Archive for August, 2008

David Benyamine Plays Heads up Against SteveSung

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

David Benyamine ($141,969) played against SteveSung ($107,963) in a $2000/$4000 Limit Omaha H/L game. They played at Full Tilt.com at the Patrik (6 max) poker table.  The average pot was $16k with 184 H/hr and a 91% Plr/Flp.

One of the first hands that I watched was a hand where SteveSung raised to $4k which was called by Benyamine. After the flop a check from Benyamine and again a bet from SteveSung. The turn though Benyamine led out with $4k which was called by SteveSung. The river the same with a bet from Benyamine. At the showdown David Benyamine had [9c 2d 5h Qd] with the board  [Ad 8d 8s 3d 7h] and had an ace high flush for the high and won the low with 7,5,3,2,A collecting $31,999.50.

Another large hand was a hand where David Benyamine raised to $4k and was re-raised to $6k. They then went to the flop and SteveSung bet $2k and Benyamine raised to $4k. The turn SteveSung checked while David Benyamine contiuned his betting with $4k which was called. The river the same with SteveSung calling David Benyamine’s bet. In the end, it was not wise with Benyamine showing another Ace high flush and a 7,6,4,2,A for the low….taking down the pot worth $35,999.50.
At the end of about 75 hands the chip counts were:

SteveSung ($61,947.50)
David Benyamine ($187,955.50) (more…)

Mike Matusow, John Juanda Played HORSE

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Mike Matusow ($42,888), John Juanda ($10,497) played $500/$1000 HORSE. Also playing at the poker table was Mark Weitzman ($29,542.50), i_cheat_u ($11,809.50), jenruss18 ($4,528) and bixiu ($13,997). They played at the Pineview table at Full Tilt.

One hand that is under the Poker Tilt Hands was between John Juanda and Mike Matusow when they were playing Limit Stud Hi. Matusow was betting nearly the whole time up to 7th street when he finally checked. When the cards were shown Matusow had [9h 7s 8h 8d 9c Qd 6c] while Juanda showed [Qs Ts Jc Qh 2d 2s 5s]. John Juanda won with a higher two pair queens and two’s and raked in the pot worth $9,850.

Another large hand at the poker table was between Mark Weitzman and jakz101poker. Mark Weitzman was betting at every chance and jakz101poker called each time. At the end jakz101poker showed a king high straight flush and was beaten by a straight flush, king high, for high (little confusing…but ok). Mark Weitzman won $13,247 in the hand.

At the end of about 70 hands the chip counts were:

  • La Key U ($14,444), is sitting out
  • Mark Weitzman ($35,873.50)
  • jakz101poker ($6,398.50)
  • Mike Matusow ($29,133.50)
  • John DAgostino ($14,073.50)
  • bixiu ($6,276), is sitting out

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Brain Hastings, ICallSoWhat and Lolina Played Omaha

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Brian Hastings ($95,207),  ICallSoWhat ($46,921.50) and LoLiNa ($139,950.50) played $2000/$4000 Limit Omaha H/L. Also at the table was theASHMAN103 ($143,690) and EazyPeazy ($131,357.50). They played at the Patrik table at Full Tilt.com.

theAshman103 went on a run during the game. He won a large hand against ICallSoWhat and Lolina. theAshman103 was raising pretty much the whole way and was getting calls from both of them. After the river when theAshman103 bet another $4k this time Lolina folded and ICallSoWhat called. theAshman103 showed three of a kind queens and ICallSoWhat mucked and Ashman raked in $56k….The very next hand he won a $53k pot.

The next hand Brian Hastings went up against EazyPeazy and Lolina. After EazyPeazy raised on the flop there were 3 callers. After the flop Hastings bet $2k and was called by Eazy Peazy and Lolina. After the turn Hastings bet $4k and was quickly raised by EazyPezy and Lolina called. The turn saw some big raises and got two calls. Once the river card came down LoLina and EazyPezy folded when Hastings bet $4k and got the pot worth $54k.

After 42 hands the table broke up…The chip counts at this time was:

  • LoLiNa ($97,433)
  • ICallSoWhat ($57,412.50)
  • Phil Ivey ($100,000), is sitting out
  • EazyPeazy ($186,829.50), is sitting out

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Mike Matusow Played Omaha H/L at FullTiltPoker

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Mike Matusow ($14,998) played $300/$600 Omaha H/L against bixiu ($11,248) and: i_cheat_u ($9,747). They played at the Drive (6 max) table with an average pot size of $2010 and a Plr/Flp of 57% and 136 H/hr.

