(upbeat music)
- [AJ] Previously on "High Stakes Poker,"
Rick and Nick flipped for 900,000.
- I'm doomed. (chuckling) Nice hand.
- Thank you.
- [AJ] Alan Keating felt it, Justin Gavri.
- Let's not have a disaster here.
Oh, not like this.
- Oh. (laughing)
- Not like this. - That's a rough one.
- [AJ] And Peter bluffed the unbluffable.
- Not the kind of bet I can fold to.
(upbeat music continues)
(Alan sighing)
♪ I'm all-in
- [AJ] He put three bricks out there with a four high.
- That just looks so sweet.
- Out come the bricks.
- Crispy cash on the table. I miss this.
♪ I'm all-in
♪ These ladies ain't ladies unless they're your ladies ♪
♪ Got your hands on a monster, that's what it takes ♪
♪ If you got what it takes, then you can play high stakes ♪
- [AJ] Hard to believe this is the last episode
of the season.
I'm not exaggerating.
This was one of the best seasons we've ever had.
So what about we just sit back and enjoy.
as this group wraps up their session?
AJ Benza, along with Nick Schulman
from our High-Stakes Suite at ARIA Resort & Casino.
Just about 4 million bucks on the table
as we pick up the action.
And remember, this is a six-handed game.
And man, that's a lot of dough out there.
- [Nick] It's a lot of straddles as well, AJ.
How are you, pal? - A lot of fuzzles,
a lot of straddles, a lot of coin.
Yeah, I'm doing well. You?
Last game this season, Nick, what do you think?
Flew by. - AJ, I'm all right, my man.
It did. This game's gonna be insane.
We all know it. (AJ chuckling)
Look at these guys. - You got that right.
Triple straddle
is on. - I think that's right.
- [AJ] Gavri raised to 24,000.
Kiki called, Airball's in.
Three-way. 10, 6, 4.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Draw of the nuts for Airball, top pair for Gavri.
Kiki with king-queen high.
- [AJ] He bets 32,000.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] I would imagine Airball sticks around
for at least one.
- Sam, your card.
Thank you.
- [AJ] Airball picks up a seven.
(chips clinking)
That's 151,000.
- [Nick] Does just go all-in in for Airball.
Does he keep an eye on all the possible draws?
Maybe catch up if he's behind or does he let it go?
He does keep an eye on things. - Nice.
- Yep. - All right.
- [Nick] See if he can catch inside, AJ.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 1] Okay, river, queen.
- Queen, let's go queen twice.
- [AJ] First to Gav.
(chips clinking)
- That's not clean.
- [Nick] Chop it up, gentlemen.
- [AJ] There you go.
- I just watched him to see his reaction.
He didn't look happy. I thought, "Okay, that's good news."
- You didn't watch the board. - I just watched him.
I was like, "I was gonna see how you react."
- [Sam] I do that when I play defense:
watch the dueler's face.
- Well, (beep) I'm talking about this (beep).
- And make your boy watch the real out.
You'll watch it. - I just thought that,
honestly, on the turn, I was like,
"There's no way Rick would fold this hand,
so I'm gonna call." (laughing)
Yesterday that you ran into backup so soon.
- No, just like, it's just easier to bring it out.
- Yeah, yeah, so I don't have to.
- [Alan] I'm used to needing them actually.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.
- [AJ] Straddle is on.
- [Dealer 1] Call.
Call.
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] Rick.
- [Dealer 1] 22k.
- [AJ] That's 22 dimes with his king-queen.
- [Nick] Kiki on the button.
He's shown he does not go quietly.
What do you got, Sam? Five-four off.
He's in there.
- [AJ] All right.
- [Nick] Airball has got the ace-eight suited, by the way.
You know, it's a pretty good hand, AJ.
- [AJ] Yeah.
- [Nick] He's not this maniac
that he makes himself out to be.
Perhaps open-ended for Kiki. - Look at that.
Yeah. - Top pair for Salomon.
- [AJ] Rick bets 25 dimes.
- [Nick] We could legitimately have a huge one brewing here.
- It's a good thing I did.
- [AJ] 75 from Kiki.
- [Nick] Right on cue.
Kiki takes us upstairs.
Was that an all-in announced? - Let me guess.
Yes, it was another all-in for Rick.
Last week, he was crazy with them.
