John Juanda ($8,000), durrrr ($94,217.50) and Patrik Antonius ($154,659) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Also at the table was  ICallSoWhat ($73,695), IAmSoSo ($14,599) and later at the table  was OnTheRise and Aeron73.

The table was a good one to watch with the average pot over $10k and 46% Plr/Flp and 65 hands per hour. Most of the large hands were in the 20k range until a monster hand between ICallSoWhat and durrrr. The board was [4d Js 7c Kh 6h] giving Durrrr a straight on the river with a hand of [8s 9d Jd 5d] against ICallSoWhat’s two pair, Jacks and Sevens (which he made on the flop). Durrrr raked in the monster pot worth $123,174!

At the end of about 75 hands here was the chip count:

• ICallSoWhat ($43,420)
• Patrik Antonius ($106,985.50)
• John Juanda ($39,036)
• Aeron73 ($7,115)
• OnTheRize ($18,127.50)
• durrrr ($184,584.50)

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Durrrr ($16,037), David Benyamine ($111,160) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi at Full Tilt.com. Later in the game ArmenH1 joined the table.

The third hand I watched was a good one with the board showing [8d 2d 8s 8c 7c]. Durrr played the board and had three of a kind eights while David Benyamine had a full house eights and pocket kings.  Durrrr was committed to the hand and went all-in which was called by David Benyamine who raked in the pot worth $33,273.50.

Another big hand was when Durrrr had a full house, Eights full of Sevens while David Benyamine had a full house, Twos full of Eights. Durrrr raked in the pot worth $32,398.50. There were a couple other hands in the teens but nothing as exciting as the two hands I talked about.
Durrrr had a solid run in the next 40 or so hands and when the table ended the chip stacks were:

• Durrrr ($36,994)
• David Benyamine ($121,192)

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Hoss_TBF ($62,037) played against Ugadabugada ($77,922.50) in a heads up $500/$1000 Limit Hold-em game at Full Tilt Poker.com.

It was nice to watch a game other then the usual $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi high stakes games. Though, the game wasn’t terribly exciting with the average pot size $3609.

While I watched Ugadabugada was definitely controlling the table and taking down some important pots. One hand that was interesting was a hand where Hoss_TBF was betting and being raised by Ugadabugada. Hoss_TBF would call and this happened twice during the betting sequence. In the end it seemed that Ugadabugada made his hand in the end when a second ten came on the board and gave Ugadabugada three of a kind tens. Hoss_TBF mucked his hand but I have a feeling had the hand until the river and lost the pot worth $10,000.

At the end of about 100 hands the chip totals were:

Hoss_TBF ($49,516.50)
Ugadabugada ($90,401)

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OMGClayAiken ($39,289), Cole South ($103,736.50), Markus Golser ($79,647) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Also at the table was Urindanger ($73,852), patatino ($77,386) and applsgirl ($32,831). Durrr soon replaced OMGClayAiken sitting down with $40k.

The forth hand that I watched was a good one between applsgirl and Cole South. The flop of [5s 8c Th] seemed good for applsgirl who had  [Ac 8d Td Ad] Aces and tens and knowing that she also has one of the eights. Cole South had  [Jd 9d Js Qs] and applsgirl put pressure by going on after the flop. Cole South called and got a Q to hit the straight with the turn-river cards:  [Qc] [5d]. The pot was worth $61,259…soon after the hand applsgirl added $20k after going broke on the hand.

There were a couple other $20k-$40k hands but nothing too crazy happened. John Juanda joined the table which brought some life when a couple other players left. After about 40 hands the chip totals were:

• durrrr ($83,189)
• Markus Golser ($91,678)
• applsgirl ($38,598)
• John Juanda ($51,794)

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Markus Golser ($189,166) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi against halfdozen999 ($67,194.50) at Full Tilt Poker.com. They played at the Barn which had 6 seats but they ended up just playing heads up with no other players joining the table.

The game had a lot of pre-flop folds but a couple hands were around $10-15k. One of the hands was a hand between the two with halfdozen999 holding [Qh Ks Kh Jd] and Markus Golser with [9s 7d Kd 3h] and the board showing [2d Js 5s Jh 5c]. halfdozen999 won the hand with three of a kind jacks and took the pot worth $16,799.50.

