The Isildur1, Antonius and Sahamies show rolls into town

The past weekend was surely an eventful one for the nosebleed stakes railbirds at Full Tilt Poker. Isildur1 has been in the center of attention for quite a while now, with many of the specialists praying that he doesn’t get felted and that he keeps up the high stakes carnage. Sure enough, despite the beatings he’d suffered from Antonius, Isiladur1 didn’t back down one bit. Here’s a timeline of last weekend’s nosebleed action for which Isildur1 was the main catalyst again.
On Thursday, he took on Dwan (whom he’d turned into a trusted ATM a couple of weeks ago) and his nemesis, Patrik Antonius.

The early going was excellent for Isildur1. He was clearly on top of the wave and he was aiming to make the most of it. Not only did he mange to hit Dwan badly again, he did well against Antonius too. Cards just wouldn’t go the Finn’s way. Pocket rockets blew up in his face twice, costing him dearly each time. The first time, Antonius had Ac,Ah,5h,10d against Isildur1’s Jd,5d,10c,7c. The money went all-in on a flop of 10h,3d,2d, giving birth to a $402,987 monster pot. The As gave Antonius a set on the turn, but the 8d on the river filed up Isildur1s flush draw and the pot was shipped his way.

The second time Antonius’ Aces were cracked, Isildur1 made a straight on the river to take down the $346,997 pot.
Things were looking good for the Swede over at the Dwan tables too. The New Jersey Wonderkid had his pocket rockets cracked as well, this time for a $396,000 pot. The money went all-in on the river in this one, as Isildur1’s two pair made short work of Dwan’s overpair. Before he knew it, Isildur1 was up about 2 million on Dwan and Antonius, and things were looking great for him. He had finally managed to exact revenge on the Finn, and he even milked his favorite money cow in the process.

That’s when the day took a wrong turn for him. It takes a nutcase to crack a nutcase apparently, and the mystery Swede’s day turned sour when Ilari Sahamies showed up. The Finn quickly relieved him of about $1.5 million, and departed, happy with the day’s work.
In one hand the two played, the money went all-in on the turn. Little did Isildur1 know then that his two pair had already been doomed as it was up against Sahamies’ flopped set of sevens. The river card brought no relief and a $459,987 pot found its way to the Finn’s side of the table.
The hand which had worked so well against Antonius and Dwan’s pocket rockets, the two pair, turned its back on the Swede once again a few hands later. This time, the two were battling for a $439,997 pot, and he hit two pair on the flop. Sahamies proceeded to hit a bigger two pair (Aces and 3s against Isildur1’s Qs and 3s) to take down the pot.

Sahamies returned to the tables later and took Antonius for another cool mil, to round his Thanksgiving winnings to $3 million. Now there’s something he can truly be thankful for.
Friday saw a lull in the nosebleed action. The usual suspects must’ve been elsewhere taking a break from it all, as not much happened on this day.
Saturday however was a different story. Antonius was back, looking to get some of his money back from Isildur1. He had gotten used to cashing out from the Swede and he apparently couldn’t come to peace with the thought that the roles had been reversed. Unfortunately for him, the ATM was again out of order. He learned that the hard way, by dropping $1.5 million to Isildur and Sahamies, whose hot run continued.

One of the larger pots of the Antonius-Isildur1 session was a $230,000 one. The money went all in on a board of 8d,5s,3d,10c. Antonius held 10,6,7,5 for a two pair, but Isildur1 had A,10,8,6 for the marginally better two pair. The Jh fell on the river to seal the fate of the monster pot and to prolong Antonius’ losing streak.

Sunday was the day that Isildur would face off with his newly found nemesis, Ilari Sahamies. The Finn was back in action too, looking to milk the nosebleed tables a little more. In the beginning, everything seemed to go according to plan for him. He worked his way to a $1million profit against Isildur1, before the mystery Swede fine tuned his strategy engine and took all that back, plus a $1 million profit. The biggest pot of this session was a weird one. It landed in Ziigmund’s pockets though. Isildur1 had absolutely nothing in this hand, but an Ace-high, which proved to be no match for the Finn’s pair of Qs.

Another substantial pot, this time tipping the scale at $534,000 ended up in Sahamies’ possession too. This time, the Finn picked up quad Ks for the monster on the flop. It was all smooth sailing for him then as the large pot was guaranteed by the As full of Ks that Isildur1 secured on the turn.
Isildur1 then fought back though, taking down several similarly sized pots himself. Near the end of the day, Brian Townsend popped up too, and he took about $700k off Isildur1 before the day was done.