And here we are again.
(chips clinking)
- 463,500.
- [Nick] It's a little bit brutal
to raise the open-ended straight draw and then fold,
but it does spring to mind
when it's almost another 400 dimes.
- 475 you said?
- [Dealer 1] 463,500.
- Okay, not on top. - You want me
to pull these in? - No, no, no, no.
So that's total. - Total.
- Yeah. - Total, okay, cool.
So 400 more, 400 more.
- [Nick] Is he getting the right price against Rick's range?
Unclear. - Turn-river, please.
- He does let it go. - That's it.
- [Nick] Didn't feel like calling off 400 dimes.
Understandable. - That's a lot.
- One more, one more, one more.
One more turn-river. One more turn-river.
- Got it.
- No flush, Rick?
- [Rick] I don't know. (AJ laughing)
- I don't know. - One more turn-river, please.
(chips clinking)
- All right, I'm adding chips.
I'm adding 500.
Let them know. - Okay, thank you, Alan.
He's adding 500.
- You heard the man, AJ. - Keating reloads.
- [Nick] Keating's seen enough.
- [AJ] He's gonna sit down and teach these guys a lesson.
(chips clinking)
(Nik chuckling) (Sam chuckling)
- How did I end up just raising that flop?
Shoot, I just did. I should have my move on the turn.
- You wanna hit the king and the flop?
- This is crazy, I actually
don't have no idea what he's got.
- [Dealer 1] Call.
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] All right, ace-jack of spades for Peter.
(Sam laughing) (Nik chuckling)
- [Nik] God.
- [Nick] Gutshot for Kiki.
- [AJ] Okay.
- [Nick] Peter being a little sneaky
to start things off, three checks.
Airball picks up spades.
We can see Peter has those spades covered.
- [Dealer 1] 20 dimes.
- [AJ] 20 dimes.
- [Nick] Kiki coming along with the gutshot.
This guy's real action, AJ.
- [AJ] Yeah, that's what we were told,
and that's what he's been doing.
- [Nick] Nightmare for Airball.
- [AJ] Yeah, king-high flush.
I can't see ace-high flush.
- [Dealer 1] Check. - [AJ] Peter checked.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Meanwhile, here comes Kiki.
He's lighting the fuse for the two bombs next to him.
(AJ laughing)
He's not short on heart.
- [AJ] No, now look at Airball.
- [Nick] And it's a real decision for Peter
whether to call or raise.
Naturally, we fall to the bolts or the straight flush,
but the nut flush with the jack to boot
feels like Peter's taking us upstairs.
(AJ laughing)
- [AJ] Good.
Attaboy, Peter!
Raises to what is that? 325,000.
- [Dealer 1] 325.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] And for Airball, this is pretty sick.
- [AJ] And it's his friend, his translator.
Well, he translates.
(chips clinking)
- Hmm.
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] He calls.
- Call. - Call.
- Flush.
- And ace-high flush.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Huge pickup for Peter, AJ.
- [AJ] Really was, Peter's back!
- [Nick] My word.
Airball's frozen right there.
He's just kinda sitting there. (AJ laughing)
- [AJ] He sure is.
Just nine extra cranberries into Peter's stack.
(upbeat music)
And a sad emoji for Airball.
(upbeat music)
- [AJ] As the pros would say, it was just a cooler.
Nick, what is a cooler?
How'd they come about that phrase?
- [Nick] You know, that's an old-timey expression.
Its inception was because when they cheat in poker,
they'd sneak a deck in
which was always a little colder
than the deck in use,
thus it's a cooler. - Interesting. Wow!
- [Nick] But now, it's synonymous with just a horrific beat.
Most of the cheating in Vegas has dissipated now
that they've kicked your cousins out of town:
Tony The Ants, (AJ laughing)
Frankie Two Times.
- Jimmy Galapago. - Jimmy Galapago.
You know, back in the day, it was...
Meanwhile, what's going on here, AJ?
- [AJ] Queen, eight, deuce on the flop.
And Rick's got big slick, bets 25,000.
Nikki with ace-six of clubs, makes the call.
Jack of spades on the turn.
(chips clinking)
Look at Airball.
- [Nick] I like this from Airball.
- How about that? - What's that?
- 55. - 55.
- [Nick] The thing about this though
is if you do it here and the river bricks,
you have to do it once more.
