Who would you like to see in HCL Million Dollar Cash Game
Some time ago HCL announced that they will be streaming a cash game with minium buy-in of million dollars.
Who would you like to see playing in it?
My list:
1. Rick Salomon
Absolutely fearless, plays fast and loose and puts people in tough spots all the time. Has good feel for the live game.
2. Andrew Robl
Nice to have some super pro also in the mix. Robl is entertaining and fearless.
3. Alan Keating
Well, Keating is Keating. Guaranteed action.
4. Hanz
That huge bluff against Keating earned Hanz a spot in my line up.
5. Eric Persson
I don’t like his antics that much but Eric creates a very unpredictable dynamic to the table. He can throw players off their game or just punt his stack in one hand.
6. Nik Airball
It’s good to have few villains in the table also. Loose and aggressive, can win or lose big. I don’t know how much he would play his villain image in this group though.
7. Tony G drunk
I just remember one Triton cash game from Montenegro when Tony G was hammered and he was just super funny and loosy goosy. If he is sober, he just is fasting and nitting it up drinking his bone broth.
8. Rui Cao
Action, action, action. Funny guy and brings good energy to the game.
9. JRB drunk
JRB is not a good player and his poker is not that interesting but he is funny and can keep the atmosphere in the table. Player like this is also needed.
(10.) Garret Addelstein
I have mixed feelings about Garret. He is a legend but I feel too much focus would go on the Robbi drama so I would leave him out from this one.
It’s very possible he didnt have access to his trust fund until a certain age (maybe 30?) He’s 36 right now so it would make sense.
His rich father passed away like 3 years ago. Feels dirty saying that but that's already out there.
Age 71,Howard Thomas Keating III . June 9, 2020. Survived by his children, Georgene Moran, Gretchen Marsh, Howard Keating IV, and Alan Keating,
No mention of a wife or girlfriend in his obituary so his money would have been passed down
in his brothers linkden who seems to have taken over the fathers company
CEO
Keating Network
2010 - Present 14 years
Access to 1 billion in financing , 900 billion in contracts , Web broadcasting , networking for 170 million small/medium businesses of all sizes globally .
I've been seeing an Alex Keating on a lot of Live Updates at the WSOP .. cousin? GL
JRB can't afford to play unless someone backs him. Keating can afford to play poorly to entertain people watching streams. I have zero info about the guy other than seeing his behavior on stream, but there are a lot of pros who are not making any money, but who call themselves pros. If he is a consistent donator in games, is Berkey going to say that in an interview?
Nobody skyrockets through the private game/poker world stratosphere without coming up on the radar.
y'all be clueless 
what if I told you Thomas has won more playing poker the past 2 years than all of NVG combined for last 10 years
you wouldn't believe it
but it's true
thomas is davd f right
y'all be clueless
what if I told you Thomas has won more playing poker the past 2 years than all of NVG combined for last 10 years
you wouldn't believe it
but it's true
I bet you my dog has made more money playing poker than NVG has in the past 10 years.
You know why ? Because we all suck and are losing players !
y'all be clueless
what if I told you Thomas has won more playing poker the past 2 years than all of NVG combined for last 10 years
you wouldn't believe it
but it's true
You highlight a comment about Keating and wanna tell me Thomas is good?
Thomas is an internet pro and is actually good at poker. Keating is neither of those things. The ceiling is high on earnings for someone who's actually incredible at the game. Idk what Thomas' earnings have to do with Keating's money. There are huge private games where you can win a lot but if Keating was crushing those games we'd have already heard about him, and we'd have seen some evidence of him being exceptional at the game. He can occasionally make some good decisions but he's very average.
You highlight a comment about Keating and wanna tell me Thomas is good?
Thomas is an internet pro and is actually good at poker. Keating is neither of those things. The ceiling is high on earnings for someone who's actually incredible at the game. Idk what Thomas' earnings have to do with Keating's money. There are huge private games where you can win a lot but if Keating was crushing those games we'd have already heard about him, and we'd have seen some evidence of him being exceptional at
You don't have to be exceptional to crush high stakes games with whales.
Nobody on here has any idea if Keating is up or down in huge private games.
Vast majority of NVGers are losing players so thats not saying much Joey. I think the overall complaint was that it was weird to have someone so masked up that absolutely no one knew a thing about. Remember when the Big Game had rules against sunglasses and covering yourself up?
