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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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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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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Mike Matusow ($40,326) played $1000/$2000 HORSE against Markus Golser ($112,759.50), David Benyamine ($37,059.80) and howisitfeellike ($37,755.50), the game was played at the “Hatteras” table . Later in the game howisitfeellike and confused 1 here sat down and played.

There were a bunch of $20k+ plus hands and it was a pretty good high stakes HORSE game. One of the larger hands that was played was a hand between Benyamine and Markus Golser. David Benyamine ended up winning the $28,997 pot with three of a kind 2’s against a mucked Markus Golser hand.

Another large hand that Benyamine won was a hand with Matusow and Golser. Both of them lost with Golser mucking after 3rd street and Matusow 7th street. Benyamine raked the large pot worth $32,300.

The game soon broke up and the chip count was:

• Mike Matusow ($29,024.50), is sitting out
• Confused 1 Here ($54,484), is sitting out
• Markus Golser ($87,554), is sitting out
• David Benyamine ($82,682.80)
• howisitfeellike ($44,098.50)

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Mike Matusow ($20,000) played $500/$1000 HORSE at Full Tilt Poker.net at the “Milstead” table. Playing at the table was Nick Schulman ($23,497), Boosted J ($7,000), PokerGodZeus ($17,995.50), Eli Elezra ($12,997), CHUFTY ($5,742.50) and La Key U ($12,745).

After about 30 hands Mike Matusow left the table with $15,923.50 after a large hand between Eli Elezra and PokerGodZeus . Eli Elezra had two pair, Aces and Twos and won the pot worth $16,048.

During the game there were alot of $5-10k hands. The average hand when I started watching was $6k.

The final chip count was:

• BUTTPIRATE55 ($12,095)
• PokerGodZeus ($20,431.50)
• Eli Elezra ($20,230)
• Hoss_TBF ($19,219)
• La Key U ($10,000)

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Mike Matusow ($76,759.25) played $500/$1000 HORSE at the Pineview table at Full Tilt.com. Other players are the table were Seat 1: EazyPeazy ($16,961.50), SteveSung ($21,579.50), Mark Weitzman ($62,681.75), Hoss_TBF ($23,837.40), cmynuts ($11,397), Lacey Duvalle ($10,000), CHUFTY ($90,593.25), and later Durrr.

I watched 50 hands and then left for about an hour and came back and the table was still active. So that is why there will be a large unexplained gap in the chip amount.

When I came back Mike Matusow had half the money that he had when I began watching. I went over the hand histories and there weren’t any large hands. There were tons of hands that were in the range of $4-$10k but really nothing higher. Overall it was a high stakes game without “really” high stakes.

Chip Totals:

• SteveSung ($0), is sitting out
• Sassi ($16,989.50)
• Mike Matusow ($30,871.50)
• Hoss_TBF ($22,344.05)
• durrrr ($47,581)
• CHUFTY ($107,224)

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Jennifer Harman played in the $500/$1000 HORSE game at Full TIlt Poker with CHUFTY, HOSS_TBF and johnnycash12. They sat at the poker table Pineview which seats 8 players. I was able to watch Jennifer Harman from the beginning and she bought in to the table with $10k.  At that time Hoss_TBF had  $21,999.50, CHUFTY with $29,408.10 and  johhnycash12 $27,443.50.

Sorry for the short post but I don’t have much time to right about the match. It was pretty straight forward with the top hands below.

At the end Jennifer Harman had a good day at work finishing with $30k.  While johhnycash12 ($40,610)
and Hoss_TBF ($18,317)…. A couple players came and lost money so that is why there was more money on the table in the end.

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