(chips clinking)
And the river does brick, AJ.
- [AJ] So let's see.
- [Nick] Ace-king and ace-10 are such targets
for Airball hands that beat us
that if we check to, here it is.
- [AJ] There it goes.
- [Nick] Did he snapped? I thought he snap-called for that.
Very nice from Airball.
Bravo, sir. - Follow me.
I should get one through on wrist.
- Yeah. - And he shows it.
- 185. - I had ace-king, yeah.
(Sam laughing)
- [AJ] Extra sweet victory when it's against Rick.
- Finally managed get one through on Rick.
- Nice hand. Good play.
I was hoping you would give up, I was hoping.
- Not much of a giver-upper once I start. (laughing)
- Ah, I was hoping. Good play.
(chips clinking)
- There comes Rick, 20,000. - 20,000.
(chips clinking)
- Okay. - Kiki's in.
- [Dealer 1] Three player.
- [Nick] See if Peter can avoid disaster.
What a dynamite spot for Salomon.
(chips clinking)
I didn't see this coming, by the way.
- [AJ] 35,000 from Peter.
(chips clinking)
All right, Kiki calls. - Call.
- [Nick] We'll see how ugly this gets for Kiki.
(AJ chuckling)
- Rick, 135 dimes. - 130.
- [AJ] This is moving quick.
- [Nick] And it's right on the heels of Airball
showing him that bluff.
- [AJ] Mm-hmm.
- [Nick] So Kiki might think he's a little tilted right now.
He is in, AJ. - Yeah, looking good.
There you go. - Drawing very slim. Very.
(chips clinking)
And he is officially drawing dead.
- All-in.
- Oh boy.
(chips clinking)
Feels like Rick can kinda sense Sam has the ace,
and he's just going for it now.
You could consider betting smaller with a hand this strong,
but Rick is really trying to make it look like a draw.
Get called by the ace. Will his plan come to fruition?
(chips clinking)
- I fold.
- [Nick] Very nice from Kiki, good fold.
- [AJ] Good idea.
(chips clinking)
All right.
Little construction going on in Rick's end.
Good fold there from Sam Kiki,
who is a more savvy player than he lets on.
(logo whooshing)
- I like to see flops.
I mean, I (laughing),
just that I didn't like that since I was a kid,
so I'm probably very loose pre-flop.
And then I tend to like to play deep stack
so that, you know, I think if the game's more creative,
you can do a lot more stuff.
It's hard to play deep stack at these stakes.
So, you know, I gotta pick my spots.
But I like to put pressure on.
I mean, it's like similar to just how
I take on pretty much anything in life.
So I like to put people in tough spots.
And yeah, and you know, I like to try to play my hands
with a more creative line.
(logo whooshing)
- God, I got close-
- [Nick] All right, I can respect that.
- [AJ] Yeah, said the right thing.
He's showing his prowess.
Doesn't seem too scared.
- Peter.
He's gonna called me.
Maybe a hundred more.
- [Nick] Nine-four suited for Peter.
- No problem. - He's in there.
- [Dealer 1] Call, 15,000.
- [AJ] 10-9 of spades. Kiki makes it 15 dimes.
- I called Sam 'cause I was like,
"Maybe he'll call too." - Out.
- [Nick] I feel like Salomon's had a lot of ace-kings,
you know? - I'm telling you, yeah.
- [Nick] And once again, here we go.
- [AJ] Here we go.
- Call. - How much you playing, Sam?
- I got
200, 300, 400, so it's four something, I don't know.
- [Nick] Draw of the nuts
and the backdoor spades working for Kiki.
Salomon's still with all sorts of stuff.
Did he just rip? - All-in, all-in.
- He's all-in? - Unbelievable.
- Rick just piling the pressure.
- [AJ] That was real quick.
- Didn't you have, like, 40,000 an hour ago?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [AJ] Yeah, that's about right.
- (beep) Punishing one of these (beep)
reraised all-in (beep).
- Winning pot.
I'm winning pot. (chuckling) - Reraised all-in. (beep)
- Didn't add up. - It works until it doesn't.
It works until it doesn't. - Not that time.
- You're gonna try to punish him? (chuckling)
- [Sam] Yeah, dude, I was just waiting
'cause I know he's gonna go all-in on whatever flop, right?
