The Online Railbird Report: Enter Isildur1, Sahamies Wins $1 Million in One Night
A new screen name at the high-stakes tables is always a cause for celebration among the regular crowd, and this week Sweden��s ��Isildur1�� stepped up to challenge the likes of Cole South, Brian Hastings, Haseeb Qureshi and Patrik Antonius to heads-up no-limit hold��em matches at stakes ranging from $100/200 to $500/1,000. Meanwhile, the action at the $2,000/4,000 7-Game tables continued to thrive, with Antonius and Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies booking near-seven-figure wins while Richard Ashby weathered more than a million dollars in losses after a more than 30-hour session.
Isildur1 Challenges Griffin, Hastings, Antonius
He��s extremely aggressive, he��s from the kingdom of Sweden, and like ��martonas�� before him, he��s a high-stakes mystery man. Isildur1 popped up on Full Tilt Poker last Friday night and over the course of 24 hours and nearly 3,500 hands pulled $347,000 out of the online poker economy. The vast majority of his profits that night came from Haseeb Qureshi, who dropped $345k to him during a 750-hand $100/200 pot-limit Omaha match across four tables.
When he returned to action the following day, Isildur1 didn��t fare nearly as well against Ashton ��theASHMAN103�� Griffin, losing $40,000 in only two hands of $200/400 no-limit hold��em. Isildur1 moved on to play Brian Hastings at $200/400 heads-up no-limit hold��em and dropped $135,000 before chasing his losses at the $300/600 level where he lost an additional $131,000. Next up was THENUTHUNTER who took $106,000 off Isildur1 at $300/600 PLO followed by Patrik Antonius, who challenged him to a $500/1,000 match. The highest-limit session of the night turned out to be the only profitable one for Isildur1, who took $23,000 off Antonius.
Playing $200/400 no-limit hold��em against Hastings sent Isidur1 chasing his losses at the $300/600 level and above. Hastings opened from the button for $1,200, Isildur1 raised to $4,800, Hastings four-bet to $11,200, and Isildur1 made the call. The flop came down 5?4h]3? and Isildur1 checked to Hastings who bet $7,800,about a third of the pot. Isildu1 raised to $32,600 only to have Hastings three-bet shove for his remaining $116,154. Isildur1 made the call, turning over 10?10? for the overpair while Hastings�� J?6? gave him an open-ended straight draw. He filled it when the 2? hit the turn and raked in the $144,789 pot once the K? fell on the river.
Finland Dominates the $2,000/4,000 7-Game
Several tables of $2,000/4,000 7-Game ran on Full Tilt Poker nearly every day this week, with Gus Hansen, David Benyamine, ��EasyPeazy��, Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies, ��DIN_FRU��, Daniel ��FakeSky�� Alaei, ��rafiboy", Patrik Antonius, David Oppenheim, Chau Giang, Matt Hawrilenko, Cole South and John Juanda all stepping into the fray. Pulling in the largest profit from Monday��s games was Patrik Antonius, who finished over $800,000 to the good. Down as much as $1 million at one point, Richard Ashby managed to rally back, ending his session with a $530,000 loss after playing for well over 24 straight hours. Also sustaining heavy losses was David Benyamine, who dropped $434,000 over the course of the evening.
On Tuesday, it was ��Ziigmund��s�� turn to shine, the Finnish superstar raking in over a $800,000 in profits from the $2,000/4,000 7-Game, then pulling in $200,000 from a heads-up pot-limit Omaha bout with Phil Ivey to bring his total for the night to a cool million. Once again, David Benyamine was the primary donator, dropping another $750,000. Benyamine played three $185k+ pots against Sahamies, losing every one of them, including a $247,000 no-limit hold'em pot where Benyamine��s entire stack went in the middle with pocket tens against Sahamies�� jacks and this $191,000 pot-limit Omaha monsterpotten.
Playing six-handed, Antonius opened for $3,500, Benyamine called and Sahamies called on the button. Antonius checked the K?9?6? flop over to Benyamine, who bet $10,000. Sahamies called and Antonius folded. The turn came the 2? and Benyamine led out for $32,000. Sahamies moved all in for $108,000 and change, Benyamine making the call with 8?7?5?4? for a wrap draw. Sahamies flopped top two pair with K?9?5?4? and they held up on the Q? river, Sahamies taking down the $191,556 pot.
Phil Ivey Draws a Crowd, Takes a Hit at $30,000 Cap No-Limit Hold��em
If he sits in, they will come, and when Phil Ivey bought in to a $500/$1,000 no-limit hold��em game with a $30,000 cap on Full Tilt, a slew of $25/50 and $50/100 regulars took advantage of the smaller stakes and filled the table along with many nosebleed-stakes regulars. Yevgeniy ��bballer88�� Timoshenko, ��Observer84,�� ��Himan33,�� Cole South, ��kmoneyk10,�� Hac ��trex313�� Dang,�� R-Quaresma,�� ��458854,�� Joao Barbosa, ��THENUTHUNTER,�� ��POKERBLUFFS,�� John Juanda, and psychobenny all joined in,��| Scubba |�� coming away with the lion��s share of the $377,000 Ivey dropped in the game. With each player only allowed to put $30,000 in the pot per hand, the night often seemed like a long string of coinflips, the vast majority of which Ivey lost. Even when Ivey got his $30k in the middle pre-flop with A?J? against | Scubba |��s A?6?, Ivey couldn��t catch a break on the flop, which came down a juicy 10?6?5?, giving his opponent middle pair and the nut flush draw. Ivey blanked out on the turn and river, | Scubba | collecting the $60,000 pot.
Chat of the Week: Gus Hansen and David Oppenheim
David Oppenheim and Gus Hansen locked horns in an Omaha 8-or-better hand, Oppenheim showing down only a pair of twos for high after missing all his draws. Hansen had no low, but scooped the pot with ten and sixes for high and earned a choice reply from Oppenheim in this post-hand chatter.
Gus Hansen: if it is any consolation Oppey you p?layed it great
David Oppenheim: if its any consolation gus im quite sure you have homosexual tendenciees
Who��s Up? Who��s Down?
This week��s biggest winners (10/23-10/29): Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies (+$947,000), Gus Hansen (+$827,000), Patrik Antonius (+$610,000)
In the red: Richard Ashby (-$1,025,000), David Benyamine (-$744,000), Isildur1 (-$723,000)
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