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Phil Ivey ($118,799.50) played against MR B 2 U SON ($81,200) at Full Tilt. They played at the Hansen Park table which is a $2000/$4000 HORSE table. This is Gus Hansen’s table and he has a reserved seat but wasn’t online.

The table had some pretty good hands with the average pot at the table: $7,462. One of the poker hands that was noteable was during Limt Hold-em. After the hole cards Phil Ivey raised to $4,000 and was then re-raised to $6k which he called. After the flop son bet $2k and was then raised to $4k and re-raised to $6k which Ivey called. On the turn Son bet $4k and was raised to $8k which he called. Finally on the river Son tried to slow it down by checking which didn’t stop Phil Ivey from betting and eventually taking the hand after Son folded. Phil Ivey won the $40k pot.

Another large hand was again in Limit Hold-em and after the hold cards were dealt Ivey raised to $4k which was called by Son. After the flop, Son checked, Ivey Bet $2k, Son then raised to $4k and Ivey re-raised to $6k which son called. After the turn Son checked and Ivey bet $4k which was called. On the river the same thing happened with a check and a bet. On the showdown Ivey showed a jack high straight and won the $35,999 pot.
After about 100 hands the chip counts were:

MR B 2 U SON ($131,291.75)
Nuts78 ($87,597)
Phil Ivey ($81,090.75)

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Matt Hawrilenko ($1,733.70), PixKim ($19,850) and Eli Elezra ($26,651.75) played $500/$1000 HORSE. They played at the Bluff (6 max) table at FullTiltPoker.net. Also playing at the poker table was bixiu ($57,372.15) and DIN_FRU ($59,998.10).

Although the blinds were high the game wasn’t as high stakes as you would guess (or at least what I would expect). The average hand played at the table was $6203…which doesn’t seem to low but most of the hands were in the 3-4k with a couple in the $10k range. The largest hand I saw played was $13,998.

There weren’t very many exciting hands to talk about because of the hands not going very far. There were lots of checks or minimum bets. We needed a maniac at the table to get some money in the middle…One of the hands that I talked about previously was the $13,998 hand. It was won by PixKim against DIN_FRU. This hand had both players betting and raising. In the end, after all the betting DIN_FRU folded after the river after betting $1k and then being raised another $1k by PixKim which finally convinced DIN_FRU to lay the hand down.

At the end of about 60 hands the chip counts were:

• Eli Elezra ($13,108.25)
• PixKim ($54,800.95)
• Matt Hawrilenko ($10,892.65)
• bixiu ($14,998)

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Phil Ivey ($31,500) played $1000/$2000 Limit Hold-em at the FullTiltPoker.net Table Jute (6 max). Also playing at the table was Brandon Adams ($20,000), Buster Love ($147,584.50), vlindermes ($100,977.50), TonyBliar ($73,997) and Boosted J ($54,485).

The table was averaging I would say about $10k-$15k, I didn’t actually see the hand average so it could definitely be off. Most of the bigger hands were $18-$20k…With it being limit there were a lot of hands in that range and a little below.

The larger hand at the table was between vlindermes and BusterLove. There was a lot of raises and re-raises and in the end vlindermes had the nuts on the flop. The flop of [8h 7c Td] and with his hand of [Jc 9d] had a jack high straight. Buster Love went the whole way and ended up mucking his hand.

At the end of watching about 100 hands and the a break and the last 50 hands at the table the chip counts were:

• vlindermes ($129,881.50)
• Boosted J ($83,696)
• Phil Ivey ($134,637)

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Matt Hawrilenko ($168,825.50), Buster Love ($105,995) and Neo81 ($105,453) played $1000/$2000 Limit Hold-em at Full Tilt.com. Also at the table was Da Munsta ($58,961), rafiboy ($38,500), vlindermes ($51,216.50).

One of the larger hands that was played was between Buster Love, Matt Hawrilenko and Neo81. They all called Matt Hawrilenko’s pre-flop raise to $3k. After the flop Buster Love bet $2k which was then raised to $3k by Hawrilenko and at this point Neo81 folded while Buster added another $1k to the pot which Matt called. After the turn card Hawrilenko checked while Buster Love bet $2k which Hawrilenko called. On the river the same thing happened Matt checked and Buster bet which Matt called. Buster Love ended up winning the hand with A4 hitting the Ace on the turn and winning the $25,997 pot.

