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Brian Hastings would be the benefactor of the sickest session in online poker history. He would make $3,234,543.20 in just under 5 hours. This works out to $646,908.64 / hour and $1,261 per hand over 2565 hands. All the hands were in Pot Limit Omaha and were against Viktor Blom aka Isildur1, and played on 6 screens simultaneously. Isildur1 would be on major tilt, while at the same time running bad.

Brian Hastings unbelievable stats

Viktor Blom aka Isildur1 would be left with less than 600k in his account. He could have left with around a million but begged Brian to Stay:

Isildur1: ??????????
Dealer: Brian Hastings has 5 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings: getting very tired…
Dealer: Hand #16648979788 has been canceled
Brian Hastings: i feel bad quitting tho
Brian Hastings: would be be cool w/ playing someone else?
Isildur1: just f off
Isildur1: wåfä’qqqqqqqnhjwe4nm
Isildur1: dW
Isildur1: GFE4¨ÅN,K N,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,K3
Isildur1: Q
Isildur1: u know how lucky u are ?
Brian Hastings: yes i know
Isildur1: i can promise this is the worst
Brian Hastings: ill give you 30 more min if you want
Isildur1: luck anyone had
Brian Hastings: but im rly tired
Isildur1: k 30 mins more
Isildur1: take my last $$
Isildur1: i dont want it
Isildur1: ::S:S

It could be that Brian Hastings was staked by Brian Townsend and Cole South, but that is just a guess. Or they may have pooled all their money together to take on the Swede. Regardless, It doesn’t look like Isildur1 will be able to play $500 1000 for quite some time. On the other hand, It looks like Brian Hastings will be shopping for a new ride and some threads in the next day or two. This will go down as one of the greatest heads up poker matches in the history of poker.

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Brian Hastings is currently taking on Viktor Blom aka isildur1 at Full Tilt Poker, in what will go down as one of the most epic poker matches of all time. I was watching Brian make bluffs versus the unbluffable
Isildur1, and every other wrong move he could make. Brian was down over a million in an hour. They went to 6 screens after Isildur1 pleaded for 2 more tables, and then things went haywire. In one hour, Brian would get to past 1 million on 3 screens and have over $4 million on 6 screens combined.

Brian Hastings over a million on 2 screens and 900k+ on another

Brian Hastings quad jacks

Stacks sliding

6 screens

Isildur1 was suffering from tilt and fatigue as I stated that this could be his downfall in my last post. I post his weaknesses here.

Here is the time in Sweden:

Isildur1: ??????????
Dealer: Brian Hastings has 5 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings: getting very tired…
Dealer: Hand #16648979788 has been canceled
Brian Hastings: i feel bad quitting tho
Brian Hastings: would be be cool w/ playing someone else?
Isildur1: just f off
Isildur1: wåfä’qqqqqqqnhjwe4nm
Isildur1: dW
Isildur1: GFE4¨ÅN,K N,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,K3
Isildur1: Q
Isildur1: u know how lucky u are ?
Brian Hastings: yes i know
Isildur1: i can promise this is the worst
Brian Hastings: ill give you 30 more min if you want
Isildur1: luck anyone had
Brian Hastings: but im rly tired
Isildur1: k 30 mins more
Isildur1: take my last $$
Isildur1: i dont want it
Isildur1: ::S:S

They soon resume play after this chat….

Then Brian Hastings flush holds up:

Withing minutes Brian felts him on another screen:

5 hours close to $4 million

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The high stakes tables have been buzzing this month at Full Tilt Poker and the top five winners so far this month should come as a surprise to none. Chau Giang poker screen name La Key U is fifth on the list, winning $217,897 this month. Sami Kelopuro AKA LarsLuzark has been in the news quite a bit lately with his return to high stakes action online. He ranks #4 so far this month with $383,021 in winnings. Brian Hastings is up nearly $493,075 this month and ranks 3rd. Patrik Antonius comes in at the #2 spot with $825,869 in winning this month. The biggest money winner this month is the man, Phil Ivey. Phil Ivey has won $992,398 so far this month.