Im against having billionaires / hedgefund managers / constant doordash soft advertisements used along side trying to "sell" poker when its just a bunch of legalized scammers throwing around the publics money and getting an audience to do so. These all fish lineups are garbage and I hope the next time this rolls around no one pays attention to it.
You highlight a comment about Keating and wanna tell me Thomas is good?
Thomas is an internet pro and is actually good at poker. Keating is neither of those things. The ceiling is high on earnings for someone who's actually incredible at the game. Idk what Thomas' earnings have to do with Keating's money. There are huge private games where you can win a lot but if Keating was crushing those games we'd have already heard about him, and we'd have seen some evidence of him being exceptional at
I think he’s implying that Thomas made 9figures playing out of the spotlight private game over a 2 year span. I guess suggesting that it’s possible to win a fortune in poker without being noticed.
I think he’s implying that Thomas made 9figures playing out of the spotlight private game over a 2 year span. I guess suggesting that it’s possible to win a fortune in poker without being noticed.
This person passed their 3rd grade reading comprehension class
You highlight a comment about Keating and wanna tell me Thomas is good?
Thomas is an internet pro and is actually good at poker. Keating is neither of those things. The ceiling is high on earnings for someone who's actually incredible at the game. Idk what Thomas' earnings have to do with Keating's money. There are huge private games where you can win a lot but if Keating was crushing those games we'd have already heard about him, and we'd have seen some evidence of him being exceptional at
This person did not
I was never talking about Thomas. Literally the first comment out of the announcers mouth was that Thomas has been a significant winner in high stakes games.
We're talking about whether Keating's money came from poker or elsewhere. You responded with a non-sequitur to my original post as if it was some gotcha. I've yet to see a reliable source or even hear any speculation that his money comes from poker other than a comment in this thread that he was a gamerunner at some point. If you want to insist his wealth is from poker, go for it. The "haha if only you knew" comment is a nice way to pat yourself on the back but it's literally like saying you have the information the thread is looking for but would rather try to seem smart than share it. Go jump in a lake.
Nobody is unaware that there are large sums to be won in private games nor that people have won those sums. The question is has Keating?
who cares that some reg fish won tons of money vs people who have no idea how to play poker, its like bragging you won vs a 600 ELO at chess while being 1200
Lemme slow this down for you :
It's hard to win significant sums in poker without people mentioning it.
Thomas won significant sums in poker.
He appeared on a stream, people mentioned it.
The appearance of Thomas was coupled with the announcer and half of NVG indicating that they knew he had some significant sums in the high stakes world. That speaks to my point that people who are successful at poker are commonly discussed as being successful as poker. That is especially true when they enter the public forum, which Keating has been in for quite some time on HCL.
Do you have any evidence or have you heard any reliable source indicating that Keating won significant sums in high stakes games? His money does not appear to come from poker, and nothing in his play or the chatter about him has ever indicated the opposite. People discuss him as a whale, and he plays like he does not really care about the money. If he were crushing somewhere else, the announcers would take the opportunity to note that "this is a small game for him" or "he's been successful off-stream". They do not.
disagree, beating people a lot worse than you at a game is not a brag, regardless of how you got them to play against you
Sure it is. The skill is in getting them to play you.
What's not a brag is the well studied broke "pro" who is backed/staked for years on end and has nothing to show for it.
Lemme slow this down for you :
It's hard to win significant sums in poker without people mentioning it.
Thomas won significant sums in poker.
He appeared on a stream, people mentioned it.
The appearance of Thomas was coupled with the announcer and half of NVG indicating that they knew he had some significant sums in the high stakes world. That speaks to my point that people who are successful at poker are commonly discussed as being successful as poker. That is especially true when they enter the
This is not true. Lots of people who play in big private games don't want people knowing about it so when it's not in a casino it's often hush hush.
It can also be hard for people in the game to know if someone is up or down when they swing like Keating.
Do I think Keatings real money came from poker? No. But neither one of us knows if he's up or down overall in private games.
This is not true. Lots of people who play in big private games don't want people knowing about it so when it's not in a casino it's often hush hush.
It can also be hard for people in the game to know if someone is up or down when they swing like Keating.
Do I think Keatings real money came from poker? No. But neither one of us knows if he's up or down overall in private games.
Right. I don't have the info the thread is looking for, but I'd take a look it if it appeared. My stance is that if Keating is a secret crusher, it's one of the best kept secrets in poker.
Actually I made most of my money in eCommerce
Cliffs on who is Thomas? Or actually what’s the percentage that it’s Berri Sweet?
