Patrik Antonius hasn’t had many complaints when it’s come to his participation in the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker as of late. The Finnish-born poker professional has had one of the hottest November’s in recent memory, with over $1 million in profit for the month. Over a quarter of that figure came from last night’s session, in which he gained over $385K.
The Team Full Tilt member spent a little less than an hour absolutely dismantling his opponent, David “Raptor” Benefield, at $500/$1000 uncapped Pot-Limit Omaha. Although the game of choice lately has certainly been PLO, most players have been more involved in the capped version. On this night however, Antonius and Benefield were feeling a bit more adventurous, and their fearlessness ended up working in Antonius’ favor.
The pair played a heads-up session which lasted 289 hands, with Antonius dominating the Cardrunners pro from the start. After scooping up a few pots in the six-figures, it was only a short 47 minutes until Benefield typed in the dreaded “gg” to finish their heads-up session.
Although Benefield certainly had a terrible night against Antonius, his troubles compiled even further as he proceeded to lose another $279K at $200/$400 PLO. Benefield was easily the biggest loser on the night, with a staggering $664K in total losses. To say the least, this should be a Saturday night Benefield will be looking to forget really quickly.
Although Antonius was on the top of the leaderboard for earnings on Saturday, fellow online player “rumprammer” certainly was giving Antonius a run for his money. Playing over 1000 hands of Pot-Limit Omaha Cap, rumprammer finished the night up $206,314.
Gus Hansen, who recently had his hot streak cooled off by Di “Urindanger” Dang, managed to bounce back on Saturday night by collecting $154,587 in profits. Hansen put in great volume to collect those profits as well, with over 1500 hands played for the night. The Great Dane has been very busy trying to regain his bankroll, and his confidence in the wake of 2010.
As previously mentioned, his recent rival Urindanger also managed to finish the night up six-figures with $133,709 in earnings.
Even though no one certainly came close to Benefield in terms of losses, LokoIsBack and GooGie MonA both managed to lose six-figures. Both players played into the wee hours of Sunday morning, and although the late hours are often a great time to catch “fish”, the two players may have left their reels in the water just a little too long. They lost $165K and $139K respectively.
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