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John Juanda ($102,296.50), OMGClayAiken ($71,098.50) and trex313 ($49,600) played at RailHeaven (6 max) at FullTiltPoker.net. Also playing at the poker table was lady marmelade ($40,000) and Vaga_Lion ($50,000).

The first hand that I am going to write about was between Vaga_Lion and lady marmelade. After the hole cards were dealt Vaga_Lion raised to $3k and lady marmelade went over the top and raised to $9,500 after a little bit of thinking Vaga_Lion decided to raise all-in which was called by lady marmelade who had $33,500 left. Lady marmelade showed [Ks Qs] while Vaga_Lion showed [As Ac] the flop was [7s Ts Td] … turn [Qc] and the river was [9d] no help to Lady marmelade who needed a J, K or another Q. Vaga_Lion took down the $86,497 pot with his pocket aces holding up.

After a couple hands another large pot was played and this time it was between lady marmelade and trex313. Lady marmelade raised to $3,500 and was called by trex313 in the big blind. The flop was [2h 9s 7d] and trex313 bet $4,800 and lady marmelade raised that to $14,000. This didn’t deter trex313 because he went over the top again to $63,593 and lady marmelade called with $25k. They both flip over their cards and trex313 had [Ad Jh] and lady marmelade had [Ah 9dh]. The turn was [5c] and the river was [Th] neither any help to the trailing trex313. Lady marmelade took the pot with a pair of nines and took with it $85,497.

The next hand I will talk about was a monster hand between Vaga_lion and John Juanda. There was a pre-flop raise of $3,000 by lion and he was called by marmelade and Juanda. The flop of [7c 3d Ad] made marmelade check and Vaga_Lion bet $6,500, marmelade folds and Juanda called. The turn was a [8d] and Jaunada bet $14k after taking some time but was then raised by Vaga_Lion to $42k. At this point John Juanda took awhile to think about his next play but soon enough he raised to $85,292.50 going all-in which was called by Vaga_Lion with $28,997. At this point John Juanda shows [Qd 4d] while
Vaga_Lion shows [8c 8h]. The river was a [As] pairing the board giving Vaga_Lion a full house while Juanda’s flush goes down the drain because of this. Vaga_Lion then took the monster poker pot worth $163,991…While John Juanda mulls his huge beat on the river…

When I stopped watching the chip counts were:

• lady marmelade ($134,683)
• John Juanda ($107,792.50), is sitting out
• Vaga_Lion ($157,991)
• OMGClayAiken ($85,093.50)
• trex313 ($112,387)

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durrrr ($196,097), Phil Ivey ($702,506.50), John Juanda ($373,484.50), Urindanger ($220,214.50) and elmariachimacho ($68,268) played at the $500/$1000 No Limit hold-em table. The table name is RailHeaven (6 max) and it didn’t disappoint.

You know it’s a good game when the $50k hands are not that interesting. There are a lot of hands in the hand history after the jump but I am going to talk about two huge hands in particular. When you see how much the pots were worth you will know why….

One of the hands was between Urindanger and John Juanda. On a flop of [Jc Kh 6h] Phil Ivey checks, Urindanger checks and John Juanda bet $7,800. Phil Ivey then disconnects and ends up having to fold the hand because his time ran out while Urindanger raises to $26,000k which is called by John after thinking about it for about 10 seconds. The turn was a [8c] and Urindanger takes his time and then throws out a $48k bet which Juanda then takes time and decides to throw all his money in $357,777.50….Urindanger is covered but is still about to call with $125,714.50. They both flip over their cards and Juanda shows [JhKs] (two pair so far) while Urindanger has [6d Kd] (two pair…but smaller second pair). The river comes down a [Qs] no help to Urindanger and Juanda collects the pot worth $408,429!

