Saturday, June 27, 2015 3:28 PM Local Time
Easy Game
DraftKings co-founder and CEO Matt Kalish (pictured above) opens for 300 from the cutoff. Only the player in the big blind calls and the two see a flop of . The player in the big blind checks and Kalish does as well.
The turn is the and Kalish's opponent looks at his cards and leads out for 500. Kalish also looks at his cards and then calls. The two see the dealer put out the on the river. Kalish's opponent leads out with an almost pot-sized bet of 1,500. Kalish plays with his chips for a moment and puts out a raise to 3,500.
His opponent shakes his head and says "this is pretty sick" and looks back at his cards one more time. He calls.
Kalish turns over for the flopped nut flush and his opponent nods, a look of pain on his face, as he turns over for the rivered ace-high straight.
"Just got lucky... lucky river," says Kalish, who said he used to play poker quite a bit back prior to 2008.
Matt Kalish - 11,500
Ty Stewart and Matt Kalish prior to the shuffle up and deal announcement