Bets PokerStars Championship took a weird turn last week when Kevin Hart won $40,000 on a confusing hand and took the pot to King High. Actor and Comedian, Kevin Hart was a featured celebrity guest on PokerStars who got into some beef with Mila Munroe for an online qualifier.
Mila and Hart were trying to prove their mettle cordially, but Mila’s bluffs soon irritated Hart and this was going to be the hand. After continually saying, “I’m sick of your shit,” he raised and re-raised her.
To break down the narrative, Hart called with a King-3 of spades and Mila decided to raise with a 6 of spades and 2 of clubs, she did it for bluffing. Hart decided to call after that.
Hart had 10 of hearts, Queen of spades and 5 of clubs which are not considered to be important cards. Monroe betted 400 and Hart called. Both of them then made their moves against each other with Ace of Hearts. Hart settled for a draw and Monroe wagered 700.
Hart called again hoping for a Jack, but ten showed up instead. Monroe then pitted a big bet of 1,200 continuing the big hand. Hart with the best hand raised, giving Monroe a chance to go in completely. Hart decided to call again, and the things took a bizarre turn.
Hart flipped over his cards and declared to have a straight and realized that he had won $40K accidentally.
He then decided to give her 15,000 chips so that she can remain in the game, which is apparently an excellent way of ending one of the craziest hands of poker ever.
Poker legend Daniel Negreanu has called this ‘the greatest televised hand in the history of poker.’
Hart said after winning, “After doing it I felt bad that I played a high level of poker, so I said I want you to stay around. I gave her money – and the reason I gave her money back is so she could understand ‘this guy is the real deal. She had no choice because I let her live. I could have killed her off, but I gave her life.” Hart laughed and then admitted, “It showed how awful I am at the game. It was a fun moment for me, and she’s such a sweetheart the entire day that we played. Losing hard to something like that would have been tough. That’s why I gave her money to get back into the game.”
Although she has played poker all around the world with many poker celebrities, the game in Monte Carlo where she played against Kevin Hart, Daniel Negreanu and Liv Boeree, remains her highlight in poker.
Reflecting on what happened in the hand with Kevin Hart, Mila said that although she likes to 3 bet bluff and mostly does so with success, “it just didn’t work out as well” this time.
Mila Monroe is a poker player and former PokerStars ambassador who after a horrible accident in 2013 became wheelchair bound. According to Mila, the love for the game of poker is what brought her back to life. Just a hobby prior to her accident, poker became a key part of Mila’s life since. Although not a PokerStars ambassador anymore, Mila still travels the world to play poker.
When not playing poker, Mila is committed in driving the female poker community as one of the ambassadors of Poker League of Nations (PLON), the world’s largest and most recognized women’s poker organization in the world.
Mila Monroe is also co-founder of Herzdamenclub, a group with a mission to support, connect and help women in Poker and in Life.
We do not know much about Mila Monroe’s net worth, but we can see that she is doing well and is living a happy and meaningful life. While there are estimates of Mila Monroe having a net worth of around $1 million, these are unconfirmed. From what we can tell, Mila does not have a lot of expensive hobbies or interests, and her lifestyle does not seem to be very lavish.
If you want to know more about Mila Monroe and what is happening in her life aside of being a poker player, you can follow her on Instagram @mila_monroe.