The Online Railbird Report: Sahamies and Hansen See Midweek Action
The high-stakes online action wasn��t particularly hot during the midweek; nonetheless, a few players managed to score high-five-figure wins. The midweek��s biggest winner was Rui Cao, who put in a single session on Full Tilt Poke, consisting of 162 hands, and profited $89,895. On the other end of the spectrum, ��Esvedra�� was the midweek��s biggest loser after dropping $188,789 in 769 hands spread over three sessions. In addition, Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies and Gus Hansen were in action. Here is a look at some of the more notable hands.
Ronnyr37617 Busts Hansen with Quads
On Thursday, Hansen played three-handed against ��ronnyr37617�� and ��DrugsOrMe�� at the $300/$600 pot-limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt. In one hand, Hansen ($80,436.50) raised to $2,400 on the button and received a call from DrugsOrMe ($60,000) in the small blind. Ronnyr37617 then exercised his option in the big blind by making it $9,900. Both his opponents made the call, leading to a flop of 10?Q?6?. Surprisingly, everyone checked and the K? hit the turn. Again, everyone checked and the 10? spiked on the river.
Action checked to Hansen and he decided to throw out a $30,000 bet. DrugsOrMe quickly folded and ronnyr37617 woke up with a check-raise to $75,000. Hansen called off his remaining $40,536.50 but could only muck as ronnyr37617 rolled over K?10?10?A? to take down the $170,673 pot with quad tens.
More for ronnyr37617
In the same game mentioned above, DrugsOrMe ($62,692) raised to $4,500 on the button only to have ronnyr37617 ($45,748.50) make it $4,500 to go from the small blind. Hansen ($79,090) called from the big, as did DrugsOrMe, leading to the J?7?2? flop. Hansen bet $9,000 after it checked to him, DrugsOrMe called, and ronnyr37617 check-raised all in for $41,248.50. Hansen got out of the way while DrugsOrMe made the call.
ronnyr37617: J?Q?10?J?
DrugsOrMe: 5?9?7?7?
It was a brutal set-over-set flop, but ronnyr37617 was out in front with jacks. The turn and river were run twice, but neither the 6?/5? on the first run nor the 8?/8? on the second helped DrugsOrMe. Ronnyr37617 took down yet another pot, this time $104,997.
Hansen Gets Some Back
Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies ($52,684.50) joined Hansen ($54,390) and ronnyr37617 ($72,877) for some PLO action on Thursday. In one of their more notable hands, Sahamies raised to $2,400 on the button, Hansen made it $8,100 to go from the small blind, and both his opponents called. When the flop came down J?3?Q?, Hansen bet $24,600, ronnyr37617 folded, and Sahamies moved all in for $44,584.50. Hansen made the call and the cards were turned up:
Hansen: Q?Q?5?9?
Sahamies: K?3?J?6?
Sahamies had flopped bottom two pair but was far behind Hansen's flopped set of queens. The turn and river were run twice, but neither the J?/A? on the first run nor the 10?/2? on the second helped Sahamies. Just like that, Hansen claimed a $113,469 pot.
Who's Up? Who's Down?
Week��s biggest winners (4/26-4/28): Rui Cao (+$89,895), ��Johnbest�� (+$79,010), ��FinnishNightmre�� (+$76,976), ��Tyme2gamb0l111�� (+$60,037), Jani Vilmunen (+$52,516)
Week��s biggest losers: ��Esvedra�� (-$188,789), ��LokoIsBack�� (-$129,480), ��XWINK�� (-$87,382), ��davin77�� (-$80,456)
Year-to-date winners: Gus Hansen (+$3,615,000), Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates (+$1,952,000), *Gavin ��gavz101�� Cochrane (+$1,875,000), Matt Hawrilenko (+$1,440,000), ��bixiu�� (+$1,406,000), Phil Ivey (+$1,336,000), Patrik Antonius (+$1,308,000)
Year-to-date losers: Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan (-$2,474,000), ��kagome kagome�� (-$1,927,000), ��fishosaurusREX�� (-$1,399,000), ��cadillac1944�� (-$1,336,000), ��UarePileous�� (-$940,000), David Benefield (-$742,000)
*on PokerStars
*data obtained from HighStakesDB.com
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