Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 27, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
There was an extremely ridiculous and very entertaining $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha match going down between Mark Vos and the player known as “Sapster”. Despite the maximum being set at only $10K, there was over $190K on the table. It was widely speculated that “Sapster” was indeed intoxicated and, thus, rationalizing why Vos was running over Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 27, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
In some $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha action on Full Tilt Poker tables Pantheon and Eginton, high stakes professional Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies took down the most cash with over $129K in winnings in just 80+ hands. Right behind him was “KOByTAPOUT” with a $119K+ win of his own. Other significant winners were Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond ($64K), Dustin Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
In some heads-up $200/$400 No-Limit Hold’em action on Full Tilt Poker tables Vasari and Pimento, “Urindanger” managed victories against two different opponents. The player “patatino” was first up on table Vasari where “Urindanger” booked a $12K+ win before “patatino” wised up and left the table. A little over a half-hour later came “trex313″ on table Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
The players Joe “BUTCH ACIDY” Cassidy and “toomuchneon” sat down on PokerStars table Chromios for some heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em action. It was a see-saw battle for the first hour plus before Cassidy would build up a lead that he would never surrender. He was up as much as $188K at one point before “toomuchneon” Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
It was not a good day for “LifestyleFlashy” in the heads-up department as he finished on the red side against three different opponents. First up was “NES_Pro” who booked a $17K+ win against “LifestyleFlashy” in over two hours of $100/$200 NL Hold’em on Full Tilt Poker table Relic. Then on table Kraft, “dirtyfolder” took almost Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
In some $100/$200 PL Omaha ($8K Cap) action on Full Tilt Poker table Lemhi, Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond managed to rake in over $27K in less than an hour at the table. The other winners at the table were “Eila” ($19K+), Dustin Dirksen ($11K+), and Mark Vos ($6K+). Taking most of the losses were “HipHopNDontStop” (-$11K), Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
It seemed as though everyone wanted a piece of Phil Ivey in his own home court. After taking a combined $558K from his previous two opponents just three hours earlier, Ivey now faced the formidable Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies in a heads-up $500/$1000 PL Omaha battle on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Thunderdome. It seemed as Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
During the late hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes young guns Brian “sbrugby” Townsend and Tom “durrrr” Dwan ensued in a heads-up $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha battle that was spread over tables Full, Fiat, and Knot. A $27K+ pot would end up bring the match to a halt as Townsend was able to rake in Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
High stakes professionals David Oppenheim and Matt Hawrilenko were going at it heads-up once again playing their 40/40 split. That is, 40 $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em hands followed by 40 $1000/$2000 H.O.R.S.E. hands, minus the Hold’em. It was quite clear where each player’s strength is as Hawrilenko completely controlled the Hold’em hands, while Oppenheim had success Read more »
Posted by D.B.Murdock
on Dec 26, 2007
in High Stakes Poker Reports
Around 45 minutes after tearing Niki Jedlicka a new one, Phil Ivey was back at it as he now faced Tom “durrrr” Dwan over on Full Tilt Poker table Thunderdome. The players started the $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha match with $50K stacks and Dwan jumped out to a quick lead. But it was not to Read more »