Pederson Bests Stern With $38K Win In $40/$80 No-Limit Hold’em

In some afternoon heads-up action, Kyle “Kpederson” Pederson and Daniel “Ansky451″ Stern faced off in a two-table game of $40/$80 No-Limit Hold’em. They battled it out for 45 minutes on Full Tilt Poker deep-stack tables HyperAggrDonk and Lindgren as Pederson took down the three largest pots of the match. After 231 total heads-up hands, Pederson had booked a $38K+ win over Stern.

HAND A
Full Tilt Poker Game #18794730822: Table Lindgren (6 max, deep)
$40/$80 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:38:54 ET – 2010/02/26
Seat 4: Kpederson ($18,639)
Seat 6: Ansky451 ($13,358.50)
Kpederson posts the small blind of $40
Ansky451 posts the big blind of $80
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Kpederson raises to $240
Ansky451 calls $160
*** FLOP ***
Ansky451 checks
Kpederson bets $320
Ansky451 calls $320
*** TURN ***
Ansky451 checks
Kpederson bets $960
Ansky451 calls $960
*** RIVER ***
Ansky451 checks
Kpederson bets $4,800
Ansky451 has requested TIME
Ansky451 calls $4,800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kpederson shows three of a kind, Threes
Ansky451 mucks
Kpederson wins the pot ($12,639.50) with three of a kind, Threes

HAND B
Full Tilt Poker Game #18795114712: Table HyperAggrDonk (6 max, deep)
$40/$80 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:52:51 ET – 2010/02/26
Seat 4: Kpederson ($15,467)
Seat 6: Ansky451 ($18,569)
Ansky451 posts the small blind of $40
Kpederson posts the big blind of $80
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Ansky451 raises to $240
Kpederson raises to $960
Ansky451 calls $720
*** FLOP ***
Kpederson bets $1,280
Ansky451 raises to $2,798
Kpederson has requested TIME
Kpederson raises to $4,960
Ansky451 has requested TIME
Ansky451 calls $2,162
*** TURN ***
Kpederson bets $9,547, and is all in
Ansky451 folds
Kpederson mucks
Kpederson wins the pot ($11,839.50)

HAND C
Full Tilt Poker Game #18795514126: Table Lindgren (6 max, deep)
$40/$80 – No Limit Hold’em – 17:08:16 ET – 2010/02/26
Seat 4: Kpederson ($20,622.75)
Seat 6: Ansky451 ($23,446)
Ansky451 posts the small blind of $40
Kpederson posts the big blind of $80
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Ansky451 raises to $240
Kpederson raises to $960
Ansky451 calls $720
*** FLOP ***
Kpederson bets $1,280
Ansky451 raises to $2,777
Kpederson calls $1,497
*** TURN ***
Kpederson checks
Ansky451 bets $5,000
Kpederson raises to $16,885.75, and is all in
Ansky451 has requested TIME
Ansky451 calls $11,885.75
Kpederson shows
Ansky451 shows
*** RIVER ***
Kpederson shows a straight, Ten high
Ansky451 shows three of a kind, Nines
Kpederson wins the pot ($41,245) with a straight, Ten high