So (chuckling) just wait for it, just wait for it.
- [AJ] Rick is creeping back.
- Wait, just wait. (laughing) - Yeah. Wait.
So wait.
- [AJ] Keating's still on top.
- That one, I didn't wanna call.
The other one, I might have.
(players laughing)
- I know you had a monster in that hand.
I'm just like, "You can't even convince me."
If you come outside and you tell me you didn't,
I still won't believe it.
- Yeah, I have to wait for TV now.
(Nick laughing) (players laughing)
- Bullets for Gavri. - I will change my mind.
- [AJ] Makes it 12,000. (players laughing)
- Call.
- [Dealer 1] Call.
- Change my mind. - It's three-way.
Five, deuce, jack.
- [Nick] This feels real bad for Kiki
given the current state of affairs, AJ.
- [AJ] Yeah, I don't see him getting away from this one.
19 dimes from Gavri.
- [Dealer 1] Call.
- [AJ] Kiki calls.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 1] 58,000.
- [AJ] 58,000 from Gavri.
(chips clinking)
There you go, Kiki.
- [Nick] Can you find the jack or the king, AJ?
- [AJ] Yeah.
- [Nick] That red deuce looks like it's worth
145 grand for Gavri.
- All-in.
- [Dealer 1] All-in.
- [AJ] Well, there we go. (chuckling)
Kiki's been in this spot a lot tonight.
- [Nick] It looked like he was reaching there.
We don't really expect Kiki to fold here.
(chips clinking)
- Aces. - And there it is.
- [AJ] There you go.
- [Dealer 1] Aces and deuces.
- Tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt.
- [Dealer 1] All 6,000.
- I'm stupid, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Against Rick, I should have called that against.
I should have called that, stupid.
- [AJ] Wow, another hand.
Just shy of half a million bucks.
We have a backpack sighting.
Oh yeah. This game is on.
(upbeat music)
- I fold. - All-in.
- Rick just piling the pressure.
- Aces.
- Tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt.
(logo whooshing)
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] Well, the players know there's not
too much time left in the night.
Nick, how does that affect them
in terms of how they play?
- [Nick] It really depends on the lineup,
but I feel we get the feeling watching this crew,
the action will accelerate.
- [AJ] (laughing) Yeah.
- [Nick] 'Cause they know there's only so much time.
- [AJ] Right, right.
(chips clinking)
Eight, nine, deuce.
- [Nick] Draw of the nuts for Kiki.
Only he does find the stone nuts.
- [AJ] There you go, wow.
- [Nick] Nut flush draw working for Salomon now.
- Check. - 63 dimes in the middle.
- [AJ] 40,000 from Kiki.
(chips clinking)
- Call. - Rick calls, all right.
- Two player.
(chips clinking)
125.
- Okay. Yep, yep. - Oh, got one back.
Kiki. - Place one down.
(Sam laughing)
- When it rains, it pours. When it rains, it pours.
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, go ahead. (hums)
- [AJ] A few of those,
I feel like a few of those hands that Kiki was in,
Rick went all-in,
tough cards he was facing.
- [Nick] Yeah, the ace-eight was a good laydown.
He couldn't call off the 10-9,
but still, it's that feeling that a guy's on top of you.
When a guy's just jamming on you constantly
and you can't call ladies for Keating,
it starts to, you know? - Yeah.
- [Nick] And then the king-jack versus Gavri's aces,
it was a tough runout.
- Sure was. - Peter's not going anywhere.
- [AJ] Heck no!
Calls. - Call.
Two player.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Peter's sort of straddling the eight
has the backdoor diamonds working, but just 10 high.
Let's see the turn. - Okay.
- [Nick] And he does pick up the outs, AJ.
- [AJ] All righty.
- [Dealer 1] Check.
(chips clinking)
- Check, check. - Takes the free one.
(chips clinking)
We've seen these two play such interesting hands,
not just tonight.
They've really played all sorts of lines
you just don't see very often,
one would have to think Peter is about to bluff.
See how Keating responds to that.
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] Just line them up.
70,000 with nothing.
- [Nick] For Keating as played,
it's nice not to have a five, six, or seven.
So that would free up some of the misses
Peter could have this hand as well.
Of course, it's possible.
Peter checked, turned back.
Also, he just pays it off. Just Keating plays great.
- You won.
