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Wednesday night proved to be a night of big action on Full Tilt Poker. The biggest tables on the site were occupied by some of the greatest in the game. In the Ivey Thunderdome, Phil Ivey played Tom Dwan AKA Durrrr heads up at $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha, while a five handed game of No Limit Hold Em went on at the same limit, including Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan and Ivey, LawsLuzak, who was up to a stack of $432k as we joined action, and top online pro Emil Patel AKA whitelime. Action didn’t take long, as Phil Ivey and Antonius engaged in a big pot in NLHE.

Sorry about these pics, the watermark process destroyed them and I lost originals.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9309482984: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 22:58:12 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: LarsLuzak ($447,751.50)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings ($43,268)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($108,994)
Seat 4: whitelime ($47,000)
Seat 5: durrrr ($44,000)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($214,887.50)
Brian Hastings has 5 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings is sitting out
Brian Hastings has timed out
Patrik Antonius posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime folds
durrrr folds
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
LarsLuzak folds
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings has reconnected
Patrik Antonius calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [Ks Jc 6c]
Patrik Antonius checks
Phil Ivey bets $5,000
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius raises to $18,000
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey raises to $44,000
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius raises to $105,994, and is all in
Phil Ivey calls $61,994
Patrik Antonius shows [Ac 5c]
Phil Ivey shows [Jd Kc]
*** TURN *** [Ks Jc 6c] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Jc 6c 2c] [7c]
Patrik Antonius shows a flush, Ace high
Phil Ivey shows a flush, King high
Patrik Antonius wins the pot ($217,985) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $217,988 | Rake $3
Board: [Ks Jc 6c 2c 7c]
Seat 1: LarsLuzak (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (small blind) is sitting out
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (big blind) showed [Ac 5c] and won ($217,985) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: whitelime didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: durrrr didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey showed [Jd Kc] and lost with a flush, King high

Ivey made up for it, though, on the PLO table against Dwan, taking the following pot for over $100,000.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9309598098: Table Ivey Thunderdome - $500/$1000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:05:34 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($53,296.50)
Seat 2: durrrr ($296,673)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
durrrr calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [8s 2s Jd]
durrrr bets $4,800
Phil Ivey raises to $16,000
durrrr raises to $54,000
Phil Ivey calls $34,296.50, and is all in
durrrr shows [2d 6d As Qs]
Phil Ivey shows [8h 8d Kc Tc]
Uncalled bet of $3,703.50 returned to durrrr
*** TURN *** [8s 2s Jd] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [8s 2s Jd 7c] [3c]
durrrr shows a pair of Twos
Phil Ivey shows three of a kind, Eights
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($106,592.50) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $106,593 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8s 2s Jd 7c 3c]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (small blind) showed [8h 8d Kc Tc] and won ($106,592.50) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: durrrr (big blind) showed [2d 6d As Qs] and lost with a pair of Twos

Antonius engaged in another big No Limit Hand, this time against ‘LarsLuzak.’ Antonius put in a sizable four bet preflop and a $35,000 bet on the flop won him the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9309648836: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 23:08:52 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: LarsLuzak ($487,748.50)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($210,982)
Seat 4: whitelime ($37,000)
Seat 5: durrrr ($49,500)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($127,381.50)
LarsLuzak posts the small blind of $500
Patrik Antonius posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime folds
durrrr raises to $3,000
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey folds
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak raises to $11,111
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak has been disconnected
Patrik Antonius raises to $32,000
LarsLuzak has reconnected
durrrr folds
LarsLuzak has been disconnected
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak has reconnected
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak has requested TIME
LarsLuzak calls $20,889
*** FLOP *** [Kh Jc 5c]
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak checks
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius bets $35,000
LarsLuzak folds
Uncalled bet of $35,000 returned to Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius mucks
Patrik Antonius wins the pot ($66,997)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $67,000 | Rake $3
Board: [Kh Jc 5c]
Seat 1: LarsLuzak (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (big blind) collected ($66,997), mucked
Seat 4: whitelime didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: durrrr folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Phil Ivey (button) didn’t bet (folded)

