Director Cassavetes lost a $355,000 pot on High Stakes Poker
August 28, 2026
Another High Stakes Poker stream featured a star-studded lineup, including Sam Soverel, Rick Salomon, Chino Rheem, Randall Emmett, Dean Geistlinger and Hollywood director Nick Cassavetes. The main highlight of the session came right at the end.
Already on the preflop, the players built a pot of $20,900. Then the main protagonists of the hand became Soverel, Cassavetes and Geistlinger. The board came 9♣️J♠️3♣️, and all three connected with the flop. Soverel had a top set with J♦️J♣️, Cassavetes had a bottom set with 3♠️3♥️, and Geistlinger had a nut flush draw with A♣️6♣️.
Cassavetes made the first bet of $7,000 on the postflop, Soverel raised to $26,000, and Geistlinger, with barely any hesitation, shoved all of his $81,400. Both opponents called, forming a pot of $355,900. At that point only Soverel still had a few chips left, amounting to less than $4,000.
The opponents agreed to run the turn and river twice. Geistlinger had 8 outs, while only the 3♦️ would give Cassavetes the win. But on both runouts Soverel's top set held, and he took the whole pot.
After this hand, Cassavetes and Geistlinger left the table, finishing the stream down $100,000 each. Sam Soverel, meanwhile, came out ahead by $289,900. Second by profit, by a wide margin, was Chino Rheem, who won $46,900.
Over his Hollywood career, Nick Cassavetes has appeared in films such as "Face/Off" and "The Hangover Part II", and as a director he made the drama "The Notebook" with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. According to Highroll Poker, over the previous five poker cash streams Cassavetes lost $69,900.
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Already on the preflop, the players built a pot of $20,900. Then the main protagonists of the hand became Soverel, Cassavetes and Geistlinger. The board came 9♣️J♠️3♣️, and all three connected with the flop. Soverel had a top set with J♦️J♣️, Cassavetes had a bottom set with 3♠️3♥️, and Geistlinger had a nut flush draw with A♣️6♣️.
Cassavetes made the first bet of $7,000 on the postflop, Soverel raised to $26,000, and Geistlinger, with barely any hesitation, shoved all of his $81,400. Both opponents called, forming a pot of $355,900. At that point only Soverel still had a few chips left, amounting to less than $4,000.
The opponents agreed to run the turn and river twice. Geistlinger had 8 outs, while only the 3♦️ would give Cassavetes the win. But on both runouts Soverel's top set held, and he took the whole pot.
After this hand, Cassavetes and Geistlinger left the table, finishing the stream down $100,000 each. Sam Soverel, meanwhile, came out ahead by $289,900. Second by profit, by a wide margin, was Chino Rheem, who won $46,900.
Over his Hollywood career, Nick Cassavetes has appeared in films such as "Face/Off" and "The Hangover Part II", and as a director he made the drama "The Notebook" with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. According to Highroll Poker, over the previous five poker cash streams Cassavetes lost $69,900.
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