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The big Full Tilt Poker high limit mixed games went off again on Tuesday. The first of the two big tables going off saw David Oppenheim take on Brian Townsend screen name ’sbrugby.’ The first hand we saw saw Oppenheim lay a Stud hand down on the river to Townsend’s $3000 bet.

The next hand saw a massive pot get all of Oppenheim’s money in the middle. Although he flopped top pair, he was way behind Townsend’s flopped top set. He didn’t get there, and Townsend won the pot for more than $50,000.

David Oppenheim re-bought, and the games continued. This hand saw Townsend make a min-raise of an additional $1800, forcing Oppenheim to lay his hand down and leave himself with yet another short stack.

In the Limit Hold’Em game, all the money went in on the flop. Oppenheim had a bleak king high and didn’t get there, once again losing his stack to Townsend.

Oppenheim finally got some back in this hand. Flopping top pair top kicker, Oppenheim faced a big bet on the river. He made the call, picking off Townsend’s missed flush draw bluff for a pot of $60,000.

This was enough for Oppenheim. Only being down around $20,000 at this point in the game, he opted out and left the table. Townsend also left, but it didn’t take long for both seats to fill. High limit pro Gus Hansen took one seat. As is expected at these limits, it didn’t take long for Hansen to find an opponent, as Brian Hastings joined him at the table. The first big hand played by the two came in this pot of PLO. Hansen made a pot sized bet on the turn, which was good enough to force Hastings out.

Hastings got the better of Hansen in this hand with a raise on the river.

Hastings won another big pot, this time in the Stud H/L round. Three kings were good enough for the scoop and most of Hansen’s chips.

Hansen bought back with a big stack and won another big hand on seventh street of the Stud Hi round.

On the sessions, the two winners were both Brian Hastings and Brian Townsend, taking home a little more than $50,000 and $20,000 each.

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Big mixed games went off on this last holiday weekend at Full Tilt Poker. Three big name pros sat down to play the biggest 7-Game on the net. Brian Townsend, Patrik Antonius, and Gus Hansen took at each other in these hands.

Our first big hand of the day saw Gus Hansen win a Razz pot for nearly $20,000.

‘LoLiNa’ sat down and joined the game. In this hand, the $18,000 Stud H/L pot went ‘LoLiNa’s way.

Brian Townsend took the next pot off Patrik Antonius with a $3000 bet on the river. Townsend won the $22,000 hand.

Townsend won another hand here. In the Stud H/L round, two pair was good enough to win this pot of $20,000.

Big Pot Limit Omaha games went off at the same time. Richard Ashby took on ‘harrington25′ in this pot. The hand was capped at $32,000. Top set was good here for ‘harrington25′ to take this hand off Ashby.

Gus Hansen laid this hand down to ‘LoLiNa,’ who won this hand worth more than $20,000.

Townsend won another pot off Hansen here, taking Gus’s stack and over $40,000.

‘LoLiNa’ continued to take pots by winning this hand off Townsend in the Stud H/L round.

Another big Capped Limit Omaha hand went to ‘harrington25′ by winning both runs of this hand with broadway.

In the final hand of the session, Brian Townsend continued his beating of Gus Hansen winning a $50,000 hand.

On the day, Townsend proved to be the big winner, taking most of Hansen’s money. In the Omaha game, ‘harrington25′ was the big winner taking home over $50,000.

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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.

Read More about Brian Townsend here

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After spending the last week getting his teeth kicked in, Viktor BlomFull Tilt Poker. He booked a win of around $1.6 Million to recoup a good chunk of his loses VS Brian. Most of his winnings came against Brian Townsend. Isildur1 was taking big pots all day.

The following hand was a prime example of some of the big confrontations that went on between the two. In this hand, Townsend had $120,700 to start with and had the entire stack in on the turn. At the turn, the board read 6h-3d-7d-7c. Townsend held 9c-9h-10s-7s for trip sevens. Isildur1 held Js-8d-6d-6c for sixes full. A river Qd sent the $241,399.50 pot to Isildur1.

Townsend dropped another 124k in the following hand. On a flop of Qs-2h-As, Townsend bet $21,000 and received a call. The turn 6h prompted Townsend to bet pot, which left him about $5k behind. Isildur1 raised to put him Townsend all-in and he called. Isildur1 showed Kh-Qh-6d-2d for two pair and Townsend showed Ad-Kc-Jd-10h for top pair and broadway draw. The river fell the 9h and Isildur1 takes down a quarter of a million dollar pot.

Townsend had a flopped straight outdrawn by a flush on the river to lose a $242k pot.
The following hand, Townsend didn’t even bother to show his hand. Isildur1 made the nut flush on the turn to take a $204k pot. One can only assume that Townsend had a wheel.

Isildur1 came out winner on just about everything he touched today. He finished up $486,521.30 in the $300-$600 NL Holdem heads-up games over 2,573 hands. Over 1,462 hands, he finished up a staggering $782,559.50 in the $300-$600 PLO 6-Max. He finished up $305,324 in the $200-$400 PLO heads-up games. He also picked up $87k in the $100-$200 PLO 6 Max and $20k in the $50-$100 PLO 6-Max. His only losing session was in the $100-$200 PLO heads-up, where he dropped a mere $20,701.
After today’s action, Isildur1 is still down, but only $614,421. While that is still a far cry from the $5 Million he was up last month, it is still much better than the $1.9 Million he was down to start the day. Is this the beginning of a massive rebound for Isildur1 or is it just a momentary reprieve from his downward spiral?

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