Overview

• The marathon at the Onyx Super High Roller Series paired Cates with Ossi “Monarch” Ketola for buy-ins escalating from $1 million to $6 million.
• Cates won four of the six matches, finishing with about $15 million in profit against Ketola.
• Match 6 produced what outlets described as the largest televised poker pot to date at $7.7 million, and Cates found the fold.
• During the $3 million round, Ketola dragged roughly $2.8 million with a better full house against Cates.
• The streamed battle lasted nearly 12 hours and drew one of the largest online audiences for a cash-game broadcast.