In poker, there are some hands that will be remembered forever. Chris Moneymaker’s legendary bluff versus Sammy Farha. Joseph Hachem flopping the nut straight against Steve Dannenmann. Chris Ferguson spiking a nine on the river versus T.J. Cloutier to win the 2000 WSOP Main Event.

Recently on “Steve Dannenmann” (a poker program on GSN), two current greats - Gus Hansen (aka the Great Dane) and Daniel Negreanu (aka Kid Poker) - locked horns in a hand that is still being discussed among players.

To set the scene, the star-studded table also included Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein and Antonio Esfandiari playing in a high-stakes cash game made for television.

The blinds were set at $300 and $600 with antes at $100. Sitting under the gun, Hansen was dealt 5d-5c and raised to $2,100. Sitting immediately to Hansen’s left, Kid Poker looked down at 6s-6h and decided to raise to $5,000. After each of the remaining players folded (Antonio Esfandiari made a nice fold from the big blind holding Ad-Qc), Hansen tossed in another $2,900, making the call. Now, they both awaited the flop.

9c-6d-5h.

And what a flop it was, as both players hit their sets. After the Great Dane checked, The Kid bet $8,000. A few seconds later, Hansen check-raised Negreanu to $26,000. Playing coy, Negreanu just called with his set.

The turn card (5s) was a disaster for Kid Poker - it gave him a full house but, unbeknownst to him, also gave Hansen quad fives. After Hansen led out for $24,000, The Kid seemed to contemplate for a few moments. Actually, he believed he had the best hand and eventually just called Hansen’s bet.

The river card was the 8s. After Great Dane checked his quads, Kid Poker grabbed a bundle of hundreds and bet $65,000. Suddenly, Hansen declared that he was all-in!

Shocked, Kid Poker asked for a count of Hansen’s chips and realized the pot would be worth more than half a million real dollars.

After much analysis, The Kid said, “If I lose this pot, it’s a cooler.”

He surmised that Hansen could have pocket fives, eights or nines.

Nevertheless, after much deliberation and angst, Kid Poker finally made the call. Unfortunately, he was correct in his read as the Great Dane flipped over his pocket fives. But this was no consolation after he lost a pot worth more than $575,000, the largest in “High Stakes Poker” history at the time.

Hansen summed up this hand with the comment, “Wow, that was pretty sick!”

Here's the video of the hand :