Archive | June, 2009

Griffin Bests Galfond, Books $82K Win In $100/$200 Pot-Limit H.A.

During the late night hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes poker players Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond played a four-table battle of $100/$200 Pot-Limit H.A. They faced off for over 50 minutes on tables Chip, Face, Wisp, and Kiln as Griffin was able to take down 11 of the 15 largest pots  Read more »

“MicahJ” Makes $31K In Heads-Up Pot-Limit Omaha Against “HUMZIE”

The players “MicahJ” and “HUMZIE” were involved in several games of heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha during the evening hours on the Full Tilt Poker tables. They began with $100/$200 blind action on table Iron where “HUMZIE” dropped an even $10K before losing another $9K+ in less than five minutes on table Ball. Then they upped the  Read more »

Forrest Drops $46K In Heads-Up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em Action

High stakes professional Ted “profbackwards” Forrest played two heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em games during the evening hours on Full Tilt Poker. His first opponent was Matt Hawrilenko over on table Creep where Hawrilenko booked a $34K+ win in a little over 20 minutes of play. Around 35 minutes later, Forrest took on “Stwasi” on table  Read more »

Lindgren Loses $52K During $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. Action

There was some $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. action running during the day on Full Tilt Poker tables Competition and Glade. Booking the biggest win was “Gagrin” with over $41K in winnings. Others booking wins in the action were “NEKOTYAN” ($13K+), Ted “profbackwards” Forrest ($9K+), and Matt Hawrilenko ($7K+). The only two losers at the tables would be  Read more »

“rospodin” Rakes In $20K Win In $50/$100 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em

In some afternoon heads-up action, “rospodin” played two players in heads-up $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em games. First up was “tuff_fish” over on Full Tilt Poker table Janell where “rospodin” raked in an $18K+ win in just five minutes of action. Over 90 minutes later, he faced on table Andi for 45 minutes and added another $1K+  Read more »

“luckexpress10″ Rakes In $55K Win In Heads-Up $300/$600 PL Hold’em/Omaha

Over on Full Tilt Poker table Dori, “luckexpress10″ played $300/$600 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha against two different opponents. His first match was against Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis as he managed to pull in an $18K win in less than 15 minutes of action. After Billirakis left, Di “Urindanger” Dang sat down and lost over $37K during the 35-minute  Read more »

“NO IT ALL” Loses $49K In $50/$100/$15 Pot-Limit Omaha Action

There was a $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha game with a $15 ante running all through the morning hours on Full Tilt Poker deep-stack table Nevada Sky. Booking the biggest win was “Tdanger00″ with over $26K won in 242 hands played. Also booking wins were “OlliPolli” ($18K+), “ByTheBy” ($14K+), Brian Townsend ($13K+), and “maxypaxy” ($11K+). Among the  Read more »

“–DONKEY1965–” Dominates $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. Action, Drags In $115K Win

Throughout the day’s poker action, there were $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. games running on Full Tilt Poker tables Competition, Bluff, Glade, and Fawn. Dominating the action was “–DONKEY1965–” with over $115K in winnings through 725 hands of play. A few other winners at the tables were “NEKOTYAN” ($38K+), Erick Lindgren ($24K+), and Ted “profbackwards” Forrest ($18K+). Taking  Read more »

Kelopuro Kills Hansen, Collects $363K Pot-Limit Omaha Win

During the morning hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes professionals Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro and Gus Hansen got involved in a heads-up battle of $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha. After the first 10 hands of action, Kelopuro was down $50K. But Kelopuro would come back as they hopped from table to table throughout a three-hour time span.  Read more »

Griffin Takes On Hansen In $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha, Wins $37K

High stakes poker player Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin” took on Gus Hansen in some heads-up poker action. They first played some $300/$600 Pot-Limit H.A. on Full Tilt Poker table Dori. Hansen, however, lost his $12K buy-in in just on Omaha hand and so they began a $500/$1000 PL Omaha game on table Hansen Knockout where Hansen  Read more »