The Online Railbird Report: Gus Hansen Suffers $1.4 Million Downswing to Close 2012

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Jan 04, 2013 5 min read Last updated Nov 16, 2021

It��s been a while since we��ve brought you an edition of The Online Railbird Report. In our last report of 2012, we captured the action through Dec. 19, so we thought it��d be prudent to get you caught up through the end of December, then next week we��ll start with the action from the New Year.

Back in October, we told you about the race to become 2012��s biggest online winner between Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky and Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene. That race recently concluded with the turn of the new year, and �� spoiler alert �� you can read all about it in our recap titled Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky Online Poker��s Biggest Winner of 2012.

The biggest winners and losers from the last week and a half of 2012 came on Full Tilt Poker. ��SallyWoo�� was the biggest winner after banking nearly a million dollars in a weekend (+$980,291 in 23 sessions/4,785 hands). That was nearly twice as much the next biggest winner, Sebastien ��Seb86�� Sabic, who won $508,892 in 6,711 hands spread across 65 sessions. Other big winners included Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (+$489,988 in 12 sessions/1,923 hands), Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau (+$475,569 in 59 sessions/8,508 hands), ��PostflopAction�� (+$392,308 in 32 sessions/2,917 hands) and Ronny ��ronnyr37617�� Kaiser (+$348,858 in 94 sessions/10,183 hands).

On the flip side, Gus Hansen��s terrible year continued as he dropped $770,576 in 19,714 hands over 135 sessions. Not far behind was another familiar name, Eugene ��fishosaurusREX�� Yanayt, who lost $751,431 in 9,847 hands over 80 sessions. Other big losers included ��patpatpanda�� (-$443,692 in 43 sessions/5,745 hands), ��CRAIN85�� (-$302,080 in 21 sessions/1,945 hands), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$234,923 in 49 sessions/3,274 hands) and Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$164,490 in 4 sessions/185 hands).

Seiver and Ivey Win Big In 2-7 Triple Draw Just Before Christmas

On Saturday, Dec. 22, Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver played four hours of $1,000/$2,000 2-7 Triple Draw and won over $333,000 in just 356 hands. Most of that came from Eugene ��fishosaurusREX�� Yanayt, who lost $204,000 to Seiver and ended up dropping $401,000 on the day. What��s more, Seiver played $500/$1,000 Mixed Games the same day and won even more money, bringing his daily total to $474,500. About a fifth of that came from ��O Fortuna PLS��, who dropped $90,000 to Seiver in an afternoon session.

The next day, Ivey was in action and played two heads-up sessions of 2-7 Triple Draw against Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau and Sebastien ��Seb86�� Sabic. He won $150,000 from Luneau in a morning sessions, and then returned that night to relieve Sabic of nearly $300,000. Ivey lost a little back playing pot-limit Omaha, but still finished with $399,800 in profit on FTP. However, he didn��t stop there. Ivey paid a quick 10-minute visit to PokerStars, where he plays under ��RaiseOnce,�� and won $60,000 from ��yiyi01�� and ��1Il|1Il|1il|�� in just 18 hands.

Plenty of Christmas Cheer for Kaiser

It was a merry Christmas for Ronny ��ronnyr37617�� Kaiser, who banked $437,000 between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day playing CAP $200/$400 PLO on Full Tilt Poker. It was on Christmas Eve that he won $251,600, and he followed that up with an additional $185,800 on the holiday.

In his biggest pot, action was five-handed when ��Schoitl�� ($17,596) opened for $900 under the gun, ��POKERBLUFFS�� ($10,398) and Gus Hansen ($111,800) called from the cutoff and button respectively, Andreas ��skjervoy�� Torbergsen ($24,854) did the same from the small blind, and then Kaiser ($35,160) three-bet to $5,400 from the big. ��Schoitl�� responded by four-betting to $16,900 to cap the pot, and only Torbergsen and Kaiser called.