- [Nick] He pays it off 10 at a time too.
That's a little, if I'm Peter, it's I'm blind right now.
I'm taking a little walk after the 10 at a time.
- [AJ] I felt the same way.
(chips clinking)
Are there fights or little, like, arguments that occur
because someone does throw the chip a certain way
that's aggravating? - Yeah, absolutely.
- Love that. - Yeah, sure.
- [AJ] That's fun.
(relaxing music)
(logo whooshing)
With the add-ons, the money on the table
just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
We're over 4.5 million
with Justin Gavri at nearly half a mill,
and he's got the shortest stack at the table!
Back after this.
(upbeat music)
- [AJ] Right back into it.
Gavri, get us started, my man.
There you go, raise to 10,000.
- [Nick] All right, Kiki's in there.
- [AJ] Man, good.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] We know Rick will be in there.
- For sure. Yep. - Bang.
(Nik chuckling)
- Oh! Nine, queen, king. - Stone nuts for Salomon.
- Yeah, right. - Top pair for Peter.
- [Dealer 2] Check. Check.
- [Nick] Good check from Peter on the flop.
Not, you know, very vulnerable king.
- [AJ] 20,000.
- [Nick] Gavri gets out of there.
- [AJ] Oh, Peter.
- Oh no, AJ. - Look at this. Look at this.
- Is that 55,000? - 55,000.
- [Nick] This is a little odd for Salomon.
Peter really representing a flush,
but of course, not going anywhere with a straight.
I would imagine the plan for Peter
is just to check back if the river's a brick,
but you just never know with Peter.
- [Dealer 2] Check.
Check. - Straight!
- Does check it back. - There it goes.
- Ooh.
(AJ chuckling)
- [AJ] This guy, another interesting flick.
- Making some hands, Rick.
It's a little scary. - Trying.
(AJ laughing) (Nik laughing)
- More fun when you never had anything.
(players laughing)
It felt way easier.
It was just like, "Okay, Rick has nothing now."
- Ever, ever, ever.
- Yeah! Now, it's like (beep).
You might actually turn over a hand.
- [AJ] So the monster's waking up a little bit.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I had to take a loss on that one.
That other one too.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 2] 10.
Call.
- [AJ] All right.
- [Nick] 10 from Keating.
- Call. - Salomon in there
with four-three off, AJ.
Peter's in. Price of poker going up.
- [AJ] Getting fun.
- What is that there? - 70k.
- 70. - 70,000.
Three-bets to 70,000. Kiki with the ace-queen.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Would think this usually goes Kiki
and Keating to the flop.
Perhaps Peter comes along for Rick
with the four-three off.
- Oh yeah, yeah. - Keating might be
considering four-betting.
- [AJ] Looks that way.
- AJ, he's really reaching. - Yeah, he's gotta do it.
- [Nick] Does find the call though.
- All right, all right. - Scare tactics. (laughing)
- [Nick] Guess Peter won't appeal, okay.
- I'm surprised he didn't cut them out.
- All right, boys. - Here we go.
- I thought they were going in. (laughing)
- I thought he's gonna cut them down
and stack them up and stuff.
Yay! - There's a queen.
- [Nick] Lovely flop for Kiki. (Nik laughing)
Don't really see Keating going away just yet either.
- [AJ] Kiki bets 60,000.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 2] Call.
- [AJ] All right.
(chips clinking)
Queen.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Sneaky from Kiki.
(AJ chuckling)
For Keating, he might elect to go for something small
and just target the unpaired hands
to kind of protect his hand a bit.
(chips clinking)
- 90,000. - 90.
- [Nick] He does go for 90.
And of course, for send your tilt.
This is the dream. (AJ laughing)
- [AJ] Aha.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 2] 90.
- [AJ] Yes, sir.
Look at this.
- [Nick] And now for Keating, it's interesting.
I think the jig is up as far as this six
has ever been good on this river,
but might he try to target 10s or jacks, even kings,
and turn them into a bluff?
We shall see.
461.5 in the middle. - All right.
- [Nick] 310 back for Kiki.
(chips clinking)
- Check. - (scoffing) Full house.
- Waves a white flag. - What a river.
- [Nick] And a good choice it was.
- [AJ] Certainly.
- I was trying to hit full house on the river.
(Sam laughing)
Nice hand. - Thanks, man.
