Archive | January, 2009

Dang Battles Hansen In $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha, Books $72K Win

Hac “trex313″ Dang and Gus Hansen were involved in a $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha battle that occured in sporadic sessions throughout the entire night and into the following afternoon. They would log in 1,580 total heads-up hands against each other on Full Tilt Poker tables Hansen Knockout and Hansen Hangout. After trading 53 six-figure pots back  Read more »

Ivey Bests Dwan, Books $297K Combined Win In NL Hold’em/PL Omaha

Ivey Bests Dwan, Books $297K Combined Win In NL Hold’em/PL Omaha

High stakes professionals Phil Ivey and Tom “durrrr” Dwan met up on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Thunderdome to play $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Toward the end of their two and a half hour battle, they sat down on table GusHeaven for some $500/$1000 No-Limit Hold’em action. They would only play six hands there with Ivey  Read more »

“Snake8484″ Scores $64K No-Limit Hold’em Win Against “RandomInfluence”

In some morning heads-up action, “Snake8484″ and “RandomInfluence” were involved in a $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em game on Full Tilt Poker table Masters. Their match went on for over two hours as “Snake8484″ dominated in taking down 10 of the top 11 hands played. After 448 hands of action, “Snake8484″ had racked up a sweet $64K+  Read more »

Bonyadi Books $27K Loss During $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. Action

During a $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. game running on Full Tilt Poker tables Hollow, high stakes professional Farzad Bonyadi would end up losing over $27K in the action. Sharing most of the winnings in the game were Chau Gaing ($19K+) and “bixiu” ($6K+).

“INTERNET POKERS” Over “OnTheRize” With $42K Pot-Limit Omaha Win

Over on Full Tilt Poker table Pantheon, high stakes players “INTERNET POKERS” and “OnTheRize” played some heads-up $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha. Their 90-minute battle had “INTERNET POKERS” rake in three of the four largest pots en route to a $42K+ win in 155 hands of action.

“extacymoney” Makes $121K In $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha Action

Throughout the day’s $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha action on Full Tilt Poker tables Pantheon, Barn, and Acres, the individual under the handle “extacymoney” finished on top with over $121K in winnings through 211 hands of play. Other winners were Dustin Dirksen ($68K+) and Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro ($26K+). The day’s biggest losers were Hac “trex313″ Dang (-$33K),  Read more »

Haxton Picks Up $21K In Heads-Up $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em Action

High stakes poker player Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton sat down on Full Tilt Poker table Jaffa to play some heads-up $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em. His got some action from “TheJOKER-JSB” as they played a 90-minute match that earned Haxton a $17K+ win. Around half-an-hour later, Haxton would pick up another $4K in just five hands against “BeepBeepImaJeep”.  Read more »

Sahamies Suffers Quick $359K Loss In $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha

There was some brief $500/$1000 PL Hold’em/Omaha action running on Full Tilt Poker tables Ivey Mix and Hansen Blender. In just half-an-hour of play, the gambling Fin Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies had a rough session as he ended up dropping over $359K after playing 114 total hands. Sharing the winnings at the tables were John “world1969″  Read more »

Sahamies Picks Up $36K Win Over Hennigan In $2000/$4000 H.E.R.O.S.

Down on Full Tilt Poker table Hansen Park, high stakes poker players Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and John “world1969″ Hennigan played a heads-up game of $2000/$4000 H.E.R.O.S. They went at it for around half-an-hour with Sahamies raking in the five biggest hands of action. After 109 hands played, Sahamies had picked up a $36K+ win over  Read more »

Bonyadi Takes $26K Loss In $1000/$2000 H.E.R.O.S. Game

In some afternoon poker action, there was a heads-up game of $1000/$2000 H.E.R.O.S. between high stakes professionals Chau Giang and Farzad Bonyadi. Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies would sit in and pick up a $16K+ win in 33 quick hands. Giang managed a $9K+ win for himself while Bonyadi ended up with almost $26K in losses at  Read more »