AllenCunningham ($100,519.75), John DAgostino ($19,184), LoLiNa ($44,181.75), Eli Elezra ($54,751.75), OMGClayAiken ($10,000) and durrrr ($12,636.50) played $1000/$2000 HORSE with an ante of $200 at the Elk 6 max table.

One of the first hands I watched was between Durrrr and Allen Cunningham. They were playing Omaha Hi/Lo and Allen Cunningham had three of a kind jacks against Durrrr’s seven high straight. The pot was worth $58,809.50. Allen Cunningham did win the side pot worth $4,000 but definitely took a hit to his overall chip stack.

Another large hand later in the game was between Allen Cunningham and Eli Elezra. They were playing Limit Stud Hi. Eli Elezra was doing most of the raising through out the hand until the last betting round when Allen Cunningham re-raised twice. When they finally showed their cards Allen Cunnignham had a eight high straight and Eli Elezra mucked losing the pot worth $35,497.

After about 100 hands the chip totals looked like:

AllenCunningham ($78,607.25)
LoLiNa ($20,000)
Eli Elezra ($27,605.25)
Patrik Antonius ($23,193.50)
durrrr ($74,323.50)

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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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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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