(chips clinking)
(Sam sighing)
- Good self-control not to sail it off, buddy.
- [Sam] Yeah, seriously.
- I don't think it would've worked.
- I mean, I think he might've thought about it
for a quarter of a quarter of a millisecond.
(Sam chuckling) (Nik chuckling)
Like as fast as it took for, as long as it took
for his brain to process that you said, "All-in."
That was how long it took him to call.
(beep). Just to process that the money was in there.
- [AJ] Guys have quieted down for a bit.
- Oh, sorry, deal me out. That's what I was saying.
- [Dealer 2] Okay.
- Yeah. - Yes, please.
He's done.
10.
- [AJ] All right.
- [Sam] Go one on one, that's what I'm saying.
- [AJ] Keating raised it to 10 with five-three of spades.
- [Alan] There's a real thing around-
- [AJ] Peter, big slick.
- [Dealer 2] 55. - [AJ] 55,000.
(chips clinking)
- Call. - All right.
- [Nick] And this type of hand Keating has is actually
really a sort of hand you're looking for playing this deep.
- [AJ] Mm.
- It's a hundred? All right. - Yep.
- [Nick] Does it help flop Peter?
- [AJ] Yep, yep.
- [Dealer 2] Check.
- I can take those two. - That's good.
- [AJ] Now this fade.
- [Nick] Peter with a draw of the nuts.
Keating with the flush draw.
- It's 20? - Yep.
- [Dealer 2] Check.
- Oh. - When he does find
the flush, AJ. - That's it. There you go.
- Sorry, man. - Thank you, my man.
- [Nik] Blacks should be able to fit one rack at least.
- Yep. - Check.
- Do you want me to give you yellow?
- I got one rack right here. Got a rack here.
- You want yellows for those purples?
- Yeah. Thanks, man.
- You're not finishing in the show?
- [Sam] Hmm?
- You're not finishing the show?
- No, I got a massage.
- Oh, massage.
- [Sam] Summerlin.
- He has a massage. - Massage at Summerlin, hmm.
Must be some massage to leave a table like this.
- You just tell the masseuse 500 more.
Can they stay another hour? (Sam laughing)
- You think that will work? - Rick will give massage
if Kiki stays.
By the way, that would sound like...
- [Nick] Oh. (AJ laughing)
- Pleasure as always, Rick. (laughing)
- [Nick] Let it go, Peter.
- Here's the 500 to pay 'em.
(players laughing)
- He's like, "Get that (beep) 500 out of my way!"
(players laughing)
- He's facing 175k.
- [Nik] Nudging, nudging, nudging.
- [AJ] Peter having a tough time.
- [Nick] It's kinda, there it is, yeah.
(Rick laughing)
- He just looks at that. - Looks so startled.
- It's from Rick. He says it's for the masseuse.
- All right. (Nik laughing)
(AJ laughing) (Rick sighing)
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Oh, Peter.
He knows how wild Keating is and he's right.
There you go. - Okay, whoa.
- Attaboy. - Just in time.
Clock was running out there.
- Yeah, Peter.
- Thanks, guys. - Keating adds to his stack.
- Okay, bye. - I'm heading for a...
- [Nick] Well, Kiki's outta here. Goodnight, pal.
- All right, all right. - See you next season
hopefully. - Yeah, he was a fun addition.
- Hey, Doc. (laughing)
- [AJ] One of the best debuts
we've ever had in "High Stakes Poker."
Sam Kiki, hope to see you soon, pal.
(upbeat music)
- [AJ] Sam Kiki is headed off The Strip.
We're playing five-handed.
And there's absolutely nowhere to hide.
(logo whooshing)
- Yeah, go ahead. - Near the one month.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 1] Thank you.
Call.
- [AJ] All right.
- [Alan] Why don't we make a pot?
- [AJ] Let's see who strikes first blood.
- [Nik] Done 21 now.
- [AJ] Kings for Gavri, sevens for Peter.
- [Alan] That's what it's all about.
That looks like a real hand.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Looks like Peter is considering coming over
the top, but in all likelihood, calls.
AJ, he's coming over the top.
- This guy's funny. - 64 now.
- [AJ] 64,000 now.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Does Gavri wanna slow play
or just go for it all pre?
- All-in.
- [AJ] Hey, well, he answered that.
