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Some of the big mixed games on Full Tilt Poker went off between some of the highest limit players in the world. John D’Agostino sat at the $100/$200 7-Game and was joined by notables such as ‘harrington25′ and Andrew Brown screen name Browndog19. Our first hand saw a chop. While most chops don’t win the players much money, this one saw each player take down over $3,000, as it was a four way hand.

The game changed to Limit Hold ‘Em, where ‘harrington25’s two jacks were good enough for this $1500 pot.

John D’Agostino got in the action on this pot, scooping a Limit Stud H/L hand for more than $1500.

D’Agostino stayed in the mix in this hand, but folded on seventh street, giving a pot worth over $2000 to ‘Jeetorious.’

‘Jeetorious’ took down another big hand, this time worth more than $3000.

Action picked up on a separate $200/$400 table between D’Agostino and Brown. All of the money got in the pot on this hand, with both players holding three of a kind. D’Agostino’s ace kicker was good to double to over $8000.

Action got even bigger when two nose bleed limit players, Tom Dwan screen name durrrr and David Oppenheim sat at the $1500/$3000 game. It didn’t take long for a pot worth more than $27,000 to brew, and heading Dwan’s way.

Oppenheim rebought, and quickly got all that money in the middle, and doubled to over $25,000 here.

Another pot worth more than $25,000 came about here, once again going to Oppenheim, this time in the Razz round.

At that point in the game, Dwan and Oppenheim were ever. However, They got involved in a huge pot worth more than $40,000. Oppenheim took the pot to put him ahead on the session.

The final hand put Oppenheim above Tom Dwan on the night for around $30,000. While over at the $100/$200 game, ‘Jeetorious’ was up around $10,000 on the night.

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The last five days of action on Full Tilt Poker have seen some massive swings, especially for the two biggest names in online poker. Both Tom Dwan screen name durrrr and the Swedish assassin Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 have been gambling it up on Full Tilt and both have posted some impressive stats, but not exactly where they wanted them posted, in the loss column.

Isildur1 made headlines on Monday as he posted wins of over $700,000. From about 10:30 in the morning until around 3:30 in the afternoon, Isildur1 had posted nearly a quarter Million in winnings. After taking a break for a few minutes, he then came back and ground it out for another three hours, but finished down just over $90,000. After taking another break, he returned to play through the evening and well past the witching hour as he posted sessions totaling over $630,000.

After his Tuesday and Wednesday sessions, the internet was buzzing as Isildur1 had posted nearly $900,000 in wins. Isildur1 should have probably taken an extended lunch break into Thursday as he wiped out nearly two days of wins in a mere three and one half hours. He dropped nearly a quarter of a million in heads-up NL to Zeejustin. Brian Townsend then schooled Isildur1 on some heads-up $300-$600 PLO, taking him for over $650,000.

7-Game was also unkind to the Swede. He proceeded to donate a good portion of his winnings back to his opponents in this discipline as well. After being up earlier in the week by over $1.5 Million, Isildur1 rounded out his week with a loss of $36,065. I don’t know about you, but I think that maybe Isildur1 should stay away from the Pot-Limit Omaha. It’s addictive like crack, and it drains his bankroll much the same way.

The last five days have not been any kinder to Tom Dwan, but Dwan’s woes were not softened by a cushion of cash. Dwan started off Monday on a bad foot, losing around $60,000. He mostly tread water on Tuesday until around 9 P.M. Tuesday night. ZeeJustin I think has figured out the formula. Tom Dwan + Isildur1 = Tom Dwan loses. Isildur1 + ZeeJustin = Takes money from Isildur1 he won off Tom Dwan. Therefore, ZeeJustin + Durrrr = More Profit for ZeeJustin. That pretty much sums up a 1,458 session between Dwan and ZeeJustin. ZeeJustin walked away with $360,000 of Dwan’s money.

Dwan should have went back to bed on Friday. He attempted to play a couple of session on $300 – $600 PLO. In seven hours time Dwan dropped $960,000. Tack on some additional losses at $200 – $400 capped PLO and Dwan finished down a cool $1 Million for the day. Luckily for Dwan, HORSE was his friend this week. Dwan was actually the top winner in HORSE for the week, taking down over $463,000. His HORSE wins and a few other smaller winning session alleviated some of Dwan’s pain, but still left him down $693,560 for the week.

As always, the action is as juicy as ever at the higher limits at Full Tilt Poker. Millions can be won or lost in a brief amount of time. What will the next week bring. Will durrrr rebound? Will Isildur1 actually post a winning week? Will Phil Ivey break out into a rendition of “La Bamba?” Only time will tell, but as always, it will be one helluva ride.

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The high stakes poker mixed games on Full Tilt Poker continued once again, this time with the limits of $1000/$2000. Some of the high stakes regulars joined the games, including Gus Hansen, Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, and ‘EazyPeazy.’ These regulars were joined with newer, possibly less known names such as ‘FakeSky’ and Joe Cassidy aka ‘Nizot Skizared.’

Out first big hand was played between ‘Nizot Skizared’ and ‘EazyPeazy,’ with a likely chop ending up going the way of ‘EazyPeazy.’

