The Online Railbird Report: Phil "Polarizing" Ivey Drops $945K; Galfond Wins & More

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Apr 05, 2014 4 min read Last updated Apr 06, 2014

There was plenty of high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker this week, and it resulted in four of the biggest names in poker each losing six figures.

The biggest loser (we can��t say that often) turned out to be Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey, who lost $945,412 in 7,982 hands over 71 sessions playing primarily 2-7 triple draw and pot-limit Omaha. Then came Dan ��jungleman12�� Cates, who saw his yearly lead drop by $765,480 over 2,727 hands in 28 sessions. Likewise, both Gus Hansen (-$465,366 in 119 sessions/15,064 hands) and Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$268,427 in 140 sessions/14,162 hands) finished in the red.

The week��s biggest winner was Niklas "ragen70" Heinecker, who has opted out of having his long-term results being tracked. Heinecker is up $973,498 in 7,360 hands this week. The next biggest winner was ��samrostan,�� who profited $464,096 in 8,190 hands over 76 sessions. Additionally, Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond righted the ship from last week by winning $268,184 in 6,490 hands over 50 sessions, while Elior ��Crazy Elior�� Sion ($160,996 in 28 sessions/4,991 hands) and Jens ��Ingenious89�� Kyll?nen ($127,322 in 30 sessions/1,135 hands) also booked solid wins.

Galfond Finishes Out Last Week Strong; Some $300/$600 NLHE Action

On Thursday, March 27, Galfond topped the daily leaderboard for the second day in a row. Galfond started his early-morning sessions winning $597,000 at the 2-7 triple draw tables, but he ended up giving $339,000 of it back a little later on. Even so, he still finished the day $318,200 in the black.

Thursday also saw some $300/$600 no-limit hold��em spread, which saw both ��Denoking�� and ��Trueteller�� clean up to the tune of $174,600 and $157,500, respectively. Not surprisingly, the duo took down the two biggest pots of the day. Have a look.

Hand #1: Six players were at the table when action folded to ��Rhje�� ($186,060.30)) on the button. He promptly raised to $1,200, which ��Denoking�� ($116,090.30) three-bet to $4,800 from the small blind. Not to be outdone, ��Rhje�� four-bet to $13,200, ��Denoking�� five-bet to $28,400, and then ��Rhje�� moved all in. ��Denoking�� called off and the two agreed to run it twice.

��Denoking��: A?A?
��Rhje��: Q?Q?

The K?J?10? flop on the first run gave ��Rhje�� an open-ended straight draw, but of course ��Denoking�� killed two of his outs. Neither the 7? turn nor 5? river ended up completing it, and ��Denoking�� locked up half the pot.

The 5?9?6? flop on the second run wasn��t nearly as kind to ��Rhje,�� and the J? turn meant he needed a lady on the river. That didn��t happen as the 6? blanked and ��Denoking�� scooped the $233,378 pot.

Hand #2: Action was once again six handed when ��MalACEsia�� ($237,614.85) opened for $1,200 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to $4,200 from ��Trueteller�� (94,710.30) in the cutoff. Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar called from the small blind, the big folded, and ��MalACEsia�� responded by four-betting to $16,000. ��Trueteller�� five-bet to $28,800, Millar folded, and ��MalACEsia�� moved all in. ��Trueteller�� called off and the cards were turned up.

��MalACEsia��: A?K?
��Trueteller��: K?K?

��Trueteller�� was looking to dodge an ace to win the $194,218, which is exactly what he did when the board ran out a dry 6?J?7?9?3?.

Luneau��s Turn to Dominate 2-7

The $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw games from Thursday ran straight into Friday, which is when Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau cleaned up and finished atop the daily leader board with $529,900 in profit. That said, a couple others did quite well for themselves too including Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker ($214,100) and Sebastian ��taktloss47�� Ruthenberg ($161,600).

Niklas "ragen70" Heinecker On a Rush

Earlier this week we told you how 2013��s biggest online winner, Germany's Heinecker, won $754,750 in a 48-hour period playing $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables. He actually managed to push that closer to $1.4 million in three days as he was down $388,830 on March 30 and then up $976,580 on April 2.

We won��t go into the details as you can read all about it in our dedicated article. As you can see, Heinecker��s graph from the week was quite impressive. Check it out:

The Online Railbird Report: Phil "Polarizing" Ivey Drops 5K; Galfond Wins & More 101

Three Big Winners in Tuesday PLO Action

On Tuesday, April 1, The pot-limit Omaha tables were going strong and saw several players emerge as six-figure winners including Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$255,500), Jens ��Ingenious89�� Kyll?nen (+$131,700), and Ola ��no_Ola�� Amundsgard (+$134,700).

Have a look at the biggest pot of the day:

In the second-biggest pot of the day, which actually took place at a $400/$800 NLHE table, action was heads up between ��Sanlker�� ($151,547.50) and Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom ($128,143.40) when the former opened for $2,400 and the latter three-bet to $8,000. ��Sanlker�� responded by four-betting to $19,200, Blom called, and the flop came down J?4?8?.

Blom check-called a bet of $13,500, the 9? turned, and Blom checked for a second time. ��Sanlker�� bet $24,000, Blom called, and the 8? completed the board on the river. The Swede checked for a third and final time and ended up folding when ��Sanlker�� moved all in for $94,847.50. Ship the $113,700 pot to ��Sanlker.��

Bonus Hand of the Week

On Thursday, April 3, ��Kagome Kagome�� finished as the day��s biggest winner after banking $369,300 at the 2-7 triple draw tables; however, the day��s biggest pot came from a $300/$600 NLHE table between ��Denoking�� and Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton. Have a look:

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Week's Biggest Winners (3/27-4/3): Niklas "ragen70" Heinecker (+$973,498), ��samrostan�� (+$464,096), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (+$268,184), Elior ��Crazy Elior�� Sion (+$160,996), Jens ��Ingenious89�� Kyll?nen (+$127,322)

Week's Biggest Losers (3/27-4/3): Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$945,412), Dan ��jungleman12�� Cates (-$765,480), Gus Hansen (-$465,366), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$268,427)

Year's Biggest Winners: Dan "jungleman12" Cates (+$858,687), Doug "WCGRider" Polk (+$760,028), ��mikki696" (+$549,000), "Tight-Man1" (+$462,119), Elior ��Crazy Elior�� Sion* (+$379,135), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$356,559)

Year's Biggest Losers: Gus Hansen (-$2,784,306), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$1,069,783), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (-$874,640), Patrik "FinddaGrind" Antonius (-$587,759), Alex "IReadYrSoul" Millar (-$548,707), ��samrostan�� (-$476,595)

_{*Denotes PokerStars}

_{Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

PR & Media Manager for PokerNews, Podcast host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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