The biggest losers this month are just as interesting. David Benyamine comes in at #5 in our list of losers at $233,313 in the red. Matt Hawrilenko is #4 with $333,959 lost so far this month. Regista8 is in 3rd, losing $450,703 this month. John Juanda is donating back some of his WSOP Europe Main Event winnings to the poker community. He is down $732,597 so far, but he still doesn’t hold a candle to our top loser of the month. Lady Marmelade has lost a whopping $1,154,702 this month. This just compounds her overall losses. Right now, Lady Marmelade has lost over $2.68 Million this year in online poker.

The biggest pots won this month have all come courtesy of the RailHeaven table at Full Tilt Poker. RailHeaven can be considered the new Bobby’s Room of online poker. As expected Tom Dwan poker screen name durrrr was involved in many of the largest pots. In fact, he was in six of the top 10 pots so far this month. The largest was the 2nd largest pot of the month against lolzcapano. Pre-flop, durrrr made his typical raise to $3,000 and was called along by both John Juanda and Phil Ivey. Lolcapaneo raised to $16,500 and only durrrr made the call. The flop fell 3h-10c-7c and lolzcapaneo bet out $27,500. Durrrr made the call. On the turn of the Kd, lolzcapaneo bet out $46,500 and durrrr made the call yet again. The river fell the 5d and lolzcapaneo bet out $119,577. Durrrr made the call and showed pocket sevens for a set of sevens. Lolzcapaneo showed pocket jacks and durrrr took down a pot worth $428,151.

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Icallsowhat leads week of high stakes Pot Limit Omaha with $350k+ profits, David Benyamine is down $400k

Icallsowhat is up over $350k for the week of April 14 – 20 in high stakes Pot limit Omaha on full tilt poker. Durrr, Postflopaction, and Pekay are up over $100k each, while Urindanger and Ziigmund are down over $100k. David Benyamine and Brian Hastings were the biggest losers, with David Benyamine at -$400k and Brian Hastings at -$300k. Much of the biggest losses were caused by Icallsowhat, who won several of the biggest pots seen.

Biggest winners)

Icallsowhat: +350,000
Postflopaction: +160,000
Tom Dwan Aka Durrr: +130,000
Pekay: +100,000

Biggest losers)

David Benyamine: -400,000
Brian Hastings: -300,000
Urindanger: -120,000
Ziigmund: -120,000

Hand A) “Icallsowhat” outdraws David Benyamine’s top two pair in an $80k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6085142057: Table Eginton (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 17:00:59 ET – 2008/04/18 (partial)
Seat 3: David Benyamine ($63,984.50)
Seat 4: trex313 ($16,000), is sitting out
Seat 5: ICallSoWhat ($39,599.50)
ICallSoWhat has 15 seconds left to act
ICallSoWhat bets $10,800
David Benyamine raises to $39,600
ICallSoWhat calls $22,399.50, and is all in
David Benyamine shows [Ah 9h Kh Kd]
ICallSoWhat shows [8d 5c 7h Jc]
Uncalled bet of $6,400.50 returned to David Benyamine
*** RIVER *** [8s Ac 9s 8c] [4c]
David Benyamine shows two pair, Aces and Nines
ICallSoWhat shows a flush, Ace high
ICallSoWhat wins the pot ($79,198.50) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $79,199 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8s Ac 9s 8c 4c]
Seat 3: David Benyamine (small blind) showed [Ah 9h Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 4: trex313 is sitting out
Seat 5: ICallSoWhat (big blind) showed [8d 5c 7h Jc] and won ($79,198.50) with a flush, Ace high

