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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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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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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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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John Juanda ($17,191) and Erick Lindgren ($8,000) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi at Full Tilt.com. Also playing at the table was  Cogaz ($20,997), ICallSoWhat ($49,695), applsgirl ($7,397) and present ($56,282).

A large hand between Erik Lindgren, applsgirl and present was played. The big winner of the hand was applsgirl who won $20,585 with three of a kind aces. Erik Lindgren took the side pot worth $7,209 against present with Three of a king queens. Present was the big loser of the hand with two pair.

A couple hands later Erick Lindgren lost to ICallSoWhat after a flop of [7h Tc 2d 5s Jd] and ICallSoWhat had three of a kind jacks.  Lindgren never showed his hand and mucked giving the pot worth $22,600 to ICallSoWhat.

The largest hand at the table (when I was watching) was a hand between Cogaz and applsgirl. Applsgirl won the hand with a two pair (kings and eights) against the two pair that cogaz held (queens and eights).  The board had two 8’s and the players each held their other pockets (kings/queens). The hand was won by applsgirl and she took down the pot worth $36,988.

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David Benyamine ($108,372.50), durrrr ($18,295) and ICallSoWhat ($7,400) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi. The table was “Pantheon” a 6 max table at Full Tilt. Also at the table but soon left was tsarrast.

This was an awesome table with David Benyamine and Durrr never afraid to go toe to toe in some high stakes hands. They did not disappoint with some huge hands worth $50k+.

One of the hands was worth $50,992 and both of the players had a Ten high flush. But Durrr had a 8d, 7d while Benyamine had 6d, 3d. A tough way to lose if you are David Benyamine.

Well David Benyamine didn’t wait long to reclaim his money and more. The largest hand of the table and one of the largest I have seen in awhile while watching Omaha Hi was played a couple hands later. David Benyamine won on the river with a five high straight against Durrr’s two pair that he hit on the flop. The hand worth $100,982!

The $100k hand pretty much wrapped up the table and a couple hands later all the players were sitting out. The chip count at this time was:

• David Benyamine ($128,304.50)
• durrrr ($7,648)
• ICallSoWhat ($20,284)

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David Benyamine ($62,527) Robert Mizrachi ($38,355), Brian Townsend ($39,294) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi at Full Tilt.com at the poker table “Ano”. Also playing at the poker table was CHUFTY ($8,000), Da Munsta ($46,813.50), howisitfeellike ($9,000).

There were a lot of hands that were over $25k which definitely made the game interesting. There was one large hand between Da Munsta and David Benyamine where the board showed [5h Th 9c 7d Ac]. Da Munsta had a jack high straight with a hand of [7h 8d Jd Ah]. Benyamine lost the hand with a 10 high straight…Tough loss especially since the pot was worth $102,012.

There were definitely some large hands and the average pot was $10k which is insane. They only had 79 H/hr which is less then usual but makes sense because of the large high stakes hands.

After watching 40+ hands here is the chip count:

• CHUFTY ($21,382)
• Da Munsta ($98,807), is sitting out
• it is anna ($8,000)
• Brian Townsend ($83,484.50)
• David Benyamine ($47,193)
• ICallSoWhat ($8,000)

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