The 10 Biggest Pots in Televised Poker History

Big-game poker used to be something you heard about, not something you saw. Television changed that with High Stakes Poker in the 2000s, and live streams have since pushed the stakes to levels nobody expected. Every pot below was played in a cash game and shown on TV or a stream. All amounts are in US dollars and are the total size of the pot.

1. $5,029,000: “ST” vs. Aaron Zang (2026)

On a river board of 10♦ 7♣ Q♠ K♠ 8♦ both players had a straight, but only one had the nuts. Aaron Zang, a Triton champion from China, bet $800,000 into a $1,687,000 pot with the jack-high straight. The high roller known as “ST” moved all in for $1,871,000 with the ace-high straight and Zang called. The $5,029,000 pot, reported by PokerNews in April 2026, broke the live-stream record by almost $2 million. Wiktor Malinowski was also at the table.

2. $3,081,000: Tom Dwan vs. Wesley Fei (2023)

Wesley Fei five-bet ace-king before the flop and kept firing on a 3♦ 8♠ 8♦ 5♥ 6♣ board: $125,000 on the flop, $350,000 on the turn and his last $786,000 on the river. Tom Dwan called every bet with pocket queens. The hand became famous far beyond poker and held the record for almost three years.

Tom Dwan$7M0 bracelets

3. $2,801,000: Martin Kabrhel vs. Alan Keating (2026)

During the first high-stakes cash game streamed from the World Series of Poker, Alan Keating raised to $40,000 on the button, Martin Kabrhel made it $300,000 from the straddle and Keating moved all in for $1,346,000. Kabrhel called with the dominating ace-king. They ran the board three times; Kabrhel won two of them and took two thirds of the pot.

Martin Kabrhel$19.4M6 bracelets

4. $2,441,000: Antonio Esfandiari vs. Alan Keating (2026)

On a 9♦ 8♣ 6♠ flop Antonio Esfandiari had top set and Keating had middle pair with an open-ended straight draw. Instead of a small check-raise, Esfandiari moved all in for $1,084,000 and Keating called. They ran it twice: Keating made his straight on the first board and missed on the second, so the pot was chopped.

Antonio Esfandiari$27.8M3 bracelets

5. $2,421,500: Santhosh Suvarna vs. Matt Kalish (2026)

Four players put money in before the flop. On 6♣ Q♦ A♦ Santhosh Suvarna bet his set of queens, Sam “Senor Tilt” Kiki called with top pair and DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish moved all in for $948,000 with a flush draw. Suvarna called, Kiki folded, and Suvarna won both run-outs. It is the biggest pot in the twenty-year history of High Stakes Poker, beating Alan Keating’s $1.4 million from 2025.

SSSanthosh Suvarna$23.6M3 bracelets

6. $2,353,500: Paul Phua vs. Tom Dwan (2018)

Played in Korean won, this pot was converted at about $2.35 million. Dominik Nitsche opened, Tom Dwan three-bet, Paul Phua four-bet with pocket aces and Dwan moved all in for about $1.15 million with ace-queen. In February 2023 PokerNews still described it as the largest pot ever broadcast.

PPPaul Phua$29.9M1 bracelet

7. $1,978,000: Patrik Antonius vs. Eric Persson (2023)

On a 3♥ 3♣ 8♥ flop Antonius had the nut flush draw and Persson a smaller one; they raised back and forth to $250,000. The A♠ turn gave Patrik Antonius two pair, Eric Persson moved all in for $692,000 and Antonius called. The J♠ river changed nothing. At the time it was the biggest pot ever shown on a US stream.

Patrik Antonius$29.3M0 bracelets

8. $1,862,000: Santhosh Suvarna vs. Phil Nagy (2023)

A classic cooler. Phil Nagy four-bet to $250,000 with queens, Suvarna and Rob Yong called, and on a 7♣ 5♥ 4♥ flop Nagy bet $300,000 into Suvarna’s kings. Suvarna moved all in, Yong folded his own pair of queens, and Nagy called with no queens left in the deck. Suvarna won both run-outs.

PNPhil Nagy—0 bracelets

9. $1,269,000: Andrew Robl vs. Patrik Antonius (2023)

In the same game as pot number seven, Andrew Robl flopped a straight on Q-9-8 and Antonius flopped a set of nines. The turn 3♠ and river 4♥ did not help Antonius, and Robl took the pot on his way to finishing the game as its biggest winner.

ARAndrew Robl$5.8M0 bracelets

10. $1,158,000: Alan Keating vs. “Handz” (2022)

Keating called on a 10♠ 6♠ 5♦ flop with a flush draw and king-deuce, called again on the 4♦ turn and hit the 7♠ on the river. He bet $155,000, Handz moved all in with a rivered pair, and Keating called off his last $309,000 after more than two minutes. It was the biggest pot in US live-stream history at the time.

AKAlan Keating$2.7M0 bracelets

How the record grew

Tom Dwan has been part of three of the five record pots. For the stories behind the older hands, see our list of famous poker hands and famous high-stakes poker players.

What this list leaves out

• Online pots. The famous online record is Patrik Antonius’s $1,356,946 against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in 2009. Tony G reportedly won about $1.82 million from Leon Tsoukernik in an online game in 2022.
• Private games. Players have described even bigger pots in private games, but without footage they cannot be verified.
• Heads-up challenge matches. Some high roller series stream heads-up matches with multi-million stakes. They are a different format from a cash game and are not included.

Sources

• PokerNews, High roller wins record-setting $5 million pot during streamed cash game
• PokerNews, Tom Dwan wins largest pot in live-stream poker history
• PokerNews, Martin Kabrhel and Alan Keating play near-record $2.8 million pot
• PokerNews, Antonio Esfandiari and Alan Keating play a $2.4 million pot
• PokerNews, Largest pot in High Stakes Poker history
• PokerNews, Paul Phua and Tom Dwan play $2.3M pot at Triton SHR Jeju 2018
• PokerNews, Patrik Antonius wins $1,978,000 pot
• PokerNews, Pocket queens lose to pocket kings in $1.86 million pot
• PokerNews, Alan Keating wins biggest pot in US livestream poker history
• PokerNews, Dwan and Ivey set new TV cash-game poker record