Hand B) Brian Hastings also finds trouble with top two pair when “Icallsowhat” shows down the nut straight for an $87k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6070927813: Table Pantheon (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 14:10:36 ET – 2008/04/17
Seat 4: Brian Hastings ($43,599.50)
Seat 6: ICallSoWhat ($136,985.50)
Brian Hastings posts the small blind of $200
ICallSoWhat posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Brian Hastings raises to $1,200
ICallSoWhat raises to $3,600
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [9c Qd Ts]
ICallSoWhat has 15 seconds left to act
ICallSoWhat checks
Brian Hastings bets $5,600
ICallSoWhat has 15 seconds left to act
ICallSoWhat raises to $17,600
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings has requested TIME
Brian Hastings raises to $39,999.50, and is all in
ICallSoWhat calls $22,399.50
Brian Hastings shows [3h 2c Qs Th]
ICallSoWhat shows [Kh Jh Ah 7c]
*** TURN *** [9c Qd Ts] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qd Ts 5h] [8d]
Brian Hastings shows two pair, Queens and Tens
ICallSoWhat shows a straight, King high
ICallSoWhat wins the pot ($87,198.50) with a straight, King high
Brian Hastings adds $40,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87,199 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9c Qd Ts 5h 8d]
Seat 4: Brian Hastings (small blind) showed [3h 2c Qs Th] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 6: ICallSoWhat (big blind) showed [Kh Jh Ah 7c] and won ($87,198.50) with a straight, King high

C) “Icallsowhat” has Aces full of Queens vs. “Trex313”s Queens full of Aces in a $101K pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6085649813: Table Pantheon (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 17:45:41 ET – 2008/04/18
Seat 1: OMGClayAiken ($39,400)
Seat 2: ComanderCrowe ($25,398)
Seat 3: KG1000 ($51,380)
Seat 4: ICallSoWhat ($85,037)
Seat 5: trex313 ($50,368)
Seat 6: David Benyamine ($107,250)
OMGClayAiken posts the small blind of $200
ComanderCrowe posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
KG1000 folds
ICallSoWhat raises to $1,400
trex313 raises to $4,800
David Benyamine folds
OMGClayAiken folds
ComanderCrowe folds
ICallSoWhat has 15 seconds left to act
ICallSoWhat raises to $15,000
trex313 has 15 seconds left to act
trex313 has requested TIME
trex313 calls $10,200
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4d 3d]
ICallSoWhat has 15 seconds left to act
ICallSoWhat bets $30,600
trex313 raises to $35,368, and is all in
ICallSoWhat calls $4,768
trex313 shows [Ks Jc Qd As]
ICallSoWhat shows [Kc Ac 2d Ad]
*** TURN *** [Qh 4d 3d] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 4d 3d Ah] [Qs]
trex313 shows a full house, Queens full of Aces
ICallSoWhat shows a full house, Aces full of Queens
ICallSoWhat wins the pot ($101,333) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
trex313 adds $8,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $101,336 | Rake $3
Board: [Qh 4d 3d Ah Qs]
Seat 1: OMGClayAiken (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: ComanderCrowe (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: KG1000 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: ICallSoWhat showed [Kc Ac 2d Ad] and won ($101,333) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 5: trex313 showed [Ks Jc Qd As] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Seat 6: David Benyamine (button) didn’t bet (folded)

D) Ziigmund runs a set of Queens into “Trex313”s set of Aces in a $70k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6086443258: Table Pantheon (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 18:54:31 ET – 2008/04/18
Seat 2: ComanderCrowe ($50,010)
Seat 3: Ziigmund ($33,965)
Seat 4: Luck123 ($15,098)
Seat 5: trex313 ($36,097)
Seat 6: David Benyamine ($145,310)
trex313 posts the small blind of $200
David Benyamine posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ComanderCrowe has 15 seconds left to act
ComanderCrowe folds
Ziigmund raises to $1,400
Luck123 folds
trex313 calls $1,200
David Benyamine calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7h Qs]
trex313 bets $4,200
David Benyamine folds
Ziigmund calls $4,200
*** TURN *** [Ah 7h Qs] [Ac]
trex313 bets $6,300
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund raises to $28,365, and is all in
trex313 calls $22,065
Ziigmund shows [Qh Qd Tc Qc]
trex313 shows [Kh As Ad 5d]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7h Qs Ac] [Kc]
Ziigmund shows a full house, Queens full of Aces
trex313 shows four of a kind, Aces
trex313 wins the pot ($69,328) with four of a kind, Aces
Ziigmund is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69,330 | Rake $2
Board: [Ah 7h Qs Ac Kc]
Seat 2: ComanderCrowe didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: Ziigmund showed [Qh Qd Tc Qc] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Seat 4: Luck123 (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: trex313 (small blind) showed [Kh As Ad 5d] and won ($69,328) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: David Benyamine (big blind) folded on the Flop

