Archive | December, 2007

“ActionJeff” Scores $63K NL Hold’em Win Over Galfond

“ActionJeff” Scores $63K NL Hold’em Win Over Galfond

Over on Full Tilt Poker table Pimento, high stakes professionals “ActionJeff” and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond played a heads-up session of $200/$400 NL Hold’em. Right from the start, “ActionJeff” would assume control and managed to rake in over $63K in winnings before he decided to book the win and quit the match ahead.

“mad00house” Rakes In $75K NL Hold’em Win

There was some $200/$400 NL Hold’em action going down on Full Tilt Poker table Canfield. The player “mad00house” was able to rake in over $75K during his two hours in the game. His closest competitor was “Genius28″ with just a $15K+ win. Sharing most of the losses were “trex313″ (-$21K), “jdb401K” (-$30K), “ActionJeff” (-$44K).

“Urindanger” Takes $29K Win Over “leroidesanimaux”

In some early morning action on Full Tilt Poker table Relic, “Urindanger” and “leroidesanimaux” played some heads-up $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em. It was a very even match up until the final hand in which “Urindanger” took down the $36K pot when “leroidesanimaux” couldn’t let go of his Kings after an Ace hit the flop. That hand  Read more »

“Aeron73″ Takes His Shot At “KObyTAPOUT”

“Aeron73″ Takes His Shot At “KObyTAPOUT”

With Phil Galfond quitting his match against “KObyTAPOUT”, the player known as “Aeron73″ was next in line to see what he can win against the mystery player. This match would not go as long as the previous two as “Aeron73″ decided to quit around 50 minutes into game. He was taking down most of the  Read more »

“KObyTAPOUT” Roughs Up Galfond With $104K Win

“KObyTAPOUT” Roughs Up Galfond With $104K Win

After watching “Urindanger” take over $280K from “KObyTAPOUT”, high stakes young gun Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond decided he wanted some of that cash. They played heads-up $300/$600 NL Hold’em on Full Tilt Poker tables Halbert and Ringer for around two and a half hours. However, things didn’t go as well for Galfond as they did for “Urindanger”.  Read more »

Hawrilenko Bests Oppenheim; $34K Limit Hold’em Win

Fresh off his pouncing on “Rearden Metal”, David Oppenheim awaited his next opponent on Full Tilt Poker table Harlin. He didn’t have to wait long as Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko sat in to play some heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em. They would go at it for nearly 40 minutes before Hawrilenko called it a night with a  Read more »

“Urindanger” Delivers $280K Blow To “KObyTAPOUT”

“Urindanger” Delivers $280K Blow To “KObyTAPOUT”

The highly profitable “Urindanger” finally got some action in some heads-up $300/$600 NL Hold’em. The brave individual to sit in on Full Tilt Poker tables Halbert and Ringer against him was Jani “KObyTAPOUT” Vilmunen. Or was it? Since Vilmunen doesn’t usually play heads-up NL Hold’em for such high stakes, it was rumored that it might  Read more »

Oppenheim Takes $77K Win Over “Rearden Metal”

In some high stakes $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em action on Full Tilt Poker table Harlin, David Oppenheim ran over the player known as “Rearden Metal”. After “Rearden Metel” quit the heads-up match, Oppenheim sat on nearly $77K in winnings.

“Genius28″ Lands $100K Victory Over Ivey In Deathmatch

“Genius28″ Lands $100K Victory Over Ivey In Deathmatch

All the railbirds gathered quickly to watch a very anticipated matchup between highly successful online young gun “Genius28″ and high stakes professional Phil Ivey. They sat down on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Deathmatch and ensued in a heads-up $500/$1000 NL Hold’em battle. It was a back and forth match with Ivey being up as  Read more »

“OneUponAStar” vs. “LucLongley” In Heads-Up NLH

In some late night one-on-one action, “OneUponAStar” and “LucLongley” were entangled in two tables of heads-up $100/$200 NL Hold’em. Almost an hour into the game, “LucLongley” would hit an Ace hi flush to outdraw his opponents top pair for a $42K+ pot. A few hands later, “OneUponAStar” would quit the match with a small $3K win  Read more »