Phil Ivey took the following hand in Pot Limit Omaha with a good river bet in a good sized pot.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9309945185: Table Ivey Thunderdome - $500/$1000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:27:39 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($146,585.75)
Seat 2: durrrr ($203,372.75)
durrrr posts the small blind of $500
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
durrrr raises to $3,000
Phil Ivey calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [2s 4s 5d]
Phil Ivey checks
durrrr checks
*** TURN *** [2s 4s 5d] [9h]
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey bets $5,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $15,400
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey calls $10,400
*** RIVER *** [2s 4s 5d 9h] [7s]
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey bets $35,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr folds
Uncalled bet of $35,000 returned to Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey mucks
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($36,799.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $36,800 | Rake $0.50
Board: [2s 4s 5d 9h 7s]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (big blind) collected ($36,799.50), mucked
Seat 2: durrrr (small blind) folded on the River

‘LarsLuzak’ and Phil Ivey got involved in a very big pot in the No Limit Hold Em game. A large river bet was called by Ivey, which went to ‘LarsLuzak.’

Full Tilt Poker Game #9309983925: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 23:30:10 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: LarsLuzak ($437,242.50)
Seat 2: HeWasADonk ($50,000)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($202,477)
Seat 4: whitelime ($79,689)
Seat 5: durrrr ($70,297)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($162,875.50)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
LarsLuzak posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius raises to $3,500
whitelime folds
durrrr folds
Phil Ivey calls $3,000
LarsLuzak calls $2,500
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9h Kh]
Phil Ivey checks
LarsLuzak bets $8,888
Patrik Antonius folds
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey calls $8,888
*** TURN *** [Ts 9h Kh] [5s]
Phil Ivey checks
LarsLuzak bets $21,111
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey calls $21,111
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9h Kh 5s] [Ks]
Phil Ivey checks
LarsLuzak has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak bets $57,000
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey has requested TIME
Phil Ivey has been disconnected
Phil Ivey has 45 seconds to reconnect
Phil Ivey has reconnected
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey calls $57,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LarsLuzak shows [8s Js] a flush, King high
Phil Ivey mucks
LarsLuzak wins the pot ($184,495) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $184,498 | Rake $3
Board: [Ts 9h Kh 5s Ks]
Seat 1: LarsLuzak (big blind) collected ($184,495)
Seat 2: HeWasADonk is sitting out
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius folded on the Flop
Seat 4: whitelime didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: durrrr (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey (small blind) mucked

Emil Patel made his impact known in the following hand with Phil Ivey in No Limit Hold Em. An all in shove on the river won Patel the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9310095246: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 23:37:29 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: LarsLuzak ($518,350.50), is sitting out
Seat 2: HeWasADonk ($49,000)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($226,362)
Seat 4: whitelime ($67,189)
Seat 5: durrrr ($64,997)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($76,673.50)
HeWasADonk posts the small blind of $500
Patrik Antonius posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to $3,500
durrrr folds
LarsLuzak has reconnected
Phil Ivey calls $3,500
HeWasADonk folds
Patrik Antonius folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 7h Ad]
LarsLuzak has been disconnected
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
LarsLuzak has reconnected
whitelime bets $5,500
Phil Ivey calls $5,500
*** TURN *** [Tc 7h Ad] [8s]
LarsLuzak has been disconnected
LarsLuzak stands up
Urindanger adds $50,000
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime bets $10,500
Phil Ivey calls $10,500
*** RIVER *** [Tc 7h Ad 8s] [Kc]
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime bets $47,689, and is all in
Phil Ivey folds
Uncalled bet of $47,689 returned to whitelime
whitelime mucks
whitelime wins the pot ($40,497)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $40,500 | Rake $3
Board: [Tc 7h Ad 8s Kc]
Seat 1: LarsLuzak is sitting out
Seat 2: HeWasADonk (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: whitelime collected ($40,497), mucked
Seat 5: durrrr didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey (button) folded on the River