E) Brian Hastings hits a backdoor straight against “Pekay”s Aces in a $93k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6048944452: Table Pantheon (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 18:50:54 ET – 2008/04/15
Seat 1: Brian Hastings ($46,994)
Seat 5: pekay ($208,964.50)
pekay posts the small blind of $200
Brian Hastings posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
pekay raises to $1,200
Brian Hastings raises to $3,600
pekay calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [3d 6s Qd]
Brian Hastings bets $5,600
pekay calls $5,600
*** TURN *** [3d 6s Qd] [Th]
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings bets $17,200
pekay has 15 seconds left to act
pekay has requested TIME
pekay raises to $70,000
Brian Hastings calls $20,594, and is all in
pekay shows [Ad 2h Ah 4s]
Brian Hastings shows [7c Kd 9h 8d]
Uncalled bet of $32,206 returned to pekay
*** RIVER *** [3d 6s Qd Th] [7s]
pekay shows a pair of Aces
Brian Hastings shows a straight, Ten high
Brian Hastings wins the pot ($93,987.50) with a straight, Ten high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $93,988 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3d 6s Qd Th 7s]
Seat 1: Brian Hastings (big blind) showed [7c Kd 9h 8d] and won ($93,987.50) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 5: pekay (small blind) showed [Ad 2h Ah 4s] and lost with a pair of Aces

F) “Omgclayaiken”s double suited Aces hold up in a $78k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6085759562: Table Eginton (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 17:55:10 ET – 2008/04/18
Seat 1: OMGClayAiken ($35,004)
Seat 2: P-FISH ($12,590), is sitting out
Seat 3: David Benyamine ($16,156.50)
Seat 4: trex313 ($46,061.50)
Seat 5: ICallSoWhat ($96,664.50)
Seat 6: Eric Liu ($7,600)
Eric Liu posts the small blind of $200
OMGClayAiken posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
David Benyamine calls $400
trex313 raises to $1,800
ICallSoWhat folds
Eric Liu has 15 seconds left to act
Eric Liu has been disconnected
Eric Liu calls $1,600
Eric Liu has reconnected
OMGClayAiken raises to $7,600
Eric Liu has been disconnected
David Benyamine folds
trex313 calls $5,800
Eric Liu has reconnected
Eric Liu has 15 seconds left to act
Eric Liu has requested TIME
Eric Liu calls $5,800, and is all in
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2s 6h]
OMGClayAiken has 15 seconds left to act
Eric Liu has been disconnected
OMGClayAiken bets $23,200
Eric Liu has reconnected
trex313 raises to $38,461.50, and is all in
OMGClayAiken calls $4,204, and is all in
trex313 shows [Js Qc 8c Ts]
Eric Liu shows [Qh 9c 8d 7h]
OMGClayAiken shows [2h 3c Ah Ac]
Uncalled bet of $11,057.50 returned to trex313
*** TURN *** [Jc 2s 6h] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 2s 6h 3h] [3s]
trex313 shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
OMGClayAiken shows a full house, Threes full of Twos
OMGClayAiken wins the side pot ($54,808) with a full house, Threes full of Twos
Eric Liu shows a pair of Threes
OMGClayAiken wins the main pot ($23,198) with a full house, Threes full of Twos
Eric Liu is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $78,008 Main pot $23,200. Side pot $54,808. | Rake $2
Board: [Jc 2s 6h 3h 3s]
Seat 1: OMGClayAiken (big blind) showed [2h 3c Ah Ac] and won ($78,006) with a full house, Threes full of Twos
Seat 2: P-FISH is sitting out
Seat 3: David Benyamine folded before the Flop
Seat 4: trex313 showed [Js Qc 8c Ts] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Threes
Seat 5: ICallSoWhat (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: Eric Liu (small blind) showed [Qh 9c 8d 7h] and lost with a pair of Threes

