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Mike Matusow ($13,094) and Allen Cunningham ($14,729.50) played $300/$600 HORSE at FullTiltPoker.net. Also playing at the poker table was Slick Puppy ($6,294), DAT MOOSE ($15,919), NO IT ALL ($3,744) and imabigkidnow ($33,064.50).

Allen Cunningham at some points sat out and would watch a couple hands then would sit back down at the table. There weren’t any large hands but lots of $3k+ hands. I would have thought there would be bigger hands but it always seems like the Mike Matusow tables are never that active in terms of number of high stakes hands.

After watching for about 75 hands the table broke up after Mike Matusow and Allen Cunningham played two heads up hands. They left with:

Mike Matusow ($28,390)
AllenCunningham ($12,744)

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Gus Hansen ($180,493.50) played heads up against SteveSung ($69,495.50) at the $2000/$4000 HORSE at Full TIlt Poker. It was actually a six player table but when I was watching it was just heads up. They were playing at the Patrik Antonius table.

It was definitely a good table to watch with a lot of hands over $25k. It seems like a lot of tables lately haven’t had much action but this was definitely did.

There were a couple large hands including a $68,599.50 hand. They were playing Limit Stud Hi and Gus Hansen was betting the whole way while along the way SteveSung raised and re-raised. In the end SteveSung showed a king high flush while Gus Hansen mucked his cards.

Another hand in the $60k range was also during the Limit Stud Hi game and SteveSung had a straight this time against Gus Hansen’s mucked hand. Gus Hansen was betting but it just didn’t pan out and he lost the hand worth $60,599.50.

At the end of about 100 hands the chip totals at the table was:

Gus Hansen – $126,284.50
SteveSung – $123,683.50
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AllenCunningham ($50,319.75), Mike Matusow ($16,311.05) and Gus Hansen ($28,789.50) played $1000/$2000 HORSE. Also at the table was CHUFTY ($92,098.25), Boosted J ($20,300) and Confused 1 Here ($39,422.85). They played at ELK a 6 max table at FullTiltPoker.net.

There were a couple good hands that I watched. One of them was between CHUFTY and Gus Hansen. Gus Hansen was betting $2k and was being called by CHUFTY every step of the way. After 7th street Gus Hansen showed three of a kind jacks and CHUFTY mucked his cards and Hansen raked in the pot worth $22,20.

Most of the hands that were played were in the teens.

I was able to watch for a little over 100 hands and then the table broke up. At this time the chip counts were:

Mike Matusow ($13,445.55)
CHUFTY ($89,885.75)
Gus Hansen ($49,918.50)
LoLiNa ($23,496.50)
AllenCunningham ($38,305.75)
Confused 1 Here ($69,903.35)

Gus Hansen was the big winner going from 28.7k to almost 50k while Cunningham and Matusow went down in chips during the same time period.

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Mike Matusow ($49,090.30) played $500/$1000 HORSE against Mark Weitzman ($37,428), Doesburg ($29,061.25) and Boosted J ($9,738.75). They played at the Pineview table which is a 9 seat table but theren’t weren’t many high stakes players on tonight so it was only the 4. Though a little later in the game HoSS_TBF joined the table with $20k.

The table had a lot of $10k+ hands. Nothing really over that though but there was enough action at the table that made it interesting. I looked at a couple hand histories and after about 100 hands their isn’t much to talk about. I put some of the hands in the Top hands … but nothing really jumped at me to really breakdown and discuss.

Mike Matusow started to sit out and I decided to stop watching the table after about 100+ hands. When I left the chip counts were:

Hoss_TBF ($26,642)
LoLiNa ($10,000)
EazyPeazy ($15,268.50)
Doesburg ($45,355.25)
Mark Weitzman ($24,147)
Boosted J ($17,896.25)
Mike Matusow ($53,474.80)
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Gus Hansen ($66,710.50), AllenCunningham ($72,691.75) played $1000/$2000 HORSE againstfrog22 ($7,190.25) Confused 1 Here ($49,500) and Phil Ivey ($43,501…who sat out most of the game). During the game John Juanda sat down with $20k. Along with Hoss_TBF and CHUFTY.

I had high hopes for the poker game thinking it was going to have a lot of high stakes hands. I was a little let down as players were sitting out and most of the hands were in the teens. With less then a handful being over $20k.

The largest hand of the table was between Hoss_TBF and CHUFTY. They were playing Limit Razz and the pot reached $30,899. Hoss_TBF won showing [5h 4s 9s 6h 7s 2c 4h] 7,6,5,4,2 while CHUFTY mucked.

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Gus Hansen ($251,930) played $2000/$4000 HORSE against Eli Elezra ($70,094), EazyPeazy ($144,972), Rob Hollink ($39,695) and ICallSoWhat ($66,791.50). They played at the Patrik Antonius table at FullTiltPoker.com.

It was a fun game to watching with most of the hands $20k+. Gus Hansen was winning a lot of hands throughout the game and it seemed like he could do no wrong. I saw him collect multiple $30k+ hands and a handful more $20k+ hands.

There were a couple good hands with other players involved including when ICallSoWhat played a hand against EazyPeazy. EazyPeazy ended up winning the hand with a Nine high straight against ICallSoWhat’s two pair (aces and kings). The hand was worth a healthy $53,798.

