The Online Railbird Report: "Trueteller," Jedlicka, & Antonius Win Big; Ivey Does Not

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Apr 19, 2014 5 min read

Just two weeks ago, Niki Jedlicka returned to Full Tilt Poker after an 18-month hiatus and he promptly won $1,075,177. This week, he was back at it when he won $677,487 in 4,224 hands over 57 sessions.

It was a good score, but it wasn��t enough to make him the week��s biggest winner. That honor belonged to ��Trueteller,�� who won $712,418 in 2,693 hands over 22 sessions. Other big winners included Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$614,207 in 57 sessions/4,224 hands), Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon (+$323,675 in 8 sessions/455 hands), and Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (+$226,395 in 15 sessions/986 hands).

On the flip side, "samrostan," who was last week��s biggest winner after dropping over a million, found himself in a similar situation by losing $849,289 in 5,014 hands over 31 sessions. Other big losers included Alex ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn (-$665,832 in 66 sessions/4,671 hands) and Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$474,752 in 51 sessions/2,801 hands).

Antonius Kicks Things Off with a Win

On Thursday, April 10, Antonius was at the eight-game tables and managed to walk away a $226,700 winner. Nearly half of that �� $102,500 to be exact �� came from a morning session, which he followed up with some other little wins before banking another $94,400 that evening.

Another eight-game winner was Jedlicka, who finished $211,300 in the black, of which $190,600 came in a late-night session against players like Antonius, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom and Kostritstyn. While the Russian lost in that match, he cleaned up at the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables and finished the day up $101,700.

Galfond and ��Tight-Man1�� Do Well in Weekend Action; Ill-Timed Bluff by Ivey

On Saturday, April 12, Galfond walked away the day��s biggest winner after winning $251,400, of which more than $220,000 came from the high-stakes 2-7 triple draw tables.

Most of Galfond��s profit ($155,100) came in the late afternoon in an 80-minute session against a full table that included ��Kagome Kagome,�� ��samrostan,�� and Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates, just to name a few.

Another player who did quite well on Saturday was ��Tight-Man1,�� who finished a $104,300 winner. More than half of that ($61,400) came in an early sessions of $300/$600 no-limit hold��em, which is where he took down the day��s biggest pot against Ivey.

In it, ��Trueteller�� ($62,694) opened for $1,200 on the button only to have Ivey ($54,000) three-bet to $4,200 from the small blind. ��Tight-Man1�� ($62,400) then four-bet to $10,100 from the big blind, ��Trueteller�� folded, and Ivey moved all in. ��Tight-Man1�� made the call, and Ivey discovered it was an ill-timed bluff on his part.

��Tight-Man1��: K?K?
Ivey: J?3?

Ivey wouldn��t get so much as a sweat as the board ran out 2?9?5?6?7?, and ��Tight-Man1�� was pushed the $109,200 pot.

��Trueteller�� Finishes as Week��s Biggest Winner Thanks to Single Match

On Sunday, April 13, German poker player ��Trueteller�� squared off in three big sessions against ��samrostan�� at the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables. It proved a fruitful day for ��Trueteller,�� who won each of them handily.

In the first, he played 338 hands over 100 minutes and walked away a $378,000 winner. A little later on, he won $223,000 at one table against ��samrostan�� and $125,000 at another. All told ��Trueteller,�� who lost a little playing pot-limit Omaha, took $696,500 from his opponent, who of course went on to finish as the week��s biggest loser.

Sunday also saw mixed games spread, which is where Elior ��Crazy Elior�� Sion took down the a juicy pot. Have a look:

Hac ��trex313�� Dang actually walked away the biggest winner from the mixed games with $184,400 in profit, while Jedlicka was second with $105,800.

While the above pot was nice, it wasn��t the biggest of the day. That pot actually took place over on PokerStars at the no-limit hold��em tables. It was complimented by another six-figure pot. Here��s a look at both of those hands:

Hand #1: In the biggest pot of the day, action was five handed at the $200/$400 table when play folded to ��Aron0621�� ($72,671.21) on the button and he opened for $1,000. The small blind folded, and ��fish2013�� ($116,735.62) three-bet to $3,600 from the big. ��Aron0621�� pushed back with a four-bet to $10,400, and then just called when ��fish2013�� five-bet to $20,800. When the flop came down 3?7?8?, ��fish2013�� led out for $10,400 and then called when ��Aron0621�� moved all in for $51,871.21.

��Aron0621��: J?J?
��fish2013��: A?A?

It was a bad spot for ��Aron0621�� as he ran his big pocket pair into the best pocket pair, but he found salvation when the J? turn delivered him a set. The 2? river was safe, and ��Aron0621�� was pushed the $145,500 pot.

Hand #2: ��muha84�� ($61,519.98) raised to $800 from the button and PokerStars Team Online��s Ike Haxton ($74,654.55) defended from the big blind. Haxton then checked the 8?6?A? flop and ��muha84�� bet $1,310.35. Haxton check-raised to $4,000, ��muha84�� called, and the 8? appeared on the turn. Haxton led out for $4,897.50, ��muha84�� called, and the 2? completed the board on the river.

Haxton bet $9,795 and then called when ��muha84�� moved all in for $51,822.48. Haxton had flopped the flush with the 7?3? and called, but ��muha84�� had flopped a set and turned quads with the 8?8?. Ship the $123,235 pot to ��muha84.��

Jedlicka & ��Trueteller�� Win Again

On Monday, April 14, the eight-game tables were running again, and in just about two hours of play, Jedlicka walked away a $150,600 winner to put him up nearly $1.6 million in two weeks.

Likewise, ��Trueteller�� had another good day by winning $99,000 playing $400/$800 no-limit hold��em, which included winning the day��s biggest pot.

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Week's Biggest Winners (4/11-4/17): ��Trueteller�� (+$712,418), Niki Jedlicka (+$677,487), Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$614,207), Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon (+$323,675), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (+$226,395)

Week's Biggest Losers (4/11-4/17): "samrostan" (-$849,289), Alex ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn (-$665,832), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$474,752), ��Follow The Hawk�� (-$265,859), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (-$191,661)

Year's Biggest Winners: Niki Jedlicka (+$1,662,441), Dan "jungleman12" Cates (+$1,014,310), Doug "WCGRider" Polk (+$760,028), Alex "Alexonmoon" Luneau (+$630,745), "Tight-Man1" (+$555,785), "mikki696" (+$390,692), Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion* (+$380,533)

Year's Biggest Losers: Gus Hansen (-$2,783,355), "samrostan" (-$2,367,039), Phil "Polarizing" Ivey (-$1,824,781), Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion (-$776,873), Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (-$542,058), Alex "IReadYrSoul" Millar (-$474,877), Ronny ��ronnyr37617�� Kaiser (-$407,860)

_{*Denotes PokerStars}

_{Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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