The Online Railbird Report: "EireAbu" Wins $542,000 to Climb Back Atop Yearly Leaderboard
The World Series of Poker may be dominating poker headlines, but that doesn��t mean there hasn��t been plenty of online action in the last week. In fact, a number of high-stakes regulars combined with some Online Railbird Report newbies to create a week of surprises.
Perhaps the most notable was ��EireAbu��s�� performance. He finished as the week��s biggest winner with $542,432 in profit in 17,640 hands spread across 167 sessions. That put him back atop the PokerStars yearly leaderboard.
Other winners on the week included David ��Deldar182�� Eldar (+$285,772 in 108 sessions/7,692 hands), Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (+$267,803 in 83 sessions/5,458 hands) and Cort ��thecortster�� Kibler-Melby (+$221,805 in 49 sessions/2,961 hands).
At the other end of the spectrum, it was a rough week for ��mikki696,�� who lost $283,118 in 5,119 hands spread across 98 sessions. He was joined in the loser��s column by Alexey ��LuckyGump�� Makarov (-$217,825 in 52 sessions/4,232 hands), ��glosik�� (-$171,974 in 163 sessions/14,634 hands) and Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$168,938 in 110 sessions/5,224 hands).
Sahamies Banks Nearly $300,000 on Thursday
On Thursday, May 24, Ilari ��Ilari FIN�� Sahamies played 700 hands but managed to win big, banking $294,000. About a sixth of that came in a $50/$100 pot-limit Omaha ring game, while $24,000 more came from a heads-up match against Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom. With that said, the lion��s share of Sahamies' profits, $105,000 to be exact, came from playing a $100/$200 PLO game that included Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene.
In one of the day's biggest hands, ��Phisherman36�� ($20,000) opened for $700 from the hijack, and Sahamies ($160,712.34) made the call from the button. After ��Ligga�� ($19,760) came along from the small blind, Tollerene ($37,461.90) opted for a three-bet to $3,740 from the big. All three of the other players made the call and there was four-way action to the 8?6?2? flop.
��Ligga�� checked, Tollerene fired out $15,195, ��Phisherman36�� folded, and Sahamies raised to $60,780. After "Ligga" got out of the way, Tollerene called off his remaining $18,526.90 and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
| Sahamies | Q?6?6?10? |
| Tollerene | A?A?10?8? |
Sahamies flopped a set of sixes and was ahead of Tollerene��s aces. The J? turn changed nothing and neither did the 5? river, so Sahamies' raked in the $82,559 pot.
Despite losing $112,000 on the day, Tollerene wasn��t the biggest loser. That distinction belonged to ��glosik,�� who dropped $165,000.
��EireAbu�� Back Atop the Yearly Leaderboard
On Sunday, ��EireAbu�� was back at the $50/$100 PLO tables and played approximately 3,500 hands, winning $125,000 in the process. That pushed him over $2 million in profit for the year, more than any other player on PokerStars.
��EireAbu�� may have been the day��s biggest winner, but he wasn��t the only one. ��PimpyLimpy�� and ��bernard-bb�� finished with $87,000 and $80,000 respectively, while ��patpatman�� rounded out the top four with $56,000 in profit.
Speaking of ��patpatman," he managed to win one of the day��s biggest post. It happened when action was four-handed and he opened for $300 under the gun. Both the button and small blind folded, then ��KRfishONE�� ($28,905.79) three-bet to $1,030 from the big. The action didn��t stop there as ��patpatman�� four-bet to $3,520, ��KRfishONE�� five-bet to $9,790, ��patpatman�� six-bet to $33,020 and ��KRfishONE�� called off his remaining $19,115.79, creating a $57,899 pot.
Showdown
| ��patpatman�� | A?A?J?5? |
| ��KRfishONE�� | 8?7?5?6? |
��KRfishONE�� was behind and in need of some help, but the Q?2?4? flop wasn��t too promising. The A? turn gave ��patpatman�� trip aces and the Q? river gave him a full house and the win.
"EireAbu" kept momentum rolling on Monday and put in another 3,100 hands, winning $202,000, enough to make him the biggest winner for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, ��patpatman�� finished right behind him with a $171,000 win.
Big-Time No-Limit Hold��em Highlights Tuesday��s Action
On Tuesday, a game of $200/$400 no-limit hold��em ran for a short time. It began with ��patpatman�� and Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky but eventually attracted the likes of ��mickan1984,�� ��Suwalski,�� ��muha84,�� and Cort ��thecortster�� Kibler-Melby.
In one of the more notable interactions, action was six-handed and ��mickan1984�� ($77,284.02) limped under the gun. Kibler-Melby ($53,435) then raised to $1,600 on the button, both blinds folded, and ��mickan1984�� three-bet to $4,400. Kibler-Melby made the call and then called a bet of $8,595 on the K?7?10? flop, bringing about the Q? on the turn. ��Mickan1984�� immediately moved all-in for $64,289.01 and Kibler-Melby snap-called off his remaining $40,440.
Showdown
| Kibler-Melby | K?Q? |
| ��mickan1984�� | A?Q? |
Kibler-Melby turned top two pair but still needed to dodge a bunch of ��mickan1984��s�� outs. That��s exactly what Kibler-Melby did when the 7? blanked on the river, giving him the $107,465 pot.
Thanks in part to that pot, Kibler-Melby ended the day as the biggest winner with $118,000. He was followed closely by ��muha84�� (+$100,000) and ��10IsTheYear�� ($91,000), who rounded out the top three. On the flip side, ��patpatman��s�� winning streak came to an end as he finished as the biggest loser after dropping $203,000. ��Suwalski�� and ��mickan1984�� were also in the losing column, dropping $80,000 each.
Biggest Weekly PokerStars Winners/Losers
Week��s biggest winners (5/25-5/31): ��EireAbu�� (+$542,432), David ��Deldar182�� Eldar (+$285,772), Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (+$267,803), Cort ��thecortster�� Kibler-Melby (+$221,805)
Week��s biggest losers: ��mikki696�� (-$283,118), Alexey ��LuckyGump�� Makarov (-$217,825), ��glosik�� (-$171,974), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$168,938)
Year-to-date winners: ��EireAbu�� (+$2,265,045), Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (+$1,940,998), ��bernard-bb�� (+$1,364,437), ��Phisherman36�� (+$1,229,747), ��patpatman�� (+$1,088,646), Phil ��MrSweets�� Galfond (+$1,029,005), Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker (+$998,253), Jens ��Jeans89�� Kyll?nen (+$997,546), Terje ��Terken89�� Augdal (+$962,791)
Year-to-date losers: ��Zypherin�� (-$2,532,782), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$1,443,019), ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� (-$768,485), Benny ��toweliestar�� Spindler (-$704,534), Gavin ��gavz101�� Cochrane (-$573,851), ��VietRussian�� (-$562,061)
Data and hands obtained from HighStakesDB.com
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