When I stopped watching the chip counts were:

CHUFTY ($117,345.50)
EazyPeazy ($79,461)
Rob Hollink ($39,373)
Gus Hansen ($283,157)
ICallSoWhat ($101,363.50)

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I was looking for some high stakes tables and happened upon a great HORSE game that was being played at Full Tilt. The players involved were Phil Ivey ($74,989.50), Gus Hansen ($85,085.50), David Singer ($75,491), David Oppenheim ($173,179) and David Benyamine ($91,187). They played at the Patrik Antonius table which is a $2000/$4000 HORSE game.

One top hand that I watched was between Gus Hansen, David Oppenheim, David Benyamine and David Signer. After 3rd street their was a bet, raise, re-raise and a re-re-raise. On 4th street Gus Hansen bet $2k and was called by both David’s. 5th street was David Benyamine betting $4k, raise by signer to $8k, re-raise by Benyamine to $12k and a called by both Singer and Gus Hansen. 6th street was a bet from Gus Hansen for $4k and a call from both Benyamine and Singer. 7th street everyone checks and Gus Hansen showed two pair, aces and nines while Benyamine and Singer mucked. The pot was worth $80,097. After the hand Singer added $100k to the table.

There were a lot of 30k hands which made the game pretty fun to watch. I have a bunch of hands below that does a pretty good job with the best hands of the table. After I watched for 50+ hands Phil Ivey was the bigger winner…when I first sat to watch the table he had about $75k but when I left he had $179k…not bad for about 45min of work?

Other chip stacks at the table:

David Singer ($80,578)
Eli Elezra ($54,798.15)
Gus Hansen ($106,566)
David Benyamine ($114,017.75)
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AllenCunningham ($100,519.75), John DAgostino ($19,184), LoLiNa ($44,181.75), Eli Elezra ($54,751.75), OMGClayAiken ($10,000) and durrrr ($12,636.50) played $1000/$2000 HORSE with an ante of $200 at the Elk 6 max table.

One of the first hands I watched was between Durrrr and Allen Cunningham. They were playing Omaha Hi/Lo and Allen Cunningham had three of a kind jacks against Durrrr’s seven high straight. The pot was worth $58,809.50. Allen Cunningham did win the side pot worth $4,000 but definitely took a hit to his overall chip stack.

Another large hand later in the game was between Allen Cunningham and Eli Elezra. They were playing Limit Stud Hi. Eli Elezra was doing most of the raising through out the hand until the last betting round when Allen Cunningham re-raised twice. When they finally showed their cards Allen Cunnignham had a eight high straight and Eli Elezra mucked losing the pot worth $35,497.

After about 100 hands the chip totals looked like:

AllenCunningham ($78,607.25)
LoLiNa ($20,000)
Eli Elezra ($27,605.25)
Patrik Antonius ($23,193.50)
durrrr ($74,323.50)

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Markus Golser ($189,166) played $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi against halfdozen999 ($67,194.50) at Full Tilt Poker.com. They played at the Barn which had 6 seats but they ended up just playing heads up with no other players joining the table.

The game had a lot of pre-flop folds but a couple hands were around $10-15k. One of the hands was a hand between the two with halfdozen999 holding [Qh Ks Kh Jd] and Markus Golser with [9s 7d Kd 3h] and the board showing [2d Js 5s Jh 5c]. halfdozen999 won the hand with three of a kind jacks and took the pot worth $16,799.50.

Another interesting hand during the play had a board showing [2s 7h 8h 5c] [Qs]. After the river card halfdozen999 bet $19,200 and right away Markus Golser threw out a raise to $38,400. Halfdozen999 called adding an additional $19,200 to the pot. They both showed their hands with Golser showing first [6s 9d Td 9c] and then halfdozen999 with [9s 6d 5s 8c]. Both of them had the nine high straight and split the nearly $100k pot.

The final hand between the two was the most exciting and had a pot worthy of a high stakes game. The hand started normally without a pre-flop bet and just a call from halfdozen999 in the small blind for $200 to enter the pot. The flop was [9d 6h 2d] and both checked going to the turn which was a [3s]. Markus Golser bet $800 and was then raised to $3,200 (now we are getting somewhere) then Golser re-raises to $10,400. Halfdozen999 then thinks for a bit and what do you know…he re-re-raises to $32,000 which Markus Golser takes sometime but eventually makes the call. The final river card was an [8s] and Markus Golser throws out a raise of $64,800 and halfdozen999 quickly calls with his last $41,190 and is all-in. Markus Golser then shows his hand [7c 4s Js 5c] and halfdozen999 see’s the nine high straight that was caught on the river and mucks the card and leaves the table. I am sure disgusted with the results of the hand he probably had until the river 8. Markus Golser then rakes in the hand worth $147,180!

At the end Markus Golser ended up with ($256,350) while halfdozen999 lost his buy-in and left the table.

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Gus Hansen ($21,400), David Benyamine ($17,094) and Patrik Antonius ($35,419) played $1000/$2000 HORSE at the ELK (6 max) table at FullTiltPoker.net.

With three players at the table the action was flying. There was lots of pre-flop betting and some large 3 way pots. One of the hands that was interesting was a Limit Stud H/L hand that was constantly raised then re-raised until the pot ended up being $57,600. It was 3 way action but was a two way split with Benyamine winning the Low with a pair of 8′s while Patrik Antonius took the high with a flush. This meant that both players basically split Gus Hansens (he mucked at the end) chips.

Well I wasn’t able to watch for too long because 45 hands after sitting down to watch Hansen and Antonius sat out. At that point the chip counts were:

David Benyamine ($32,682)
Patrik Antonius ($61,212)
Gus Hansen ($0), is sitting out

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