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The first high stakes poker game after the new rules to the Full Tilt 7 Game went off on Wednesday. Since the blinds were lowered in the Pot Limit Omaha/No Limit Hold ‘Em game, the new games that went off on Full Tilt Poker was played at the $2000/$4000 HEROS tables. Regulars filled the table, including Gus Hansen, Cole South, and David Oppenheim. However, the 7-Game wasn’t dead. While the limit being played were at $1500/$3000, the heads up tables still got action. Two different tables went off between Richard Ashby and Cole South. The first big hand of the day came in a big Razz pot between Gus Hansen and Cole South. Although South picked up a scary card on fifth street, he continued to play back at Hansen and eventually took this pot with a bet on seventh street.

Our next big hand was from the heads up game, where Cole South picked up a Razz hand from Ashby on this hand.

While Hansen had just lost a large pot to South, this next hand shows South taking the rest of ‘The Great Dane’s’ stack.

Hansen didn’t rebuy into the game. This caused David Oppenheim to also sit out, killing the action on both of the $2000/$4000 tables. South and Ashby didn’t disappoint the high stakes fans, however, building a massive pot on this Omaha hand.

The two heads up tables were not set up to be epic matches, with both South and Ashby sitting on stacks of over $100,000 on both tables. Ashby quickly changed that, however. It was a big Stud Hi pot, with Ashby taking the win with Aces and Kings.

A huge pot took place in the Pot Limit Omaha round. Ashby made a bet of over $17,000 on the river and was quickly called by South. Ashby showed a full house, which was good enough to take the pot of over $60,000.

South got revene in this hand, but for a much smaller amount. A pair of aces were good to take this hand for over $20,000.

It didn’t take Ashby long to regroup and take the next big pot. A flush was good for this pot worth over $30,000.

Ashby continued his upswing taking this big Limit Hold ‘Em pot from South for the tune of nearly $40,000.

South finally got some revenge in this hand. A full house was good enough to take the pot of $30,000.

This ended the heads up play for the day. Ashby sat out, leaving South to lick his wounds. Ashby ended up being a winner for around $150,000 on the session.

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Monday morning was a perfect time for the big games on Full Tilt Poker. The growing $2000/$4000 games on Full Tilt Poker once again went off, this time on three different tables. Full Tilt red pros that took palce in the game included Gus Hansen, Richard Ashby, and Brian Hastings. They were joined by the high stakes regulars of ‘howsitfeellike,’ ‘profbackwards,’ ‘thecranium,’ and ‘rafiboy.’ The first big hand of the game came up in a Razz pot betweeen Gus Hansen and ‘profbackwards.’ Hansen got called on the river, and was good enough to take this pot.

The next pot was one of the bigger pots one can find online, and took place in the Pot Limit Omaha round. Brian Hastings made a raise. When ‘howsitfeellike’ three bet to $33,000, Hastings moved all in and was called. ‘howsitfeellike’ hit a set of aces on the flop, which was good enough for this pot worth over $140,000.

The next pot came in Limit Hold ‘Em, where Richard Ashby used a bet on the river to force out Brian Hastings and win this pot for $25,000.

At this time, one of the biggest players in the game, Phil Ivey, joined the action on two tables, sitting in for a crisp $100,000. Our next hand came from a Stud Hi round. Showing a scary board of all clubs, Richard Ashby bet the river, and ‘thecranium’ made a hero call with three fives for the win.

‘howsitfeellike’ continued a hot streak by winning this Omaha H/L hand from ‘profbackwards.’

Brian Hastings was the latest to lose a big pot to ‘howsitfeellike,’ this time in a Stud Hi hand for over $30,000 by laying down a hand on seventh street.

When the No Limit Hold ‘Em round came up, half the players sat out, for fear of the danger Ivey presents in the game. He didn’t strike fear into ‘howsitfeellike,’ who three bet an Ivey open and took this pot preflop.

Ivey, however, got revenge in this Pot Limit Omaha hand with a big bet on the turn.

Ivey used a big raise in this Omaha hand to take a pot from ‘profbackwards.’

The big action continued on this hand. Ivey made a bet in a three way pot, and was raised by ‘howsitfeellike.’ Ivey and ‘profbackwards both laid their hands down, giving the pot to ‘howsitfeellike.’

This hand was the end of the action for the day, as both ‘profbackwards’ and ‘howsitfeellike’ both left the table. The considerable winner on the session was ‘howsitfeellike,’ and took the biggest pot from Brian Hastings, making Hastings the biggest loser on the session.

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Viktor Blom aka Isildur1 would continue to take a shot at the best poker player in the world. This time; he would have an advantage over Ivey by playing him on three screens at once. Ivey doesn’t like to play poker heads up on more than 2 at once.

Set over Set

Viktor fades the Ace and the heart

Phil was obviously uncomfortable on 3 screens and even stated it was making him dizzy.

Phil Ivey: head is dizzy
Phil Ivey: only going to play 2 for a bit
Isildur1: ok

Dealer: Isildur1 shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Dealer: Isildur1 wins the pot ($278,995.50) with two pair, Jacks and Sixes

Phil Ivey: another 10 min 3 screen break lol
System: The $2,000 Guarantee ($24+$2 Stud H/L) will be starting in 5 minutes.
Isildur1: ok hehe

Isildur1 would go on to win the second biggest pot in online poker history. Viktor Blom wins $1.2 million pot.