(chips clinking)
(Peter chuckling)
(AJ chuckling) (Nick chuckling)
He hasn't consulted with Airball for a while.
- [Nick] No, maybe now that Kiki left, he's directly next
to his translator. - Yeah.
- [Nick] He does get away.
- [AJ] Good move, sir.
- Shocked you? - Yeah.
- Been calling.
(chips clinking)
- [AJ] Gavri creeping up stack sizes.
(chips clinking)
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [Nik] Mm.
- Sure, one more, why not?
- [AJ] Wait, oh!
Gavri going for another margarita.
Finishing his first one, downing his first one quickly!
- 8,000. - He's doing it.
- [AJ] Boy.
- [Dealer 1] Justin, 500 more, please.
- [Justin] You got it. You got it.
- [Nick] Your margarita guy when you were drinking.
- [AJ] Oh yeah, Patrol Margarita rocks.
No salt and use Triple Sec as well.
- [Nick] AJ, you rattled that order off pretty quickly,
you know? - (laughing) I know.
Yeah, you remember the good times. What can I tell you?
- Absolutely. - 43.
- [Nick] Meanwhile, 43 dimes from Keating.
Six-three off. (AJ laughing)
- [AJ] It's that time of night maybe.
Let's have some fun. - Peter's in.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 1] Two player.
Check. - Kind of a good flop
for Keating.
Got that key six of clubs.
Pretty hard for Peter to take any heat here.
- [Dealer 1] 32.
- [AJ] He bets 32,000, Keating.
- [Nick] Every time I think Peter's out though,
he's raising, it's you know?
- I know. - Hard guy to predict.
- [AJ] Yeah, he's a...
- [Nick] Does look like he's gone though.
- [AJ] Yeah. Yep, yep, yep.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] I feel like if this game was off-camera,
Peter mighta, you know,
knocked somebody out cold by now.
Just seems like he's in the mood.
Like, these guys think it's all fun and games.
Just Peter might, you know? - Yeah, he's not as jovial
as he was a couple weeks ago. - Yeah, he's you know?
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [AJ] Here we go, here we go! Get back.
- [Nick] Here we go.
- Reunited. (chuckling) - Yes.
- [AJ] Give me my bricks.
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
(Nik laughing)
- [AJ] Rolling up his sleeves.
- He's trying to bait you into doing something stupid
with all that cash.
He understands English.
He heard the Bobby Baldwin story,
so he asked for the cash. (laughing)
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- He said, "Keating has 150, I also have 150."
(AJ laughing) (Nik laughing)
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [Alan] We're not done yet.
- [AJ] I guess the appearance is everything.
Now he wants to- - You know what he said?
He said he was playing, like, too low variance today.
And he said, "(beep) that.
Yeah, it's on." (laughing)
- Really? - Yeah.
- [AJ] Peter is styling and profiling.
(Nik speaking Mandarin) (Peter speaking Mandarin)
- 800. - Thank you.
- The ladies got here, he got a little extra energy there,
all his other stuff. (Nik speaking Mandarin)
- [Nik] The ladies came.
He's ready to put the money in, Rick. (laughing)
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
(upbeat music)
- [AJ] Man, Peter's gotta be feeling real
good about himself.
He's got 1.4 mill in front of him.
He's got the bricks, he's got the photographer out there.
Life is good, man. - 150 here.
- [Nik] Pay you 50.
(AJ laughing)
- [AJ] I like the follow-up.
And now, Peter, king of the hill, 1.4.
Keating 1.2. (Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [Nick] Yeah, you're not gonna push this Peter around.
- [AJ] Nah-uh. (Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [Dealer 1] 8,000.
- [AJ] Peter, four-deuce of hearts. What do you think?
I ain't going anywhere but in. (Nick chuckling)
- [Rick] Don't get bluffed while she's recording.
(players laughing)
- Oh, he's getting ready to raise you while she's recording.
- Uh-oh, uh-oh. - Hey, he has a couple female
companions as well, Peter. - Yeah, I like it, I like it.
- Three-bet, by the way. - 24,000 now.
- I know you do.
- [AJ] Here we go again.
- [Dealer 1] Two player.
- [Nick] Bottom pair for Peter.
(Nik laughing)
- [Dealer 1] Check.
(chips clinking)
- [Nick] Keating finds the queen right on the turn, AJ.