After watching for around 125 hands Matt Hawrilenko went down more then $68k down to around $100k. While Neo81 went up $50k.

The chip counts when I stopped watching were:

tommyboy83 ($17,236.50), is sitting out
rafiboy ($55,977)
Buster Love ($193,181), is sitting out
vlindermes ($64,173)
Matt Hawrilenko ($98,031.50)
Neo81 ($161,655)

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Phil Ivey ($353,832) played against Matt Hawrilenko ($65,992.50) at the $2000/$4000 Limit Hold’em table at FullTilt. They played at Hawrilenko’s table which is a heads up table.

This was one of the fastest games I have ever watched. They was not much waiting (thinking) during the game and at times just watching was hard because it seemed like they were playing at least 300+ hands per hour. You would be watching one hand, look away, and all of the sudden there is a new flop and a couple bets.

I started watching pretty late in the game since Ivey had $300k while Matt Hawrilenko only had $65k. The first 15 hands I watched Matt went down to $20k but then won a streak of hands and over the course of about 10 hands and about 10 seconds (well, not that fast….) and all of the sudden had a respectiable $131k.

Well it didn’t last long until Phil Ivey was able to tip the game back to his control. After about 50 more hands Matt Harilenko went broke at the table. When he finally lost his chips he said “alright, you’re officially cut off for a while”, “gg” and Phil Ivey replied “thx”, “best of luck” and Matt Hawrilenko left by saying “ty, u2″.

At the end Phil ivey left with $418k.

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Gus Hansen ($36,799) played against Brian Hastings ($416,937.50) in a $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi game at Full Tilt.com. They played at Acred a (deep 6) table with sunra18 sitting at the table but sitting out during the game so it was heads up until the last couple hands when Urindanger sat down.

The largest hand that I watched was a hand where Gus Hansen raised pre-flop to $1200 and was called by Hastings. The flop was [5h 2s Qc] and Brian Hastings checked while Gus Hansen bet $2000….After a bit of thinking Hastings came back with a raise to $7,600 and after a couple seconds of thought Gus Hansen re-raised it to $25,200…It didn’t take long before Brian Hastings shoved his entire stack raising it to $78,000 and was called by Gus Hansen who at that point put in his last $27,993.50. At this point Brain Hastings showed two pair with [2h 3c 5d 4c] while Gus Hansen showed [9s Ad Qh Qd] and had a set of queens. The turn was a jh and the river a 7h no help to Brian Hastings and Gus Hansen won the $108,786.50 pot.

Another of the larger hands was another win for Gus Hansen when he won with a king high flush against Brian Hastings two pair (aces and sixes). Most of the money in the pot went in after the river card when Gus Hansen already made his flush. Gus Hansen initially bet $4,800 after the river and was then raised by Hastings to $27,200 which Gus Hansen called and took down the pot worth $69,599.50.

It was a pretty one sided table with lots of chips shifting to Gus Hansen. At the end of about 50 hands when the table broke up the chip count was:

• Gus Hansen ($140,182)
• Brian Hastings ($329,935)

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OMGClayAiken ($51,181) played against LarsLuzak ($50,000) in a $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi game at Full Tilt.com. They played at Broad (deep 6), sunra18 was also sitting at the table and for a time Gus Hansen but while I watched neither played a hand.

One of the big hands was when OMGClayAiken raised to $1,400 and LarsLuzak raised again to $4,600 which OMGClayAiken called. The flop of [9s 8s Kd] and LarsLuzak bet $9,600 and was then raised by OMGClayAiken to $38,400 putting LarsLuzak all-in if he called and indeed he did with $25,400. The players then showed their cards with OMGClayAiken having [6s As 9c 5s] and LarsLuzak showing [8h Ac Kc Th]. THe turn was a 2c and the river was a 5c. LarsLuzak took the hand down with his higher 2 pair, kings and eights and won $79,599.