Isildur1: i am to tired to play only 2 tables
Isildur1: sry
Isildur1: i go to sleep else
Phil Ivey: have a goodnight

Viktor Blom aka Isildur1 would end up getting the best Ivey, taking over 1.5 million from him!
So Viktor has to clear pick his battles, he can’t beat Patrik Antonius , Tom Dawn aka durrrr, and Phil Ivey all at the same time. It does seem, that he has a chance if he plays each one individually.

Isildur1 VS Phil Ivey Part 1
Isildur1 VS Phil Ivey Part 2

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High stakes action was somewhat slow on Full Tilt Poker for much of Monday, but Tom Dwan aka durrrr still managed to log session that produced some great action. Dwan was hanging around the $300-$600 PLO tables while Cole South hung around the $200-$400 tables.

Dwan spent most of his time playing on the This Is Nuts table with Di Dang aka “urindanger” and knluiy. It didn’t take long before a big pot developed. Dwan five-bet preflop to $60,600 and knluiy made the call. On a flop of 9s-Kc-3c knluiy bet $121,500 and Dwan only had $15,395 left. He made the call with a set of kings. Knluiy held only a pair of nines and gutshot straight draw. The turn and river failed to fill knluiy’s straight and durrrr takes a $152,289 pot.

Just three hands later, Dwan took another $100k pot. All three players saw a flop of 7c-4c-3h. Knluiy bet out 14,400 and only Dwan made the call. On the turn of the 2h, knluiy bet out $30,600 and Dwan called again. The river 5s was checked by both players. Knluiy showed Ad-8d-Jh-8h for just a pair of eights and durrrr showed Qd-2d-5c-10c for two pair. Durrrr took down the $109,199 pot.

Urindanger took the biggest pot for the session. All three players saw a flop of Kc-4s-3d and action was checked to Dang, who bet out $15,600. Knluiy raised to 66,000 and durrrr got out of the way. Dang then moved all-in for $114,299 total. Knluiy made the call and showed Ah-7h-Ks-Jd for top pair and no redraw. Dang showed Ad-5d-3s-2s for a wrap. The turn fell the 6s to give Dang the straight and knuluiy was drawing dead. Urindanger took down the $247,797 pot.

Durrrr took his third $100k pot of the night a few hands later. All three players saw a flop of 8d-5s-7s. Knuluiy bet out $4,200 and was called by both players. On the turn 2h, knluiy bet $20,100 and only Dwan made the call. The river fell the 3c and knluiy bet $60,300, which was enough to put Dwan all-in for $43,171.50. Knluiy showed Ks-Qs-10h-4d for total air. Dwan showed Kh-Kc-10s-9d for only a pair of kings. Dwan made a great read to take down the $146,642 pot.

Durrrr would take the rest of knluiy’s stack four hands later. Both players saw a flop of 8c-6c-4d and knluiy bet out $16,200. Durrrr made the call and the turn fell the 3d. Knluiy bet out $48,600 and durrrr raised enough to put knluiy all-in. He made the call for his last $34,494 and showed Ac-10c-6s-6h for a set of sixes and the nut flush draw. Dwan showed Qh-10h-7h-5h for the flopped straight. The river fell the 9h to give Dwan a higher straight and the $214,787 pot.

Dwan and Dang played a couple of hands, but Dang took off as soon as Knluiy left. Phil Ivey then showed up and played four hands in which he lost $22,000 to durrrr. Durrrr asked Ivey if he knew why there wasn’t a game and Ivey didn’t know. After four hands, their game broke and Dwan hung around waiting for another game to start, but one never did.

Cole South then came on and sat at several $200-$400 PLO tables. The only table that saw any action was the Bright Sky table where Cole South and Ziigmund started playing. Durrrr joined the fun for a while, but there weren’t any significant pots of note. After durrrr left, action began to heat up a bit between South and Ziigmund.

The first pot of note saw Ilari Sahamies aka Ziigmund lose a buy-in to South. Both players saw a flop of Qs-9c-3d. South bet out $5,600 and Ziigmund raised to $25,260. South then moved in for $56,617 and Ziigmund called for $54,917.50 total. South was ahead with Kh-9h-Qc-7c for two pair. Ziigmund held Kc-4c-Qd-Js for top pair and a gutshot draw. The turn and river fell babies and Cole South won the $118,294.50 pot.

There was a bit of a lull in action before South took another buy-in off of Ziigmund. On a flop of Ah-Kh-Jd, Ziigmund bet $7,620 and South raised to $18,000. Ziigmund called and checked the river 4d. South bet $43,620 and Ziigmund raised all-in to $49,050. South called and showed Qc-10d-9h-3h for broadway and a heart redraw. Ziigmund showed Ad-Kd-Qd-Kc for a set, a diamond draw, and a broadway draw. The river fell the 4h to give South the flush and a $141,719.50 pot.

Zigmund got another buy-in cut down to about $25,000 before he reloaded to $75,000. He was able to build it back to $131,096 before finally losing that in the largest pot of the night. The two saw a flop of Qh-8h-5s. A raising war then ensued that eventually saw Cole South move all-in for $199,129. Ziigmund called for his last $127,286 and himself in a set over set situation. South held Qd-Qs-10c-9s for top set and Ziigmund held 9h-5c-5h-6h for bottom set. South had a straight redraw and Ziigmund held a both a straight and flush redraw. The turn fell the Jd to give South a straight. Now only a non-pairing heart on the river would save Ziigmund. The river fell the Ks to give South an even better straight and the $262,191.50 pot.

Ziigmund left after that hand and south finished just shy of a $300,000 win for the night. Big pots were the name of the game Monday at Full Tilt. Hopefully this is the start of some great action for the rest of the week.

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