Vos Vaporizes “Sapster” In Sick PLO Battle; $175K Win

Thursday, December 27th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...

 

Sahamies Takes Down $129K Pot-Limit Omaha Win

Thursday, December 27th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...

 

“Urindanger” Books $48K Heads-Up NL Hold’em Win

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...

 

Cassidy Schools “toomuchneon” With $107K Win

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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” ...

 

“LiftstyleFlashy” Drops $64K In Heads-Up NL Hold’em

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...

 

Galfond Gets $27K Win In $8K Capped PL Omaha

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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), ...

 

Sahamies Continues Thunderdome Success; $100K Win

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - 1 Comment »

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 ...

 

Townsend Scores $27K PL Omaha Victory Over Dwan

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...

 

Oppenheim Over Hawrilenko With $29K H.O.R.S.E. Win

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - 1 Comment »

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 ...

 

Ivey Adds $50K Thunderdome Win Over Dwan

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 - No Comments »

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 ...