Gus Hansen($13,197) was at a table against David Benyamine ($10,732), KaiBuxxe ($7,800), Ziigmund ($75,590) and iammagic ($9,592). They were playing $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi.

The first full hand I watch at the table turns out to be an all-in fest. With three players going all-in and another player calling it all. The players involved in the hand were: Gus Hansen, KaiBuxxe, Ziigmund and David Benyamine. Gus Hansen ended up winning the hand with three kings and took down the pot worth $44,926.

Gus Hansen with his newly acquired stack of $44k doesn’t sit around and watch. A couple hands later he plays in a hand worth $96,946! There were three players in the hand: Ziigmund, KaiBuxxe and of course Gus Hansen. Ziigmund won the side port worth $81k with three of a kind fives and KaiBuxxe won the main pot worth $15.8k with an ace high flush. Gus Hansen had a pair of aces, he then bought in with another 16k after losing the monster hand.

Gus Hansen then lost a hand worth around 8k. But then a couple hands later goes all-in with the 8k and doubles up back to his original 16k. Well it didn’t last long as Gus Hansen played in a hand against Ziigmund. The hand was worth $30,896 and Gus Hansen held two pair and lost against Ziigmund’s full house.

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Phil Ivey was playing in a $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi game with 6 other players at Full Tilt Poker.net. I started watching after he sat down and played a couple hands but I am guessing he bought in for 50k (when I began to observe the table he had 53k). It was a high stakes game with most players stacks well over 20k. One player in particular: Daduv4 had $180k!

Phil Ivey won a huge hand against Sapster who in the beginning of the hand had $14,797. Sapster started the hand by raising to $800 while Ivey re-raised to $3000. Sapster called and so did another player at the table… so at that point they were three handed. The Flop was [Ah Qc 8h] and Ivey bet $9,600 and was re-raised all-in by Sapster for an additional $2,197. At the end of the hand the community cards were: [Ah Qc 8h 7s] [2c] with Phil Ivey holding [Ad Ac Ks 3h] giving him a three of a kind aces and Sapster losing with his hand [Jc Th 9d 8d] holding only a pair of 8’s. Phil Ivey won the pot worth $33,191.

David Benyamine another full tilt poker pro was also in the game. He won a large hand against Daduv4 and won $43,990 with a full house. The hand is in the noteworthy hands section of this post.

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