‘FakeSky’ and ‘EazyPeazy’ played a big hand for over $20,000, getting ‘EazyPeazy’s money in the middle.

After the hand, ‘EazyPeazy’ said in the chat ‘Thought I was full’, indicating the player believed he was representing not eights up, but a full house. The next big hand came in a Limit Hold ‘Em Round between Gus Hansen and ‘FakeSky.’ Gus made a call on the end to put the pot over $20,000, but was beaten by a pair of sixes.

‘FakeSky’ won this hand with a raise on seventh street, taking the pot from ‘Nizot Skizared.’

Some trash talk became apparent in the chat. The ‘nh’ complement has been used for years online to indicate ‘nice hand.’ The talk got started when ‘FakeSky’ used the term before a hand was over, starting a war of words with ‘EazyPeazy.’ ‘Nizot Skizared’ sat out at this time, allowing the two to play heads up and settle the score, but not for long. ‘FakeSky’ sat out the game, and the table’s action died out. On the other table, Tom Dwan aka durrrr got all his money in the middle on sixth street of this hand. A miracle ten, however, gave the big pot to ‘FakeSky.’

This hand went to ‘Nizot Skizared,’ with a bet during a big Razz pot.

Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan had been shortstacking the game in an attempt to build a big stack from all in plays. It worked out in this hand, when Dwan took a pot worth over $25,000.

‘EazyPeazy’ was the next player to have all the chips in the middle, this time with his new found enemy, ‘FakeSky,’ who got the better of this exchange.

‘EazyPeazy’ once again was found in the middle of trash talk when statements like ‘Tom (Dwan) is way too famous to talk to me.’ Dwan didn’t respond, and ‘EazyPeazy’ made the gutsy move of moving seats at the table in order to wind up on Dwan’s left. ‘EazyPeazy’ got very acrtive in the chat, responding to questions in the chat that continued to spark the flame between himself and Dwan. With all the chatter, Tom Dwan left the table, leaving only three players. With no fun, ‘EazyPeazy’ also left the table. While playing heads up, Gus Hansen and ‘Nizot Skizared’ got it all in preflop, both with aces. A miracle diamond on the river gave the entire pot to Hansen.

For the final hand of the evening, Gus Hansen lost a pot worth $20,000 when he paid off a straight.

On the night, the big loser was Gus Hansen, losing over $30,000. ‘EazyPeazy’ and ‘FakeSky’ were winners on the night, both over $50,000 deep when they left the table.

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Durrrr giveth and everyone else taketh away. After winning over $5 Million from Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Isildur1 has officially lost his entire Full Tilt Poker bankroll. After losing over $3 Million to Brian Hastings last weekend, Isildur1 was fighting for the rest of his bankroll against Brian Townsend and Cole South. Townsend took $352,000 off Isildur1 to leave him with just around $70,000. It did not take long before Cole South took the rest of Isildur1’s roll, leaving him down $2,623,203.
As a result of the recent high stakes action, the top of the cash game leader board has changed significantly. Brian Hastings is the current leader with over $4.5 Million in winnings over 25,705 hands. In the two spot is “The Man” Phil Ivey. Ivey is up $3.35 Million in just 19,806 hands this year. Brian Townsend is in the third spot with $1.6 Million. Townsend has had to grind a bit more for his winnings, logging in 44,349.
The fourth place spot went to | Scubba |. He won over $1.54 Million over the course of the year but has really worked for it. He played 331,364 hands to win his Million.

Nanonoko gets a special nod in this article for persistence. Although he has only won $899,000 this year, he has probably put in more hands than any winning player in poker. He has played 2,075,811 hands for an average profit of .43 cents per hand.

As with any level of poker, all of the money at these nosebleed stakes has to come from somewhere. Isildur1 took the top spot in futility with his loses of over $2.6 Million. Even after losing $5 Million to Isildur1, Tom Dwan still only ranks 2nd on this list with $2.575 Million in loses. Martonas, no stranger to this list, is in 3rd with $2.4 Million in total loses. TheItalienStyle and scout326 round out the top five with loses of $1.6 and $1.3 Million respectively. Other players showing some significant loses include both Cole South and Ziigmund. Even after taking chunks out of Isildur1, South is down over $1.285 Million on the year. Ziigmund has had some monster sessions as of late but is still down $690,952.
In a recent development, Gus Hansen has announced that he is taking a break from poker. Deemed a “study break”, Hansen said that he needs to reevaluate his game plan and come out with a new plan of attack in 2010. The schedule for the 2010 WSOP was recently released and perhaps that is some motivation for him to improve his game. Hansen is still one of the best players on the planet that has failed to win a WSOP bracelet.
With the holidays just around the corner, it is unlikely that we will see any significant changes in the overall leader boards, so it looks like Brian Hastings may be the big winner for the year. Phil Ivey yet again proves to be a consistent winner in all facets of the game. 2010 promises to be an interesting year. Will Isildur1 make a comeback? Will Gus Hansen regain his mojo? Can anyone figure out a way to beat Ivey? Time will tell and we will keep you well informed on all of the high stakes online action.

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