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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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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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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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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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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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Mike Matusow ($42,888), John Juanda ($10,497) played $500/$1000 HORSE. Also playing at the poker table was Mark Weitzman ($29,542.50), i_cheat_u ($11,809.50), jenruss18 ($4,528) and bixiu ($13,997). They played at the Pineview table at Full Tilt.

One hand that is under the Poker Tilt Hands was between John Juanda and Mike Matusow when they were playing Limit Stud Hi. Matusow was betting nearly the whole time up to 7th street when he finally checked. When the cards were shown Matusow had [9h 7s 8h 8d 9c Qd 6c] while Juanda showed [Qs Ts Jc Qh 2d 2s 5s]. John Juanda won with a higher two pair queens and two’s and raked in the pot worth $9,850.

Another large hand at the poker table was between Mark Weitzman and jakz101poker. Mark Weitzman was betting at every chance and jakz101poker called each time. At the end jakz101poker showed a king high straight flush and was beaten by a straight flush, king high, for high (little confusing…but ok). Mark Weitzman won $13,247 in the hand.

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

• La Key U ($14,444), is sitting out
• Mark Weitzman ($35,873.50)
• jakz101poker ($6,398.50)
• Mike Matusow ($29,133.50)
• John DAgostino ($14,073.50)
• bixiu ($6,276), is sitting out

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Mike Matusow ($70,984) and stevesbets ($42,440) played $1000/$2000 Omaha High Lo at Full Tilt. Also at the table was 13571113 ($39,713.50), EazyPeazy ($107,797) and Bill Gazes ($6,026.50). They played at the Pearl 6 max table.

One of the bigger hands at the table was between Mike Matusow and EazyPeazy. They were both betting the whole way with a bet from one and a raise from the other. They were betting $4k on turn and river. When they both showed their cards they must have been dissapointed to learn that they were holding the same hand. They both had a five high straight with A2 in their hands and [Kh 3d 5d 8s 4s] on the board.

After about 20 hands Mike Matusow started sitting out and EazyPeazy and Stevebets duked it out at the table. They had a lot of $15k+ hands between them and made the heads up battle a good one. One of the hands saw bets from both sides with stevebets leading the charge. In the end Stevebets lost the hand with a smaller two pair. EazyPeazy had two pair (jacks + fives) while Stevebets had two pair (kings + tens). EazyPeazy took down the pot worth $16,000.

After watching the last 50 hands of the table the chip counts were:

Seat 3: EazyPeazy ($111,555.50)
Seat 4: stevesbets ($48,428.50)
Seat 5: howisitfeellike ($20,000)

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