‘LarsLuzak left the No Limit game, and took all the money. ‘Urindanger’ took the open spot, and the game continued. Ivey and Dwan continued their big game at Omaha with the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9310214596: Table Ivey Thunderdome - $500/$1000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:45:18 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($191,680.75)
Seat 2: durrrr ($158,269.25)
durrrr posts the small blind of $500
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $3,000
Phil Ivey calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [3s 3h 5d]
Phil Ivey checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $4,800
Phil Ivey calls $4,800
*** TURN *** [3s 3h 5d] [Ah]
Phil Ivey checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $12,700
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey raises to $34,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr calls $21,300
*** RIVER *** [3s 3h 5d Ah] [6c]
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey checks
durrrr checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phil Ivey shows [4s 7c 5c Qs] a straight, Seven high
durrrr mucks
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($83,599.50) with a straight, Seven high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $83,600 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3s 3h 5d Ah 6c]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (big blind) collected ($83,599.50)
Seat 2: durrrr (small blind) mucked

All the short stacks in NLHE meant a lot of big pots as players tried to accumulate chips. This following hand between Ivey and ‘Urindanger’ is the perfect example of such.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9310226092: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 23:46:04 ET - 2008/12/03
Seat 1: Urindanger ($57,897)
Seat 2: HeWasADonk ($52,997)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($220,362)
Seat 4: whitelime ($71,586)
Seat 5: durrrr ($83,591)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($47,773.50)
Patrik Antonius posts the small blind of $500
whitelime posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
durrrr folds
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
Urindanger calls $3,000
HeWasADonk calls $3,000
Patrik Antonius folds
whitelime folds
*** FLOP *** [Th Kh 2d]
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey bets $8,000
Urindanger folds
HeWasADonk has 15 seconds left to act
HeWasADonk calls $8,000
*** TURN *** [Th Kh 2d] [5d]
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey bets $18,000
HeWasADonk raises to $41,997, and is all in
Phil Ivey calls $18,773.50, and is all in
HeWasADonk shows [Tc Qd]
Phil Ivey shows [Ah Kc]
Uncalled bet of $5,223.50 returned to HeWasADonk
*** RIVER *** [Th Kh 2d 5d] [5h]
HeWasADonk shows two pair, Tens and Fives
Phil Ivey shows two pair, Kings and Fives
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($100,044) with two pair, Kings and Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100,047 | Rake $3
Board: [Th Kh 2d 5d 5h]
Seat 1: Urindanger folded on the Flop
Seat 2: HeWasADonk (button) showed [Tc Qd] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: whitelime (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: durrrr didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey showed [Ah Kc] and won ($100,044) with two pair, Kings and Fives

Ivey and Durr continued their epic showdown with the following hand reaching over $175,000.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9310471193: Table Ivey Thunderdome - $500/$1000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 0:02:20 ET - 2008/12/04
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($260,474.75)
Seat 2: durrrr ($89,466.75)
durrrr posts the small blind of $500
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
durrrr raises to $3,000
Phil Ivey calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [4c Ts 7d]
Phil Ivey bets $5,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $15,400
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey raises to $40,000
durrrr raises to $86,466.75, and is all in
Phil Ivey calls $46,466.75
durrrr shows [7c 5c Tc Ks]
Phil Ivey shows [7s 4s Qd 4d]
*** TURN *** [4c Ts 7d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [4c Ts 7d As] [9d]
durrrr shows two pair, Tens and Sevens
Phil Ivey shows three of a kind, Fours
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($178,933) with three of a kind, Fours
durrrr adds $50,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $178,933.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: [4c Ts 7d As 9d]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (big blind) showed [7s 4s Qd 4d] and won ($178,933) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: durrrr (small blind) showed [7c 5c Tc Ks] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens

