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Mike Matusow ($39,996) was playing in a Limit Omaha H/L game with Qrippoli ($50,521) , David Benyamine ($81, 448) and Gus Hansen ($86,615). Today was the day for full tilt poker.net pro’s as many of the high stakes poker games were filled with them.

A huge hand between Mike Matusow and Qrippoli was played in the game. David Benyamine started with a $2k raise, then Mike Matusow re-raised to $3000. Qrippoli then called and the flop came down [Js 7d Kh]….(Benyamine folded after flop) Fast forward to the end of the hand with a board showing [Js 7d Kh Ac] [9s] and where Qrippoli showed [Kd 9h Kc 6d] and had three of a kind kings. While Mike Matusow held [2d Ks Tc As] and had two pair, aces and kings. The total pot was won by Qrippoli and raked in $20,998!

Another hand a few hands later had Matusow against Gus Hansen and Qrippoli. Mike Matusow was betting every chance he could get until the river. This is when Gus Hansen bet and Mike just called while Qrippoli folded. The board was [Qc 6h Ts 2c] [Th] and Gus Hansen showed [Td 5c 3d 5h] and had three tens, Mike mucked the hand. Gus Hansen then raked in $21,999.

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In a Full Tilt Poker.net star studded table there was 3 players from Team FullTilt sitting down and playing Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Andrew Black was at the table with $9311. Erik Lindgren had $10,223 and the big man at the table Mike “The Mouth” Matusow with $44653.

There were other players that came in and out of the game including high stakes poker player monkey1001.

Andrew Black and Erik Lindgren played a couple big hands against each other. The first time Andrew Black lost with a pair of fives against lindgren’s jack high flush and won $4,199.50. Black then won the next showdown against Lindgren with a flush ace high against Lindgren’s nine high straight.

Luck was not on Andrew Black’s side as he went against Monkey1001. After the flop of [Jh 7s Js] Black goes all-in with a [7h 7d 3h 8c] and had a full house. Monkey1001 calls with a [Jd As Qs 3c] and had a three of a kind jacks. Monkey1001 then hits a 3 on the river and makes a bigger full house and wins the pot of $10,125! Ouch!

The table then broke up after Black didn’t buy-in and Mike Matusow sit out then eventually left.

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Allen Cunningham and Mike Matusow played Pot Limit Omaha $50/$100. It was a 6 handed table with Pokerface McGee, hcdnttb, lirarerik, uhadmoney, and patatino. There was a lot of action in the game with the average pot of $2,684 with 64 hands per hour.

Allen Cunningham went up and down a couple times. He lost to hcdnttb with King Queen High against hcdnttb’s pair of aces; the pot was $6,997. Allen Cunningham then bought in again for 4k, then went all-in the very next hand, this time against Frooodo. He won this hand with a pair of aces against Frooodo’s pair of kings.

Later in the game, Mike Matusow and Allen Cunningham went up against each other. This hand was a big one with Cunningham going all-in for $9,191 after the flop of [3d 7h 5h]. This was called by Mike Matusow who was holding [6s Ts 8h 7s] against Cunningham’s [Ac Jc As 7d]. The board cards were [3d 7h 5h 4s 9s]. Mike Matusow won the hand with a nine high straight against Cunningham’s pair of aces. (This hand is in the noteworthy hands)….Allen then bought in again for 4k. He then later doubled up against lirarerik.

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John Juanda was playing the $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha game. There were five other players at the 6 person table. The other players were: David Benyamine, Luck123, sbrugby and patatino.

John Juanda played a hand with patatino and lost $18,682. Patatino had 3 eights after the flop and hit another 8 on the river. Against John Juanda’s Kings on the flop, he then hit another Ten on the turn. The all-in was after the flop where John Juanda was already way behind and it just got worse.

John Juanda then bought in for another 16k. He played with that money for a couple hands. He then sat out for a few hands and when he returned he had bought in for another 34k he then was holding 40k at the table. He played again for a couple hands and then sat out for a bit. This is when I stopped observing.

