Archive | November, 2007

Galfond Rakes In $57K Win In NL Hold’em Action

There was finally some high stakes ring game action going down on the NL Hold’em tables. Full Tilt Poker tables Canosa and Date were running two exciting games of $100/$200 NL Hold’em. Finishing on top was Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond with a $57K+ win during his 40 minute session. Also picking up a solid win was  Read more »

“OneUponAStar” Picks Up $22K Win Over “trex313″

There was some excellent heads-up NL Hold’em going down on Full Tilt Poker tables Relic and Emery. “OneUponAStar” was facing “trex313″ on two tables with $200/$400 blinds. They played for over an hour and got in 460+ hands. After being up over $40K at one point, “OneUponAStar” lost a $40K pot and decided to book  Read more »

Hansen Books $44K H.O.R.S.E. Win

During the $1000/$2000 H.O.R.S.E. game on Full Tilt Poker table Hatteras, Gus Hansen managed to pick up over $44K in 320+ hands played. Also picking up small wins were “2little2late2″ ($9K+) and Eli Elezra ($5K+). Sharing the losses in the game were David Oppenheim (-$9K) and “AAAASEANAAAA” (-$50K).

“2little2late2″ Over “FakeSky” With $40K Omaha Hi/Lo Win

There was some heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo action going down on Full Tilt Poker table Pearl. It was “2little2late2″ taking on “FakeSky” in a match that lasted around 50 minutes. After 130+ hands of action, “2little2late2″ had raked in nearly $40K in winnings against his opponent.

Sahamies Takes Down $148K PL Omaha Win

During the day’s $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha action on Full Tilt Poker tables Pantheon and Eginton, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies managed to rake in over $148K in winnings during his three hour session. Following him with some solid wins were “p_c4Libr4ted” ($81K+) and “trex313″ ($77K+). The big losers included Tom “durrrr” Dwan (-$55K), “DaFool” (-$64K), “Luck123″ (-$79K),  Read more »

“Spiked” Receives $40K Donation From “DarioxxxMinieri”

“Spiked” Receives $40K Donation From “DarioxxxMinieri”

Over on $200/$400 heads-up NL Hold’em table Relic on Full Tilt Poker, “Spiked” sat down with the player under the handle “DarioxxxMinieri” for some one-on-one action. The match didn’t last very long, however, because after five minutes of action, “DarioxxxMinieri” lost over $37K on consecutive hands to leave “Spiked” with a generous $40K donation.

“AndyMcloed” Drops $75K In Heads-Up NL Hold’em

The player under the alias “AndyMcloed” was involved in some heads-up $200/$400 NL Hold’em on Full Tilt Poker tables Relic, Kraft, and Emery. After initially losing over $18K to “FakeSky” on table Relic, “AndyMcloed” then came back with a $37K+ win over “p_c4Libr4ted”. After moving on to table Kraft, “p_c4Libr4ted” turned it around and raked  Read more »

Hawrilenko Rakes In $82K Heads-Up Limit Hold’em Win

High stakes professional Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko awaited opponents over on Full Tilt Poker table Tiger. After “okyouwin” sat down to play some heads-up $500/$1000 Limit Hold’em he was done after dropping over $59K in 45 minutes of action. The player “Eila” sat in for a couple sessions and finished with a small $2K win over Hawrilenko. “flops  Read more »

Oppenheim Takes $55K Loss In H.O.R.S.E. Game

In mostly three-handed $1000/$2000 H.O.R.S.E. action on Full Tilt Poker table Hatteras, high stakes professional David Oppenheim managed to drop over $55K during his 110+ hand session in the game. Fellow ‘big gamer’ Gus Hansen lost $15K+ of his own while the player “AAAASEANAAAA” ($39K+), “2little2late2″ ($16K+), and “google12345″ ($14K+) all benefited from their donations.

Galfond Grabs $22K NLH Win Over “DarioxxxMinieri”

In some heads-up $300/$600 No-Limit Hold’em action going down on Full Tilt Poker table Halbert, high stakes young gun Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond did battle with “DarioxxxMinieri”. The match lasted just over 20 minutes as Galfond made quick work of his opponent and booked a sweet $22K+ win.