One of the larger hands was between bixiu and i_cheat_u. Bixiu raised with both Matusow and i_cheat_u calling. Matusow checked after the flop along with i_cheat_u but bixiu threw out a $600 dollar bet which i_cheat_u called but Matusow didn’t. On the turn and river it was i_cheat_u who bet $600 and both times bixiu called. i_cheat_u then showed his hand and had a king high straight after the flop and was able to take down the pot worth $5,399 as bixiu mucked his cards.

Bixiu and i_cheat_u had another large hand this time with i_cheat_u betting after the hole cards and bixiu calling. On the flop i_cheat_u led out the betting and bixiu raised to $600 which i_cheat_u called. On the turn i_cheat_u checked while bixiu bet $600…the opposite happened on the river. On the showdown bixiu showed flush king high and i_cheat_u had an ace high straight. Bixiu won the pot on the river taking down the pot worth $4,800.

When the table ended and the players sat out the chip counts were:

  • bixiu ($9,211)
  • Mike Matusow ($16,302)
  • i_cheat_u ($10,446.50)

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Brian Hastings, OMGClayAiken Pot Limit at FullTiltPoker.com

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Brian Hastings ($115,270) and  OMGClayAiken ($46,997) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Also playing at the table was La Key U ($37,900), howisitfeellike ($20,200), bballer88 ($68,381) and lady marmelade ($40,997). They played at Brookview (6 max) table at FullTiltPoker.

One of the bigger hands that was played at the table was between Brian Hastings and lady marmelade. Brian Hastings raised to $1400 before the flop. They both checked the flop and on the turn lady marmelade bet $2,576 which Brian Hastings called. After the river the board was showing [Kh 3s 4c Qs] [8c]. Lady marmelade checked while Brian Hastings bet $6,400 which was quickly called. On the showdown Brain Hastings showed Ace King high while lady marmelade had two pair (queens and eights) taking down the pot worth $21,134.

Another of the top poker tilt hands was between lady marmelade and La Key U. After the flop La Key U bet $4200 which was called by lady marmelade. After the turn La Key U bet $12,600 which was again called by lady marmelade after taking some time to think about the call. The river was a KS making a complete board look like [4h 5s 7c Js Ks] and lady marmelade this time bet $37,800 which was called by La Key U after requesting time….La Key U had $19,494 at this point and was all-in. The showdown between the players had lady marmelade showing King Jack high while La Key U had a eight high straight. Tough to try to bluff someone when they have a straight and the hand was worth $76,788 which was collected by La Key U.

Lady marmalade unfazed by the last hand bet $4,200 after the cards were dealt which was called by OMGClayAiken and howisitfeellike. After the flop OMGClayAiken opened the action by betting $8,400 which was called by lady marmelade and howisitfeellike folds. After the turn lady marmelade went all-in putting in $21,045 which was called by OMGClayAiken.  They both flipped over their cards and OMGClayAiken showed a flush which dominated lady marmelade’s two pair. The 5h didn’t help lady marmelade and OMGClayAiken took down the pot worth $71,687.

Near the end of me watching the game lady marmelade won a large hand against Brian Hastings when Hastings had a two pair while lady marmelade got a straight on the river winning $83,998.

At the end of nearly 50 hands the chip totals were:

La Key U ($72,881)
OMGClayAiken ($91,622)
BigBuxNoWhammy ($8,000), is sitting out
bballer88 ($39,572)
Brian Hastings ($50,096)
lady marmelade ($82,196) - Re-Bought for $80k

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Benyamine, Hansen and SteveSung Play Omaha H/L

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

David Benyamine ($59,986.50),  Gus Hansen ($21,000) and SteveSung ($84,991) played $2000/$4000 Limit Omaha H/L. Also playing at the table was howisitfeellike ($26,491) and EazyPeazy ($114,586.50). They were played at the Patrik (6 Max) table at FullTilt Poker.com.

