Proving yet again how far removed the lives of high-stakes poker icons are from the everyman, a few poker friends sat in for an epic summer session at Full Tilt last night with a little more at stake than a few wet bills on the patio furniture.
The friends in question: famous Finns Patrik Antonius and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, and Frenchman David Benyamine, who, it seems, just don't get the same kicks hanging out throwing a Frisbee around.
Instead, they toss their loose coin around on the PLO tables - so much loose coin in fact they had over $1 million in front of them by the end of the session.
The result, of course: plenty of super big hands and plenty of super huge pots, with at least ten $170k+ pots changing hands and several over $200k, including the biggest pot online today.
It easily could have been an all-time online record, with both Benyamine and Antonius beginning the hand with roughly $400k in front of them, but in the end it was the two Finns mixing it up and a modest $228k pot ultimately being shoved Antonius' way at showdown.
A scare card on the river or a check-through among friends? Either way, here's the #HandHistory:7603292338:1901:hand history#, as tracked by the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section.
7603292338 TABLE: Antonius (deep 6) $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - Mon Aug 11th 2008 - 10:30am ET
Table Setup
Seat 1: howisitfeellike ($40,000), is sitting out Seat 2: theASHMAN103 ($42,798) Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($399,222.50) Seat 4: Ziigmund ($193,186.50) Seat 6: David Benyamine ($422,357) David Benyamine posts the small blind of $200 theASHMAN103 posts the big blind of $400 The button is in seat #4
Pre-flop
Patrik Antonius raises to $1,400 Ziigmund raises to $4,800 David Benyamine folds theASHMAN103 folds Patrik Antonius calls $3,400
Flop: [#6h#5s#Kh]
Patrik Antonius checks Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act Ziigmund bets $7,600 Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act Patrik Antonius raises to $33,000 Ziigmund calls $25,400
Turn: [#6h#5s#Kh][#As]
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act Patrik Antonius bets $76,200 Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act Ziigmund calls $76,200
River: [#6h#5s#Kh][#As][#9s]
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act Patrik Antonius has requested TIME Patrik Antonius checks Ziigmund checks
Showdown
Patrik Antonius shows [#3h#Ah#4c#9c] two pair, Aces and Nines Ziigmund mucks Patrik Antonius wins the pot ($228,598) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Summary
Total pot $228,600 | Rake $2 Board: River [#6h#5s#Kh] [#As][#9s]Seat 1: howisitfeellike is sitting out Seat 2: theASHMAN103 (big blind) folded before the Flop Seat 3: Patrik Antonius collected ($228,598) Seat 4: Ziigmund (button) mucked Seat 6: David Benyamine (small blind) folded before the Flop
Like all good pals, however, a half-million changing hands doesn't seem to get in the way of the friendship, as the chat between PA and Benyamine at the end off the session seems to suggest:
David Benyamine: nice lesson David Benyamine: well done my friend Patrik Antonius: heh David Benyamine: i still won 500 k Patrik Antonius: u better hit a bed buddy gotta rest sometimes too David Benyamine: yep Patrik Antonius: i will quit playing u soon since u never lose anymore Patrik Antonius: ziig lost pretty big David Benyamine: gl Patrik Antonius: i think i beat u 530 for me David Benyamine: eeya Patrik Antonius: cya
Ziigmund, on the other hand, may have taken a couple names off his fave five.
Keep yourself busy waiting for the next session with a few games at Full Tilt here, or check out more of the 100 biggest pots won online over the past day, week, month and year over in the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section.Visit PokerListings.com
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