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Online Poker Wizard Dealt Brutal Cooler in Live $870k Pot

Related Topics: Bill Klein, Hustler Casino

Making his Hustler Casino Live debut, 22-year-old online poker grinder Henri "buttonclickr" Puustinen lost the largest pot in the show's history — $870,000 — thanks to a tough cooler during the Friday night session.

The young pro from Finland tangled with "Nik Airball," a regular on HCL, in the memorable hand. It would have taken an incredible soul-read to fold the hand given the board texture and how the hand played out, as you're about to see.

Cruel Flop for Finnish Poker Pro

Henri Puustinen

The hand in question, in a $100/$200/$400 game, began with buttonclickr raising to $2,000 with , and Bill Klein called in the small blind with before Airball three-bet to $13,000 with .