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The next hand was between Phil ivey, elmariachimacho and durrrr. On a flop of [Jh 3c 4h] durrrr bets $7,300 and gets called by both players. The turn was a [8s] and durrrr makes a continuation bet of $27,400 which was called by Phil Ivey while elmariachimacho folded. The river card was a [3d] and durrrr this time checks while Phil Ivey bet $68k …. time went by and durrrr then went all-in raising the pot to $182,477.50. Which after requesting time and thinking on it Phil Ivey called. When they showed their cards durrrr shows a [5c Ad] …. uhhh playing the board…You have NOTHING?!?!? while Phil Ivey has [Qh Jc] and had two pair. Phil Ivey took down the pot and was able to read durrrr’s monster bluff and with that took the massive $451,155 pot.

There were a lot of other good hands and I encourage to to check out the hand history below. After about 150 hands and Phil Ivey leaving the table the chips looked like:

elmariachimacho ($88,067)
John Juanda ($601,320)
durrrr ($269,492)
Phil Ivey ($854,551), <— Almost a million at the table…
Urindanger ($365,446)

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Phil Ivey ($263,264.90), Gus Hansen ($87,674.10), John Juanda ($149,992) and David Benyamine ($48,998) played $2000/$4000 Limit Stud H/L. This post is going to be somewhat short because I watched the tail end of the game and saw a couple big pots but didn’t see enough action to give a good report. I was able to see about 40 hands. There were points while I was watching when players would sit in and out…so even the 40 hands I watched weren’t the best.

Well after what I am sure are low hopes on your end I will start with a hand between Phil Ivey and David Benyamine. On 4th street where the betting started had Benyamine bet $2k which Ivey called. On 5th street Benaymine bet $4k and Ivey raised to $8k, which David Benyamine called. On 6th street this time Ivey bet $4k and Benyamine called. 7th street same deal with Ivey betting and David Benyamine calling. On the showdown Phil Ivey showed a full house tens full of fives and took down the pot worth $41,198.

This was really the largest hand I saw with another $32k in the PokerTilt hands. At the end of about 40 hands the chip counts were:

• David Benyamine ($28,497.75), is sitting out
• John Juanda ($149,092), is sitting out
• Gus Hansen ($149,663.35)
• Phil Ivey ($272,660.40)

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Phil Ivey ($235,967.50) played against Matt Hawrilenko ($43,961) in a heads up $2000/$40000 match at the Matt Hawrilenko table.

It was a great table to watch with the blinds so high because each hand was almost guaranteed action. There were a lot of $20k-30k hands. The average hand played at the table was $17k with 86% of the hands going to the flop and over 200 hands per hour.

One hand that was an interesting had Matt Hawrilenko raising to $4k and Ivey re-raising to $6k. On the flop [8s 2h Th] was dealt and Ivey bet $2k which was called by Hawrilenko. On the turn was a [2s] and Phil ivey bet $4k which was then raised by Hawrilenko to $8k which Ivey called. The river card was a [3d] and Ivey this time checked while Hawrilenko bet $4k which Ivey called. On the showdown Matt Hawrilenko showed [jc 2c] and hand 3 of a kind twos. Matt Harilkenko likely won the hand on the turn and took down the pot worth $39,999.50.

Another large hand at the table had Phil Ivey raising to $4k pre-flop. The hole cards came down [9c 2s 6c] and Hawrilenko checked while Ivey bet $2k and was then re-raised to $4k which Ivey called after taking some time to think about it. On the turn [5h] was dealt and Matt bet $4k and Ivey called. The river was a [3c] and Harilenko bet $4k and Ivey raised to $8k and then was re-raised to $12k. On the showdown Matt Hawrilenko showed his hand of [7h 8c] and had a nine high straight and took down the pot worth $47,999.50.

At the end of about 100 hands the chip counts were:

• Matt Hawrilenko ($177,948)

• Phil Ivey ($141,956.50)

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Phil Ivey ($280,888.50) played against LarsLuzak ($56,349.50) at Railheaven. The $500/$1000 No Limit Hold-em table has been popular lately and this heads up match was a good one to watch. After watching for about 70 hands David Benyamine sat down with $100k and joined the action.