Another interesting hand during the play had a board showing [2s 7h 8h 5c] [Qs]. After the river card halfdozen999 bet $19,200 and right away Markus Golser threw out a raise to $38,400. Halfdozen999 called adding an additional $19,200 to the pot. They both showed their hands with Golser showing first [6s 9d Td 9c] and then halfdozen999 with [9s 6d 5s 8c]. Both of them had the nine high straight and split the nearly $100k pot.

The final hand between the two was the most exciting and had a pot worthy of a high stakes game. The hand started normally without a pre-flop bet and just a call from halfdozen999 in the small blind for $200 to enter the pot.  The flop was [9d 6h 2d] and both checked going to the turn which was a [3s]. Markus Golser bet $800 and was then raised to $3,200 (now we are getting somewhere) then Golser re-raises to $10,400. Halfdozen999 then thinks for a bit and what do you know…he re-re-raises to $32,000 which Markus Golser takes sometime but eventually makes the call. The final river card was an  [8s] and Markus Golser throws out a raise of $64,800 and halfdozen999 quickly calls with his last $41,190 and is all-in. Markus Golser then shows his hand [7c 4s Js 5c] and halfdozen999 see’s the nine high straight that was caught on the river and mucks the card and leaves the table. I am sure disgusted with the  results of the hand he probably had until the river 8. Markus Golser then rakes in the hand worth $147,180!

At the end Markus Golser ended up with ($256,350) while halfdozen999 lost his buy-in and left the table.

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Jennifer Harman ($11,595.50) played $200/$400 Limit Omaha H/L against stevesbets ($11,139), Glazed ($16,644.50), matchpoint20 ($10,047) and Eats Fig ($8,647.50). They played at the table Vero (6 max) at Full Tilt.com.

I haven’t seen Jennifer Harman at the poker tables lately so it was great to see her sitting down at the table. She was also playing at a $100/$200 Limit Omaha H/L table but I decided I would just write about her poker play at the Vero table because of the higher stakes.

After watching for a little over 50 hands here is the chip count:

stevesbets ($13,100)
Glazed ($17,076)
Robert Mizrachi ($11,189)
Jennifer Harman ($14,199)
bixiu ($8,000)

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Gus Hansen ($21,400), David Benyamine ($17,094) and  Patrik Antonius ($35,419) played $1000/$2000 HORSE at the ELK (6 max) table at FullTiltPoker.net.

With three players at the table the action was flying. There was lots of pre-flop betting and some large 3 way pots. One of the hands that was interesting was a Limit Stud H/L hand that was constantly raised then re-raised until the pot ended up being $57,600.  It was 3 way action but was a two way split with Benyamine winning the Low with a pair of 8’s while Patrik Antonius took the high with a flush. This meant that both players basically split Gus Hansens  (he mucked at the end) chips.

Well I wasn’t able to watch for too long because 45 hands after sitting down to watch Hansen and Antonius sat out. At that point the chip counts were:

David Benyamine ($32,682)
Patrik Antonius ($61,212)
Gus Hansen ($0), is sitting out

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Markus Golser ($62,185) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi against applsgirl ($34,790), ICallSoWhat ($329,739), guaranteed376 ($186,038) and halfdozen999 ($28,798). The poker game was played at FullTiltPoker.net at the Acres (deep 6) table.

This was a great game to watch with a bunch of high stakes hands. The first huge hand was won by Markus Golser who had a queen high straight and beat guaranteed376’s three of a kind aces. The board showed [Ts Ah 9d Js As] and players went all-in after the flop when Markus Golser had already made his hand.  He ended up taking down the pot even though a second ace did come on the river and raked in the pot worth $108,570!

The largest hand of the day was between guaranteed376 and ICallSoWhat.  After a flop of [3h 6h Qs] iCallSoWhat bet, was then raised, and finally iCallSoWhat went over then top and all-in for more then $100k! The board ended up like this  [3h 6h Qs 2d] [Qc] with  ICallSoWhat showing [Ad 9h Ah Qd] and guaranteed376 showing [3s 6d Js Tc]. The winner was  ICallSoWhat who won with  three of a kind, Queens and raked in a monster pot worth $201,668!

After about 60 hands the chip totals were:

• applsgirl ($14,962)
• ICallSoWhat ($442,362)
• KObyTAPOUT ($46,896)
• Markus Golser ($111,470)
• War Stories ($27,596)

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