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Phil Ivey ($202,410.50), Gus Hansen ($157,573), David Benyamine ($242,544) and world1969 ($44,293) played $2000/$4000 HORSE at the Patrik Antonius table at Full Tilt.com.

One of the larger hands at the table was between Gus Hansen , world1969 and Phil Ivey. Pre-flop Ivey raised it to $4,000 and then Hansen re-raised to $6k and world1969 made it $8k. On the flop Hansen and World1969 checked and Ivey bet $2k which was raised by Hansen who made it $4k and this time world1969 backed out and folded. On the turn Hansen bet $4k and was raised by Phil Ivey to $8k whichw as called. After the river Hansen checked but Ivey bet and through our $4k which was called by Hansen. On the showdown Ivey showed pocket 8’s and their was an 8 on the flop….Hansen mucked….Phil Ivey then took down the pot worth $55,998.

There was another larger hand between Gus Hansen and Phil Ivey. They were played Limit Razz and Phil Ivey was betting the whole way with Gus Hansen calling. On the showdown Phil Ivey showed 8d 7c 2d Ts 7d Qh 4d while Gus Hansen had 8c 2s 9h Td 7s Ks Ah. Gus Hansen won the hand and took down the pot worth a healthy $66,899.

After a little more then 50 hands the chip count looked like:

world1969 ($91,576)
David Benyamine ($181,784)
Phil Ivey ($243,852)
Gus Hansen ($129,558)

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Mike Matusow ($11,047), Matt Hawrilenko ($19,097) played $500/$1000 HORSE . Also playing at the Full Tilt.com poker table was Zohan777 ($32,670), EazyPeazy ($33,533.50), bixiu ($10,000) and Puissant ($6,029.50).

Mike Matusow played in a Limit Omaha H/L hand against EazyPeazy. Matusow raised $1,000 and was then re-raised by EazyPeazy for an additional $500 which he called. The flop came down [Jd 7s 4c] and EazyPeazy bet $500 which Mike Matusow called. The turn was a [9d] and EazyPeazy bet $1,000 and then was raised by Matusow for an additional $1k which was called by EazyPeazy. The river was a [8s] and this time EazyPeazy checks but Matusow threw another $1k out which EazyPeazy called. On the showdown Matusow showed a hand of [3d Td Ac 8d]…Seeing the jack high straight EazyPeazy mucked his hand and Matusow raked in the pot worth $10,247.

The largest hand of the table was between Mike Matusow, EazyPeazy and bixiu. The game was Limit Stud Hi and Matusow was betting the whole time. On 4th street he bet and was raised by bixiu which he and EazyPeazy called. 5th stree Matusow bet and was again raised by bixiu but this time Matusow re-raised an additional $1k making it $3k which EazyPeazy folded but bixiu called. On 6th street Matusow bet $1k and was called by bixiu. On 7th stree t Matusow checked which then let to bixiu checking and Matusow showed his hand [Qh Qd Js 3h Qc 7s 8c] and had three of a kind queens. Bixiu folded and Matusow won the pot worth $16,997.

Mike Matusow left with $21,062.50….The rest of the table after about 20 more hands:

Zohan777 ($18,006.50)
Matt Hawrilenko ($23,220.50)
EazyPeazy ($20,867.50)
cassandra2000 ($7,400)

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Mark Vos ($7,711.50) and Josh Arieh ($25,922.50) played $300/$600 Limit Omaha H/L. Also playing at the table was pcketchange ($21,580.50), bixiu ($4,819.50), Froenk ($7,250) and yuvee04 ($25,715). They played at the Drive (6 max) poker table at Full Tilt Poker.net.

One of the bigger hands at the table was between yuvee04, DrOlson and Josh Arieh. DrOlson raised pre-flop and was called by both players. On the flop DrOlson bet and was then raised by yuvee04 and then re-raised by Josh Arieh….At this point yuvee04 folded but DrOlson re-re-raised to $1200 and Arieh called. After the turn yuvee04 bet and then Arieh raised and yuvee04 raised again and Josh Arieh called. On the river yuvee04 bet and was simply called by Josh. On the showdown yuvee04 showed a queen high straight and Josh mucked his hand. Yuvee04 raked in the pot worth $10,500.

There were a lot of hands around $3-4k with an average pot of $4073…but the game was going pretty slow with only 83 hands per hour.

At the end of about 70 hands the chip counts were:

• UltimateButt ($12,523.50)
• Josh Arieh ($27,468)
• DrOlson ($15,867)
• Froenk ($7,305.50)
• Mark Vos ($14,361)
• yuvee04 ($27,714)

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Phil Ivey ($100,000) played against David Benyamine ($100,000) at the Patrik (6 max) $2000/$4000 table at Full Tilt.com. They both played in the $25k Heads-Up PLO Championship but both lost in the first round of the tournament.

The game didn’t last too long with 42 hands being played between the two. There were a lot of $20k hands with a couple $40k hands. It seemed to me that David Benyamine was winning the majority of the large hands and it was Phil Ivey that left the table.

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Phil Ivey ($219,692.50) played heads up against David Benyamine ($111,210.40) at the $2000/$4000 HORSE Patrik Antonius table at Full Tilt.com.

It was a great game to watch as both players are not afraid to play in big hands. When I went through the hand history it seemed like every couple hands there was a $30k+ hand. The average pot while I was watching was $16k.

One hand between the two was especially good with Benyamine raising after the hole cards and Ivey calling. On the flop Ivey checked and Benaymine bet $2k which was then raised by Ivey to $4k which was called by Benyamine. On the turn Phil Ivey bet $4k and was quickly raised to $8k and Ivey then re-raised to $12k which Benyamine called. On the river Ivey bet and Benyamine raised an additional $4k which Ivey called. David Benyamine then showed his hand which was [Qh Ac 9h 7d] giving him a full house, Queens full of Aces with the board [3h 8h Qd Qs As]. David Benyamine had a really helpful flop, turn and river….Phil Ivey folded at this point not showing his hand and Benyamine raked in the $56k pot.

When the table broke up with Phil Ivey sitting out the chip counts were:
David Benyamine ($226,900.40)
Phil Ivey ($115,588.50), is sitting out
halfdozen999 ($88,398.50)
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