Overview
- Eric Wasserson called an all‑in to win a $4,260,000 pot against Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek after completing a diamond flush on the river in the PokerGO Studio finale on Monday, August 31.
- That $4.26 million hand eclipsed a $2,478,000 pot Wasserson won two days earlier, establishing successive record pots during PokerGO’s special High Stakes Poker week.
- The big hands produced large swings in player results and, according to Livestream databases cited in coverage, lifted Wasserson’s four‑day run to roughly a $3.3 million weekly profit and put him among the top ring‑game livestream earners.
- The size of the multi‑million pots prompted public skepticism about whether the stakes were real, and players including Moncek and PokerGO executives publicly defended the authenticity of the money on the table.
- PokerGO’s CoinPoker‑presented special highlighted how platform‑produced nosebleed cash games turn single hands into widely viewed moments and can reshape reputations, leaderboards, and audience scrutiny of high‑stakes ring games.