EazyPeazy was winning a lot of the hands while I was watching. A couple of the first hands I watched was when EazyPeazy won a hand worth $41,997.  At the river Gus Hansen bet $4k and EazyPeazy went over the top and raised another $4k and Hansen then folded. The very next hand EazyPeazy again went up against Gus Hansen. EazyPeazy was betting and Hansen was calling through out the hand. At the end of the hand the board was showing  [3h 9c 4c Qh] 7c] and EazyPeazy had [6c 2d 5s 6h] and made a seven high straight. Hansen mucked his hand and EazyPeazy raked in the pot worth $40,997.

After another 10 hands EazyPeazy also picked up two more pots.  One hand against howisitfeellike and Eazypeazy won with a full house (nines full of aces) and picked up a pot worth $68,997! Then a couple hands later against SteveSung, EazyPeazy was able to take down the $55,997 pot with an ace high flush.

At the end of about 50 hands the totals were:

howisitfeellike ($28,972)
Gus Hansen ($49,999)
SteveSung ($50,000)
David Benyamine ($18,836)

EazyPeazy ($250,548.50) Left a bit earlier but with more then double what he started with (when I started watching the table)

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Matusow, Stevebets Play Omaha H/L at Full Tilt.com

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Mike Matusow ($70,984) and stevesbets ($42,440) played $1000/$2000 Omaha High Lo at Full Tilt. Also at the table was 13571113 ($39,713.50), EazyPeazy ($107,797) and Bill Gazes ($6,026.50). They played at the Pearl 6 max table.

One of the bigger hands at the table was between Mike Matusow and EazyPeazy. They were both betting the whole way with a bet from one and a raise from the other. They were betting $4k on turn and river. When they both showed their cards they must have been dissapointed to learn that they were holding the same hand. They both had a five high straight with A2 in their hands and [Kh 3d 5d 8s 4s] on the board.

After about 20 hands Mike Matusow started sitting out and EazyPeazy and Stevebets duked it out at the table. They had a lot of $15k+ hands between them and made the heads up battle a good one. One of the hands saw bets from both sides with stevebets leading the charge. In the end Stevebets lost the hand with a smaller two pair. EazyPeazy had two pair (jacks + fives) while Stevebets had two pair (kings + tens). EazyPeazy took down the pot worth $16,000.

After watching the last 50 hands of the table the chip counts were:

Seat 3: EazyPeazy ($111,555.50)
Seat 4: stevesbets ($48,428.50)
Seat 5: howisitfeellike ($20,000)

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Mike Matusow Plays Omaha Hi/Low

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Mike Matusow ($33,694) played $300/$600 Limit Omaha H/L against stevesbets ($15,063), TorontoToro ($4,187.50), TheComeUp ($15,798) and charzard ($30,861.50). They played at the Drive (6 max) table at Full Tilt.com.

I haven’t watched a Limit Omaha H/L game in a bit and when I usually do it always seems like Mike Matusow is a part of them. The game was averaging a respectable $3,729 per pot and 112 hands per hour with a 43% Plr per flop.

The largest hand I saw played at the table was between Mike Matusow and TorontoToro. Mike Matusow was betting and getting re-raised by TorontoToro through out the hand. Finally the last bet Mike Matusow checked and TorontoToro bet $600. Mike Matusow took some time and was deciding between laying down the hand or calling…He choose to call and it was the right decision. Mike Matusow had [As Ks 4s Jd] two pair, Jacks and Tens, for high while TorontoToro had [Ac 5c 2d 4h] a pair of Tens, for high. Matusow raked in the pot worth $7,497.

After about 70 hands the chip totals were:

  • new samurai ($12,000)
  • TorontoToro ($17,505)
  • TheComeUp ($4,484.50)
  • bixiu ($9,657)
  • charzard ($30,886)
  • Mike Matusow ($35,029)

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Gus Hansen Plays Pot Limit Omaha Hi at Full Tilt

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Gus Hansen ($143,488) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi against SteveSung ($74,566), howisitfeellike ($31,186), theASHMAN103 ($29,202) and David Benefield ($7,400).

SteveSung was tearing up the table and making a killing at the table. There were multiple hands over $30k+ that he won. Including a $92,818 pot that he won against howisitfeellike who had two pair (Tens and Threes) and David Benefield who had another two pair (Queens and Threes). Steve Sung had (Kings and Threes) and took down the monster pot.

At the end of about 75 hands the chip totals were:

SteveSung ($242,869)
John Juanda ($16,993)
Gus Hansen ($93,372)
howisitfeellike ($17,297)
IAmSoSo ($15,198)
charzard ($12,097)

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