G) David Benyamine, “Trex313”, and “Chufty” make a gamble in a capped preflop $66k pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #6077383141: Table Brookview (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 23:37:17 ET – 2008/04/17
Seat 1: David Benyamine ($27,290)
Seat 2: CHUFTY ($10,594)
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken ($100,522.50)
Seat 4: KG1000 ($40,386)
Seat 5: ShipFaced12 ($6,269)
Seat 6: trex313 ($52,457)
trex313 posts the small blind of $200
David Benyamine posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
CHUFTY has 15 seconds left to act
CHUFTY calls $400
OMGClayAiken folds
KG1000 folds
ShipFaced12 raises to $1,100
trex313 calls $900
David Benyamine calls $700
CHUFTY raises to $5,500
ShipFaced12 folds
trex313 calls $4,400
David Benyamine raises to $23,100
CHUFTY calls $5,094, and is all in
trex313 has 15 seconds left to act
trex313 has requested TIME
trex313 raises to $40,700
David Benyamine calls $4,190, and is all in
trex313 shows [9d 7c Ts 8c]
David Benyamine shows [Kh 3s Jh Js]
CHUFTY shows [Kc 2d 6c Ac]
Uncalled bet of $13,410 returned to trex313
*** FLOP *** [4h Jd Qh]
*** TURN *** [4h Jd Qh] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [4h Jd Qh Ks] [Jc]
trex313 shows a straight, King high
David Benyamine shows four of a kind, Jacks
David Benyamine wins the side pot ($33,392) with four of a kind, Jacks
CHUFTY shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
David Benyamine wins the main pot ($32,879) with four of a kind, Jacks
CHUFTY is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $66,274 Main pot $32,882. Side pot $33,392. | Rake $3
Board: [4h Jd Qh Ks Jc]
Seat 1: David Benyamine (big blind) showed [Kh 3s Jh Js] and won ($66,271) with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: CHUFTY showed [Kc 2d 6c Ac] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: KG1000 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: ShipFaced12 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: trex313 (small blind) showed [9d 7c Ts 8c] and lost with a straight, King high

H) KG1000 takes down one of the largest pots of the week, at $106k

Full Tilt Poker Game #6077398802: Table Brookview (6 max) – $200/$400 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 23:38:38 ET – 2008/04/17
Seat 1: David Benyamine ($66,271)
Seat 2: CHUFTY ($0), is sitting out
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken ($100,522.50)
Seat 4: KG1000 ($40,386)
Seat 5: ShipFaced12 ($5,169)
Seat 6: trex313 ($25,167)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $200
OMGClayAiken posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
KG1000 calls $400
CHUFTY adds $8,000
ShipFaced12 folds
trex313 raises to $1,800
CHUFTY has returned
David Benyamine calls $1,600
OMGClayAiken folds
KG1000 has 15 seconds left to act
KG1000 calls $1,400
*** FLOP *** [9d 6h Jd]
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine checks
KG1000 bets $5,800
trex313 has 15 seconds left to act
trex313 has requested TIME
trex313 calls $5,800
David Benyamine calls $5,800
*** TURN *** [9d 6h Jd] [3c]
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine bets $23,200
KG1000 raises to $32,786, and is all in
trex313 has 15 seconds left to act
trex313 calls $17,567, and is all in
David Benyamine calls $9,586
KG1000 shows [Td 8h Ad Jc]
trex313 shows [Ts 4d 5s 7d]
David Benyamine shows [6d As 9s 8d]
*** RIVER *** [9d 6h Jd 3c] [Qs]
KG1000 shows a straight, Queen high
David Benyamine shows two pair, Nines and Sixes
KG1000 wins the side pot ($30,438) with a straight, Queen high
trex313 shows Queen Jack high
KG1000 wins the main pot ($75,899) with a straight, Queen high
trex313 adds $8,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $106,339 Main pot $75,901. Side pot $30,438. | Rake $2
Board: [9d 6h Jd 3c Qs]
Seat 1: David Benyamine (small blind) showed [6d As 9s 8d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 2: CHUFTY is sitting out
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: KG1000 showed [Td 8h Ad Jc] and won ($106,337) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 5: ShipFaced12 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: trex313 (button) showed [Ts 4d 5s 7d] and lost with Queen Jack high

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