Updated on 23 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Crazy slowroll in a $186,000 pot

We saw pole opposite ends of the spectrum for how professional players should act in a high stakes hand from the weekend.





Every year there is at least one dirty slowroll that goes viral in poker and today we have an early contender. 

On the Hustler Casino live stream Garrett Adelstein was facing a $55,000 call with a pair of Kings on the river aganst the full house of Dylan Gang. 

He eventually made the call and not only did Dylan take his time to showdown, he initially said 'good call' to Adelstein, suggesting he had the winner and making him show down the hand. 

He then said 'just kidding' and meekly tabled his boat. 

Adelstein is considered one of the best cash game players in the world and also one of poker's consumate professionals. He proved that in this hand as he didn't event flinch, he just paid Gang his money and carried on to the next hand. How many other players would react so calmly when they get slowrolled in a $186,000 pot?

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.