18 October 2010
Patrik Antonius takes on jungleman12 at $500/$1,000
In an otherwise quiet weekend at Full Tilt Poker, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and Patrik Antonius played a $500/$1,000 NL heads-up match for just under an hour. They got in just 108 hands but that was enough for Antonius to take a $66,000 lead.
Gus Hansen closes out $700,000 week with six-figure win
Gus Hansen has continued his great run at Full Tilt Poker – over the past week he has put in 4,655 hands at the high stakes games on Full Tilt and emerged a $680,000 winner; this result was bolstered by a session of CAP PLO in which he took home over $150,000 last night.
Sherkadil wins $215,000 in PokerStars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million saw 7,989 entrants this week for a prize pool of just under $1.6m and a first prize of $240,000. The top 1,170 made it into the money after more than four hours of play; six hours later we had a final table with Sherkadil second in chips and ggman2 holding a monster chip lead with almost a third of the chips in play.
14 October 2010
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies down $1.7m in October
Ziigmund got off to a roaring start on Full Tilt Poker this month but has soon plummeted and has now lost $1.7m in the past two weeks. This is pretty standard for Ilari Sahamies, who is well known for his multi-million dollar swings.
13 October 2010
Gus Hansen wins over $450,000 at Full Tilt Poker
Gus Hansen is, according to tracking sites, the biggest loser at high stakes on Full Tilt with the exception of Guy LaLiberte – in NL and PLO, at least. Since the sites began tracking Omaha 8 and mixed games he has improved – funny, that.
Cole South now down $1.5m for 2010
We can’t confirm, but there are rumours that in the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary next to the word “variance” there will be a picture of Cole South. The veteran high stakes player and former CardRunners instructor is down over $1.5m for 2010.
11 October 2010
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and jungleman12 biggest 2010 winners
So far this year, though we're fully aware we still have 81 days until it ends, the two biggest online winners have been the two competitors in the Durrrr Challenge. Daniel "jungleman12" Cates has earned $4.001m so far this year including $658,000 from durrrr in the challenge; the man himself Tom "durrrr" Dwan has made $4.028 so they are really neck and neck.
PLO action at Full Tilt Poker - DrugsOrMe wins big
DrugsOrMe, the unknown player at the nosebleed stakes, once again profited from some heavy PLO action over the weekend; once again the unknown cadillac1944 lost a clip. The most regular player in the $200/$400 PLO action over the weekend was Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies who, at $34,000 up, essentially broke even.
07 October 2010
Isildur1 down around $250,000 at Full Tilt Poker
The return of Isildur1 to the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker has been long anticipated and we don’t want to use the word “anti-climax” but... well, he is down approximately a quarter of a million dollars in the past week.
Ziigmund plays crazy limits; wins back $400,000
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies had a great September, winning around three-quarters of a million dollars, before quickly dropping $1.2m plus to Tom Dwan and others in the first few days of this month. He’s erasing the deficit quickly though.