The No Limit game picked up a little bit when another Full Tilt Pro joined the game. The Great Dane of poker, Gus Hansen, joined the action, buying in for a short stack. Patel took a pot off Dwan in the following hand with an all in move at the right time.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9310609126: Table RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 0:11:55 ET - 2008/12/04
Seat 1: Urindanger ($170,078.90)
Seat 2: Gus Hansen ($57,897)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($222,256)
Seat 4: whitelime ($45,538.55)
Seat 5: durrrr ($62,291)
Seat 6: Phil Ivey ($71,990.10), is sitting out
Urindanger posts the small blind of $500
Gus Hansen posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Patrik Antonius folds
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime raises to $2,500
durrrr calls $2,500
Urindanger has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey has reconnected
Urindanger calls $2,000
Gus Hansen calls $1,500
*** FLOP *** [2d Kc 7s]
Urindanger checks
Phil Ivey has returned
Gus Hansen checks
whitelime checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $5,400
Urindanger calls $5,400
Gus Hansen folds
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime calls $5,400
*** TURN *** [2d Kc 7s] [Qc]
Urindanger checks
whitelime checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $11,400
Urindanger folds
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime has requested TIME
whitelime raises to $37,638.55, and is all in
durrrr folds
Uncalled bet of $26,238.55 returned to whitelime
whitelime mucks
whitelime wins the pot ($48,997)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49,000 | Rake $3
Board: [2d Kc 7s Qc]
Seat 1: Urindanger (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: Gus Hansen (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: whitelime collected ($48,997), mucked
Seat 5: durrrr folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Phil Ivey (button) is sitting out

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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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Now there are 2 “Big Games”! One is at the famous Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas and the other is the $2,000/$4,000 H.O.R.S.E. game at Full Tilt Poker. Both are limit mixed games, but Bobby’s game is $4,000/$8000. The game is basically the same since there are probably three hands played at Full Tilt Poker for every one at Bobby’s. Some of the players
at Full Tilt include Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Eli Elezra, John Juanda, and many more.

Here you can see how big the pots get in this nose bleed limit game. Phil Ivey rivers a set to scoop the huge poker pot.

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Full Tilt Poker Game #9016505551: Table Patrik Antonius - $2000/$4000 - Limit Omaha H/L - 0:02:29 ET - 2008/11/17
Seat 1: Eli Elezra ($198,458), is sitting out
Seat 2: John Juanda ($59,795)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($80,493.50)
Seat 4: Phil Ivey ($200,696)
Seat 5: world1969 ($182,451.50)
Seat 6: Gus Hansen ($27,186)
Patrik Antonius posts the small blind of $1,000
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $2,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Eli Elezra has returned
world1969 raises to $4,000
John Juanda has 15 seconds left to act
John Juanda raises to $6,000
Patrik Antonius folds
Phil Ivey calls $4,000
world1969 calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [Ah 9d 4d]
Phil Ivey checks
world1969 bets $2,000
John Juanda calls $2,000
Phil Ivey calls $2,000
*** TURN *** [Ah 9d 4d] [8c]
Phil Ivey checks
world1969 bets $4,000
John Juanda has 15 seconds left to act
John Juanda calls $4,000
Phil Ivey raises to $8,000
world1969 raises to $12,000
John Juanda folds
Phil Ivey calls $4,000
*** RIVER *** [Ah 9d 4d 8c] [Jh]
Phil Ivey checks
world1969 bets $4,000
Phil Ivey raises to $8,000
world1969 calls $4,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phil Ivey shows [Jc 2h Jd 3h] three of a kind, Jacks, for high and 8,4,3,2,A, for low
world1969 mucks
Phil Ivey wins the high pot ($34,499) with three of a kind, Jacks
Phil Ivey wins the low pot ($34,499) with 8,4,3,2,A
The game is now $2,000/$4,000 Limit Razz with an ante of $300
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69,000 | Rake $2
Board: [Ah 9d 4d 8c Jh]
Seat 1: Eli Elezra is sitting out
Seat 2: John Juanda (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Phil Ivey (big blind) collected ($68,998)
Seat 5: world1969 mucked
Seat 6: Gus Hansen is sitting out

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This past week’s high stakes action did not produce the massive pots of the past week, but there was still plenty of action, including a $1 Million winner. Patrik Antonius finished the week ahead over $1.2 Million over 75 sessions played during the week. Zilgmund was a close second with over $993,000 in wins. Hac “trex13” Dang was a distant third with over $314,000 in wins. John Juanda and Gus Hansen broke the quarter million in wins.

