WATCH: Andrew Robl Gets Kings Cracked Twice For $1 Million

Andrew Robl may be the winningest player in televised cash game history, according to HighRollPoker.com, but even he isn’t immune from the occasional downswing.

The 13th season of High Stakes Poker produced a massive pot this week with Robl getting the worst of it in a clash with Sameh Elamawy.

The action featured blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 big blind ante and the hand saw Robl raise to $2,000 from the button with K K and about $550,000 in front of him. Brandon Steven called with J 10, but Elamawy three-bet his A K to $10,400 with $489,000 behind. Robl then quickly four-bet to $35,000.

“They might be getting it in pre(flop),” commentator Nick Schulman noted. “They’ve had a lot of history all season, they’ve been scrapping.”

Steven folded and Elamawy then five-bet to $150,000. Robl thought a bit before announcing all in. Elamawy almost nonchalantly called, swelling the pot to $981,300.

Robl had more than a 69% chance to win the pot, according to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator, with his opponent at almost 30%. However, Robl still seemed a bit concerned about his luck as the two players agreed to run it twice.

“Please poker gods,” he said ominously before the flop was dealt, his hands clasped together as if in prayer.

Unfortunately for Robl, the first board came down A Q 9 7 8, giving Elamawy the winner. His luck didn’t get much better on the second runout, which fell A 7 6 3 4.

Watch the complete hand below.

Robl has been a perennial winner in live-streamed poker games through the years with $5.6 million in net winnings according to HighRollPoker.com.

That’s down from a high of $6.5 million, however, having taken some hits recently including losing a pot of more than $600,000 to Jennifer Tilly.

Elamawy is an Egyptian business owner from San Francisco who is the CEO of Scratch Services, a loan management company. With this big pot, it’s doubtful he’ll need a personal loan of his own any time soon.

*Photos by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego