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Brian Townsend is well known in poker for many reasons. Many know him as a high stakes pro on Full Tilt Poker. Others know him as an instructor on Cardrunners.com. Even more know him as the man that helped to bring down Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1. Hailing from Santa Barbara, California, this pro has put together quite a resume for himself.

Unlike many current players, Townsend chose to complete his education before moving on to poker. He received a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California – Santa Barbara. Townsend first started playing poker in 2005. He started out playing low limit Limit Holdem and moved up the limits before switching his game to NL Holdem in 2006. Within a year, he was playing at the highest limits online. Townsend officially turned pro in September of 2006. He now regularly plays $200-$400 NL Holdem and PL Omaha on Full Tilt. Townsend is also a member of Cardrunners.com, which is a poker training site ran by several successful online poker players. He also keeps a blog of his exploits on the site.

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Her major breakthrough movie was through her role as the singing waitress in The Fabulous Baker Boys. For you gambling movie junkies, she delighted in her role as Vicki in one of the best gambling comedy movies, Let it Ride (this is actually when her interest in poker began). Tilly’s work was officially recognized as she was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category in 1994 for her work in Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway. Tilly gained additional popularity for her voice-over work killer doll, Tiffany, for the Child’s Play series of movies (you know the ones…with “Chucky” the posessed doll that goes around killing everyone). In addition, you may recognize her as the voice of the Griffin’s family neighbor, Bonnie Swanson, on the Family Guy TV series. Other vocal work includes, Monsters Inc., Stuart Little and Hey Arnold. Tilly also performs in the theater, winning a Theater World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play One shoe Off. When acting, Jennifer Tilly excels at playing the dimwitted female, but off the screen and on the poker tables is where Tilly gets to prove how smart she really is.

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Patrik Antonius wins the biggest poker poker in online history on Full Tilt Poker. Patrik sat down with Isildur1 in a monster session in the late hours on Monday night. Isildur1 has been draining the high stakes economy by putting a beating on Tom Dwan AKA durrrr. Well, actually, Tom is a predator at the top of the food chain, so just a battle of the top feeders. And now another predator is back in action, former tennis pro and model turned poker pro – Patrik Antonius. Patrik Antonius played Omaha hi $500/$1000 PLO with the elusive Swedish player Isuldur1 and made a big dent in his roll. Most of the money he won came from the following hand:

Largest poker pot in online poker history
Patrik Antonius (BB): $439479.50
Isildur1 (BTN/SB): $450494.50

Pre Flop: ($1500.00)
Isildur1 raises to $3000, Patrik Antonius calls $2000

Flop: ($6000.00) 5 7 Q (2 players)
Patrik Antonius checks, Isildur1 bets $5000, Patrik Antonius raises to $21000, Isildur1 calls $16000

Turn: ($48000.00) A (2 players)
Patrik Antonius requests TIME, Patrik Antonius bets $48000, Isildur1 raises to $192000, Patrik Antonius raises to $415479.50 all in, Isildur1 calls $223479.50

River: ($878959.00) 8 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $878959.00
Patrik Antonius shows 6 A Q 9 (a straight, Nine high)
Isildur1 shows Q T K A (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Patrik Antonius wins $878958.50

The largest poker pot in online history is $878958.50 and is held by Patrik Antonius. As a whole, on the session, Patrik took $2.7 million from Isildur1!

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