- [AJ] 45,000 from Peter.
- [Nick] 45 headed towards the abyss barring help.
(Nik chuckling)
- The battle continues.
(chips clinking)
- [Dealer 1] Check.
- [Nick] And does Keating feel inclined
to go for value with his queens?
- [AJ] Yeah, sure, why not? Why not?
- [Nick] There are some reasons why one might not.
- [AJ] Well, I know. I like to see action, that's why.
I like to see some fireworks! - Me too.
And it looks like he's giving you
what you wanted. - That's what I'm talking.
That's what I like.
- [Nick] Oh. (AJ laughing)
What is that? A buck 30? - Yep.
- Call.
- [Nick] Oh, and he gets snapped.
What a great bet from Keating.
- [AJ] Queens. Peter.
- [Nick] Peter snapped him off right there with the duck.
Put him on the spades. Girls sitting back down.
- It's a little extra pressure.
- [AJ] She was looking to take some real good-
- [Nick] Maybe delete that video there.
- [AJ] Yeah, yeah. Give me the camera!
(Peter speaks Mandarin)
- [AJ] That means he just said, "Don't post that."
- It's not her fault. Is that what that means?
- [Nik] No.
- [AJ] This guy was great to watch this season
in "High Stakes Poker."
- [Nick] He's one of my favorites ever, AJ.
- [AJ] Rapidly became one of mine too.
- Camera and Peter's mind- - The legend grows!
Peter the Great. - That's true.
- [Nik] The other ones, these ones don't matter,
but that camera mattered. (laughing)
- [Dealer 1] Now 8,000 straddle.
- [AJ] Last hand of the season, gang!
- [Nick] And a fitting way to finish
things off, AJ. - Of course,
Rick with the bullets.
- 35. - 35 grand.
- [Dealer 1] 35,000.
- [AJ] Ace-jack, Keating.
- [Nick] Well, this is a horrendous start for Alan
to just run into the stone ace-ace
from such a wild man in Rick.
- [AJ] Yes, sir.
I like it that these two guys end the season.
- [Nick] Oh, and he finds the top pair.
This is very bad for Keating. - Wow.
30,000 from Rick. - 30,000.
(chips clinking)
Call.
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [Peter] You see, he has to say I have seven daughter.
- 45. - 45,000.
- [Nik] (speaking Mandarin) On the pot.
(Peter's Fan speaking Mandarin)
- [Nik] (speaking Mandarin) On the pot.
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
- [AJ] Alan keeps coming.
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
(Peter's Fan speaking Mandarin)
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
- [Nick] Clean for Rick.
- [Nik] Peter said she walked in
and he lost 300,000. (Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [AJ] 125,000 from Salomon.
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
(Peter speaking Mandarin)
- [AJ] Keating's thinking about this, huh?
Maybe he's been coming and coming.
- 125?
- [Dealer 1] 125. (Peter speaking Mandarin)
(Nik speaking Mandarin)
- [Nick] Pays it off.
- Aces!
- Nice hand, Rick. - Thanks.
- [AJ] Rick draws last blood.
- [Nik] No nine spades this time.
- [AJ] Well, Nick, heck of a season!
Saw a lot of our mainstays do well,
some newcomers came and made some noise.
What are your final thoughts?
- [Nick] AJ, it's been a real pleasure.
I hope you enjoy your off-season time.
What a wild season it's been, truly.
We can see there are 4 million some odd.
Crazy games, crazy action. - Absolutely.
The night ends with three players
with over a million dollars in chips, great season!
As always, thank you for watching,
and we'll see you back here for Season 15.
(logo whooshing)
- Yes! Whoa!
- Why do I give you action?
- What a card! - Wow!
- [Player] Ricky, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.
- You played bad.
- I know. (players laughing)
- The only show I've run bad on is "High Stakes Poker."
- What the (beep) is going on?
- Seems fair. (laughing)
- Getting stacked seven, eight times, it's pricey here.
- That's a four. Ooh. - Oh my God.
- No way. - And that, I'd say.
- Wow. - Wow, that was dramatic.
- I'm gonna do a monster laydown right now.
- Wow, that's crazy.
- Real hands today, boys.
- (beep) Damn it.
(players laughing)
- Let's try that again.
- Oh yeah, yeah. - Oh.
- Poker's a lot of fun.