Viewers of High Stakes Poker this season have become accustomed to businessman Sameh Elamawy getting involved in some massive pots, and that once again continued on PokerGO this week against another fellow billionaire businessman.
The hand saw Elamawy face off against Stanley Tang in another six-figure showdown. With blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 big blind ante and a straddle to $4,000, Tang made it $25,000 with 10
10
and $355,000 in front of him. Elamawy looked down at 8 8 and called with $821,000 on the table.
Everyone else folded and the flop fell 10
9 7
. Tang landed top set and Elamawy picked up an open-ended straight draw. Tang was a 75% favorite to win the hand, but Tang still had a 25% shot with his eight outs to take the chips.
Tang led out with a bet of $35,000 and Elamawy raised to $175,000. That brought an immediate all in from Tang, and an even quicker call from Elamawy. The action happened so fast that it took the other players a moment to realize what had happened, but when the dust settled, Elamawy need a six, jack, or running eights to win the hand.
The turn brought an insignificant 2 with the 3 coming on the river, giving Tang the winner.
The two had agreed to run it twice, however, and the second runout brought the J on the turn, giving Elamawy a straight.
“It’s not over yet,” he said.
He was right to not count his chickens, because the 9 hit the river, giving Tang a full house.
Watch the complete hand from PokerGO below.
This was just the latest High Stakes Poker battle among well-heeled businessmen. Tang is a billionaire tech entrepreneur originally from Hong Kong, and is the co-founder and chief product officer of the DoorDash food delivery service.
Tang was also recently involved in another huge pot with Elamawy in which he hit lucky cards on the river twic for a pot of $297,500.
Elamawy is an Egyptian business owner and CEO of the Scratch Services loan servicing company. He has now been involved in several huge hands on the show, including cracking Andrew Robl’s kings twice for $1 million.
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*Photos by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego