The Online Railbird Report: Hansen Gives Back $371,000; ��mtvdeuem�� Biggest Winner
It was a fairly quiet week at the high-stakes tables on PokerStars. Sure, there were still hundreds of thousands of dollars changing hands, but not the near half-million-dollar swings we��ve become accustomed to as of late.
Last week we told you about a shakeup atop the 2012 PokerStars yearly leaderboard as Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky overtook ��EireAbu.�� Well, it didn��t last long because Sulsky dropped $97,915 this week and relinquished the lead back to ��EireAbu.��
As far as big winners go, ��mtvdeuem�� was the biggest with $278,071, which came in 5,607 hands spread across 137 sessions. The top four was rounded out by Alex ��BiatchPeople�� Luneau (+$228,266 in 8 sessions/1,215 hands), ��wilhasha�� (+$153,084 in 23 sessions/2,537 hands) and ��FaKeOrReaL�� (+$129,634 in 242 sessions/13,777 hands).
On the other end of the spectrum, Gus ��broksi�� Hansen followed last week��s big $474,033 win by giving back $371,287 of it in 4,587 hands across 51 session. The next biggest loser ended up being Rob ��Vaga_Lion�� Akery, who dropped $219,409 in 8,605 hands over 169 sessions.
A Little FLO8 & PLO Action on a Slow Sunday
The first significant $1,000/$2,000 fixed-limit Omaha eight-or-better game of the week took place on Sunday when ��madmags4�� played 500 hands against the likes of Gus ��Broksi�� Hansen and ��RaiseOnce,�� coming out a $62,000 winner. It wasn��t a huge score, but it was enough to make him the day��s biggest winner just ahead of ��GVOZDIKA55�� (+$58,400) and Benny ��toweliestar�� Spindler ($53,800).
Even though the FLO8 games made the difference atop the daily leaderboards, the two biggest pots came from a game of $50/$100 pot-limit Omaha. In the largest, action was heads-up when ��mtvdeuem�� ($53,732) opened for $300 from the button and ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� ($41,339) three-bet to $900 from the big blind. The action didn��t stop there as ��mtvdeuem�� four-bet to $2,700, ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� five-bet to $8,100, ��mtvdeuem�� six-bet to $24,300, and a call was made, bringing about the 8?K?4? flop. ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� led out for his last $17,039 and ��mtvdeuem�� made the call.
Showdown
��1Il|1Il|1il|:�� 10?7?9?6?
��mtvdeuem:�� A?A?4?2?
��Mtvdeuem's�� aces were out in front, and they held as the 7? appeared on the turn followed by the K? on the river, sending the $82,676 pot to ��mtvdeuem.��
In the second biggest hand, Andreas ��Skjerv?y�� Torbergsen ($28,585.02) joined the game, making it three-handed, and he promptly raised to $200 on the button. ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� ($28,049.04) made the call, and then both those players called when ��mtvdeuem�� ($38,196.91) three-bet to $860 from the big blind. Two checks on the 2?J?3? flop put action on Torbergsen, who fired out $1,900. Both of his opponents called, the 3? turned, and ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� checked to ��mtvdeuem,�� who bet $5,002.19. Torbergsen made the call, and then ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� woke up with a check-raise all in for $25,289.04. ��Mtvdeuem�� opted to get out of the way, but Torbergsen made the call and created a pot worth $63,877.
Showdown
��1Il|1Il|1il|��: J?J?K?10?
Torbergsen: A?3?10?3?
��1Il|1Il|1il|�� got it in with jacks full of threes, which was the second nuts. Unfortunately for him, Torbergsen held the only hand that could beat him �� quad threes. The Q? river was of no consequence, and Torbergsen was pushed the pot.
Monday Belongs to Augdal
Terje ��Terken89�� Augdal played two sessions on Monday, one in the morning and one in the evening. The first session lasted just an hour and a half and saw Augdal win $32,000 playing $50/$100 and $100/$200 PLO. His night session was 4.5 hours and added another $90,000 to his bankroll.
In his most notable hand, which also happened to be the biggest of the day, action was six-handed at a $50/$100 table when Gus ��broksi�� Hansen ($27,085) opened for $200 from the cutoff, Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky ($73,686.22) called on the button, and Augdal ($39,686.19) three-bet to $1,020 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, two calls were made, and the flop came down 5?5?8?. Augdal seized the initiative and bet $1,321, Hansen folded, and Sulsky raised to $4,333. Not to be outdone, Augdal three-bet to $10,900, and then called off his last $27,816.20 after Sulsky four-bet to $40,308.
| [u]Showdown[/u] |
|---|
| Augdal: A?A?5?3? |
| Sulsky: Q?8?8?10? |
Sulsky had flopped eights full and was well out in front of Augdal��s trip fives. The 7? turn was nothing special, but the A? river was because it gave Augdal aces full and the $80,567 pot.
Hitting the river was something Augdal became accustomed to on Monday, as evidenced by another big hand. It happened at another six-handed table and began when Augdal ($22,119) opened for $300 from early position. Three calls followed, and then Hansen ($36,287.19) three-bet to $1,920 from the big blind. Augdal made the call, as did Benny ��toweliestar�� Spindler ($9,750) from the button, and there was three-way action to the 8?Q?7? flop. Hansen led out for $6,475, Augdal moved all in for $20,199, Spindler folded, and Hansen called the additional 13,724.
| [u]Showdown[/u] |
|---|
| Augdal: 8?7?6?5? |
| Hansen: J?J?8?8? |
Augdal had flopped two pair along with straight and flush draws, which he needed to hit to overcome Hansen's flopped set. The K? turn was a blank, but the 9? river was not as it completed the aforementioned straight draw and gave Augdal the $46,833 pot.
Who is ��FaKeOrReaL��?
Little is known about the mysterious PokerStars player ��FaKeOrReaL�� other than the fact that he first appeared at the high-stakes tables in July. On Wednesday, ��FaKeOrReaL�� made his presence known at the $50/$100 PLO tables by putting in nearly 8,000 hands in 13 hours and banking an impressive $216,800. He did so not by winning any big pots, but by raking in numerous medium-sized pots.
In another hand between ��FaKeOrReaL�� ($18,990) and Joeri ��L0ve2playU�� Van Der Sman ($25,210), the latter opened for $250 from the small blind only to have the former three-bet to $750 from the big blind. Van Der Sman responded by making it $2,250 to go, ��FaKeOrReaL�� called, and the flop fell 9?3?5?. ��FaKeOrReaL�� ended up check-raising all in for $16,740 after Van Der Sman bet $4,498, and the Dutchman made the call.
| [u]Showdown[/u] |
|---|
| ��FaKeOrReaL��: 10?10?Q?6? |
| Van Der Sman: K?K?6?3? |
Van Der Sman was ahead with his kings, but the 10? turn gave ��FaKeOrReaL�� a set and the lead. The J? river actually improved ��FaKeOrReaL�� to a flush, which was good enough to win the $37,978 pot.
Rob ��Vaga_Lion�� Akery was the polar opposite of ��FaKeOrReaL�� and lost $140,500 on the day. While Akery was at the table for the biggest hand of the day, he wasn��t a part of the action. Here��s a look at that hand, which saw the $59,305 pot pushed to Gus ��broksi�� Hansen.
Biggest Weekly PokerStars Winners/Losers
Week��s biggest winners (9/1-9/6): ��mtvdeuem�� (+$278,071), Alex ��BiatchPeople�� Luneau (+$228,266), ��wilhasha�� (+$153,084), ��FaKeOrReaL�� (+$129,634)
Week��s biggest losers: Gus ��broksi�� Hansen (-$371,287), Rob ��Vaga_Lion�� Akery (-$219,409), ��KPR16�� (-$103,020), Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (-$97,915)
Year-to-date winners: ��EireAbu�� (+$2,676,033), Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (+$2,580,260), Phil ��MrSweets28�� Galfond (+$1,910,732), ��bernard-bb�� (+$1,743,714), Jens ��Jeans89�� Kyll?nen (+$1,525,896), Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene (+$1,427,633), Terje ��Terken89�� Augdal (+$1,236,185)
Year-to-date losers: ��Zypherin�� (-$2,844,449), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$2,047,109), Benny ��toweliestar�� Spindler (-$1,061,470), ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� (-$831,647), ��VietRussian�� (-$716,612), ��patpatman�� (-$714,436), Gavin ��gavz101�� Cochrane (-$673,861)
Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com
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