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Another hand was after the hole cards were dealt LarsLuzak bet $1,200 and was then raised by OMG to $3,800 which LarsLuzak then raised again to $11,600. The flop of [Jd Qs 4s] came down and LarsLuzak bet $23,400 and after a bit of time OMGClayAiken went all-in adding an additional $4,576. At this time they showed their hands with OMGClayAiken [Qd Jh 9d 8h] and LarsLuzak [6c 7h Ah Qc]. The turn and river were 2s and 6h respecitively and OMGClayAiken this time won with a higher two pair, Queens and Jacks and took down the pot worth $79,352.

When the table broke up as OMGClayAiken left the chip counts were:

Seat 4: OMGClayAiken ($105,946)
Seat 6: LarsLuzak ($54,716.50)

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Brian Hastings ($100,000), Isaac Baron ($46,745.50) and Ziigmund played at the Ivey Mix (HA) $500/$1000, 9 person table at Full Tilt. Also playing at the table was John Juanda, La Key U, halfdozen999 and frog22. This table had a lot of players sitting out and then sitting back in, so at any time there were usually only about 5-6 players getting dealt to every hand.

The largest hand played at the table was between John Juanda and Isaac Baron. John Juanda raised to $4k pre flop which was then raised by Issac Baron to $13k which Juanda called. The flop came down [9d 4c 6h] and Juanda checked, Baron bet $16k which after some thinking John Juanda called. The turn was a Qc and Juanda again checked but Issac Baron bet $60,200 which Juanda called going all-in with his last $44,844. At this time they both showed their cards and Isaac Baron had [Jc Js] while John Juanda held [As Qd]. The river was [Ad] sealing the deal for John Juanda and giving him the pot worth $149,886.

After about 100 hands the chip counts were:

Ziigmund ($148,995)
durrrr ($45,694)
John Juanda ($155,130), is sitting out
Isaac Baron ($80,625)
halfdozen999 ($15,771)
La Key U ($12,358)

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Gus Hansen ($68,599), David Benyamine ($65,896.25) and Patrik Antonius ($115,495.25) played at the Patrik Antonius $2000/$4000 table at Full Tilt.com.

After watching the table for 2 hands (I started watching well into the match) David Oppenheim sat down with $50k. It was interesting though when David Oppenheim sat down, Gus Hansen sat out, just watching the action… I don’t know if there is past history or it was just by coincidence that he sat out at the same time as Oppenheim playing at the poker table.

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One of the larger hands at the table was between Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine and David Oppenheim. After the hole cards Patrik raised to $4k which was called by both David’s. The flop of [Kd Jh Ah] was dealt and Benyamine and Oppenheim checked while Patrik bet $2k which was called by Benyamine and then raised by Oppenheim. Both Patrik and Benaymine called thebet. The turn was a [8c] and Benaymine checked while Oppenheim bet $4k and at this time Patrik gave up and folded while Benyamine raised another $4k which was called. The river was another 8 this time of diamonds. Benyamine bet $4k which was called by Oppenheim, on the showdown David Benyamine shows 8s, kh for a full house and won the pot worth $47,999.

Well like clock work when Oppenheim ($16k) left the table Gus Hansen sat back in. It looks like Gus Hansen didn’t want to play against Oppenheim. Gus Hansen soon after sitting down won a large hand against Benyamine. David raised to $4k on the flop which was called by Gus. The flop of [Js Tc Kc] came down and Gus Hansen checked while Benyamine threw out $2k which was called. The turn of another king this time hearts came down and again Hansen checked Benaymine bet $4k which was then raised to $8k by Hansen. The river card was a 7 of clubs and Gus Hansen didn’t check this time, betting $4k. David Benyamine then doubled the bet to $8k which Gus Hansen decided to go another $4k to $12k which Benyamine called. Gus Hansen then showed a full house kings full of jacks and Benyamine mucked his hand.

At the end of watching about 50 hands the chip counts looked like:

• Patrik Antonius ($125,691.75)
• David Benyamine ($43,688.25)
• Gus Hansen ($114,694.50)

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