I had a post recently about the largest televised pot between Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey, and I remembered that it wasn’t technically the biggest.

A couple of years ago, there was this $1.2 million pot between French high-stakes pro David Benyamine and Guy Laliberte, a self-made billionaire and founder of Cirque du Soleil.
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I know it’s a disappointing ending to an exciting hand. As you now know, Laliberte let Benyamine off the hook and raked in a $238,900 pot. No run it twice. No rabbit hunting.

After he gets called, Benyamine tells another player he just wanted to gamble — and that’s what he did. And as someone familiar with Benyamine’s game, I can tell you that he’s put his money in worse spots over the years.

It’s a curious deal from Laliberte, who reminds everyone that a million dollars is a mere pittance to him, which makes me wonder what he’s doing there in the first place.

Assuming everyone there is comfortable playing for those stakes, I don’t see why this deal is made.

So what do you think, loyal blog readers? Would you have proposed the deal? Would you, as Benyamine, accepted it?