with straddles reaching up to $16,000, plus occasional $50,000 PLO flips, creating the usual loose and aggressive super high roller atmosphere.
The key hand began with five players limping for $2,000. Kiki held 9♥7♥, while Feinstein had 5♥4♥.
The flop came 10♥ K♥ 2♥, putting three hearts on the board. After checks from Kiki and Antonio Esfandiari, Feinstein bet $25,000, and only Kiki called.
The turn was the 4♠. Kiki checked again with $427,000 behind, Feinstein fired $75,000, and Kiki called once more. At this point, most viewers — and the commentators — were expecting fireworks on the river.
Instead, the river brought a clean 6♣.
No pairing. No new draws. And somehow… no bet.
Both players checked their flushes, and the pot — now $212,000 — went to Feinstein. A hand that easily could have ballooned into one of the biggest pots of the week ended in silence.
The commentators were visibly shocked. “I can’t believe he checked back,” Brent Hanks said on the broadcast. Ali Nejad added that this was a clear example of why a check-raise on the turn can be so important.
At the table, Kiki joked, saying Feinstein was “locking it up,” poking fun at the unusually conservative line. Moments later, Kiki admitted, “I should’ve bet. I really should’ve.” Feinstein’s response was simple: “No comment.”