Last Updated on September 2, 2026 by Bala Kumar
Four sessions. One record pot on Saturday, a bigger one on Monday, and a leaderboard that no longer looks the way it did a week ago.
Eric “Wass” Wasserson finished PokerGO’s CoinPoker-sponsored week of High Stakes Poker up $3,262,500, and with it he moved to the top of the all-time livestream cash game money list among players who have earned essentially all of their tracked profit in ring games. Andrew Robl, who held that spot going into the week, lost ground in both directions — he dropped $779,000 across the same four nights.
Where the numbers stand now
Highroll Poker’s all-time TV cash game list had Wasserson at $6,701,195 in tracked lifetime profit before the week began, across 21 episodes and 100 hours of recorded play. Add the weekend and he lands just under $10 million, roughly $9.96 million once the database catches up.
Here is the top of the list as it stood at the last update, with the two players whose weekend changes it:
| # | Player | Tracked lifetime profit | Hours | Hourly |
| 1 | Daniel “Jungleman” Cates | $14,339,575 | 469.5 | $30,542 |
| 2 | Andrew Robl | $7,903,462 | 296.3 | $26,678 |
| 3 | Kayhan “Tornado” Mokri | $7,386,050 | 25.5 | $289,649 |
| 4 | Eric Wasserson | $6,701,195 | 100.0 | $67,012 |
| 5 | Nik Airball | $5,354,685 | 1,520.3 | $3,522 |
| 6 | Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski | $5,084,100 | 58.0 | $87,657 |
| 7 | Tom Dwan | $4,169,858 | 579.5 | $7,196 |
| 8 | Mariano Grandoli | $3,775,550 | 1,467.0 | $2,574 |
| 9 | Seth Gottlieb | $3,043,967 | 21.5 | $141,580 |
| 10 | Rui Cao | $2,814,593 | 82.0 | $34,324 |
Source: highrollpoker.com, list last updated August 29, 2026. Weekend results not yet reflected.
Apply the week’s swings and the projected order changes at the top:
- Wasserson: $6,701,195 + $3,262,500 = ~$9,963,695
- Robl: $7,903,462 − $779,000 = ~$7,124,462
Cates still leads outright at $14.3 million, but the bulk of that came from a heads-up match against Ossi “Monarch” Ketola rather than from ring games. That is the distinction doing the work in the headline: among players whose tracked profit comes from live-streamed ring games, Wasserson is now number one.
The four sessions
| Player | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Week total |
| Eric Wasserson | −$1,100,500 | +$2,108,000 | −$180,500 | +$2,435,500 | +$3,262,500 |
| Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo | DNP | −$1,021,000 | +$1,226,000 | +$419,000 | +$624,000 |
| Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek | −$1,061,000 | +$276,500 | +$1,078,000 | −$296,500 | −$3,000 |
| Sameh Elamawy | +$1,445,500 | +$117,000 | −$191,500 | −$1,353,500 | −$17,500 |
| Andrew Robl | −$711,500 | −$669,500 | +$1,027,500 | −$425,500 | −$779,000 |
| Rick Salomon | DNP | −$280,500 | −$1,563,500 | −$408,000 | −$2,252,000 |
Unofficial figures from the nosebleed sessions only; lower-stakes midweek games are not included.
Wasserson lost two of the four nights and still cleared $3.26 million, which tells you most of what you need to know about the size of the two hands that went his way.
The hand that broke a 20-year record — twice
Saturday, August 29. Blinds of $500/$1,000 with a $5,000 big blind ante and a $250,000 minimum buy-in. Wasserson opened the button with ace-nine, Moncek called from the small blind, and Robl three-bet to $110,000 from the big blind with jack-ten suited. Wasserson four-bet, Moncek folded, Robl called, and by the flop there was $599,000 in the middle. The players ran the river twice; Wasserson took the first with ace-high and made two pair on the second to scoop $2,478,000, the largest pot in the show’s history, edging past the $2,421,500 pot Santhosh Suvarna won earlier in 2026.
Monday, August 31. Blinds had climbed to $2,000/$4,000 with a $20,000 big blind ante and more than $10 million on the table at one point. Moncek fired at a pot with ten-high, Wasserson called and rivered a flush, and the $4,260,000 that came back across the felt nearly doubled the record Wasserson had set 48 hours earlier. He would have finished the night up $4.8 million had a final-hand coinflip against Robl gone the other way.
The other side of the ledger
Rick Salomon took the worst of it, dropping $2,252,000 across three sessions and losing every night he played. Robl brought action all week and ran into the wrong end of most of the biggest pots. Moncek, the two-time WSOP bracelet winner who has been the loudest presence in these games, punted a seven-figure pot on the final night and still clawed back to essentially even at −$3,000.
Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo was the only other multi-session player to book a win, recovering from a $1 million Saturday to finish +$624,000.
Why this run matters
Wasserson has been on a heater that extends well past this week. Counting the four High Stakes Poker sessions and his appearance in the Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live in June, he is up roughly $5.9 million in a matter of months. His tracked hourly rate of $67,012 across 100 hours sits far above Robl’s $26,678 and Cates’ $30,542 — a smaller sample, but a violent one.
He also plays a style that suits a broadcast. Wasserson was voluntarily entering more than 60% of hands during the week, which is why the pots got as large as they did and why Moncek accused him of tightening up once he was ahead.
FAQs
How much did Eric Wasserson win on High Stakes Poker?
$3,262,500 across four nosebleed sessions from August 28–31, 2026.
Is Wasserson now the all-time livestream money leader?
Among players whose tracked profit comes from ring games, yes — at roughly $9.96 million. Daniel Cates leads all livestream players at $14.3 million, but most of that came from a heads-up match rather than cash games.
What is the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history?
$4,260,000, won by Wasserson against Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek on August 31, 2026. He also held the previous record of $2,478,000, set two nights earlier.
Where can I watch it?
Every season of High Stakes Poker is available on PokerGO.
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