The Online Railbird: Hastings vs. Blom, Bleznick Continues to Roll and More
Once again, the online high-stakes cash games were going strong between Tuesday and Thursday on both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. During that midweek period, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom emerged as the biggest winner after grinding a $332,904 profit from 8,254 hands spread over 56 sessions. Not far behind was Jared ��Harrington10�� Bleznick, who raked in $251,806. On the other end of the spectrum, Richard ��nutsinho�� Lyndaker was the biggest loser, dropping $296,111 in 695 hands over at PokerStars. Another player down on his luck was Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan at Full Tilt, who lost $184,021 during 1,219 hands over four sessions.
Blom vs. Hastings
On Thursday, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom decided to use some of his $600k+ profit from earlier in the week to take on Brian ��$tinger88�� Hastings at the PokerStars tables. Unfortunately for Blom, his heater didn��t carry over and he dropped around $150,000 to Hastings. The duo played two significant hands, the first developing in $25/$50 pot-limit Omaha when Blom ($13,847.50) raised to $150 only to have Hastings ($13,166.50) make it $450 from the big blind. After a call, the flop came down 5?9?Q? and Hastings led out for $600. Blom pushed back to the tune of $1,750, Hastings raised to $6,149.50, Blom moved all-in for $13,397.50, and Hastings called off for a little less.
Blom: K?2?9?K?
Hastings: A?8?A?J?
Not only were Hastings�� aces out in front, but he also held a superior flush draw. The J? changed nothing and neither did the 4? on the river. Hastings�� pocket rockets held to take down the $26,333 pot.
The second big hand happened when Hastings ($16,628) was on the button and raised to $150. Blom ($24,667.50) reraised to $450, Hastings called, and the flop fell 6?3?5?. Blom wasted little time in leading out with a bet of $899.50 only to have Hastings raise to $2,450. Blom, never one to shy away, reraised to $4,650 and Hastings slowed down with a call. When the J? hit the turn, Blom bet $10,199.50 and Hastings moved all-in for a total of $11,528. After Blom called the additional $1,328.50, the cards were turned up.
Blom: K?K?4?10?
Hastings: Q?3?8?3?
Blom��s kings had been cracked by Hastings�� flopped set, but he picked up a flush draw on the turn. With $33,256 on the line, the 4? bricked on the river and Hastings took down another sizeable pot.
Bleznick Runs Over "UarePileous"
Over at the $500/$1,000 PLO-Capped tables on Full Tilt Poker, Jared ��Harrington10�� Bleznick ($183,293.25) was squaring off against "UarePileous" ($116,208.60) when the following hand developed. Bleznick was first to act and raised to $2,000, which UarePileous called from the big blind. The 4?5?K? was put out on the flop and UarePileous checked to Bleznick, who bet $2,000. UarePileous then check-raised to $7,000, Bleznick called, and the J? was put out on the turn. This time UarePileous led out for $18,000, Bleznick raised to $31,000 to cap it, and UarePileous made the call.
Bleznick: K?K?A?8?
UarePileous: 10?4?J?K?
UarePileous had flopped two pair and turned an even bigger two pair, but he was still drawing dead to Bleznick��s flopped set of kings. Ship $80,000 to Bleznick.
In another hand between the two, Bleznick raised to $2,000 on the button, UarePileous exercised his option in the big blind by making it $6,000 to go, and Bleznick made the call. UarePileous bet out $7,000 on the J?3?2? flop and Bleznick responded by raising to $33,000. UarePileous raised an additional $1,000 to cap the pot, which Bleznick called.
UarePileous: A?A?8?K?
Bleznick: 2?3?4?6?
Bleznick hit two pair on the flop to pull ahead UarePileous�� pockets aces, but there were still two cards to come. Both the turn and river were run twice and both times (1st run: 3?-7?; 2nd run: 6?-6?) Bleznick improved to a full house. Ship another $80,000 to Bleznick, part of his $251,806 profit during the midweek.
Who's Up? Who's Down?
Week��s biggest winners (2/1-2/3): Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$332,904), Benjamin ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$252,985), Jared ��Harrington10�� Bleznick ($251,806), Gus Hansen (+$223,383), Scott "URnotINdanger2" Palmer (+$194,303)
Week��s biggest losers: Richard ��nutsinho�� Lyndaker (-$296,111), Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan (-$184,021), ��Kanu7�� (-$164,125), ��MrSweets28�� (-$147,552), Cole South (-$141,743), Andrew ��luckychewy�� Lichtenberger (-$122,880)
Year-to-date winners: Gus Hansen (+$1,128,234), Scott "URnotINdanger2" Palmer (+$1,056,810), Di ��Urindanger�� Dang (+$845,488 on Full Tilt), Patrik Antonius (+$835,733), Di ��ilvdnfl�� Dang (+$797,747 on PokerStars)
Year-to-date losers: ��Nekotyan�� (-$837,111), Phil Ivey (-$612,046), ��Sauce123�� (-$565,432), "Kpederson" (-$543,009), "cadillac1944" (-$478,669)
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