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Gus Hansen played in a $1000/$2000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo game against David Benyamine and CryMeARiver8. When I started observing he had $59.4k while David Benyamine had $106.2k and CryMeARiver8 had $17.5 in money at the table. Gus Hansen did something that was a simple strategy but I haven’t seen many people pro’s or any players for that matter do it. He left the table with $59.4k and came back with $20k. That means he cashed in $29.4k and kept playing which limited his losses at the table. After a bit of time Qrippoli sat down and joined the game and bought in for 20k.

Gus Hansen was multi-tabling during the session and was also playing in two $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi games. When I checked he had 12k and 8k at the other tables. In both of the games he was playing six handed. In one of the Omaha Hi tables both David Benyamine and CryMeARiver8 were also sitting at the table.

He bought in twice more at the $1000/$2000 but did quite well at the other tables. At the time of this post he has $22k and $47k.

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Phil Ivey was playing in a $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi game with 6 other players at Full Tilt Poker.net. I started watching after he sat down and played a couple hands but I am guessing he bought in for 50k (when I began to observe the table he had 53k). It was a high stakes game with most players stacks well over 20k. One player in particular: Daduv4 had $180k!

Phil Ivey won a huge hand against Sapster who in the beginning of the hand had $14,797. Sapster started the hand by raising to $800 while Ivey re-raised to $3000. Sapster called and so did another player at the table… so at that point they were three handed. The Flop was [Ah Qc 8h] and Ivey bet $9,600 and was re-raised all-in by Sapster for an additional $2,197. At the end of the hand the community cards were: [Ah Qc 8h 7s] [2c] with Phil Ivey holding [Ad Ac Ks 3h] giving him a three of a kind aces and Sapster losing with his hand [Jc Th 9d 8d] holding only a pair of 8′s. Phil Ivey won the pot worth $33,191.

David Benyamine another full tilt poker pro was also in the game. He won a large hand against Daduv4 and won $43,990 with a full house. The hand is in the noteworthy hands section of this post.

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In a $200/$400 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo John Cernuto played against Hellopuppy. When I began watching the match John Cernut had $10563 and hellopuppy had $9290. The match was back and forth with nothing much happening. It was a relatively short match with “Miami” John leaving with about 10k. There were a couple hands that were a couple thousand dollars that I have posted under notable hands.

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When I began watching the game the chip counts were Juan Juanda with 47.5k against monkey1001 with 38.9k and sbrugby with 39.4k. I am guessing everyone bought in to the $200/$400 NL Hold-em game with $40k. In the game there were a lot of re-raises for a couple thousand dollars and folds before the flop. It would play out with one player raising to $1400 with another re-raising to $5000 and the original raiser folding the hand.

There was a huge hand between monkey1001 and sbrugby when monkey1001 held AJ when sbrugby had JJ. I have the hand history under the noteworthy hands but basically the the board was: [Ah 7c 6s Jh] [Qh]. Monkeykey1001 went all-in after the turn and there was a quick call from sbrugby who won the hand and raked in a pot of $83,793. Monkey1001 next hand bought in for another 40k so he could stay and play….

Juan Juanda went against monkey1oo1 in a $54k hand. The whole time Juan Juanda was taking a long time to call and after the turn even took time. It seemed like he was holding a weak hand and I think monkey1001 thought that too. Even though after the river when Juan Juanda went all-in for 14k with a board showing [4s 3s 4h 4d] [9d] monkey1001 called right away. He flipped over pocket 8′s against Juanda’s [Td8d] with no chance of winning…. The hand history of this hand is under noteworthy hands. After this hand Juan Juanda bought in for another 40k. He then proceeded to lose another in a couple 7 thousand dollar hands and bought in again for 20k more to make it 40k. At this time the chip counts were: Seat 2: John Juanda ($40,200),
Seat 3: monkey1001 ($79,438.50) and Seat 4: sbrugby ($109,787).

Juan Juanda won a hand against sbrugby when he slow played his pocket aces. He smooth called before the flop and then called a $2000 raise after the flop. He then bet aggressively after the turn and river. He finally was able to go all-in against sbrugby after a board of [7h Jd As 3c 2s]. Juan Juanda showed pocket aces while sbrugby mucked his hand. This hand is also in the noteworthy hands section of this post.

At this time I stopped watching…so if anyone knows what happened later in this game feel free to leave your commentary in the comments.

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