{"id":2151629,"date":"2022-12-08T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/?p=2151629"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:32:28","slug":"mrbeast-straddles-for-25600-on-the-hustler-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/mrbeast-straddles-for-25600-on-the-hustler-live\/","title":{"rendered":"MrBeast Straddles For $25,600 On The Hustler Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The poker world collectively stood still to watch one of the craziest live streams in poker history. While poker legends Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Dj4JcdWQ5ps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were no strangers to the Hustler Casino live stream<\/a>, they had yet to face YouTube and Twitch royalty. MrBeast, Ninja, and other titans of the content creation space made their way to Hustler Casino with hundreds of thousands in tow, ready to take on poker&#8217;s best. The action was plentiful and the pots were splashy, but what happened when MrBeast suddenly made the stakes even higher?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Game:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hustler Casino Live Stream \u2013 $100\/$200 + $200 Big Blind Ante NLH<br><strong>Stack Sizes:<\/strong>&nbsp;280 Big Blinds Effective<br><strong>Where:&nbsp;<\/strong>Hustler Casino \u2013 Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"$25,600 STRADDLE? MrBeast Creates CRAZY Action!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgUD1QzlHKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This video comes from Jonathan Little\u2019s YouTube Channel. If you would like to stay up to date with more video content such as this, including hand breakdowns from Hellmuth vs Dwan, Garrett Adelstein, Brad Owen and more,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/pokercoaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>click<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Beast Of A Straddle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hours into the stream and having been card dead all evening, MrBeast was itching for some action on the button. Without the slightest peak at his hole cards, the man with over 95 million YouTube subscribers straddled for $25,600. A blind, five-figure straddle was too much for the Poker Brat to resist. Folded to +1 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-straddles\/\" title=\"All You Need to Know About Poker Straddles in 2025\">straddle<\/a>, Hellmuth looked down at A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark>-8<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark> before pushing in his remaining $52,000. Hellmuth hoped to dissuade action with his aggression, but the move was made in vein as chess master Alexandra Botez and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s9w6gixJjlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high stakes cash game player Alan Keating<\/a> entered the pot as well with A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark>-9<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark> and A\u2663-3\u2663 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark>-8<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark> not being a great hand, Hellmuth&#8217;s decision to shove was a decent play as his hand would be ahead some percentage of the time. Having already accrued over $300,000, Botez was in decent shape to call holding A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark>-9<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark> but had to worry about players yet to act. With her stack advantage, Botez should have elected to shove instead of call to defend a decent but vulnerable hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the call from Botez, Keating was in a decent spot to get it in with A\u2663-3\u2663 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AMWBuzASj_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledging the splashy table<\/a> and his ability to make a nutted flush. Folded to, MrBeast got the right odds to push in his remaining $81,000 despite still not knowing his hand. Following a quick call from Botez, four players would await a flop worth over $339,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterThe-Fundamentals-1-1.png\" alt=\"Jonathan Little\" class=\"wp-image-2151860\" style=\"width:480px;height:270px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Becoming a crusher at the table starts with crushing the fundamentals.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/quiz-have-you-mastered-the-fundamentals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to see if you have what it takes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Botez Gets The Best Of It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Pot:<\/strong>&nbsp;$339,100<br><strong>The Board:<\/strong>&nbsp;9<mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark><\/mark>-8<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark>-3<mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fe0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hellmuth:<\/strong> A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark>-8<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark><br><strong>Botez:<\/strong> A<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark>-9<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark><br><strong>Keating: <\/strong>A\u2663-3\u2663<br><strong>MrBeast: <\/strong>Q<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2665<\/mark>-5\u2660<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hellmuth was already upset when hands were tabled and he saw Botez was just barely ahead, but he would be even more livid when she nailed top pair-top kicker on the flop. A 70% favorite with two more cards to come, Botez (and her backers) prayed that her hand would hold. Seeing an inconsequential 2\u2660 on the turn, MrBeast offered the dealer $20,000 if he could materialize a queen on the river. The room, the dealer, and the entire live stream held their collective breaths for a very expensive river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Result: The Chess Champion Checkmates The Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2666<\/mark> on the river would provide Botez with the best two pair and a pot worth $339,100. While the Chess Champion threw her hands in the air in celebration, Phil Hellmuth would hang his head in disgust as he criticized Botez&#8217;s call. While Phil can&#8217;t be faulted for the outcome influencing his opinion, Botez&#8217;s call turned out to be the right play rewarding her with her biggest score to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Alexandra Botez for an extremely profitable showing on the Hustler Casino live stream. Shout out to Hustler Casino Live for letting us use footage from this historic game, if you want more from the Hustler <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jlM7R-3Qb08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check out this shocking hand featuring Garrett Adelstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poker world collectively stood still to watch one of the craziest live streams in poker history. While poker legends Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan were no strangers to the Hustler Casino live stream, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":2517424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,877,16],"tags":[899],"class_list":["post-2151629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cash-games","category-poker-basics","category-poker-strategy","tag-hand"],"acf":{"peak_live_date":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1.png",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1-373x210.png",373,210,true],"medium":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1-746x420.png",746,420,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1.png",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1.png",1280,720,false],"author_image":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WPH-405-USD-25600-STRADDLE-MrBeast-Creates-CRAZY-Action-1.png",100,56,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Little","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/jonathan_little\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The poker world collectively stood still to watch one of the craziest live streams in poker history. 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