Santhosh Suvarna has forever etched his name into the annals of High Stakes Poker history.
During Episode 6 of the show's recently released Season 16, Suvarna took part in the largest pot in the show's existence – and he scooped it.
With big-name cash game legends like Andrew Robl and Alan Keating in the mix, one would be forgiven for thinking either of them were involved in the hand. After all, when you hear about a record-breaking pot on High Stakes Poker, the usual suspects come to mind. This time, though, it was Suvarna and DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish who set the show's latest high watermark – with an assist from Sam 'Senor Tilt' Kiki.
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The poker gods deliver
It was a double straddled pot that brought previously unseen chaos to the High Stakes Poker set. Kiki, first to act from the button, looked down at 
with $873,000 in front of him and raised to $20,000.
Kalish called from the big blind with 
and more than $1M in his stack. Sameh Elamawy liked the price with his 
, but Suvarna wanted to play for more. With 
and $2M to work with, he three-bet to $100,000 from the double straddle. Kiki opted to call the raise and play the pot in position, rather than re-open the action with a four-bet.
Kalish felt like gambling with his suited eight-high holding and came along as well. Elamawy was in a similar mood and threw in his calling chips.
With $401,500 already in the middle, the 
flop primed the fuse as Suvarna connected with middle set while Kiki made top pair, top kicker and Kalish picked up bottom pair with a flush draw.
In the face of two checks from Kalish and Elamawy, Suvarna continued for $125,000. Kiki once again exercised well-timed restraint with just a call and the action fell to Kalish.
The DraftKings man wanted to gamble preflop and the poker gods did their part with the first three community cards. And so in went his remaining $948,000.
'You got anything?'
Santhosh rubbed his eyes and said: "I call."
As a wry smile spread across his face, Kiki flashed his cards to Keating and then went into the tank – trying to piece together the puzzle in front of him. Interestingly, the MonkeyTilt founder was more concerned with Kalish than Suvarna.
"I've played with you for two full days and I have never seen you confidently put your chips in the middle without the stone f**king nuts," he said.
After nearly naming Kalish's exact hand, Kiki announced a fold – the right move, for the wrong reasons.
"So, you got anything?" Kalish asked Suvarna.
"Yeah," came the reply. With $2,421,500 in the pot, they agreed to run it twice.
"The biggest pot in the history of High Stakes Poker," said the ever-observant Robl.
The 
turn changed nothing on the first runout and the 
river improved Kalish to trips, but not the winner. On the second runout, the 
turn and 
delivered the entire pot to Suvarna.
"Viva India," said Nick Schulman from the commentary booth.
Images courtesy of PokerGO/Antonio Abrego.
