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Online poker action – Sahamies steals the spotlight
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2010-02-26 14:56
Despite the several high profile live events going on last week, the online poker scene stayed as hot as ever. Isildur1, everyone’s favorite Swedish mystery player was in the thick of the action again. This time though, things didn’t quite work out for him. He dropped around $300k, mostly to Phil Galfond. The highlight-reel material was shipped by Ilari Sahamies though. The Finn was on fire against Brian Hastings, taking some of the money that Isildur1 had dropped to him back in December.
With another record-breaking edition of the
PokerStars Sunday Million under way, things got hot at
Full Tilt Poker too, at the nosebleed cash tables. Sahamies took on Hastings in a 500 hand session, at the end of which he booked a $720k profit. The biggest pot of the session was a $400k one, which – needless to say – ended up in Sahamies’ possession. The hand started out with a preflop tug-of-war, which had both players post about $56k before the flop hit the board. The Js, 5c, 7s did little to douse the flames though. As a matter of fact it poured some gasoline onto the simmering coal as Hastings almost shoved his entire stack into the middle on it. His $113,400 raise failed to intimidate Sahamies though. The Finn raised him so he was forced to shove his last 40k in as well, and the showdown was on. Hastings had A,J,A,10 against Sahamies’ K,7,6,3. The 3 on the turn turned the situation around in Sahamies’ favor and Hastimgs never managed to catch up.
On Wednesday, Sahamies returned to the nosebleed action, squaring off against Cole South that time. His opponent selection proved to be an unfortunate one though. The less than 500 hand $200/$600 PLO session cost the Finn close to $800k, so it’s safe to say he gave all of Hastings’ money to his Cardrunners buddy.
The largest pot of that
online poker session was a $234,000 one, which landed in South’s pocket. As a matter of fact, South took down two more 200K+ pots before the slaughter was over.
Sahamies’ rollercoaster week came full circle as after the South session, he essentially found himself right where he had stood before the Hastings bout.