There were a couple big hands played while I watched the table. One was when LarsLuzak raised $3k after the whole cards were dealt and Ivey called. After the flop of [Jh 3s Jc] LarsLuzak bet $4k and was was raised by Ivey for an additional $12k which then LarsLuzak re-raised again to $29,600…Phil Ivey then re-re-raised to $47,200 which at this point LarsLuzak folded his cards and Phil Ivey took down the pot worth $65, 199.50.

A few hands later LarsLuzak raised again to $3k pre-flop and Ivey called. The flop of [6d Th 7s] came down and LarsLuzak bet $4k and Phil Ivey raised again to $12k this time LarsLuzak just called. The turn was a [8s] and both checked and the river card was another 8 but this time diamonds. Phil Ivey then bet $24k which was called by LarsLuzakafter thining for a bit. Phil Ivey showed two pair eights and sixes while LarsLuzak had a eight high straight. LarsLuzak took the pot worth $77,999.50.

The high stake poker hand at the table was bigger then both of the two pots that I just went over. It was between David Benyamine and LarsLuzak. After the hole cards were dealt Benyamine raised to $3k which LarsLuzakcalled. On the flop of [Kh 7h Qs] Luzak checked and Benyamine bet $4k which was called by Luzak. The turn [2h] had Luzak checking and Benyamine betting once again $4k which was then alled. On the turn [2h] was dealt and this time Benyamine bet $12k after Luzak checked which again was called. On the river [4d] came down and Benyamine bet $34k after LarsLuzak checked again…This time Luzak thought for awhile and then bet $127,191 going all-in. David Benyamine then quickly called for the rest of his stack which was $41,995….On the showdown LarsLuzak flipped over [3h Ah] and had an ace high flush….Benyamine folded and LarsLuzak raked in the monster pot worth $189,990.50!

A little while later David Benyamine and LarsLuzak got into it again with big bets coming from Lars Luzak after every card. This time David Benyamine was on the defensive calling the big bets until the river when the pot was up to $139,222 and he went all-in for an additional $132,384.50. Luzak folded at this point and David Benyamine took the large pot.

At the end of about 150 hands the chip counts were:

• Gus Hansen ($50,000), is sitting out
• BeepBeepImaJeep ($102,498)
• David Benyamine ($271,605.50)
• LarsLuzak ($187,071.50)

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Gus Hansen ($165,445), Durrrr ($687,666), Urindanger ($191,146), elmarichimacho ($224,038) and aejones ($116,888) played at RailHeaven. RailHeaven is the biggest limit Full Tilt.com offers and with blinds $500/$1000 and the game is No Limit Hold-em.

One of the larger hands at the table was between elmariachimacho and Durrrr. After the cards were dealt elmariachimacho bet $2500 and was raised by Durrrr to $12,800 which was called. Then the flop was [Jd Qc 5c] and Durrrr bet $18,200 which was called by elmariachimacho. The turn was [4d] and this time Durrrr bet $47,200 and elmariachimacho folded and Durrrr picked up the pot worth $62,997.

After about 75 hands the chip counts were:

Seat 1: John Juanda ($50,000)
Seat 2: luvtheWNBA ($53,498)
Seat 4: durrrr ($732,542)
Seat 5: Urindanger ($212,831)
Seat 6: elmariachimacho ($131,619)

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David Benyamine, Patrik Antonius and Nuts78 played $2000/$4000 Horse at Full Tilt Poker.net. They played at the Patrik Antonius table and that is 6 max. Also at the table but sitting out was world1969.

While watching this game the stakes are so high it is almost hard to imagine they are playing with real money. I keep thinking of that hand was only $25k….that’s nothing. But then I snap back to reality and think…damn this is ridiculous $25k is a crazy amount of money. The hand average at the table is $16k! But it makes for a great poker game and everyone likes high limit poker and when Benyamine and Antonius are sitting at a table that is guaranteed.