Showdown
Torbergsen: 10?J?Q?6?
Kaiser: 7?K?K?5?
��Schoitl��: A?A?2?J?

��Schoitl�� was ahead with aces, but the 8?K?5? flop gave Kaiser the lead with a set of kings. The 7? turn then gave Torbergsen the lead with a flush, but Kaiser took it back when the 7? spiked on the river to give him a full house and the $49,798 pot.

Although that pot was nice, it wasn��t Christmas Day's biggest pot. That one happened at a four-handed table when Hansen ($64,702.50) limped under the gun, ��Schoitl�� ($22,198) raised to $1,400 from the button, ��POKERBLUFFS�� ($46,698) three-bet to $5,000 from the small blind, and Kaiser ($105,901) capped it at $16,000 from the big. All three of the other players called and suddenly there was a $63,998 pot on the line.

Showdown
Hansen: 9?8?10?6?
��POKERBLUFFS��:A?Q?K?4?
Kaiser: A?A?8?5?
��Schoitl��: K?J?9?6?

The board ran out 9?10?3?10?9? and Hansen, who made tens full of nines, was pushed the pot.

Hansen vs. ��SallyWoo�� in FLO8

In the last weekend of 2012, Gus Hansen and ��SallyWoo�� closed things out right with an epic heads-up fixed-limit Omaha Hi/Lo (FLO8) on Full Tilt Poker. Given that you already know Hansen finished as the week��s biggest loser, you probably guessed that ��SallyWoo�� emerged victorious, and you��d be right. After playing for nine hours on Friday and another seven on Saturday, ��SallyWoo�� walked away a huge winner, taking $281,000 on the first day and $533,000 on the second.

As if that wasn��t enough, the two returned to battle on Sunday, and once again things went ��SallyWoo��s�� way. He ended up taking $241,700 from the ��Great Dane,�� while Hansen went on to lose $551,000 on the day��putting him on a three-day $1.4 million downswing. Needless to say, it was a bad end to the year for Hansen, who finished 2012 as the biggest loser with his combined losses $4,297,985 between Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. Meanwhile, ��SallyWoo�� went from the red to the black and finished as FTP��s fifth-biggest winner in 2012 with $558,206 in profit.

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Biggest Winners/Losers (all on Full Tilt Poker)

Week��s biggest winners (12/20-12/31): ��SallyWoo�� (+$980,291), Sebastien ��Seb86�� Sabic (+$508,892), Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (+$489,988), Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau (+$475,569), ��PostflopAction�� (+$392,308), Ronny ��ronnyr37617�� Kaiser (+$348,858)

Week��s biggest losers: Gus Hansen (-$770,576), Eugene ��fishosaurusREX�� Yanayt (-$751,431), ��patpatpanda�� (-$443,692), ��CRAIN85�� (-$302,080), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$234,923), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$164,490)

End of 2012 Biggest Online Winners (All on PokerStars): Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky (+$3,595,666), Jens ��Jeans89�� Kyll?nen (+$2,492,278), ��EireAbu�� (+$2,176,527), Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene (+$2,136,109), Alex ��Kanu7�� Millar (+$1,643,747), Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker (+$1,640,967), ��bernard-bb�� (+$1,488,484), Phil ��MrSweets28�� Galfond (+$1,417,998), ��longerpig�� (+$1,403,455), ��Chung ho�� (+$1,229,812)

End of 2012 Biggest Online Losers: ��Zypherin�� (-$3,552,742), Gus Hansen* (-$3,204,539), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$2,673,899), ��patpatman�� (-$1,791,987), Rui ��PepperoniF�� Cao (-$1,377,402), ��patpatpanda��* (-$1,277,896), Gus ��broksi�� Hansen (-$1,093,446), Benny ��toweliestar�� Spindler (-$1,004,506), ��Fake Love888�� (-$991,295), Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan* (-$987,189)

*Denotes Full Tilt Poker.

_{Data, hands and re-player obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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