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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John Juanda ($1,145.25), David Benyamine ($58,662.90) and John DAgostino ($39,025.75) played $500/$1000 Anti $100 HORSE at Full Tilt Poker. Also at the table was Brian Hastings ($23,050), EazyPeazy ($26,567.90) and Hoss_TBF ($30,266.75). This table had a lot of big name high stakes players and they lived up to their names with a ton of high stakes hands.

Hoss_TBF kept losing as he was playing with only a pair and kept going up against stronger hands. One hand he went up against a straight with only a pair of three’s. John Juanda won with the straight and took the pot worth $8.5k. Then again against David Benyamine he had a pair of aces and went up against Benyamines two pair. That pot was worth $14,597.

Finally Hoss_TBF changed his luck when he played a hand against Da Musta. They capped the betting at $2k before the flop. After the flop Hoss_TBF bet the whole time and was called by Da Munsta till the river. The community cards were [6s 5s Qd 5c] [Qc] and Hoss_TBF had an AQ in his hand and won the pot worth $9,747.

At the end of me watching (about 50 hands) the chip totals were:

• John DAgostino ($30,438)
• John Juanda ($13,685), is sitting out
• Brian Hastings ($41,483), is sitting out
• Da Munsta ($12,813.75)
• ROXY2 ($3,250)
• EazyPeazy ($26,896.90) (more…)

Phil Ivey played against David Benyamine at the $1000/$2000 HORSE table at Full Tilt Poker.com. It was a heads up

game with David Benyamine with $49,734.10 and Phil Ivey had $80,062.

Phil Ivey was playing pretty well during the match and won a couple large hands including the last hand which was $22k. When I stopped watching about 65 hands later Ivey had $104k and Benyamine had $23k.
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