One of the larger hands at the table (well they are all large) was between frog22 and Patrik Antonius playing Limit Stud Hi. Everytime frog22 would bet Patrik Antonius would raise and at any chance Antonius could get he was betting. The showdown was a quick one with Partik Antonius showing [7s 5d 7c 2s As 2c 2d] had a full house, Twos full of Sevens. This one pot he won $49,499!

Then a couple hands later Patrik and frog22 go at it again while playing Limit Stud Hi. Similar to last time Patrik is raising after every card and frog22 is just calling. This changed on 6th street when Patrik again threw out a bet of $4k but this time frog22 raisied it to $8k while Antonius raises again to $12k and not done yet frog22 makes it $16k. 7th street Patrik raises to $4k and again was raised by frog22 for an additional $4k but this doesn’t stop Antonius who raised it again making it $12k to see his cards which frog22 calls. Patrik Antonius then showed [Kh Kd Jh 7s 6s Kc Jc] and had another full house, Kings full of Jacks and frog22 mucks. Patrik then rakes in the pot worth $72,899. Nice!

In the end the chip counts looked like:

• Patrik Antonius ($162,908.75)
• Nuts78 ($144,594.75)
• world1969 ($100,000), is sitting out
• frog22 ($106,195), is sitting out

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Mike Matusow played heads up against Sirens in a $300/$600 Limit Omaha H/L game. I was able to watch from the beginning and both players started with $12k.

Mike Matusow did quite well in the game including a hand where they both called the big blind pre-flop. After the flop Matusow bet $300 which was called by sirens. On the turn Matusow checked and this time sirens bet $600 and Matusow then re-raised to $1,200 which Sirens called. Matusow bet $600 on the river which was called by Sirens. On the showdown Matusow showed an Ace high straight taking down the pot worth $4,779.50.

A few hands later was another top hand where after the hole cards Sirens raised to $600 which Matusow called. On the flop Matusow bet $300 and was called. The turn Matusow bet $600 and was then quickly raised to $1200 which he called. On the river Matusow $600 bet one more time and was called by Sirens. The river came and Matusow showed another straight but this time a king high straight and won the pot worth $5,399.50.

After about 50 hands Matusow had doubled his stack while Sirens added on to give himself an additional $12k to play with.

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John DAgostino ($18,494) and Eli Elezra ($14,497) played $500/$1000 Limit Omaha H/L. Also at the table was yuvee04 ($36,618), i_cheat_u ($26,617) and La Key U ($21,995.50). Sitting out with ($31,738) was Gus Hansen. They were playing at the Hobog (6 max) table at FullTiltPoker.net.

After a bit of sitting out Gus Hansen left the table and PixKim took his place. i_cheat_u won a couple large hands including a hand against John DAgostino. Pre-flop i_cheat_u raised to $1k and John called. After the flop DAgostino checked and i_cheat_u bet and DAgostino then re-raised to $1k. Then turn and river had i_cheat_u raising and DAgostino calling both times. When it was time to show the cards i_cheat_u showed an eight high straight and also won the low for a $10k pot.

Another large hand in the game was between yuvee04, PixKim and John DAgostino. John DAgostino raised pre-flop and was called by both yuvee04 and PixKim. After the flop John DAgostino bet $500 and was again called by both players. The turn got interesting when PixKim bet $1000 and was raised to $2k by yuvee04 and then John DAgostino raised to $3k and then yuve004 raised again this time to $4k….PixKim decided enough was enough and laid his hand down while John DAgostino called. On the river both players check and both had an Ace high flush but John DAgostino won the low along with the high and took the hand worth $14,750.

At the end of about 75 hands the final chip counts were:

PixKim ($45,231.50)
John DAgostino ($26,031.50)
yuvee04 ($45,652)
Baisti ($10,000)
EazyPeazy ($10,387.50)
La Key U ($25,478.50)

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