16 March 2010
Hastings 2, Isildur1 0 – CardRunners pro wins $1.5m.
Isildur1 once again had a wild ride at the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables, but this time it ended in a huge loss after once again taking on Brian Hastings at $500/$1,000 Omaha.
15 March 2010
Dwan extends lead further in durrrr challenge
Patrik Antonius can’t be feeling too great about the $200/$400 PLO durrrr challenge at the moment – with less than 20,000 hands to play he’s trailing by a whopping $1.98m, the last session seeing him drop $230,710 in less than 100 hands.
Urindanger profits from huge PLO action
Urindanger was the main beneficiary of the massive $300/$600 Omaha action last night, earning $422,000 despite an initial $500,000 loss as eight tables of high-stakes PLO ran throughout the night at Full Tilt Poker.
PokerStars Sunday Million awards $271,000
The PokerStars Sunday Million saw a typically huge turnout of 9,687 players despite the fact that it was held on Steak & Blowjob Day. It’s a real thing, Google it.
12 March 2010
Phil Galfond takes $1.66m from Isildur1
Isildur1 and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond haven’t clashed much at the high stakes tables but that changed last night – an intense match of $300/$600 PLO and NLHE soon became $500/$1,000 PLO and by the end of the session Galfond found himself $1.6m richer.
11 March 2010
Isildur1 wins $2.2m then loses big to durrrr
Isildur1 has had an amazing past 36 hours. He took on Cole South, winning $785,000, before making over half a million from Brian Hastings. South then fell victim to the Swedish player again, losing a further $465,000.
10 March 2010
Isildur1 wins $800,000 from Cole South
Isildur1 seems to be enjoying an excellent run against Cole South, who is now nowhere near the $3.5m profit mark he had set at the beginning of this month. Last night, the Swede took on CardRunners instructor South and won almost $800,000 playing everything from $50/$100 to $300/$600 PLO.
Brian Townsend wins big for the first time in 2010
Brian Townsend has had a torrid 2010, losing over $2,000,000 at the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt since the year began. However, his latest blog shows that he could be turning things around after a series of winning sessions.
09 March 2010
Isildur1 wins $1m then loses $500,000
That’s the Isildur1 we know and love! In a massive session at Full Tilt Poker, Isildur1 managed to win seven figure before losing the majority of it. He took on Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies at $300/$600 and $500/$1,000 PLO, winning over $1,000,000 before losing $550,000 to Brian Hastings in PLO and a further $300,000 to Cole South and Justin Bonomo at NLHE.
Durrrr Challenge locked up? Antonius down $1.75m
Tom “durrrr” Dwan scored yet another win in the Durrrr Challenge versus Patrik Antonius, who must be strongly considering buying out by now. The young American earned a $342,157 victory in their last 364-hand session which takes his overall lead to $1,755,708 with almost 70% of the hands played.