Ugadabugada had a tough week online, losing over $672,000 over 2236 hands. Slaktarn recently won the 25k PLO Heads-Up World Championship but gave the money won in that event back this week in the cash games. He finished down over $564,000. David Benyamine and Phil Ivey both had down weeks online as well. Benyamine lost $292,000 while Ivey was a $338,000 loser. The biggest loser per sessions played was elmariachimacho. He only played 2 sessions lasting 149 hands and dropped $300,000. The equated to him losing $2,013 per hand.

Phil Ivey and David Benyamine won 6 of the 10 largest pots of the week. To put Phil Ivey’s week in perspective, on Thursday he won the Million Dollar Cash Game hosted by Full Tilt. This posted a $536,400 win for him. One of Ivey’s targets during that cash game was Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. Online play mimicked his live play, as Ivey took $500,000 off Dwan in the span of an hour playing PLO heads-up online.

The first hand between the two saw Ivey make a third pot raise to $27,000 preflop. Tom Dwan called and the flop fell of 3d-5s-9s. Dwan bet out $54,000 and Ivey fired a raise to $108,000. Durrrr called all-in for $43,144.50. Ivey showed As-Ad-2d-Qs for aces and both the nut flush draw and wheel draw. Dwan showed 7s-Qh-8h-6d for the higher straight draw. The turn fell the 2h, which helped neither player. A 5c on the river gave the first heads up pot to Ivey with aces up. The pot was worth $248,289.

The second large hand between the two occurred less than an hour later. Durrrr made a small raise to $3,000 and Ivey made the call. The flop fell 10s-3d-5s and a raising war ensued between the two. Dwan bet out $4,600. Ivey raised to $19,800. Dwan then reraised to $65,400. Ivey then threw down the gauntlet with a raise to $202,200, which was enough to put Dwan all in. Dwan called. Ivey showed 8c-10c-6d-5d for top two pair. Durrrr showed 9d-As-Jh-9s for the nut flush draw and a pair of nines. The turn fell the 3h and the river the Qc. Ivey won the $252,185.50 pot with tens up.

While Patrik Antonius was the big overall winner this week, Antonius only had one pot in the top 10 this week. He took the fourth largest pot of the week against durrrr playing $500-$1,000 blind no limit. Antonius made a raise to $3,000 and durrrr made a reraise to $9,500. Antonius made the call. The flop fell 2c-5c-Jd and it was checked around. The turn fell the 8s and Durrrr bet $14,200. Antonius raised to $44,000 and durrrr came over the top all-in for $144,794.50. Antonius made the call. Durrrr showed Js-4s for top pair and Antonius showed 5d-5h for a set of fives. The river card fell the Ad, and Antonius took down a pot worth $308,588.50.

While durrrr was the whipping boy of the pros for most of the week, he did manage to take the second largest pot of the week against Putinovitch. On a flop of 8c-2c-3d, durrrr bet out $6,600 and Putinovitch raised to $19,000. Durrrr raised to $52,500 and Putinovitch moved all in for $186,377.50. Durrrr called and showed 4c-4d. Putinovitch showed Ac-Jc for the nut flush draw. A Ks on the turn and a 6d on the river gave the $329,009 pot to durrrr with a pair of fours. Putinovitch was never able to recover from the loss of this hand. He finished the week down $80,000 over 2 sessions.

The largest pot of the week fittingly pitted Phil Ivey against David Benyamine. Both are known for their ability to play all games well, but this week their clash was in the NL holdem arena. Since durrrr felt that he hadn’t donated enough money to Ivey this week, he decided to play with the two to start the hand. Ivey raised to 3,000 preflop. Benyamine then reraised to $13,000. Durrrr decided to three bet the pot to $32,700. Ivey put in the fourth raise to $83,000 followed by another raise from Benyamine to $133,300. Durrrr finally decided that he had donated enough to this pot and folded. Ivey then moved all in for $221,486. Benyamine called for $18,974 and was all-in. Ivey showed Ad-Ac and Benyamine showed 10s-10h. Both players started rooting for the other to hit their set after the flop of Kh-Qh-Js. As fate would have it, running deuces fell on the turn and river and Ivey won the $337,245 pot with aces up.

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