Brian Hastings ($38,997), OMGClayAiken ($43,802) and Urindanger ($142,205.05) played $200/$400 No Limit Hold-em at Tilt.com. Also playing at the table was good2cu ($68,988), patatino ($42,564.50) and Genius28 ($93,353).

There was a high stakes hand between Good2cu and Urindanger . Urindanger raised pre-flop to $4800 which was called by good2cu. The flop of [Ks Js 7h] gave good2cu a flush draw with his hole cards [Qs As]. Urindangerstill feeling comfortable at this point with pocket Aces bets $9200 which is then raised to $33,333 by good2cu which is then re-raised by Urindanger to $57,466 putting good2cu all-in. Good2cu called the hand and on the very next card caught his flush and took down the monster pot worth $116,373.

After watching a bit over 50 hands the chip totals were:

good2cu ($70,341)
OMGClayAiken ($77,983)
patatino ($57,914.50)
Spiked ($40,000)
Brian Hastings ($51,185)
Urindanger ($90,467.05)

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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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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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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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David Singer ($7,642) and David Benyamine ($58,884) played $1000/$2000 HORSE along with La Key U ($75,791), LoLiNa ($25,798.50), Eli Elezra ($27,486.50), ICallSoWhat ($44,307). The table was Eli Elezra (6 max) at full tilt poker.net.

There were alot of hands that were around $15k and not past the flop. There was a few $20k+ hands and one hand that was $30k+ but nothing about that.

Sorry, this is a short post but I am getting ready to go to Las Vegas tomorrow and go see the start of the WSOP Event #2 ($1500 dollar buy-in event)…So this will just be a quick update about the game.

After about 50 hands the chip counts were:

• La Key U ($71,385)
• LoLiNa ($42,331.25)
• Eli Elezra ($44,599.25)
• David Singer ($43,924)
• David Benyamine ($49,420.50)
• ICallSoWhat ($68,136), is sitting out

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Gus Hansen ($16,838.25) played $1000/$2000 HORSE against SteveSung ($50,479.75), Brian Hastings ($86,200), David Benyamine ($65,379.50), Nick Schulman ($40,000) and Okada Roll ($53,088.50). The full tilt.com table was ELK (6 max) with an ante of $200.

It was a pretty fun table to watching with most of the hands in the high teens.  One of the first hands I watched was a hand between Nick Schulman and Gus Hansen. Schulman won the hand with two pairs (eights and sevens) against Gus Hansens pair of threes. The hand was worth $37,000.

Later on their was another hand between Nick Schulman and Gus Hansen. Nick Schulman ended up winning again with three of a kind eights. Gus Hansen mucked his cards but lost the $22,997 pot.

After about 60 hands the chip counts were:

• SteveSung ($61,503.25)
• Brian Hastings ($84,484.50)
• halfdozen999 ($15,088)
• Nick Schulman ($24,740.25)
• Gus Hansen ($22,779)
• Okada Roll ($84,099.50)

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Phil Ivey ($180,572.15) played against David Benyamine ($131,393.85) in the $2000/$4000 HORSE table at Full Tilt.com known as the Ivey Glue Factory.  I haven’t seen Ivey sit down at one of his poker tables for awhile so I was happy to see some high stakes action.

They didn’t disappoint and the first hand I watched was worth $36,599.50. Phil Ivey won the hand with a 7 high straight. David Benyamine mucked his hand so unable to know what Ivey was up against.

There were a lot of $30k+ hands but not much above that. At the end of every hand the loser mucked so I am not able to really talk about the hands because its pointless not knowing what the player had that lost. But definitely some good poker action, regardless.

I was able to watch 50 hands before Phil Ivey sat out, at that point the chip count was:

• Phil Ivey ($159,767.65)

• David Benyamine ($152,189.35)

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Gus Hansen ($18,794) and David Benyamine ($71,641.50) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi against LoLiNa ($10,198), Urindanger ($37,286), the guru 11 ($83,321), Cole South ($92,092). They played at the Full Tilt.com table “Brookview” a 6 max table.

The first full hand that I watched was a good one with LoLina winning a $20,794 pot. Urindanger got a 10 on the river giving him two pair but to no avail. LoLina was dealt pocket aces but had no need for them once the board showed 3, 6, 4 giving her a straight.

The game was a fun one to watch with a good amount of high stakes hands with the very next hand a $39k pot that Gus Hansen won. It got much more exciting when after two hands Cole South went all-in for $76k in addition to the $7k he already had in the pot. It was called by David Benyamine. The hand ended up being worth $132,680 with Benyamine winning with full house, Queens full of Twos against Cole South’s full house, Twos full of Fours.

The table basically broke up after about 35 hands…the chip totals were:

• David Benyamine ($102,374)
• LoLiNa ($14,892)
• Gus Hansen ($65,267)
• Urindanger ($41,791)
• the guru 11 ($98,196)
• Cole South ($35,597)

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